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dfc-gorilla® may be used wherever information is changed at one location and needs to be updated at another. It's a broadly applicable technology which is amenable to innovative IT problem solving.

A few examples:

Mirroring a Massive System of Airline Maintenance Manuals
Manuals for a large aircraft fleet change daily. Technicians provide frequent updates to the main server which must then be mirrored to the other servers that provide access the the multi-GB manual repository. dfc-gorilla enables fast and efficient server updates by comparing the last manual repository to the updated repository and then updating the mirror servers. By providing fast and efficient updates to the large system of manuals, technicians across the company have immediate access to the latest safety and system specs resulting in a safer, better maintained aircraft fleet and reducing overall ground turnaround time, without additional capital investment to increase WAN/LAN capacity.

Immediately Providing Thousands of Customers' Requests for Updated Investment Information and Immediately Updating Hundreds of Programs Upon Request
Rather than ship full new versions of 200+ separate data stores, dfc-gorilla is installed on a server farm servicing 300,000 clients. When a request for the latest data store comes in, dfc-gorilla dynamically creates a difference between the client's version and the latest version of the data store, which is then transmitted to the client where dfc-gorilla updates the outdated data store to the correct new version. By reducing the amount of data transmitted, WAN capabilities are optimized resulting in fewer servers required to service the same number of clients. Further, clients are able to receive immediate updates.

Replace Overnight/International Distribution of 4GB DVD Image (ISO File) With Electronic Distribution
Daily overnight DVD shipments from a branch office to corporate headquarters are replaced with dfc-gorilla generated updates. Instead of managing physical DVD's, dfc-gorilla compares the 4GB DVD image (ISO file), which only changes slightly each day. The difference is only a few MB - small enough to be sent as an email attachment. By eliminating the management and shipment of physical DVD's, the branch office is able to provide more timely updates to corporate headquarters, enabling them to make better, more well-informed business decisions. Without dfc-gorilla's WAN Efficiency Optimization, electronic distribution of the 4GB+ sized ISO files was not feasible.

Replace Monthly Shipment of CD/DVD Updates of Constantly Changing Customer Data With Online Updates
This is both feasible and cost effective for the first time. Creation of the updates can be accomplished with minimal use of data center resources. Bandwidth savings are significant as update file size is usually 90-95% of the original. On the client side, the update can be on-demand or automatic at a pre-selected time. The accuracy of the data is maintained - no need to track, use, store, etc., physical media.