At the core of the platform are repository services for capturing, managing, and storing your business-related digital assets. Multiple repositories, called object stores, can be created and managed within a single system to serve your business requirements. Object stores can be configured to store content in a database, a file system, a fixed content device (such as an Image Services repository, IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager, Network Appliance SnapLock, Hitachi Content Platform, or EMC Centera), or a combination of these options. An object store can store a wide variety of business-related data—for example, an insurance claim, a customer loan account, or information about business partners. It can also store any type of structured or unstructured content such as XML documents, Microsoft Office documents, web pages, photos, voice data, images, process definitions, templates, and more.
The following diagram illustrates object stores that might be required by a financial institution. Explanatory information follows the diagram.
The Research and Development object store is for internal use and contains documents that are related to the development of new products and services. The Human Resources object store contains information for employees and is also used to manage the corporate intranet.
The Product Catalog object store contains information that is published to the company Internet site, such as information about products and services, plus the graphics and templates that are used to publish the information to the corporate internet site. The Loan object store contains data that is used for the loan approval process. The Product Catalog object store contains information about products.