The ViewDirect Repository is the foundation of the ViewDirect suite. The repository captures, indexes, stores, transforms and publishes any content from any source. It functions as both a long-term archiving server for regulatory compliance and a real-time engine for Web delivery of document-based content. Advanced indexing technology puts content into context by associating it on shared business values such as vendor number or customer ID. A transformation engine transforms any data stream into the appropriate format for delivery across multiple channels, including printer, fax, e-mail, browser, wireless and more.

Archiving with ViewDirect enables companies to lower operational costs, meet regulatory requirements and create new revenue opportunities by re-purposing information. 

Built-in Records and E-Mail Management

ViewDirect is the only archiving solution with records and e-mail management functionality built into the core repository.  ViewDirect Records Manager - built into the core ViewDirect repository, manages corporate records from the capture and authoring of documents, to their processing, management, archiving and final disposition.  It supports records in any format from any source-application-created as well as human-created, electronic as well as physical and is certified to the DoD 5015.2 electronic records management standard.

ViewDirect E-Mail Manager - built into the core ViewDirect repository, offloads e-mails to secondary storage, to gain custody and control of e-mails, and to manage e-mail records according to corporate retention and disposition rules.  ViewDirect E-Mail Manager offers unmatched flexibility in defining classification, retention and disposition rules.

Documents and records can be captured from sources such as authoring tools, image scanners, reports from mainframe or open systems applications and MS-Exchange Servers.

Archive for Business and Regulatory Requirements

Business requirements and government regulations require companies and organizations to retain certain documents for extended periods of time.  The ViewDirect Repository enables you to define retention periods for all content - whether it is a day, week, year or years, or by number of versions to be retained.  Automatic migration to alternate media such as network-attached second tier disk storage or tape minimizes storage expenses and maintains document availability.  And when retention is no longer necessary, stored content may be immediately erased.

An Architecture for Unlimited Scalability

The ViewDirect architecture enables unlimited scalability, flexibility and interoperability in implementing an archiving solution that integrates all enterprise content.  It is the only solution that supports:

Any content: ViewDirect supports any content or record type from any source and requires no third party software to process these formats.  It provides direct access to content in multiple, disparate repositories, databases and file systems.

Any volume: ViewDirect imposes no limits on the size of the repository or the number of users.

Any platform: ViewDirect is platform-independent, executing on platforms from the desktop to the departmental server to the mainframe. Users get a logical, single-system view of content that is distributed across multiple repositories and hardware platforms

Any storage device: ViewDirect archives can be stored on any storage device including tape, disk, optical, CD, and DVD.  The UniversalArchive storage format is a device-independent format that guarantees portability while maintaining the legal integrity of the original document.

Any client: ViewDirect delivers and presents any content to any authorized employee, business partner, supplier, or customer with the client of their choice, including browser- or Windows-based viewer, enterprise application client, Web application, portal or PDA.