Hi Michael, It sounds like the database itself doesn't have to be synced anywhere, there is just a need for remote client access. That's going to be tough to do with the policy of keeping the DB physically isolated :) So yes, that security policy will probably have to go if the database user has the pull to force a remote access setup for their needs.
When you say "database user who doesn't want to learn anything new" how do they access the db currently? Is there a UI for Approach that they use currently, and is that what they want to access remotely? Setting up RDP (the windows remote desktop protocol) over VPN is a solution if they must see the Windows XP desktop to use the database. Doing a Windows XP instance in the cloud so everyone can have easy remote access is possible - cheapest I could find was http://www.colossuscloud.com/pricing.phtml which appears to be at least $20/month. It sounds like a rock and a hard place, and unfortunately if your DB user is absolutely set on staying with Approach, then the option set isn't very wide. On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > You're not rude. I know my questions probably seem like I'm a 4 yr. old > who doesn't know much besides 911 (but since I designed a database 17 years > ago I must know everything about IT). I often thought a CRM solution would > be something for us. One difficulty is we have a 72 yr old (baby) database > user who doesn't want to learn anything new and in 14 years hasn't learned > to properly use what we have and now wants access at a new location. The > Lotus Approach app isn't updated past WinXP. > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> I don't mean to be rude but I would think that the mailing label function >> you describe would be available as a turnkey package. That application has >> been solved many years and times over. Or let me spin this another way - >> do you need to expand functionality to use a tool like a Customer Resource >> Management (CRM) package? There are several open source CRM tools >> (SugarCRM for instance) that might do multiple jobs for your organization. >> >> At first blush, your request sounds like re-inventing the wheel. >> >> Howard >> >> >> On 09/13/2015 04:04 AM, Michael L wrote: >> >>> The database app runs a mailing list for DVD's. And I will say that our >>> current (soon to be former?) security strategy is to leave the single >>> machine completely off the internet. I guess that strategy will have to >>> be abandoned now to connect to a VPN? I understand the 'V' in VPN to >>> mean virtually private as opposed to actually private or virustually >>> private if you have a virus on one of the machines. Am I correct on >>> that? >>> M >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- http://www.wesleyduffeebraun.com <http://www.ashevillephotobooth.com> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
