AMS REALTIME provides multi-platform clients, web access and a powerful application-database server and is available on Windows, UNIX, Linux and Apple Macintosh platforms. Options include the ability to integrate with SQL Server, Oracle & ODBC compliant databases and we also provide multiple language versions.

The suite is generic and addresses needs across multiple industries, as its use by many diverse organizations around the world demonstrates. These organizations use AMS REALTIME to ensure effective project delivery while optimizing the use of labor, funds and other resources.

The AMS REALTIME Solution has been designed to support the needs of many roles within your organization, from the CEO to the Project team member. These roles will utilize the AMS REALTIME Solution via one or more of the components below.

• AMS REALTIME Projects
  Powerful Planning, Scheduling, Cost Management and Multi-project tool.
  
  
• Tracking Costs and Earned Value
  Integrated cost management within AMS REALTIME Projects.
  
  
• AMS REALTIME Resources
  A fully featured Resource Management tool. Resource managers can satisfy skill requests from project managers and balance resource usage to avoid overloads.
  
  
• AMS REALTIME Solo and Web Solo
  A front end productivity tool used for Time Recording. Work and Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) changes recorded by staff are used to update project plans in AMS REALTIME Projects or Microsoft Project. This data is also used to provide an up-to-date picture to resource managers using AMS REALTIME Resources.
  
  
• AMS REALTIME Microsoft Integration
  Allows Microsoft Project to be used as a Planning and Scheduling alternative to AMS REALTIME Projects in an integrated solution with AMS REALTIME Resources and Solo.
  
  
• AMS REALTIME Enterprise Server
  A Server database repository for all your project, resource and tracking data providing an integrated view of all project and operational work across the enterprise.
  
  
• AMS REALTIME Object Store (AOS)
  Provides AMS REALTIME Projects users with the ability to utilize Oracle as backend repository. It provides a complete set of transaction based API's for interfacing the data with external applications and systems.

A multi-dimensional, role based, access control model provides necessary control over the project, resource and cost information. Project managers, resource managers, users and executives use standard interfaces to view information in the database repository to assess the status of projects across the organization, and drill down to investigate details at various levels in the breakdown structure (WBS, CBS, OBS, PBS, etc.).

With information available in real-time; the ability to create simple to complex plans, input time, expenses and estimates-to-complete in the central repository can reduce costs and provide information across departments, in a timely and accurate manner.

The ability to work seamlessly on the same data across multiple platforms and deploy AMS REALTIME on LAN/WAN/Intranet and Extranet provides organizations with an efficient and effective tool-set to reduce cycle time, improve return on investment (ROI), enhance productivity and enable decision making. The user interface and experience is the same on all platforms and for all users.

The open architecture and tools of the AMS REALTIME suite ensures that integration with other enterprise applications is easy and accomplishable. The software suite has inbuilt support for Python code and provides Python based API's for easy extension and customization (www.python.org).

The award winning AMS REALTIME Enterprise Solution is widely recognized for providing a powerful combination of functionality, flexibility, usability and high performance, and now Microsoft Project users can take advantage of the AMS REALTIME Solution via a simple to use interface.

AMS REALTIME is completely cross-platform compatible across the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista  
• Apple® Macintosh® PowerPC  
• UNIX (Sun Solaris®, HP-UX®, AIX®)  
• Linux x86 (Kernels 2.4.9-13 upwards)
  
  

Whatever platform you are working with, all the elements of Advanced Management Solutions software are identical in look, feel and operation, with the additional benefit of LAN support, data management, security and concurrent user control.

All the elements of AMS REALTIME are Open Database Compliant (ODBC). This means that data held in AMS REALTIME can be accessed directly by any ODBC-compliant program, such as Microsoft® Access, Crystal Reports and  Oracle® without the requirement for file conversion.

Additionally, AMS REALTIME provides a secure and managed project repository in Oracle with comprehensive security.

Please refer to individual AMS REALTIME products for technical specifications or click here for a full list.

Multiple languages

AMS REALTIME products are available in several different languages, including French, German and also Asian languages that use Double Byte Character Sets such as Japanese, Korean and Chinese.  Click here for information about our global partners and distributors.