Developing - Consulting - Educating

Developing - Consulting - Educating - Innovating

Surreal Software

Surreal Software is a small boutique software and consulting business, specialising in a variety of information technology areas. The last 15 years has seen dramatic changes in information technology. During this period, Surreal Software has kept pace with the leading edge technologies, mainly due to the close relationship with Deakin University teaching information technology to undergraduate students. A variety of consulting has exposed the business to many environments and solutions. We have grown and kept pace with the emerging internet technologies and associated e-commerce opportunities. We pride ourselves on our ability to give our clients the most appropriate solution using the right technologies and we do this on time and on budget.

Web Site development

Many sites on the Internet are out of date and poorly maintained. This is generally because the web site developers are not providing their clients with an easy means to maintain their own web site content and as a result the client either does not have the skills to make the changes or the costs to have someone else do it is not reflected in the financial return from the web site and it all falls over very quickly.

We use technology to create your web site that puts you in control of your web site and not us in control of you. We set up your site, create the framework or port content from an existing site, train and support you to manage your own site. The software lets you easily access and manage the content without you requiring any specialised knowledge.

Visit the Sweethearts web site at http://www.sweethearts.com.au/ for an example of our work. This site is maintained by the band and includes features to display articles, images, videos, music, scrolling text and much more.

If you would like to discuss how we can put you in control of your web site, just contact us.

Authentigraph

Authentigraph
The adoption of smart cards and biometric authentication mechanisms have been discussed in the past, yet still many organisations are resorting to traditional methods of authentication.

Passwords still possess several encumbrances not the least of which includes the difficulty some users have in remembering them. Resultantly, often users inadvertently write difficult passwords down near the workstation, which negates the reasons for password authentication and opens the floodgates to identity theft. In the current mainstream authentication paradigm, system administrators must ensure all users are educated on the need for password policy, and implement a suitable policy accordingly.

AuthentiGraph presents middle ground alternative between text-based passwords and smartcard and biometrics, borrowing concepts from both. Users are still required to use strong passwords but a length of four characters will generally suffice.

The difference here is that AuthentiGraph presents an image. The image maps characters whose position is randomly generated on the client using a key sent by the server. The user locates and clicks the characters in sequence. The client sends the server a set of coordinates which are then used to authenticate the user. Password cracking software will be useless because the coordinates of the characters on the screen changes every time a user logs in.

Markers Assistant

We all need an assistant that never tires, always works and costs nothing to help us complete the tedious task associated with assessment.

Announcing the release of the Marking Assistant 3.2.2

Developed by teaching staff to improve the process of assessment, the Marking Assistant provides an innovative solution to create, conduct, deliver and manage assessment data in the one environment.

This enables the marker to concentrate on the marking and not the process. This results in more uniform, consistent assessment conducted within reasonable timeframes, within budget and probably most importantly, reduces the tedious tasks associated with assessment. Your assistant does all these tasks.

Currently the software is available under the freeware license. You must register your details to gain access to the download area. You may use the software as is and in return we would appreciate your feedback and comments.

Rexname

RexName
RexName - good utility or just plain dangerous.

To manipulate and change folder names in a windows environment generally means you have to manually search and replace each folder label or use software to automate the process. Manually searching and replacing folder labels is time consuming.

Automating the process requires the use of complicated scripts and consequently the presence of personnel with this specific expertise. A search of the internet for a utility to do this type of task found nothing.

As a consequence, a program titled RexName has been developed. Currently the software is available under the freeware license. You must register your details to gain access to the download area. You may use the software as is and in return we would appreciate your feedback and comments.