On February 14, 2023, the international consortium Intecracy Group hosted an offline Intecracy Solution Day meeting in Kyiv. The central topic was the presentation UnityBase as a Technological Foundation of Enterprise Systems, in which Anton Marrero and Serhii Balashuk presented UnityBase — the technological foundation of enterprise systems.
For teams working with enterprise systems, custom development, system integration and cybersecurity, the event was relevant as a discussion of how scalable solutions can be built without separating architecture, data access and integration concerns. The event was led by IQusion IT LLC, an Intecracy Group member.
Event context for enterprise IT systems
The discussion addressed challenges typical of large information systems: fragmented data, support for heterogeneous platforms, the cost of further development and the need for controlled scaling. UnityBase was presented as a domestic software product for creating a unified technological base for enterprise solutions.
The report focused on the platform as an integrated environment rather than on a single feature. Participants examined how meta-modeling and declarative descriptions of business entities can separate system logic from low-level code and simplify future maintenance.
UnityBase as a shared stack for custom development
In practical terms, UnityBase was discussed as a technology stack for enterprise systems with long lifecycles. Its built-in application server combines the performance of low-level C++ code with the development flexibility of JavaScript. According to the presentation, this combination helps reduce incompatibility risks between modules and supports performance in complex business processes.
For customers and development teams, the topic goes beyond implementation speed. A unified architecture also affects change auditing, component standardization and the system’s ability to evolve without a fundamental rebuild.
Security and access control: Anton Marrero’s view
A separate part of the event focused on information security. Anton Marrero explained that in large organizations, access control must work at several levels and cannot depend only on user interface logic.
“When designing large enterprise systems, security cannot be an add-on — it must be embedded in the core of the architecture. In UnityBase, we have implemented a combined approach that merges role-based access control (RBAC) and row-level security (RLS). This means that the system does not just check whether a user has permission to view a table, but also analyzes which specific rows of data they are allowed to see based on their organizational role or the current context of the business process. This approach guarantees data integrity and prevents unauthorized access even in cases where the user interface logic undergoes changes,” noted Anton Marrero.
The event also emphasized the value of declarative security rules: administrators can change access policies without reprogramming or restarting servers, which is important for business continuity.
Integration, scaling and operational trade-offs
Serhii Balashuk focused on UnityBase’s interaction with external systems and on scaling strategies under high loads. For system integration projects, this aspect is essential because enterprise platforms normally operate alongside registries, external services and legacy environments.
“An enterprise system never exists in a vacuum. It must interact with dozens of registries, external services, and legacy systems. The UnityBase platform contains a powerful integration layer that supports REST and SOAP, and also allows for the rapid creation of specific API interfaces. As for scaling, thanks to the ‘shared-nothing’ architecture, we can easily increase system capacity by adding new application server nodes. The load is balanced effectively because user sessions are not tied to a specific physical server, and the state of the system is stored in an optimized database,” said Serhii Balashuk.
The discussion also covered the practical compromises of meta-modeling platforms: team training, adaptation of internal development standards and long-term cost of ownership. Further context on the event is provided in Intecracy’s publication about UnityBase as the foundation for enterprise IT systems.
