No On-Site Server
For small public libraries, maintaining a server can be expensive, unpredictable, and very frustrating. And if you expose your server to the Internet for remote catalog access, you become responsible for protecting against hackers. The Apollo ILS runs from Biblionix servers on the Internet, freeing you from server dependence. This approach is called Software-as-a-Service. How It Works.
“The SaaS [software-as-a-service] model relieves the library from much of the complexities associated with managing a library automation system with lower overall costs.”
Library Journal, April 1, 2007
“Now a new breed of Web-based services are pushing legacy applications aside and finally giving users the business benefits they've been seeking.”
Business Week, April 17, 2007
Full ILS functionality: With no server in your building, you get a fully featured ILS that was designed by practicing librarians. Biblionix hosts your data in a safe and secure fashion on its powerful servers.
Save server costs: No longer will you have to decide when and what server to buy. No longer will you have to budget for a new server. No longer will you have to pay for and deal with maintenance headaches and costs. With Apollo, your subscription fee covers it all.
Secure and Safe Data: Our servers reside in a top of the line, professional datacenter. This provides far better data security and uptime than libraries can typically provide for in-house automation servers. The datacenter is designed to maintain up-time for hundreds of servers that are the lifeblood of many companies and organizations. Extraordinary measures are undertaken to protect customers’ data and maintain the highest availability to it. Here are some examples:
- Connections to five different Internet providers
- Industry-best solutions to guard against denial of service attacks, malicious traffic, intrusion
- Parallel 500KVA UPS battery backup units
- 2000KW diesel generator with onsite fuel storage
- Redundant 20 ton HVAC units
- Pre-action dry pipe fire suppression
- Proximity security badge access
- Digital security video surveillance
When you provide remote catalog access from your on-site server, you expose it to the whole Internet. If not set up and managed properly, this can allow hackers to steal and alter your data. Conversely, with your data on our server, you benefit from our constant professional protection.
Backups: With Apollo, you'll have better backup protection than you do now. We use multiple disk drives, so if one crashes, your library won't miss a beat. We back up your data every single night. Plus we record every transaction in real-time to another server, so you can't lose a single thing. This means that you can forget backup and restore regimens.
No Software to Install: Since all the software you and your patrons will use located on our servers, there's no software for you to install and maintain. All you need to use Apollo is a browser. All your patrons need is a browser. There's no server software and no client software. Open. Easy. Empowering.
Maintain Predictable Technology Expenditures: Increase the accuracy and reliability of your budgeting and cost control. With Apollo, there's only one yearly fee instead of yearly fees PLUS unpredictable hardware costs as with legacy ILS products. You won't need to deal with the surprise of buying a new server or with downtime while your server is repaired. Let Biblionix take the risk for you so you can keep operating.
FREE Upgrades: Since all the software is on our servers, upgrades are easy. But more importantly, they are FREE. You'll get advances and improvements with no cost or action on your part. That means you won't get left behind in functionality and new technologies.
Apollo delivers the advantages of a powerful new ILS system without the costs and headaches. Free upgrades and no servers let you take control.
Open. Easy. Empowering.
Start an Apollo trial today — it's free and it's fun.