Spotfire has five core components:
Spotfire Server: The spotfire Server is the hub of the Spotfire system. It handles user logins and the configuration of accounts, licenses, and other system preferences; it can connect users to external data sources; and it hosts and controls access to the Spotfire library, which is stored in the Spotfire Database.
Spotfire Database: The Spotfire database stores all the account administration and configuration information needed to make Spotfire work. It also stores the Spotfire library, which looks to the user like a hierarchical file system for organizing and store analysis files but is in fact a set of database BLOBs (binary large objects). The Spotfire Database can be built in Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server.
Spotfire Web Player: The Spotfire web player is a web application installed in the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server. It delivers analysis files that are saved in the Spotfire...