摘要 |
A platform is provided which facilitates collaboration among a plurality of users on a project (such as the exploration for oil or natural gas on an oil rig), data set and/or data stream. The platform (301) comprises (a) a data hub (315) configured to allow a plurality of users to store data on the data hub and to retrieve data from the data hub; (b) an interface (319) associated with the data hub which is independently configurable by each of said plurality of users, wherein each user has a set of user preferences associated with that user which controls the configuration of the interface when it is accessed by that user; (c) a plurality of data files stored on said hub, wherein each of said data files is associated with one of said plurality of users and is accessible via the interface; (d) a security system (331) which authenticates a user and which restricts access of the data files to those data files associated with the user; and (e) functionality allowing a user to manipulate data in the hub, including by use of external software loaded onto the hub. |