The dpa Picture Library, which is accessible via the Internet, contains more than 1.5 million high resolution pictures and numbers among the largest digital picture libraries in the world. The dpa Picture Libarary is supplied every day with around 800 images taken from the daily output of dpa's picture services, from national and international partner agencies and from photographers. A high-performance server and the most modern network technology guarantee immediate access coupled with rapid download times. The images are stored on ultra-fast 1.2 terrabyte online hard drives. The modular basis of these units enables the capacity of the dpa Picture Library to be expanded easily at anytime, enabling it to keep pace with a rapidly growing market.

The user will find the obligatory full-text-search and search-by-date functions alongside subject, geographical and technical research options in every conceivable combination and variation. Regardless of the user platform - whether PC, Mac or Unix-based - the databank client can choose from the entire picture catalogue around-the-clock via the World Wide Web and using standard browsers.

The technical infrastructure of the dpa Picture Library guarantees a high standard of data security. This is ensured by a number of back-up systems at various dpa locations, back-up feeds to the Internet and the expertise of a team of qualified experts.

Picture editors working for publishers, advertising agencies and newspapers, as well as professional users from all other sectors, can log into the picture library directly under Picture-Alliance using their password. They will find themselves at the heart of a genuine B-2-B portal-compatible and customer-oriented databank.