Introducing SCout:
4DK’s application ‘switch’ for the network

 

 

 

Who needs SCout?

Ultimately, every mobile user that has shouted at their device because they can’t understand “why the darn thing won’t work like it should”!  We wager that’s almost everyone on the planet… but users are not our customers.

Developers:

SCout is for developers of awesome proprietary applications who want to enhance their apps quickly and cost-effectively. You are most likely experiencing one, or all, of these:

Operators & Vendors:

SCout is also for operators & vendors who want to expand their service delivery platforms. You are most likely experiencing one, or all, of these:

  • difficulties in integrating new proprietary technologies;
  • interoperability and interworking problems caused by the proliferation of apps and non-standardized services;
  • struggling to differentiate your Developer Program.

These are just a few scenarios where SCout can solve pain points, but SCout can help with so much more.

High-level overview of SCout’s product features:

Ease of integration to third-party subsystems. Scalable way to connect to:

  • Proliferating web services  – eg: social networking sites, user-generated sites
  • Proprietary services – eg: enterprise apps, Public Safety services
  • Telecom services – eg: telephony, Push-to-Talk, Push-to-X, unified communications, proprietary apps

Handling of data “formatting” required to integrate to third-parties

  • Transformation, augmentation and transcoding of data

Realtime adaptation of service delivery based on matrix of context indicators

  • Context information is made available to the application business logic to adjust features based on contextual indicators, such as location and calendar information 
  • User has single identity with relationships to specific applications

Patented software formula

  • Re-useable templates
  • Lua-embedded programming language 
  • Access to extensible adapter API calls 
  • Create and modify templates during runtime
  • Adapters can be written in a matter of days rather than months - saving development time and massively reducing development costs
  • Deploy new adapters at runtime 
  • Automatic registration/update of new API calls

 

More about SCout’s hardware & software configuration