Author-it Cloud is a private cloud controlled by ASC | Author-it Software Co..
The architecture used by the Author-it Cloud platform ensures high performance, security, and scalability:
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The Firewall and Authentication layer limits all users to a single means of entry to the Author-it Cloud service, without providing any means of accessing the back-end technology. This is distinctly different from local IT networks, which typically need to guard multiple entry points. |
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The Load Balancing Servers distribute the work being performed to the Application Servers in order to optimize the performance of the Author-it Cloud platform. Multiple Load balancing Servers provide redundancy; in the unlikely event of one failing, others simply pick up the task. |
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The Application Servers do what most people associate with computers: They provide the software and computing power that enables users to work with the software application. |
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The File and Database Server Layer is not a single shared database. Each Author-it Cloud customer has its own database instance, without any means of accessing any other instance of the database. |
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The Author-it Cloud Publishing queue is managed by multiple publishing servers that dynamically shift the workload to optimize user time-to-publish. |
