Virtual Private DIRT

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Virtual Private DIRT

• Concepts, overview, and implementation
• Las Vegas, 9/13/2006
• DIRT Development Team

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Background

• CGA currently provides cga-dirt.com free to its
  members
• Small organizations can use it today as their
  only damage database
• Larger organizations have each created their own
  custom damage databases

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http//cga-dirt.com/
a.k.a. https//www.damagereporting.org/
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Why?

• Why do these companies have their own damage
  databases?
• Their database preceded DIRT
• Not yet providing data to CGA DIRT (legal
  reasons, for instance)
• Like to keep all data in-house
• Collect MORE data than the CGA DIRT standard
  fields.

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The Basic Idea

• How can CGA help?
• Reduce/eliminate database (DB) creation cost for
  members
• Reduce/eliminate operational overhead for member
  DBs
• Ensure compatibility with CGA DIRT specifications
• Ensure data privacy security

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Solution Virtual Private DIRT

• Starts out as a secure, isolated copy of the DIRT
  application
• Dedicated URL path
• (https//damagereporting.org/nnnnn)
• Dedicated database space
• Isolated identity management (users)
• Separate configuration
• Customize look feel
• Logo image
• Application/organization name
• Style, colors, layout to match your org.
• Emails to/from your org.

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Graphical High-Level View
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Flex Field Customization

• Add your own fields to CGA DIRT
• Dates, numbers, pick lists,
• Validation rules ranges
• Help text
• Becomes part of DIRT
• Web form Part Z
• Automated Data Loader
• Reporting/Query Wizard

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Additional Customizations

• Country restrictions (restrict to either US or
  Canada)
• State/Province subsets, useful for a state
  One-Call center
• Basically, any pick list in CGA DIRT can be
  restricted (but not necessarily expanded) in your
  Virtual Private DIRT
• Additional customizing and integrations available
  at time materials rates.

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Data sharing with CGA

• Opt-In Setting, see above
• Automatic, nightly process once enabled
• Shares new damage reports and edits to existing
  reports
• Application Admins for Virtual DIRT instance
  become Company Admins in CGA DIRT North America
  to view their shared data.

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Data security backups

• Ref. DIRT Security Whitepaper
• At cga-dirt.com/presentation
• Data only shared w/CGA if specified
• Automatic nightly backups to two secure,
  redundant off-site locations
• Nightly secure vendor-neutral data backups made
  available for your org (.csv files inside a .zip
  archive)

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Operational Model

• Hosted Service
• No servers needed at your facility
• No databases needed at your facility
• No software to install/patch
• Accessed purely through web browser
• How is it funded?
• CGA membership sponsorship
• Nominal initial setup
• Nominal annual subscription

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Signing Up (proposed)
Not Yet Implemented

• Link from cga-dirt.com or direct to
  cga-dirt.com/virtual
• Other documentation for Virtual Private DIRT to
  be posted to that area
• Online credit card payment (Visa/MC/Amex/) --
  Buy Now button for initial setup first years
  subscription
• Subscription renewals upgrades to be available
  from same place

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Pricing

• One-time initial setup tbd, includes Xhrs
  support
• Annual subscription tbd up to X seats (active
  logins), Xhrs support
• Additional seats tbd/ea or tbd/year for
  unlimited
• Additional support or customization at tbd/hr

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