User:Mgoode75/Castrum (software)

Castrum software consumes documents and processes into a single, managed environment for secure sharing and collaboration. It is the core product of Castrum Limited, a privately held UK business.

Company
Castrum was founded in 2005 as Diraq Systems Limited. The original product offering focused on delivery of a hosted, thin-client document management software solution. This achieved initial success in the financial and banking sector due to its blend of strong security features, employing both AES encryption and SHA fingerprinting, along with a simple browser-based user interface.

In early 2011 Diraq Systems was acquired by an experienced team led by tech entrepreneur and VIP founder Mark Brooks. Rebranding to Castrum followed shortly thereafter, together with a new headquarters in Poole, UK. The word Castrum was used by the ancient Romans to mean areas of land reserved for use as military defensive positions. It was chosen for the new company to reflect a focus on security.

Castrum customers include Hallmark Cards, London Borough of Barnet, CEGA Air Ambulance, Bank Mizrahi-Tfahot, State Bank of India and Guy's Hospital.

Product
Castrum Exchange is the flagship product offering and can be licensed in several ways:
 * UK hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
 * Enterprise Software as a Service
 * Enterprise in perpetuity

Additionally, Castrum Developer is available as a platform to deliver tailored solutions licensed in a similar form.

Features
Information Ingestion
 * Via the Castrum open REST API
 * Via browser drag ‘n’ drop
 * Via real-time LAN monitoring
 * Via email

Information Processing
 * Full page and thumbnail rendering
 * Optical character recognition (OCR)
 * Native format text extraction
 * Integration with 3rd party systems
 * Automatic indexing

Information Security
 * Encryption in transit and at rest (AES)
 * Digital fingerprinting (SHA Salted)
 * Tamperproof auditing

Information Management
 * Workflow and process
 * Version control
 * Full text search
 * Audit trail

Information Collaboration
 * User and groups
 * Granular permissions
 * Commenting and review
 * Subscription and notification.

Competitors

 * Box.net (software)
 * Dropbox (service)
 * Huddle (software)
 * Microsoft SharePoint