5.4 Deployment Scenarios

The following sections discuss deployment scenarios in a master-slave deployment with a high Web Access load:

5.4.1 Web Access

Consider an example of a consulting firm that provides various services to its clients by presenting products or solutions, performing customer product analysis in spreadsheets, or recording customer scenarios. In addition, a majority of the workforce of this firm is always on the move.

In such a situation, you can deploy a master-slave deployment to effectively meet the needs of the employees. The employees can use iFolder over the Internet to securely access the organization’s presentations about various solutions and products that the customer is interested in. The sales or marketing representatives of the firm can download the presentations and spreadsheets through iFolder Web Access and do online presentations.

The sales or marketing representatives can also modify presentations and upload them to the iFolder, then share the iFolder with offsite representatives for evaluation, or they can distribute the modified presentations to other sales or marketing representatives across the globe. iFolder effectively synchronizes these information units among company representatives so that everyone has access to the latest information.

5.4.2 Online Application Submission

Consider the case of a banking organization that is planning to provide online banking services to its customers. The online banking features could include all types of application submission procedures, so that the customer can visit the online bank instead of going to the actual bank location.

One such application submission procedure is the loan application. For every customer, the bank can allocate an iFolder and the customer can receive documents, update them, and upload them again to the iFolder for the bank's verification.

The document exchange procedure can be fully automated so the data between the bank and the customer is always in sync and the customers get a real-time experience wherever they are. This effectively replaces the form-based submission procedure. Using iFolder, the customer can download the document, fill in the form at leisure, and upload it to his or her own iFolder, which synchronizes with the bank's iFolder, and the bank representative gets the updated document that can be printed or processed further.