Galaxy

My latest project is creating a visual representation of Galaxy and what it does. The new release of Galaxy does so much more than the original version, and certainly lives up to its name. It has so many facets and does so many things. Needless to say, creating an illustration of such a vast concept is a piece of work.


In a nutshell, Galaxy allows the user to take their existing TK Model, along with information from their database, and create a user friendly "widget," or web application, that they can share and distribute with anyone they choose. Galaxy allows them to share their model without the risk of compromising the original equations or requiring others to know and use TK Solver. TK Solver is a powerful math solving engine, but it's not an ideal platform for sharing common calculations with colleagues. With Galaxy, users can share their models from a user friendly interface, on the web. Their equations cannot be altered and the interface can be modified to look and feel however they choose.

On the other side of things, the end user is provided with a simple program that will let them input values, solve and print reports without downloading or learning any new software. The GUI is extremely accessible and easy to use.

Galaxy is ideal for large companies who have a library of models that a number of employees use often. Their models are protected and centralized. It is great for rapid development and deployment of electronic catalogues, sales configurations, web-based engineering, retirement planning models, bond calculations, lease payment calculators, and other similar applications.

We've had a number of people look at Galaxy and they are already excited about what it can do. When the latest version is complete, I would guess that a number of people will be looking to snatch it right up.

posted by Anonymous @ 1:42 PM