ZOTECA developed a patented software framework for the rapid development of efficient, safe, robust and scalable applications used in distributed, networked environments. The framework is based on open source / open standards technologies along with our unique, patented extensions, offering a powerful tool for information technology in the Internet age. This platform is not available for direct sale, but our patent #6662198 is available for licensing. The past few years have fundamentally changed the way business is conducted. Information technology is no longer a walled-off island within the confines of the corporation. All IT application development must contend with the complex issues of distributed communication in a networked environment. Besides issues of efficiency, networked environments exponentially increase the problem of data safety: security and privacy. In addition, the IT needs of organizations are too diverse, their investment in existing IT infrastructure too great, for any single proprietary offering to be a complete solution. For all these reasons, software application development is now far more complex and far more costly than in the past. The pressure to address these complexities is causing IT spending to sky rocket, making Y2K seem like child's play. Tools that reduce development complexity are critical for the future of IT. ZOTECA's patented technology offers a framework for the development of robust, distributed applications. These applications can provide an integrated, reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure, that leverages the existing organizational IT environment., including standard servers and workstations, as well as next generation hardware such as Internet appliances and wireless PDAs. Our technology is based on the open source Twisted network framework. Twisted is an Enterprise Application Integration/middleware framework used in developing asynchronous, multi-protocol, event-driven applications for distributed network environments. Twisted allows for rapid application development by creating an abstraction layer for low-level networking operations and protocols. Twisted also provides a highly efficient and flexible, two-way remote object protocol. Twisted can serve as a middleware bridge between legacy systems and the various competing web-services platforms. Using Twisted and our patented data-sharing technology, developers can build tools for the rapid development of distributed data-sharing applications which are simultaneously efficient (reliable and accessible) and safe (secure and private). The ZOTECA Data Sharing (ZDS) framework support both server-centric DBMS-based applications and file sharing applications. For more details visit the Information section.