Space Manager for
WindowsTM
FAQs
YES,
with the installation of the appropriate infrastructure.
Space
Manager uses a client/server architecture that allows for the broadest possible
range of installation and accessibility options.
Our software
can be set up as a single site installation where the client and server
elements of the program are both installed at the required site. Headquarters
can then access the site via a dial-in connection, Internet connection or
WAN/VPN. Once connected the remote PC could be controlled by a suitable remote
connectivity solution.
Alternatively,
Space Manager automatically maintains a log of all database activity. This log
is a supplement to the main database and is a simple text file. However, it can
be used to rebuild a database by applying the changes to a database after it
was last backed up. It would therefore be a simple matter to send this log of a
site’s activity, via email, to Headquarters in order to synchronize a copy of
the site’s database held there. This would both allow headquarters access to a
copy of the site’s data whenever required and form the basis of a secondary
backup system to guard against backup failure.
However, our program is designed to allow for
multi-site installation where the client element of the program is located at
the site and the server element (database) is located at a central location, to
which all sites connect. This connection would most probably be in the form of
a WAN/VPN via broad band connection such as leased line or DSL.
This arrangement not only allows for real-time data
analysis by headquarters, it also allows for full integration of distributed
sites and for HQ to perform centralized functions. These could include
centralized processing of payments, central call center dealing with all sites,
a web client link to allow customers to access site information in real-time
via the internet, to name but a few.
As mentioned earlier, It would also be possible to
group sites together by location, allowing for any user at any grouped site to
access and manage customers at their own or other group sites. This could
include invoice production, access control, customer photo storage, customer
account management etc.