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CruisePak And The Home Based Agency
The Home Based Agency is the natural progression of the Home Based Agent business model. The Home Based Agency usually consists of one or two partners, working out of one of the partners home...and may or may not have other associated agents who work virtually out of their own homes. The appearance of a Home Based Agency is really a virtual organization. To the outside world, it appears as a single element but in reality, it is a collection of two or more agents who work in their own homes respectively, but are loosely linked via technology. Case 1: All Users Located At The Residence This is the most common, and simplest form of a Home Based Agency organization. In this case, all the members of the agency are at the residence and they all access CruisePak simultaneously using their own computers. This is the case for the myriad of husband and wife teams out there. For this case:
Case 2: Users Located At Residence And You Have Person(s) Living Elsewhere Who Require Full Access To CruisePak Now you are getting big time. You are now at the power level of the traditional agency with remote users. And as such, you need to make a capital investment in Windows Small Business Server and a computer that meets a hardware specification necessary to run Windows Small Business Server. To set up a Small Business Server, you install the Small Business Server product on a standalone computer according to the instructions provided with the product. After installation, the computer will appear to be just sitting there, in the corner, collecting dust. However, in reality, it is functioning as a workhorse, handling transactions, managing remote user connections via the internet, security, and more. Microsoft Small Business Server is an advanced product and not for the faint of heart. But, it will install like butter and function like a charm. Setting up CruisePak to support Users located at the residence and remote users requiring power access to the CruisePak application entails the following:
If you get this done, you have a system that will support growth to 25 million a year plus; all out of your little old home based agency. And of course, you don't have the expense of the big retail agency. Case 3: Users Located At Residence, Person(s) Living Elsewhere Require Full Access To CruisePak, And You Have Some Outside Agents Who Don't Need (Nor Do You Want Them To Have) Full Access To CruisePak Now We Are Getting Really, Really Intense! First off, Everything as outlined in Case 2 has to be done. No once that is done, we can proceed by getting into the CruisePak Connector. The CruisePak Connector allows you to connect your CruisePak data to a website. Website developers can use our Application Programming Interface to create your own mini web based CruisePak that can be used by your outside agents. Your custom mini CruisePak doesn't need to have full power of CruisePak Rather, only what the outside agent needs to administrate their own bookings... and thus get the booking into CruisePak without you having to type it in. To get the CruisePak Connector Running, you'll need to do the following.
Special Note: If You Don't Need Terminal Services If you don't need Terminal Services that is OK too. You can still implement the connector, design your mini CruisePak and host it on your website without all the Terminal Services Stuff. Remember, Terminal Services is only required when you need to give one of your associates full access to the CruisePak application remotely, via the internet.
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