The following information is designed to assist customers,
consultants, and IT professionals in making proper decisions regarding the
different networking solutions available for ManageMore.
A comparative review of the pro's and con's have been
provided below:
Networking
Solution Categories
MS Windows P2P
Connection
MS Windows
2000/2003 or Small Business Server
MS Terminal
Services or Citrix Metaframe
Implementation Cost
$
$$
$*
Low Administration Costs
Yes
No
Yes
Ease of Setup (1-10)
8
6
5
Network performance suffers rapidly as more users exist
Yes
No
No
Printing and modem use consume the network
Yes
No
Sometimes
Data Integrity
Low
High
High
Advanced Backup/Recovery Solutions Available
Poor
Very Good
Excellent
Concurrent User Scalability
Poor
Very Good
Excellent
Manual effort to maintain file integrity
Yes
No
No
Data Protection from sudden power
failures, reboots, or network disconnections
No
Yes
Yes
Product Support
Poor
Very Good
Very Good
Remote Access Capabilities
Poor
Very Good
Excellent
* If one hosts this technology through a Hosting Service Provider, then the Implementation costs will be relatively low. (e.g. hosting through www.theplanet.com can cost as little as $100/mo. for completely outsourcing all costs of hardware, maintenance, server software, etc.)
