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Traditional And Hosted Software Compared

Traditional And Hosted Software Compared 0

Traditional software is purchased, installed and configured on your computers. Hosted software is web-based, and can be accessed from any computer in the world with an Internet connection. With hosted software there is nothing to install or configure on any computer.

Estimated Cost Comparison

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Traditional Software
Initial Price $0 $3500 or more*
Installation $0 $95 an hour or more**
Maintenance $0 $95 an hour or more**
Updates $0 $350 a year or more*
Technical Support $0 $300 a year or more*
Training $0 $250 or more per attendee*
Data Protection $0 $100**
Hardware Upgrades $0 $500 or more**
Per User Fee $39 $0
Total $468 $5190 ++

Additionally, some of the MS Access programs that are out there include a little file named MouseHook.dll. If you are using a MS Access estimating system check your hard drive by doing a search. Then do a Google search on MouseHook.dll. You may not want to keep the files on your computer.

You can look here or here to see what other think about this non-Microsoft File. Yet another little file they like to add is named IP2Lib32.dll, this tool lets them collect personal data from your hard drive. You should search for it on your drive as well.

* Based on competitor prices.

** These cost vary depending on your market.

HVAC Maintenance Software

HVAC Maintenance Software 0

Maintenance software for HVAC companies comes in many forms.  Most are stand alone programs that run on a single computer. Many are networked, allowing one installation to be used by many computers on the same network. My Service Builder is a web base program which allows it to be run from any computer any where in the world that has internet access.

The level of accessibility provided by My Service Builder’s software gives it’s users some unique advantages. For example, a maintenance sales person can run the My Service Builder software while delivering a presentation to a potential customer. Once the customer and the sales person agree on the extent of coverage that will be provided under the maintenance agreement, the sales person can email the maintenance agreement to the customer and print it immediately.

We also have a few built-in security features to keep your data safe. Imagine a disgruntled sales person logging in one last time before they leave and deleting all their jobs. This could be disastrous. But we have you covered. No body can delete a job without special permissions. Your data is safe. We also do daily backups of the database to ensure data integrity at all times.

Unless you have a really good in-house IT department you may not be getting this level of data security. If your computer blows a hard drive what happens to your maintenance job data? Its gone. You could hire a data recover company, and spend thousands to recover the lost information. Or you could sign up with My Service Builder and forget about all those traditional worries.

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