Big retail chains have branches in different places and they have a head quarters to control these branches. The computerized data produced in these branches have to regularly update with the parent server and also new business rules being decided in the head quarters have to be sent to these branches at no time.

The Business Communication Server is a data synchronization application, to synchronize data from Point of Sale Back Office terminals to the Corporate Server.

The server also sends business rule changes to the POS terminals as and when synchronization is done. Backup channels are provided through Agents to allow reliable synchronization to the server. Channel selection and period of transmission are configurable in the POS terminals.