Abstract: In the invention, a system and method for controlling applications at remote locations from a central server is provided. The system comprises an application agent at one remote location and a control system at the central server. The application agent controls each application installed thereat. There is also configuration data accessible by the application agent and the control system. The application agent periodically accesses the configuration data to determine operating parameters for each application; initiates activation of each application according to the configuration data; receives output data from each application; and produces a filtered version of the output data and forwards the filtered version to the server application. The control system receives, reads and stores the filtered data in an output file; and updates the configuration data to refine operation of said each application after analyzing the filtered data.