Question 1) If a single lane store wants to be able to access the system to update inventory, etc. from a back office computer, does the customer need to purchase an additional lane?
Question 2) If a single store wants to be able to manage the inventory, etc. from a remote location off site, does the store need to purchase Headquarters.
No to both. For remote management, use your remote control software of choice - Remote Desktop Connection (built into XP), PC Anywhere, GoToMyPC, VNC, whatever. Remote control will provide a much better user experience than trying to run the software locally and connect to the database directly.
Glenn Adams Tiber Creek C> Question 1) If a single lane store wants to be able to access the system to
I second Glenn's comment. If you're in an Windows XP environment, I recommend using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection. I find that it's quite a bit fast faster than VNC. One caveat though: The backoffice box that you're remoting into has to be a XP Pro, 2000 or 2003 Server machine; Windows XP Home Edition doesn't allow incoming Remote Desktop connections afaik.
Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt] wrote:
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