Mark,

Seems to be a web accessed server with the crossflo software, which is configurable. I get the impression each customer purchases a server (HP) with crossflo software. It takes days or weeks to configure with customer unique apllications. They can also purchase software separate from the server.

"The Crossflo DataExchange™ (CDX) Server provides an innovative, cross agency, data-sharing platform using Extensible Markup Language (XML) and other standards-based technologies. Through an intuitive interface, users create XML-based publications from disparate data sources, and make those publications available securely to authorized subscribers. Sharing data with Crossflo DataExchange is designed to allow most agencies to start sharing data within a matter of days or weeks, versus the months or years it takes with other solutions. Data can be shared inter-agency or intra-agency.

The CDX Server is accessed via a web-based interface used to define publications and subscriptions, and includes a powerful data-transformation mapper. The mapper offers an intuitive "drag and drop" interface, a set of industry-specific transformation objects, the ability to connect to web services, and powerful features for exporting data into Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) applications. The mapper is also available in a standalone configuration, the DataExchange Agent. CDX supports both federated (pull) and scheduled and triggered (push) message exchanges.

The CDX Server also provides a repository for XML Schema Definitions (XSDs), a flexible and extensible auditing and notification facility, and a user authentication system that can be integrated with other user directories, such as LDAP. By providing technologies like secure sockets layer (SSL), publication and element-level encryption, and “Strong Security Policies", the CDX Server offers a range of security provisions. The Server is accessed using contemporary web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. CDX is constructed as a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) with an Application Programming Interface (API) (DataExchange SOA) to promote its integration with other systems. The CDX Server is available in standard, industrial strength, J2EE containers, as well as a smaller footprint stack utilizing the Tomcat web server and the Hypersonic database.

Whether an agency needs to share data in an industry standard schema like the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM), or whether it will be using its own custom schemas, the CDX Server is the ideal solution for the job. CDX Servers and Agents can be architected in a variety of configurations to implement robust, cross agency, data-sharing networks.

The CDX Server and Mapper also includes GJXDM/NIEM specific functionality -- such as unique transformation objects and Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) integration -- for efficiently working with these national data-sharing models. To speed our product deployment, we provide Consulting Services, offering our customers access to our trained data-integration experts across specialized areas such as Integrated Justice, Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), and Public Health. Additionally for Integrated Justice initiatives, we offer specialized IEPD Development and Training."

They also have stand alone software

"The Crossflo DataExchange Agent is a powerful mapping and database access tool that can stand alone or interact seamlessly with a Crossflo DataExchange Server as part of a data-sharing network. The Agent is built in 100% pure “run anywhere” Java, so that it can access data across the breadth of data silos typical in most mature agencies. By using the industry standard JDBC bridge and by leveraging commercially available adapters, the mapping technology in the Agent can access virtually any data source, from contemporary relational databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server to legacy systems such as IDMS and ISAM."

And they provide consulting services

"Crossflo has a unique team of employees that has both data integration experience and specific industry experience across Justice and Public Safety, National Defense and Homeland Security, and Public Health. We can help you define your data sharing requirements and then employ Crossflo and other value-add products for a full-featured, holistic solution. Crossflo’s products can be embedded into your existing platforms but allow the freedom to extend your solution as you see fit. Our maintenance program provides access to trained technicians 24/7. Please contact us to learn how you can begin sharing information quickly and efficiently."

http://crossflo.com/dex.php