TOBI’s flexible architecture allows you to choose among various database models depending on specific
business needs. The goal of TOBI’s database architecture is organizational flexibility, customization
and efficient data and information sharing.
TOBI operates in three database architectures:
The combination of all three modes coupled with their ease of use and simple implementation provide
distinctive cost and operational advantages suitable to a variety of business environments.
Key Benefits:
Standalone Database Model
In the single-user database mode, you can create any number of databases on local or network drives for
individual use. This framework is suitable for users who wish to maintain private databases of personal
or corporate information, but without losing the ability to easily exchange data with other users'
private databases, or with central corporate databases. Using TOBI’s Data Harvester, you can exchange
data directly with other TOBI databases, or through an intermediate file/database format like XML, HTML,
MS Excel, Access, SQL and dBASE.
Central Database Model
In the central, multi-user database configuration, a TOBI database is created on a central file server
by a System Administrator (SA). The SA then issues database login IDs and Passwords to authorized TOBI
users. Depending on your business requirements, each user may be granted access to all, or only select
functions in the central database. This model is ideal for businesses who wish to maintain tight data
security and information integrity.
Distributed Database Model
In the distributed workgroup database configuration, a compound array of TOBI databases can be created
on a combination of local and network file servers to facilitate the flow of information among individual
users, teams or workgroups, departments, and/or your entire enterprise. Data Harvester’s EDI procedures
can automatically exchange data between any and all databases. Data is interchanged between TOBI databases
directly, or through an intermediate file/database format, including XML, HTML, MS Excel, Access, SQL and dBASE. Data
may be consolidated and uploaded from private to departmental to enterprise databases, and conversely may be
downloaded from enterprise to departmental to private databases.
Smooth, Phased Implementation of the TOBI System
You can adopt TOBI as fast or as slowly as needed, dependant on your individual needs, and the system’s
reach can be as narrow or extensive as desired. TOBI can be deployed in single-user form, throughout one
arm of an organization, or company wide, and its structure can be easily modified as business needs change.
Balance Personal Data Ownership with Data Sharing
TOBI’s Database Architecture makes it easy to share private and corporate databases. Individuals can
maintain personal databases and choose to share select information with central company databases. In
fact, within each database configuration, you can create an unlimited number of databases for various purposes,
including security, data flow, personal database management and interdepartmental integration.