If we do say so ourselves, we’re pretty proud of how we look from any vantage point. Our front end is the result of our obsession with excellence in design and superior user experience. And our back end, which has muscle to burn, comes from our commitment to getting you and your team to where you want to be as fast as possible (without sacrificing safety, of course). A product category like document or information management demands a mutually responsive partnership of equals, like car and driver. Clean interface design principles applied to rock-solid, cutting-edge technology. Here’s what’s under the hood …
Database
Documents are stored in an object-oriented, container-based vault built to spec over 25 years ago for some of the biggest organizations in Europe. Back then, a developer needed to think critically about every byte in order to maintain optimal performance, a fact that, today, is the germ of this highly robust yet nimble storage engine. It’s capable of storing a massive amount of data without sacrificing an ounce of performance. No matter how much content you store in its infrastructure, it never requires an oversize superstructure to keep it all together, which is unique in our industry.
Container-based Storage
High performance, no matter how many documents you throw into it. When designing a vault to store an unlimited amount of information, you have to consider how the operating system will effectively manage all that data (storing millions of single files on a hard drive isn’t even a thought today). With a container-based storage system, you can search and retrieve data incredibly quickly because it’s the optimal structure for any operating system to manage.
XML
The database is encapsulated in an application server that is fully based on XML technology, which speeds development, as there’s an efficient communication interface with client software. New features can be added quickly, whether it’s a web client or a fat client, because both use the same application tier. Also, other integrators can easily use the app server to design their own connectors to the system.
Generic File Storage
Typical image files like TIFF or PDF aren’t the only files one can store. Any file format that can be stored on a computer is acceptable. And the system doesn’t need to know the source of the data or what application is used to open the document. When a stored document is retrieved, the client computer can decide which application is to be used to open the file.
Web 2.0
The client software uses the most cutting-edge technologies related to Web 2.0, using Ajax, CSS, Web Services, SOAP. All this leads to a plug-in-free, browser-based client that acts primarily like a fat client. But you don’t need to install any software — just start your browser.
Platform Independency
Because client software is browser based, D | DM can be used on every platform. All your documents are accessible from any type of computer — whether PC, Mac, or even Linux — so you and yours can easily share docs across different environments.
Security
D | DM uses the most cutting-edge technologies — SSL, RSA Data Security and others — available to lock down your data and lock out undesirables, from the point of scan all the way to storage. The data vault isn’t accessible without system authentication, and from that point on, everything is audit trailed.
Mobile Solution
Drivve is the first company on the market to introduce a document management app — D | DM for iPhone — that is fully embedded in the mobile-devices environment. The COCOA-based technology exploits every possible iPhone feature, so you can easily view your documents anytime you want, from anywhere in the world.