Optimal Auctions, Inc.

"Powering Expert Auctions"

OptimalCommerce^TM Software uses a three-tier client/server architecture to provide multiple and cost-effective ways to obtain high performance and scalability for even the largest user base and distribution model. Optimal Auctions' products are designed for access from industry standard Web client front-ends, while supporting open back-end databases. This allows our clients to have a completely scaleable system, adaptable to their company's needs as they evolve and grow.

Our client interface is a highly responsive, user friendly, and secure Java applet which runs in a standard browser with the Sun Java plug-in installed. This interface provides many benefits over straight HTML, but an HTML interface can also be utilized.

The web server manages client requests, provides HTTPS/SSL encryption, and interoperates with the OptimalCommerce^TM Software application server, which manages the many aspects of the auction event. Our server is highly configurable and extensible. It implements intelligent caching to maximize performance and flexibility.

The OptimalCommerce^TM Software application server interacts with an open standards database server for the maximum access efficiency, security, and redundancy.

The tiers of our application are deployed on multiple servers optimized for transaction processing and database access as appropriate to each client's requirements.