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CREDO FAQ 1.5
What is Credo?
• Office automation tool
• Web based using internet, not local
• Used ~10 years to develop
• Already used by industry leaders:
- Anthony Ng Architects Limited - award winning architectural firm
- Moviola Productions Ltd. - No.1 commercial film production house
- Shiu Wing Steel Ltd. – No.1 steel company
- Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. - No.1 architectural and engineering firm
• Tailor-made, buffet of modules
Differences from just using MS Excel
• Excel not inherently designed for multiple users
• No tracking and logging of all changes
• Simple and Lax security (built-in password system easy to crack)
• No fine-grain user permissions
• Multiple copies often lead to confusion
Keeping own server- Disadvantages
• Whole company rely on single low-paid IT kid
• Not in IT industry
• Lax security because assume everyone trustworthy
• Easy to steal data using USB disk etc.
• Costs high
- Hardware
- Software
- Staff
- Space
• Don't need full-time plumber/electrician/gas-man even though use services, so why hire full-time IT guy?
Easy to implement
• No new hardware needs to be purchased
• No new software needs to be purchased
• ZERO installation time and costs
• Only need web-browser to use
• Minimal training- Anyone who can check email or surf web can use quickly
Data Center- Advantages
• Locked
• Remote
• Fire wall
• Authentication
• Access via Credo only
• Log of all transactions
Data Center- Reliable
• Guaranteed up-time +99.9X%
• Powerbase (PCCW) used by large list of clients
Security
• SSL, VPN
• 128bit encryption
• same level used as banks and credit cards (HSBC, Visa etc)
• cannot be cracked even with all computers in the world even after millions of years
Price
• $398/user/month FLAT fee
• ALL modules available
• Migration man-hour ($450) or self or out source
Mobile Access
• Access anywhere, anytime
• No new purchase nor installation needed
• Any web-connected computer
o Office
o Hotel/Airport
o Home
o Foreign Country
o Starbucks
• Any web-connected PDA
• Any browser equipped mobile phone
Backup
• Everyday to Hard disk
• Can be up very quickly
• Plan to use:
1. Clustering
2. Replication
Server-side
• Platform independent
• Currently Microsoft SQL, will migrate to MYSQL
• Currently Microsoft IIS web server, will migrate to Apache?
• Open source trustworthy – used by companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems etc.
Language
• Perl CGI
• Good for large database
• Flexible
• Cross platform, Non-proprietary
• Fast
• No need to compile or recompile
• Best for text manipulation
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