A startup here that develops technology to speed up greatly the communication between data servers and remote computers used to access them has set up shop in the incubator space at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute.


The company, called Interactive Dynamic Technologies Inc., or iDynaTECH for short, was formed last month and occupies 300 square feet of space in SIRTIs main building, at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., says Dan Ferguson, its president and interim CEO. It currently employs just three people, but plans to hire four more within the next six months, Ferguson says.


iDynaTECH is developing a product called Dynamic Enterprise/Java-based Accelerator Application (DEJA), which it says is intended to help a companys employees and customers to access remotely data on a main server far more quickly than they can when using conventional technologies.


The technology, which Ferguson says should be ready within the next three months, uses Web-based tools that increase interactivity and speed to the extent that remote computers using a dial-up Internet connection can retrieve data from a server at speeds more like that of a broadband connection.


The DEJA technology, he says, is a modification of whats known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, commonly known as Ajax. For instance, Google uses Ajax for its map pages, through which users can quickly zoom in on a specific location on a map.


DEJA takes out the element of Ajax that allows it to transmit graphics, which makes DEJA faster and more efficient, but means that it only can transfer form-based information, Ferguson says.


iDynaTECHs planned target market is small to medium-sized businesses that have a main location and multiple offices or vendor suppliers located elsewhere, he says. Because the DEJA software uses Web-based tools, the remote computers that access data servers running the software need only a Web browser, rather than specialized software. That means an employee or customer can access data from virtually any personal computer connected to the Internet, he says.


Ferguson says hes talked with several companies here about using DEJA, including one that has vendor suppliers in Asia who currently rely on fax machines to transfer information back and forth. With DEJA, those suppliers could log onto the Spokane companys Web site using a dial-up modem connection, and access the companys database at broadband-like speed to process, send, and receive inventory information, Ferguson says.


Businesses that use DEJA also can save money on hardware equipment, because DEJA enables a single server to house multiple functions, including data-based, web, and email services. Such services usually require several servers to operate, he says.


We see it as being a potentially multibillion-dollar market, he says. The technology provides efficiency and productivity for work-flow processes.


iDynaTECH plans to lease out hardware servers that contain the DEJA software for customers to operate at their locations, or offer to maintain a server at its office and charge a fee to a customer to use its services, Ferguson says. Regardless of which option clients choose, the company will provide technical support, he says.