Thanks for your helpful information. To further the discussion...
- How many computers/devices are you going to want to hook up at a location?
A> At the moment, it is one computer per location. But I could see that growing as they come to expect more from the capabilities of remote access.
- Is the mobile blood drive being conducted from a truck or is it set up at
a local facility like a school, library, etc.?
A> Both. We have 8 Coaches that are self-contained and can go nearly anywhere with a 8-10 level parking spaces and nearby available restrooms. But we also do inside setups at local facilities.
- Do your intranet apps work adequately over a slow modem connection or is
broadband necessary?
A> Broadband should not be necessary. These are pretty straight forward data access applications. Read/Add/Edit donor contact/demographic/history data. We are only talking about several hindered to a few thousand bytes of data. No where near a million bytes.
- Are the intranet apps designed as web service type apps that could allow
for easy alternate interfaces, or are they pretty much the one app as-is?
A> They are not yet designed as web service apps, but could probably be done so pretty easily.
The power that be that request this study did so because he had heard of Blackberry allowing this kind of access. Anybody have experience/critiques of Blackberry's solutions? Does anybody know if they are wireless or cellular or both? I haven't gotten a clear answer form their website yet.
Thank You
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Ian Skinner
Web Programmer
BloodSource
www.BloodSource.org
Sacramento, CA
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