Global Data Management

Global product development without data bottleneck

Global product development needs data from different sources to be consistent, up-to-date, and available worldwide. In practice, however, large data volumes like CAD models often impede cross-location collaboration: multi-gigabyte files strain networks, and differing bandwidths and latencies complicate synchronization. With CONTACT Elements' technology for Global Data Management, you avoid bottlenecks in terms of latency and bandwidth. You ensure low latency and efficiently exchange complex data structures – without wasting bandwidth or transmitting irrelevant data.

Benefits

Collaborate efficiently worldwide
Distribute data purposefully and optimally utilize network resources with intelligent vault replication
Optimize performance in global wide area networks with edge servers

Collaborate efficiently worldwide

In a globalized world, customers demand not only innovative, constantly improved products in ever shorter cycles, but also individually tailored solutions. CONTACT Elements Global Data Management supports development, production, and service in meeting these expectations through close, cross-location collaboration. The key to efficiently synchronizing the necessary data for this is a high-performance, shared IT landscape. This enables you to master growing product complexity and reduce development times.

Optimize network resource utilization with intelligent replication

The Vault Replication mechanism of CONTACT Elements Global Data Management synchronizes CAD models, Office documents, and multimedia files across all locations and time zones. Specific replication rules not only enable the optimal utilization of bandwidth through intelligent time windows, but they also recognize logically linked data structures and ensure that data is only available to the teams actually involved. This targeted data distribution prevents an unfiltered synchronization of all data to all locations – and thus an unnecessary load on the network.

Optimize performance in global wide area networks with edge servers

The performance of the IT infrastructure is crucial for rapid data exchange between locations. With CONTACT's Edge Server technology, even intercontinental distances become negligible for performance. Edge Servers optimize communication protocols in wide area networks, thus ensuring minimal latencies and maximum throughput. Additionally, the automatic conversion of gigabyte-sized CAD models into lightweight formats ensures immediate availability and accelerated workflows.