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[SMaturin]

Losing internet connection is potentially very problematic for FIRMS. But how often does internet go down while power stays up?

Assuming you have DSL or cable connections, does your HALO system still operate if the power goes out? How often does your internet connection go down when power is still on?

FIRMS could still be used with a 3G ipad. Or with a wifi router that has a 3G connection instead of a cable or DSL landline connection, even when power is out. Your 3G modem could be connected to a UPS battery, and you could continue service in candlelight! Could that happen with the HALO servers? I doubt it!

There are even portable 3G modem to wifi devices now with their own batteries, to set up a small ad hoc wifi network anywhere you can get the cellular signal, so you could use FIRMS where there is not even any power outlets, say in a tent on the beach!

There are pros and cons to every technology, but the newer wireless and 3G or 4G technologies will eventually supplant most hardwired products, because they are easier and cheaper to install or change location.

Do you still use an ethernet wire to get on the internet at home? Most of us now are switching to laptops and wifi, to free the computer from the wall jacks. All of the five computers in my household, desktops and laptops, use wifi. The only ethernet cable still used in my house is the connection from cable modem to wifi router. Restaurants will eventually go the same route, since it is easier and cheaper.

[JQB]

Lecere Announces its Strategy for Internet and Electrical Outages in Restaurants

PORTLAND, Oregon – January 25, 2010 – Software start-up LecereTM Corporation (Pink Sheets: LCRE) has announced a strategy in the FIRMSTM restaurant management software for dealing with Internet and electrical outages during normal hours of restaurant operation.

According to Jim Morris, Chairman and CEO, “In every sales situation we encounter, the question always arises as to how Lecere will handle an Internet or electrical outage during normal restaurant operating hours. The loss of Internet service or electrical service to a restaurant can result in loss not only of revenue, but also of customer goodwill.”

Lecere’s primary strategy is based on the availability of a local server and UPS (uninterruptible power supply) that implements a two-tiered database. This provides the customer with the benefit of having data in the cloud for backup and for real-time, multi-site aggregation and analytics, yet also provides the safety net of continued local operations in the case of loss of either Internet service or electrical service. A secondary strategy would utilize the mobile (cellular) wireless network as a backup to Internet outages.

“We will give our customers a choice of a two-tiered database or a mobile wireless network or simply trusting that outages will be so rare they are not cause for alarm. There are tradeoffs associated with each of the first two solutions, but both solutions guarantee that every Lecere restaurant customer will have 24/7 access to the Internet. Loss of Internet service or electrical service, except in the most rare of instances imaginable, will not be an issue for Lecere’s customers.”