Our Technology

Information to build on

At First American CoreLogic, information technology provides more choices and control over how you connect to the information your business requires. Our systems are designed to give you quick access to the nation's most comprehensive database through a browser or desktop application or a customized solution. We support your technology strategy and accommodate information needs for your business.

Our mirrored database, double-redundant architecture with automatic fail-over and 24/7/365 technical support team provide the highest levels of protection against service interruptions. We leverage an open architecture utilizing J2EE/Weblogic clustering technology and a Web Services framework infrastructure to provide scalability and reliability for support of high volume transactions.

Our advanced technology provides our customers unparalleled flexibility, but the idea behind it all is quite simple: to get the most accurate, up-to-date information you need for your business in the most timely and efficient manner.

Whether it's browser, XML, bulk licensing or desktop access, we have the solution you're looking for, or the means to develop one. We can provide you licensed databases, customized programs and research.

Enterprise Architecture

Our enterprise architecture is designed to support large-scale e-commerce transaction processing in a secure environment, with high availability.  It provides load balancing, location transparency and fail-over management. The systems are integrated into a seamless environment that provides high availability, scalability, security, and robust version control and change management.

We have developed a technology environment that utilizes application components and industry accepted practices, optimized to meet our customers' requirements for data integration and delivery flexibility.

Presentation

• For products that are accessed via the Internet, we use a secure transaction service, VeriSign, for customer sensitive information
• XML to provide data description tagging using full-featured Document Type Definitions for both input and output transactions
• Leverage industry standard browser-based workstation such as IE to deliver our information system via the Internet

Application

• Application engine using industrial standard application server
• Java runtime and virtual machine providing portability and rapid application development
• Robust usage tracking, user authorization and billing interface
• Value-added services:

  - Address standardization and geo-coding

  - Information merge capability based on user preference and selection

  - Portfolio data append capability featuring high speed batch processing

  - Automated valuation models delivering value-added property data in real-time

Database

• Net backup proving high availability with rapid data restore capabilities
• Data management providing data quality control, cleansing, coding, and indexing
• Data updates from public records to the delivery database provide quick access to new sales and mortgage transactions

Network

• Monitoring/security (Virtual Private Network)
• FTP providing convenient information transfer over the Internet
• Load balancing and fail-over capabilities with Web content delivery using mirrored sites
• OpenView, Pix firewalls and Firewall 1, packet sensors and management consoles
• Multiple DS 3 lines between our data center and the Internet, third-party data providers, and customers requiring high bandwidth
• Data delivery capability using any telecommunications channel, from the Internet to dedicated wireless connection

Process for applications and product development

Depending on the product in development, our software release process may include some or all of the following steps:

• Project Charter - defining of the scope, ROI, idea, and participant responsibilities
• Responsibility Matrix designating accountability for project implementation
• Preliminary Requirements Document outlining product performance and functionality requirements
• Preliminary Systems Solution and Sizing, giving an estimate of the time and effort required for completing the project
• Project Plan, which is the actual implementation plan
• Detailed/Technical Requirements, which is created by the project management group with technical specifications by application development group
• Requirements Signoff for approval of the development deliverables by the requesting parties
• Production Site Requirements Specifications, which defines the production environment
• Test Plan for describing the testing needed to meet user acceptance
• Final Sizing/Schedule, which contains final project scope and the creation of a delivery schedule
• Development Plan for actual engineering development
• Quality Assurance Plan for testing and function validation of the code for quality purposes and for load performance testing
• Staging Review, for determining the availability of the completed project for final approval by customer
• Production Deployment, which brings the product into commercial use