Technical Features

Architecture

Percana provides a distributed enterprise solution developed to best practice industry standards. Its n-Tier architecture, where client user interfaces, business components and data repositories have been entirely separated, provides a scaleable, flexible and efficiently maintained system.

Configuration options include:

• N-Tier
• N-Tier with load balancing

Security

• Authentication using LDAP repository  (AD LDS, ADAM, SUN)
• Netscape directory server
• Thin clients
• No direct database access allowed from clients
• Component level security
• Only authenticated users with appropriate permission levels can access Percana server components
• Support for Encryption
• Capable of encrypting network traffic to industry standard encryption levels
• Optional three-phase secure authentication process using Digital Certificates

Web Enabled

The Percana distributed architecture; the use of modern technologies and a strong security implementation makes the provision of web interfaces easier, more straightforward and robust than older traditional systems.

Load Balancing

• Allows processing to be distributed over any number of servers
• Server clusters can be dynamically changed
• Allows servers to be taken off-line without bringing the system down. System scalability can be enhanced simply by adding more hardware

XML Web Services

• Allows standard Percana Life Administrator clients to work over the Internet
• No need for separate Web development and testing
• Ideal for remote administration
• Supports SSL security

Full XML Support

• All Percana transactions and enquiries accessible through XML
• Logging facilities
  
  • 100% Audit trails
  • Transaction replay functions
• Allows for greater system integration
• Document data stored and distributed in XML allowing documents to be easily replicated to remote sites

Database Independence

• SQL Server
• Oracle
• DB2