Intrexx is a cross-platform

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for the creation and operation of multilingual

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s, intranets, social intranets,

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s and customer portals (

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s) as well as

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solutions as of 2018. A portal is created based on the drag and drop principle. Intrexx is a low-code development platform. Most applications can be created via drag & drop but manual coding can be added where necessary.

History

The first version of the software was released by the German software vendor, United Planet, under the name "Intrazone" in 1999. In 2000, the software was renamed to "Intrexx Xtreme". With the release of Intrexx 5.0 in March 2010, the product line was divided into two editions: Intrexx Professional and Intrexx Compact. Intrexx Professional were the continuation of the Xtreme series and were still intended for SMEs and public administrations. Intrexx Compact contained a complete company portal with more than 50 ready-made web-applications and templates and is tailor-made for smaller companies with up to 10 PC workstations. United Planet stopped dividing the product line into two editions with the release of Intrexx 8.0. From this point on, it was simply called Intrexx. According to the manufacturer, there have been implemented more than 5,000 Intrexx portals to date (cited date: 2019). Between 2012 and 2014, the US IT research and advisory company Gartner Inc. placed United Planet with Intrexx in its market overview "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals".

Milestones

* Intrexx 2.0 (2004): Enhanced tools to integrate existing data from third-party systems * Intrexx 3.0 (2006): Integration of a so-called "Process Manager", allowing companies to model

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graphically and automate them * Intrexx 4.0 (2007): Option to consume and provide web services * Intrexx 4.5 (2008): Integration of the dynamic programming language "Groovy" * Intrexx 5.0 (2010): ** Ability to convert web-based applications during their creation so that they can be accessed from mobile devices ** Improved accessibility according to the W3C standards * Intrexx 6.0 (2012): ** New module "Relationship Designer" allows data to be interconnected (until Intrexx Version 18.09) ** Business Adapters for SAP NetWeaver Gateway and all

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data sources ** Technological basis for the new social business software, Intrexx Share * Intrexx Share (2013): The

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application Intrexx Share expands the software Intrexx with features known from social networks (

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etc.). It also integrates software solutions (e.g. Intranet, CRM, ERP, BI,

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etc.) from the IT landscape and allows them to create feeds. * Intrexx 7.0 (2014): ** Further improvements to Intrexx's ability to integrate thanks to the

Adapter and M-Files Adapter. ** Intrexx formula editor enables users to create computational calculations in the Portal Manager. ** Introduction of the new Calendar and Resource controls. ** User-friendlier file handling with multiple file uploads. * Intrexx 8.0 (2016): ** Intrexx now supports responsive design **

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is implemented as a search engine in the context of the portal process *** The search function has been expanded with new filtering options and the ability to search in multiple languages ** Translation support: Language constants and a translation aid ** Element templates and guidelines in the Application Designer * Intrexx 18.03 (2018): ** New version name ** Connector for Microsoft Office 365; Possible to open and save Office 365 documents directly from Intrexx ** Intrexx Mobile App: Access to key information - including push notifications - on mobile devices ** Intrexx Share updated to 2.2:

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tools with chat, groups, filebox (file storage system) and news feed * Intrexx 18.09 (2018): ** Connector API: Ready-made connectors for leading software systems such as SAP, Microsoft, IBM and many other systems ** Intrexx Industrial: Complete Industry 4.0 solution * Intrexx 19.03 (2019): ** New

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: New logic for reading, writing, validating and filtering data ** Java 11:Both the Portal Manager and Server are now based on Java Runtime version 11. Users can choose to use existing Java licenses or switch to the open source option OpenJDK. ** REST API: Communication between the Portal Manager and other servers has been switched to the REST API ** Multi-tenancy capability ** Horizontal scaling: Support for the platforms Amazon - AWS, Azure and Open Telekom Cloud ** Versioning: Semantic versioning and versioning with

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** New responsive portlet framework * Intrexx 19.09 (2019): ** Portal Manager as a live version: Start the Intrexx Portal Manager with ease from any directory - even without administrator permissions ** New version of the TinyMCE Editor ** Internationalization: Country-dependent languages and currency formats for an internationally operating company ** Improved security ** Support of 'diverse' as a gender ** Intrexx cluster support included in setup ** Responsive view image control * Intrexx 20.03 (2020): ** Subselects/ Subqueries in filters ** Global workflow user ** Improved style options ** Filter multiple selection elements via dependencies ** Bindings in filters ** New gallery ** WebSockets: Developers can send messages directly from the server to the browser (push). * Intrexx 20.09 (2020): ** Extended jump options to create new data records from view tables, research tables, charts and free layout tables. ** Improved web server configuration ** New bindings: The new additions are the bindings uniqueID and unique GUID. ** Preset for title fields * Intrexx 21.03 (2021): ** Short links ** Online application templates: Updated application templates in an online repository ** Support for the SVG format ** Authentication via

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Transition to Rolling Releases (2021) In the fall of 2021, Intrexx has moved away from the old release structure with annual version updates. Instead, new features and functions will now appear in the form of rolling releases. Users of Intrexx can choose between two different release tracks: On the Silent Track, new features will continue to appear in an annual rhythm. On the Steady Track, new features will be implemented directly after their completion in the course of regular software updates. * New features in the Steady Track (fall 2021) ** New installer ** Customizable and update-proof login ** New style classes for the tile view of view pages in free layout tables ** Support for international emails using Regular Expression

Architecture

Intrexx basically consists of two parts: Intrexx Portal Manager It is installed on any

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or on the

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and possesses all the components for developing and managing layout, menu or applications. Furthermore, users can be configured and provided with permissions for the respective portal applications in the Portal Manager. Intrexx Portal Server It is installed on a

and controls all transactions of the created

s and portals. It monitors the permissions of the users within the transactions, controls the entire

operations and governs access to the data sources.

Functions

Intrexx provides companies with the ability to create and manage multilingual

s, intranets, social intranets,

s and customer portals (

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solutions as of 2018. In doing so, the software sees itself as an alternative to

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of the portal are provided by the integrated portal designer based on

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and

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, enabling the adoption to the

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of the company via

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transformations.

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guarantees a secure authentication and role-based authorization. The synchronization with existing

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-servers is possible.

References

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