Lead Management Software - IT Guy Viewpoint
Any business owner would consult his/her IT guy before making decisions about new software.
This document is built for the IT guy of your company. It provides answers and information about the technical side of the Lead Management Software.
Here is what an IT guy should know about the Lead Management Software:
- Lightweight: The Lead Management Software is a lightweight software, The executable is under 7MB. The size of the entire installation folder is about 60MB. This includes the executable, about 42000 zip codes, installation files for the scanning, VoIP, HTML, Emails modules and the Lead Management Software installation itself (Only 7MB). In order for for the Lead Management Software to work you only need to run the VFP9-setup.exe on the workstation you want the Lead Management Software to run on, and restart. (Takes about 20 seconds on old Pentium 4 with 256MG memory. Few seconds on new machines.)
- Hardware Requirements: From the newest 64bit PCs with Windows 7 to any older computer with 250MB memory, older Pentium 4 processor that runs Windows XP: The Lead Management Software runs it without any problems.
- Work Environment: To run the Lead Management Software on a network, you need to map a drive, and have on it a folder that contains the Lead Management Software executable (HIS.exe.) The Lead Management Software can be placed on any shared folder that complies with either Windows XP, 2003, 2008 Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, 64 or 32 bit - all works! That is correct. If your server is Unix or Apple, as long as Windows can read and write to a folder on it, you can have the Lead Management Software files and database sit on it and the Lead Management Software will function perfectly fine. Additionally, you can place the Lead Management Software executable file and tables on any shared folder on your network: NAS devices or any workstation. All you must verify is write permission to that folder.
- No Server Installation: The Lead Management Software DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY SERVER INSTALLATION! No installation is required on the hosting machine. That means that you will not have to install anything on your server in order to run the Lead Management Software on your network. You should know, however, that if you want to run the Lead Management Software from any Server 2003, Server 2008 all you need is to run the installation files - and you can run the Lead Management Software right on the server.
- Network Card Speed: The Lead Management Software happily lives with a 100MB/Second Ethernet connection seed. It will run faster on it than most new network applications such as Quickbooks, ACT!, Peachtree, etc...
- Drive Map for the Lead Management Software: You can call it either with \\Server\HIS\HIS.exe or through a mapped drive, like H:\HIS\HIS.exe - Choose whatever makes your life easier.
- Moving the Lead Management Software to New Server: Moving the Lead Management Software to another server is a snap: You SIMPLY COPY the folder from where it is located, and PASTE it to the new location on the new server. All you have to do now is point your workstations to the new location and keep working. No fancy SQL installation and migration, and no .NET updates. Again - there is no installation of any kind required on the server.
- Backing up the Lead Management Software: The easiest task you have ever done: Simply include it in your backup locations of any standard backup software, and you are done. We do recommend off-site backup, as well as daily backup, to another hard drive and shadow backup twice a day.
- Lead Management Software and SQL: No SQL required! SQL - As far as the Lead Management Software is concerned, you can completely uninstall your SQL server, or keep it alive - it does not bother the Lead Management Software at all. The Lead Management Software has no business of any kind with any SQL server.
- Lead Management Software Installation: Installing the Lead Management Software on a workstation takes about 20 seconds. You will have a 8MB installation file that takes about 10 seconds to run, and after Restart, you can run the Lead Management Software on that machine. Note that there are a few optional modules that would take extra 30 seconds or so - ONLY if needed.
- Windows Updates: The Lead Management Software is a "closed box" as far as Windows knows. Automatic updates, and .NET versions have ZERO effect on the Lead Management Software.
- Lead Management Software Speed: The Lead Management Software works practically at the same speed whether its database is empty or has hundreds or thousands of records in it. It uses unique technology that enables it to run fast even on slow computers and slow networks. In other words, you do not need to upgrade your computer network and workstations only for the Lead Management Software. Most likely, you will find the speed of your existing system sufficient enough for several additional years at your service.
- Compatibility: The Lead Management Software is compatible with all modern Windows versions: XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008.
For the IT guy, the Lead Management Software is nothing short of heaven...