What does OFLS stand for?

It consists in (i) using technology to meet basic needs of rural population through financing mechanisms, installation and maintenance of equipment that are environmental friendly; (ii) providing long-term funding for progressive housing development including the concepts renewable energy and productive investment; and (iii) expanding access to financial services for people with poor or no connectivity located in rural and remote areas of Nicaragua through an offline system.

Do you need to have an online reporting system with cable connections to your computer, or would an offline system better suit your work practices, and eliminate installation costs?

Typically these offline systems require installation of software before editing can be undertaken.

This stand alone electronic locking system requires no hard wiring, integrates smoothly with online and offline systems, and interfaces with leading "Once Card" providers.

The second group of records reportedly will be stored in offline systems, while the records requested more recently will be stored in the records management application system that the division is building.

Unlike other debit-card transactions that automatically draw on consumers' bank accounts, the Visa and MasterCard versions use an offline system that raises fees for retailers -- costs that are passed on to consumers.

Two different models, an inline system and an offline system, are available.

Offline systems, however, present data security and data integrity issues.