Normalization is the highest standard for a relational database. It means each data item is entered and stored in the database one time, one place. This eliminates redundancy and opportunities for corrupted data and inefficient processing.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nModular programming is a software design technique that increases the extent to which software is composed of separate, interchangeable components called modules by breaking down program functions into modules, each of which accomplishes one function and contains everything necessary to accomplish this.<\/p>\n
Cloud-hosted RDS Connect\u00c2\u00a9 serves Windows and Mac users. XenServer is powered by Xen hypervisor, with Microsoft Windows Server\u00c2\u00a9 2008 R2 Hyper-VI. Microsoft’s next-generation hypervisor runs virtual machines running independent operating systems.<\/p>\n
Tier III Data Centers provide geographic diversity with twenty-six fully-featured data centers, for maintaining system and data redundancy,<\/p>\n
RDS Connect\u00c2\u00a9 applications and data are hosted on Tier Three data centers, one of the highest standards for data center security and reliability. A Tier Three data center is rated for 99.982 percent site availability. Data transmitted between local computers and the Cloud is 256 bit SSL encrypted with certified 2048 bit encryption. The Tier III Data Centers plus 256 bit encryption qualifies RDS Connect as SaSS (Software as a Secure<\/em>Service).<\/p>\nThe system is ODBC enabled (Open Database Connectivity).<\/p>\n
It is powered by the Synergy development environment (Synergy\/DE\u00c2\u00a9) from Synergex. This portable and scalable framework enables RDS Advantage\u00c2\u00a9 to deploy native Windows applications while integrating seamlessly with emerging technologies, such as Web data access, e-commerce solutions, and third party software.<\/p>\n
Synergy\/DE\u00c2\u00a9 has a long track record backed by millions of end-users worldwide, and a substantial presence in a multitude of vertical industries. Through its open architecture design, the system is not limited by hardware manufacturers or operating systems.<\/p>\n
It is both a multi-user and multi-entity application. It is multi-user in that any number of users can be simultaneously entering data, printing, or making inquiries, protected by file and record locking. It is multi-enterprise in that data processing can be done for a number of completely different entities, with complete security of data for each. The multi-entity capability makes it useful to support multiple church plants and locations on one RDS installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RDS is a native Windows\u00c2\u00a9 application that can be operated on any of the popular operating systems such as Windows 2003\/2008 Server R2\/Windows 7, 8, and 10. It is efficient on networks operated in either peer-to-peer or client\/server mode. Its ISAM file structure gives it speed, security and dependability. Its intuitive user-interface emphasizes functionality. 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