Why is D³, by Raining Data, Such a Powerful Solution?

D³ is a powerful solution because it is a full featured, high-performing Database Management System and it is:

• Web-enabled: The D³ database management system can read and write to web pages in real time.
• Secure: Multilevel security supports user and account passwords and file access restrictions.
• Easy to learn: Because the D³ system was designed to be used by non-technical personnel, D³ includes a powerful English-like query language called AQL for creating reports.
• Scalable: The D³ database management system works comfortably with one to thousands of users.
• Multidimensional: Transcending the limitations of the two-dimensional relational database of the 1990s, Raining Data offers a Pick database model that accommodates "real-world" data. These multivalues and subvalues permit stacking of data or data record keys within a field.
• Limitless: Files may consist of an unlimited number of records. Records may have up to 2 billion fields. Fields may be up to 2GB (numeric or string). A process may open up to 32,000 files.
• Open and mobile: The Pick data model allows agencies from disparate locations to simultaneously access the database securely from remote locations all around the world.
• Tried and tested in over 2,000 real-world applications.
• Microsoft compatible: Word, Excel, SQL Server read and write D³® with Microsoft ODBC - Microsoft C++ programs can use D³ to read and write the D³ database - Microsoft Visual Basic.
• Hardware independent: Runs on most major systems like NT, 2000, 2003, AIX, Linux, etc.
• Dynamic: Fields require no length restrictions or data type. Adding additional fields to a file does not require reformatting.
• Importable/Exportable: Import/Export features facilitate movement of data between environments. Files can be maintained where most often used, and transferred to the other environment when needed.
• Efficient: It fits in 4 megabytes, runs multiple users in 64 megabytes.