I am not an expert on bandwidth.  I suspect that a business DSL at each
office might fit the bill.


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What really worries me is that your Access 97 database must be about to
break.  The four major players in the database market are:

Oracle,
Microsoft SQL Server,
IBM DB2,
Sybase,
and Informix

Price will prevent any but the largest or well endowed NPOs from using ANY
of these real databases.

PostgreSQL falls somewhere in-between the big five and Access.  Also, you
can just barely run it on Windows.  However, it is free and works pretty
well.

Also, there are other organizations that can roundup volunteers to set up a
network and applications for a charity.  In my experience the main problem
is most volunteers are in deep need of resume padding--the hardest part is
finding someone qualified to supervise the project AND willing to deal with
the flakiness that comes with a volunteer technical crew.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Whitlatch [mailto:awhit22@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:46 PM
> To: azipa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [azipa] Database Suggestion?
>
>
>
> Hello.  I’m kind of new to AZIPA so hopefully someone out there can
> help me.  I’m the IT manager for a non-profit here in Tempe.  Over
> the next year or so we are looking at expanding our centers to
> multiple sites across the valley.  Currently we have 2 sites
> connected using a dial-up connection.  We want to have one central
> database that everyone can connect to.  Right now the database is in
> Access 97.  The objective is to connect everyone with a high speed
> connection to that database for data entry, client info, and
> generating reports.  Is this something you think would be best done
> over the internet or some other way?  I’m kind of in unfamiliar
> territory with this area, so I would appreciate any suggestions.  If
> this is something your company does, I’d like to meet with you and
> discuss the costs involved and whatever else.  If not, do you have a
> contact that would set something like this up?  Right now I’m just
> trying to research the project and get a feel for the costs involved.
>  This project may also involve setting up a new website too.  Thanks
> for the help.
>
>
>
> Adam Whitlatch
> CPCogp
> MIS Manager/Network Admin
> 480-829-0398
> awhit@cpcphoenix.org
>
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