Architecture:
What is the system architecture? What
are the technical requirements? What
backend databases are supported? Can the
application be run as a Web or Windows
application (by user’s choice) or just
one way? Can it be installed on our
network infrastructure or at an
application service provider or is it
subscription based web access only? Who
owns the data in the database?
DataPipe may be run as a Windows client
or via the Internet; same application,
just how you choose to run it, by user.
So, yes, you can have a mix of users
accessing it via your LAN/WAN and via
the internet. Either way, DataPipe has a
DBMS server, Web Services server and
user workstations. The Web Services
server needs Microsoft’s IIS and
therefore needs to run some version of
Windows Server. The DBMS server, if a
different physical machine may run
Windows Server or another OS (e.g.,
UNIX) as long as the Windows Services
system can “see” the data. The user
machines need to run Windows as IE is
required. Virtual machines (VMs) may be
used.
You have your choice of DBMS; Oracle, SQL Server or DB2.
Where the system is hosted is also your choice. Many
customers run it on their own server(s), while others
elect to have it hosted at an outside location (e.g., an
ASP). If you install it one way initially, you can
change it later. In either case, it is your data; you
own it and have full access to it at all times.
