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The perfect tool when you need to publish large IR databases on the World Wide Web and to ensure rapid and safe access to the informationOptoNet is the high performance Information Retrieval (IR) system for databases made available via the Internet and intranets. Built around one of the world’s fastest search engines, it delivers speed and a high level of functionality that is the hallmark of Optosof's search systems.
A look at how it works
Users simply connect to the Web-server using any industry-standard browser. OptoNet – (which incorporates OptoEngine) - resides on the Web-server.
Users can search, using highly customizable forms, for data in specific fields or carry out free-text searches in one or across several databases at the same time. OptoNet acts as the interface between the Web-server and the search engine. It handles all the HTML traffic; the multi-user support and all desk-topmiscellaneous functionality like access control and usage logging. A number of additional features are available from a range of OptoNet plug-ins, includingextras are offered: on-the-fly graphs and usage metering.
Everything you need: OptoNet offers you a complete publishing solution for IR databases on the Internet and intranets.
Some of the important benefits
Reduced development time and cost
OptoNet is a flexible standard, yet highly flexible system. It lets you re-use your existing OptosSof CD-ROM builds for the Web. So not only do you cut development costs, you also cut development time and get your products to market faster. At the same time,This works vice versa to, you can easily publish your WebEB- based databases on CD/DVD. Solutions you can rely on
OptoNet is based on well-known and reliable technology. Optosof has over 13 years' experience of delivering large volume, high performance information retrieval solutions to local and global organizations. Security options
With OptoNet you can make your information as secure as you want. Since we use our own database format, encryption and compression technologies, it makesit's very difficult to get unauthorized access or perform data theft very difficult. You may also add a layer of Secure Sockets Layer to the solution to secure the Internet communication., etc.
Better control & more marketing options
OptoNet used together with the OptoLock plug-in, makes it easier to track usage. It gives you fully featured access control and makes metered usage, charging and revenue generation more straightforward.
Making most of the WebOptoNet lets you exploit fully the graphic nature of the Web. You can utilisedeploy the OptoGraph server plug-in for real-time online charting and use your own custom HTML and graphics for all parts of the GUI/interface.
Flexibility & scalability
With OptoNet you do not havedon't need not to worry about outgrowing your data publishing solution. Optosof's experience and expertise is based entirely on large database applications and high volume usage. For example a national yellow pages application was recently implemented with a single CPU NT server.
Key Features
- An extremely powerful search and retrieval engine that gives unbeatable speed and accuracy – even where truncated search terms and complicated booleans expressions are used.
- Very low hardware demands; the system can on the hardware handle hundreds of users on a standard server.
- A highly flexible and customizable interface gives you completegreat control over layout and "look-and-feel".
- Full-text searching, with full Boolean functionality.
- Full range of search options: proximity, truncated, structured and hierarchical.
- Comprehensive bBuilt-in user management. For example:. Login procedure with password, IP number or from a certain link. Records are importable and exportable. The system kKeeps track of concurrent users on the same account.
- A mMetered usage option (using OptoLock plug-in).for straightforward pay-per-view income generation, with the choice of. Ability to metering either actions or time-units. (using OptoLock plug-in).
- Fully compatible with Optosof’sour other Internet based products: OptoEngine C/S edition and OptoEngine AutomationServer (ASP).