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anywhereERP is an SaaS* web application that provides inventory
and order management from any internet browswer: Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Blackberry, iPhone. anywhereERP
synchronizes data :: inventory counts, bills, invoices, items,
custromers, vendors, chart of a accounts, terms:: with Quickbooks
(every 10 minutes : user selectable).
Thus, mobile staff can check inventory and enter Sales and
Purchase Orders via anywhereERP from their laptop or Blackberry/iPhone
(or any other internet connected PC). Quickbooks (Pro,
Premier, Enterprise) is updated every 10 minutes, and any changes in
Quickbooks are updated in anywhereERP. Thus, for many
employees, anywhereERP let's desktop Quickbooks be used from the
internet.
anywhereERP uses the Intuit Quick Books Web Connector (QBWC)
to manage this synchronization. The QBWC does not ship with the
standard Quickbooks release, but can be downloaded, for free, from
the Quickbooks webiste. The QBWC is a "web server" atom that
includes a timer. When the timer triggers (at an interval
selected by the user), then the QBWC connects to the anywhereERP
"web service" using HTTPS and exchanges data. Thus, the
QBWC syncs data through the company firewall in the same way the the
internet is accessed, requiring no settings changes (like ports etc)
in the firewall..
* From Wikipedia, following is a good definition of SaaS
Software as a Service (SaaS), typically pronounced
'sass') is a model of
software deployment where an application is hosted as a service
provided to customers across the
Internet. By eliminating the need to install and run the
application on the customer's own computer, SaaS alleviates the
customer's burden of software maintenance, ongoing operation, and
support. Conversely, customers relinquish control over software
versions or changing requirements; moreover, costs to use the
service become a continuous expense, rather than a single expense at
time of purchase. Using SaaS also can conceivably reduce that
up-front expense of software purchases, through less costly,
on-demand pricing. SaaS lets software vendors control and limit
use, prohibits copies and distribution, and control all derivative
versions of their software. This centralized control often allows
the vendor to establish an ongoing revenue stream. The SaaS software
vendor may host the application on its own web server, or this
function may be handled by a third-party
application service provider (ASP). This way, end users may
reduce their investment on server hardware too.
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