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Workflow Automation - Replacing Scripting Or Code

In most organizations, systems and processes have grown organically. Over a period of time, manual scripting and ‘workarounds’ have been implemented by skilled IT experts to automate what were once time consuming and resource hungry manual filing tasks. Such workarounds would have been welcomed into their various settings at the time of implementation, but with business environments forever in flux, they may become harder and harder to track, implement and integrate. New systems and infrastructure may mean new scripts, different ways of working, driven by efficiency savings or regulatory compliance may render original scripting obsolete. New programming standards, turnover of skilled staff, and mergers and acquisitions can all expose an organization to expensive costs and out of data systems. Will the new systems, staff, processes and programming integrate with the old? As experts on Managed File Transfer solutions and Automated Workflow Engines, we believe that it is import...

PHP - A Widely-Used Scripting Language

Typified as interpreted script language, PHP – a recursive acronym for Hypertext Preprocessor – is a widely used general purpose scripting or programming language. Hypertext Preprocessor is suited for web development in particular as it can be embedded into HTML. It is open source software, which means it is free of cost, and it can be downloaded and used without any charge from its official website. Although, it is available free of charge as the software is released under the Hypertext Preprocessor License, it is not compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL) as there are limits on the usage of the expression PHP. It was designed particularly for server side programming and as a result the tasks that you will be doing again and again in the route of your website programming will be taking great advantage of the specialized library that the language has. As mentioned in the first paragraph, the scripting language allows mixing layout with programming as it has the...