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Technology Types

These are guidelines that are designed to provide a limited amount of price flexibility based on current market conditions. They are not mutually exclusive and completely exhaustive lists. A techology can be categorized into multiple Technical Types depending on factors such as version. For example, "Software X" version 1.0 may be categorizes as Legacy whereas that same "Software X" version 9.1 may be categorized as Emerging.

Legacy Core Emerging
Definition
Technologies or skills that are mature and long lasting in the market place. There is generally a higher supply and lower demand for people with the technologies or skills. Technologies or skills that are currently commonly found in the marketplace. There is generally an average supply and demand for people with these technologies or skills. Technologies or skills that are new or specialized in the marketplace. These may involve a unique or high level of technical complexity. There is generally a higher demand and a lower supply for people with these technologies or skills.
The lists shown below are not mutually exclusive nor completely exhaustive.
The list shown below is not all inclusive. The list shown below is not all inclusive. The list shown below is not all inclusive.
Legacy Core Emerging
Technologies & Skills
4GL Programming with PL/SQL .Net, Visual Studio .Net, ASP.Net Sightline
AS/400 Access Cognos
CICS ASP Data Center (Unisys OEM Version)
COBOL CADD Data warehouse
Database – Mainframe Checkpoint Firewall EC/EDI
DB2 Cisco FileNet
DC/DB2 Client Server Operating Systems GIS – Infrastructure
GIS – Digitizing/Scanning/Data Collection Cold Fusion SAP / People Soft any ERP
IMS DB/DC Database – Client Server SMS 2003
ListServe DSF Websphere/MQ Series
Performance Monitoring – Mainframe Encryption Analytical and Technical Architecture (Business Process Mapping using UML, Enterprise Architect .NET Microsoft, and Enterprise Architect Sparxsystems)
SAS Flash Middleware (Open Distributed Transaction Integrator ( ODTI, Unisys-Proprietary), WebMethods 6.1, publish Subscribe, Data Transformation, Asynchronous Messaging, and Trading Networks suite
SMS and AIX Platform FormWare Tivoli
TSO GIS – Programming/Analytical (C/S, Web-Deployment) ,ESRI, ARINFO Veritas
Unisys Host Publishing  
Visual Fox Pro Imaging Systems (Onbase, Key File, Info Image) Unix and Unix-like Operating Systems
Visual Source Safe Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)(Traffic congestion, weather monitoring, programmable signing, pavement sensing, and other such devices) Business Process Management (There are complete suites of tools that are becoming available for managing business processes and the automated systems that are supporting those processes.)
Powerbuilder IQU+1  
NATURAL and ADABAS ISA  
Flowcharting using VISIO Java , JavaScript  
Process Modeling JSP  
PowerPoint LAN/WAN Support  
MS EXCEL Lotus Domino  
  M/S Active X  
Unix and Unix-like Operating Systems SQL Server  
  Netegrety Siteminder  
  Oracle  
  Performance Monitoring – Client Server
 
  PL/SQL  
  Visual Basic  
  Remedy  
  Security (encryption)  
  Web (Visual Source Safe, Accessibility Standards (ACC Verify, MacroMedia, 506), DreamWeaver, and Homesite, Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro)  
  SOAP  
  Windows XP  
  XML (XML, Spy, Data Base Schemas and support, and XSLP)
 
  Database – Mixed Platform  
  Servlets  
  Reporting Tools (eg Crystal)  
  OmniPage ProTesting Tools (LoadRunner/WinRunner)
 
  Homesite  
  HTML  
  DreamWeaver  
  Frontpage  
  Accessibility Standards (ACC Verify, MacroMedia, ITB 508)
 
  Adobe Acrobat  
  C / C#  
  Com/Com+/DCOM  
  Data Modeling  
  SQL  
  Capacity Planning  
  MS Project  
  Unix and Unix-like Operating Systems  
  Business Process Reengineering
 
  Joint Application Development/Rapid Application Development
 





 
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