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| The following information provides an overview of the technology and architecture used by the Infinity platform. | The following information provides an overview of the technology and architecture used by the Infinity platform. | ||
| - | {{infinityoverview:37overview_75.gif}} | + | {{ infinityoverview:37overview_75.gif}} |
| + | The whole platform consists of two main application interfaces (Console and Contact Manager), with a suite of back end services. | ||
| + | The applications and services are written using Microsoft .NET v2 Visual Basic. | ||
| - | The whole platform consists of two main application interfaces (Console and Contact Manager), with a suite of back end services. | + | ==== Console ==== |
| + | * Administration | ||
| + | * Script Designer | ||
| + | * Reporting | ||
| + | * Quality Assurance | ||
| + | * Human Resources | ||
| + | * Timesheets | ||
| + | ==== Contact Manager ==== | ||
| + | * Full contact management, list recycling etc | ||
| + | ==== Live Button ==== | ||
| + | * Realtime Status of each agent | ||
| + | * Chat | ||
| + | * Message Broadcast | ||
| - | * Console | + | {{ infinityoverview:37_cm_overview_75.jpg}} |
| - | * Administration | + | |
| - | * Script Designer | + | |
| - | * Reporting | + | |
| - | * Quality Assurance | + | |
| - | * Human Resources | + | |
| - | * Timesheets | + | |
| - | * Contact Manager | + | |
| - | * Desktop Lite (Script engine without reporting/cti/list management/Live Button) | + | |
| - | * Live Button | + | |
| - | * Realtime Status of each agent | + | |
| - | * Chat | + | |
| - | * Message Broadcast | + | |
| - | * Manager (Email Handling, Automated Imports and Exports) | + | |
| - | These applications and services are written using Microsoft .NET v2 Visual Basic. | + | ==== Desktop Lite ==== |
| + | This is a wrapper for the 'Script Engine' without utilising the Reporting/CTI/List Management/Live Button interfaces | ||
| + | ==== Infinity Web Service ==== | ||
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| - | ==== Infinity Web Service ==== | ||
| - | {{ infinityoverview:web_services.jpg|}} | ||
| Web services have been used to provide the data access and business logic layer between Console, Contact Manager and the database. The use of web services for data access can reduce the load placed on the database server by reducing the number of connections as it allows data to be cached by the web service. Security can be enhanced as there is just a single configuration file, allowing data to be kept in a secure location at the heart of the business. | Web services have been used to provide the data access and business logic layer between Console, Contact Manager and the database. The use of web services for data access can reduce the load placed on the database server by reducing the number of connections as it allows data to be cached by the web service. Security can be enhanced as there is just a single configuration file, allowing data to be kept in a secure location at the heart of the business. | ||
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| ==== Generic DLL API ==== | ==== Generic DLL API ==== | ||
| Infinity Desktop allows its scripting functionality to be enhanced by using custom built .NET controls. The use of custom controls allow you to add simple, or complex, functionality to the agent script. The other benefit of using .NET controls is that they do not need to be registered on every agent machine, just included in the Contact Manager application folder. | Infinity Desktop allows its scripting functionality to be enhanced by using custom built .NET controls. The use of custom controls allow you to add simple, or complex, functionality to the agent script. The other benefit of using .NET controls is that they do not need to be registered on every agent machine, just included in the Contact Manager application folder. | ||
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| This is a scheduler service that calls other services at regular intervals. The services that can currently be managed are | This is a scheduler service that calls other services at regular intervals. The services that can currently be managed are | ||
| - | === Inbound Email Collector === | + | * Inbound Email Collector : This will poll a POP3 or Exchange mailbox and load the emails into the Infinity database, creating a task for the agent to process. The Email collector is able to send standard automatic reply messages and filter out messages that are considered junk mail. |
| - | This will poll a POP3 or Exchange mailbox and load the emails into the Infinity database, creating a task for the agent to process. The Email collector is able to send standard automatic reply messages and filter out messages that are considered junk mail. | + | * Outbound Email Sender : The Email Sender is used to send out the email responses generated by agents when they process the emails loaded by the Email Collector. |
| - | + | * Automated Data Loading and Exporting : Other services managed by the Infinity Manager are imports and exports with the relevant files being sourced or sent to an FTP site for instance. The FTP service takes into account the different user accounts and permissions required to access the FTP area. | |
| - | === Outbound Email Sender === | + | |
| - | The Email Sender is used to send out the email responses generated by agents when they process the emails loaded by the Email Collector. | + | |
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| - | === Automated Data Loading and Exporting === | + | |
| - | Other services managed by the Infinity Manager are imports and exports with the relevant files being sourced or sent to an FTP site for instance. The FTP service takes into account the different user accounts and permissions required to access the FTP area. | + | |
