subject: Web Based Applications As Your Performance Enhancer [print this page] WWW (the World Wide Web) has grown up now to deliver advanced commercial or business-related functions. It has not remained mere a platform where one could get or publish information but is a performance tool. Modern websites are highly dynamic where communicating business is just like interacting with clients. What endows the sites to become so responsive? They are web-based applications. They make your website go lively and perform business-related tasks in real time.
To be specific, websites are used as a front end to deploy the web applications. Unlike desktop applications, they can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet as they are on the web server. For a laymans knowledge, I would say email on Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail and other websites is such an application. Interestingly, these applications touch even a common man in day-to-day life, which shows how much a part of our lives technology has become. The professional use of web-based application development is for the businesses wanting to interact with clients and other business concerns. Some of them are:
Custom Relationship Management
End-to-end web based recruitment
Online customer support software
Online data collection, analysis and reporting
Online quote software
Online product database development
Online ordering systems
Personalization of web page content
SMS messaging integration
Secure client areas
Secure areas to allow collaboration with business partners
Web Content Management Systems
Lets have a look over web-based applications performance benefits:
a.A blend of desktop and server applications: More convenient, having 24x7 accessibility from anywhere.
b.No installation and maintenance of software: Run on a web server, are not installed on a system. No hassles of installing and configuring a program. No worrying about maintenance or troubleshooting solutions. Saves that extra disk space needed for backup.
c.Cost effective: No license requirement and space management on your disk. Can use anyones computer to use them.
d.Availability of latest updates: Web hosting and maintenance done remotely, just clicking on your web browser as usual will make you avail the latest features of an application.
e.Ready availability of data: You just need internet connectivity to have an access over your data, which is now possible anywhere anytime.
f.Multiple platforms: Compatible and functional uniformity with every web browser like Internet Explorer, Netscape or whichever operating system you have.
