INTRODUCTION
Innovit delivers a comprehensive suite of product master data management solutions for the healthcare value chain, including UDI compliance, GDSN data syndication, Product Information Management (PIM), and Master Data Management (MDM). These solutions help organizations collect, enrich, govern, and share trusted product data with regulatory bodies, trading partners and internal systems.
All Innovit applications are built on Genesis, Innovit’s next-generation cloud-native platform. Genesis provides the foundational technology, architecture, security, scalability, UI/UX and integration capabilities that power the entire Innovit product portfolio. By leveraging a common platform, organizations benefit from a consistent user experience, unified data governance, accelerated implementation, and simplified administration across multiple use cases and business functions.
Genesis is a SaaS-native platform intended to introduce a modern serverless architecture to deliver exceptional scalability, flexibility, reliability, and cost efficiency. The platform is designed to support enterprise-grade workloads while minimizing infrastructure management requirements and enabling rapid innovation. Key platform capabilities delivered through the Genesis serverless architecture include:
This technical datasheet provides an overview of the Genesis platform, including its technology stack, system architecture, deployment model, security framework, integration capabilities, and system requirements.
- Event-Driven: An event driven architecture to trigger the execution of code. These events could be user actions or API calls and allow for lean and efficient execution of code for faster performance. Because most serverless functions are triggered by API calls, Genesis is well-suited for microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Pay-Per-Use: Utilization based pricing means customers only pay for the resources the Genesis application
consumes while processing an event and eliminates the need to pay for idle or underutilized servers. - Auto-scaling: With auto-scaling, customers enjoy the benefit of the required resources being provisioned and scaled to meet the demands of peak traffic without manual intervention.
To get Genesis into a fully serverless architecture, Innovit has implemented a strategy to migrate the existing standards based Java and EJB (Enterprise Java Bean) technology to a serverless architecture on Spring Boot by separating end-user and admin functionality and performing the migration in a phased, no-risk approach.
GENESIS WEB CLIENT
FOR END USERS AND ADMINS
From day one, Genesis delivers a modern browser-based UI/UX using Angular TypeScript and HTML5 for all end-users. Admin users can also leverage the same technology for system configuration for most UDI (Unique Device Identification) and GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) use cases. For advanced PIM, MDM and workflow use cases, certain system configurations will remain on the Java based Swing UI until all admin functionality is migrated to a browser-based UI on Angular Typescript.
| Genesis Web Client | System Requirements |
|---|---|
| Web Browsers | Recommended: Google Chrome version 92 or later. Supported: Microsoft Edge version 92 or later, Mozilla Firefox version 90 or later. |
| CPU | Recommended: Intel 9th Generation processor (or equivalent) i5/i7/i9 Minimum: Intel 6th Generation processor (or equivalent) i5/i7 |
| RAM | Recommended: 16 GB Minimum: 8 GB |
GENESIS APPLICATION SERVER
TRANSITIONARY
Before Genesis becomes fully serverless, the application remains in a server-based architecture that provides platform independence across major databases and operating systems. The compatibility and system requirements for the Genesis Server are below:
| Genesis Server | System Requirements |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows Server (2016 – 2019) 64-bit |
| Database Management System (DBMS) | SQL Server 2016 – 2019 |
| Java Virtual Machine | Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 17 or later Both versions of the JRE must be present on the system. |
| System RAM | 16 GB |
| Hard Disk Storage | 100 GB – includes storage of OS, DBMS, JEE Application Server. Additional storage required for business data. |
| CPU | Intel Xeon Platinum 8488C or higher If virtualized – minimum of 2 vCPU |
| Network Protocol | TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS and FTP/SFTP (for external data synchronization) |
GENESIS SERVERLESS
COMING SOON
The Genesis serverless framework will be based on Docker containers, and offers functions built on the Java programming language. The database used is SQL Server (e.g. AWS RDS) and Document-based database (e.g. AWS DocumentDB, Azure CosmosDB) in line with what most Innovit customers already use today. Full technical specifications of the Genesis serverless architecture will be published once it becomes available.
*Please contact Innovit Support or your account executive for the latest timelines on the transition of Genesis to a fully serverless architecture.
Key Takeaway
Genesis offers a robust and cost-effective platform with serverless architecture, modern UI/UX and rich functionality.
