Deployment Options for Web Client Applications
Smart Clients Offer Flexible Deployment Options
PCA Smart Client applications are hosting environment independent. The SQL Server database can be located anywhere — on
your network behind a firewall or with a 3rd-party hosting provider. Through our business relationship with Amazon and Azure,
PCA is able to offer cost-effective, one-stop application Hosting, Maintenance and Support services.
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Self-Hosted
(Your Server)
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Managed-Hosted
(AWS or your ISP)
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SQL Server |
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The SQL Server database is hosted at
Amazon AWS, Azure, on a dedicated Server or Virtual Server (a VM inside a shared Server)
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Maintenance |
Your business performs all SQL Server database and Server hardware maintenance services
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PCA performs all SQL Server database and Server hardware maintenance services
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Bandwidth |
Your business provides the bandwidth
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AWS or Azure provides the bandwidth (managed multi-homed, Tier 1 network, with 99.9% uptime Service-Level Agreement)
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Integration |
Integration with local (User) Desktop applications is fast and inexpensive — integration
with LAN applications (e.g. ERP, Accounting, etc.) is also is fast and inexpensive,
typically via ODBC or file import/export |
Integration with local (User) Desktop applications is fast and inexpensive — integration
with applications on your LAN is limited to the extent they are IP-addressable
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Support |
PCA provides primary support services
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PCA provides primary support services |