INTRODUCTION TO ASYCUDA++ Ó UNCTAD - SITE (V1.15) 1.1 Introduction to ASYCUDA++ Functions and Use of the ASYCUDA++ Customs Computer System; Safety Guidelines for the Use of Computers. Contents of Section 1. Amendment Control Grid .................................................................................................... 4 About this Section  ............................................................................................................. 5 ASYCUDA++ Training  ....................................................................................................... 6 Functional Training  ............................................................................................................ 6 Course Overview ............................................................................................................... 6 Target Population .............................................................................................................. 7 Course Format .................................................................................................................. 7 Course Objectives ............................................................................................................. 7 Duration ........................................................................................................................... 7 Instructors  ........................................................................................................................ 7 ASYCUDA++ System Overview .......................................................................................... 8 The Evolution of ASYCUDA ................................................................................................ 8 The Client Server approach  ................................................................................................ 9 Advantages  ...................................................................................................................... 9 Ease of use  ...................................................................................................................... 9 Availability of "off the shelf" software ..................................................................................... 9 Excellent connectivity ......................................................................................................... 9 Groundwork for multimedia technology  ................................................................................. 9 Graphical User Interface (GUI)  ............................................................................................ 9 Access to large databases .................................................................................................. 9 Fast database processing response times  ............................................................................ 9 Processing performed on server, means that client can perform other tasks locally .................. 10 Ease of upgrading storage and processing capacity  ............................................................. 10 The ASYCUDA++ Client-Server environment ...................................................................... 10 The ASYCUDA++ Client  .................................................................................................. 10 Operating System ............................................................................................................ 10 PARADOX Database Management System ........................................................................ 10 Section 1