Free Viewer: Deployment options for client dashboards?

Kiddo29 · December 1, 2011 5:39AM

Hi All,

I have a bit of a problem. I have a dashboard hosted on an extranet which a client can login to and view using free Viewer.

The only problem is that their IT department is really strict and they also sit behind a proxy server (which causes further problems) and they are currently unable to install the latest version of Java (or the version which is compatible with omniscope) to view their dashboard. After many discussions this method of providing them the dashboard is out of the question as it is too time consuming and a very large hassle.

My question is, are there any other ways to provide the dashboard to the client without them having Omniscope installed on their machines? I know they can download and install free viewer and we can send them the iok file but this isn't feasible as i need to domain lock the file and restrict access to the data manager to protect our intellectual property.

If you could let me know asap that would be great. I've thought about using a virtual machine which they can VPN to but again as they're behind a proxy server even this may cause problems.

Thanks, Tim

tjbate · December 1, 2011 6:19AM

Tim - Omniscope is designed to protect Publishers' revenue by implementing a wide range of anti-copy and anti-forwarding features within the IOK file itself...owner-locking, domain locking and time limiting are simple to add to each IOK file each time it is saved and delivered. Hiding the DataManager View is automatic because the free Viewer does not display the DataManager data refresh flow driving the file, and the DataManager View can be hidden (and locked hidden) from view of activated Omniscopes as well.

The best way to deliver the best user experience from your IOK files is always for the subscribers/recipients to fully install the free Viewer locally, if not immediately, then eventually. Even the strictest, most retrograde IT environments have installed Adobe Acrobat Reader on all machines because it is general purpose and free. Omniscope Viewers are for data sets what Acrobat is for printed text. Omniscope free Viewers can be given to everyone in the organisation as part of the standard corporate desktop, just like Acrobat Reader is.

In the meantime, there are several interim or temporary means of deploying IOK files to recipients who for some reason cannot fully-install themselves (even though no install privileges are required) and therefore have not yet installed the free Viewer.

Omniscope Online uses Java Webstart to deploy and cache a zero-footprint copy of the free Viewer, together with your IOK 'payload' file which is not saved/cached. Delivery of the file invoves e-mailing or web display of a special link, called a JNLP link. More detail is here:

http://www.visokio.com/kb/webstart

Another option is to save your IOK file as a custom JAR in which IOK data file and free Viewer installer have been bundled. Custom JARs are too big to e-mail, but can be web-displayed for download, or delivered via file sharing services like DropBox or Box.net. More detail is here:

http://www.visokio.com/kb/custom-jar

Kiddo29 · December 1, 2011 6:35AM

Hi,

Thanks for reply - already using jnlp technique.

Agree with above BUT if the client isn't allowed to install aplications on their machines and can't install java are there any other options?

tjbate · December 1, 2011 7:26AM

Tim - The Omniscope free Viewer installs along with its own bundled version of Java (a private virtual machine or PVM). No other application interacts with Omniscope's Java PVM, and Omniscope is self-sufficient in terms of Java, so there are no corporate implications or interactions with the existing Java deployment, even if Java is totally absent from the existing corporate platform (rare).

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