Piql - Unique Proprietary and Open-Source Solution

Piql is both proprietary, patented and open-source

Piql’s imaging and data writing technology (i.e. that transfers the data to the piqlFilm through light modulation of the data – converting the data to super high-resolution QR-codes) is proprietary and protected through patents, trade secrets and copyrights . The reading technology is all based on open-source and license-free software and off-the shelf hardware. This is for the benefits of the clients, so that they can retrieve the data in the future independent of specific vendors or technology, - a light source, a camera and a computer is what is needed.

Piql is tested by third parties

The longevity and readback of data from piqlFilm have been tested by an external third-party laboratory ( Norner in Norway - www.norner.no). This institute have been doing accelerated aging of the piqlFilm over the last 10 years, and a readback of data after an estimated 1000 years (with the piqlFilm stored at a temperature of 21 ° C at 50% relative humidity) have been validated. At a temperature of 0 ° ± ° 2C the life expectancy is more than 2000 years. As far as we have been able to verify, no other storage medium has been through such an extensive testing on durability or longevity.

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI - www.ffi.no/en) have assessed our technology and services relative to all kinds of security challenges for storage/preservation of data over time; inside threats, fire, water, chemical

compounds, microorganisms, nuclear radiation, sabotage, espionage, electromagnetic radiation, and different forms of "cyber"-threats. “ The number of potential risk sources eliminated by the offline properties of the Piql Preservation Services is therefore great ”.

The Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology (IFE – www.ife.no) wanted to test the piqlFilm’s robustness against electromagnetic and radioactive radiation and has exposed different data storage technologies (Hard disk (HDD), Magnetic Tape (LTO), USB stick and Solid-State Drive (SSD)) and piqlFilm to deadly doses of electromagnetic radiation (EMP).

“ The only technology that survived was the piqlFilm, all the data could be read back 100%. The other storage media could not even be connected ”.

A unique and holistic service journey

Piql has created a unique and holistic service journey all the way from assessing and advising on the project scope, converting/digitising analogue information (e.g. paper documents, books, manuscripts, maps etc.), audio, video, film, objects of art, physical objects/monuments (e.g. Taj Mahal), adding value to that information through digital transformation (i.e. extracting and adding indexing information and metadata through the use of AI and Machine Learning), making this information searchable and accessible and ensuring an ultra-secure storage as well as archival and long term preservation of the digital assets. As far as we know, Piql is the only player in the world that can offer such an holistic solution.