Have you every thought, gee it would be great if I could organise my business, have access to my contacts and business info securely anywhere via the internet, on my mobile, PDA, or laptop and not have to worry about backups or computer crashes?. Well now you can, more an more business are switching to on-line software or webware for their business needs.





So what are the differences between webware and traditional software packages, well webware is normally done as a Saas (Software As A Service Model) which means instead of paying hefty upfront fees for software licences to be installed on your computer you pay a small pay as you go rental fee for using the software per month. This is also generally based on the number of users, data storage and the number features that you require in the software.





There are many vendors out there at the moment who can provide virtually any software that you need and use currently on your desktop such as accounting, e-mail, CRM(Customer Relationship Management), Office Suite Applications, Project management, video conferencing, database, web page design and much more.





But what about security of my information on-line?. Well most of these applications allow you to connect to them via a secure connection and also require a user name and password. Some also even allow users rights management for example you may want staff to have a certain access level, managers on level and customers another level.





So in summary what are the benefits of going to Webware:





      1. Greatly Reduced Software Costs.

      2. No need to worry about backing up your information in most cases.

      3. Access your information 24/7 anywhere in the world via the internet. From you mobile phone, PDA, laptop

      4. No need to install software on your computer.

      5. Less hard disk drive space is used on you computer as not applications are installed and most storage of documents and files is off site and not on your computer.

      6. As the software is web based there is no need to worry about your software not working on different Operating Systems such as Apple, Windows, Linux etc.

      7. You can significantly reduce your time and travelling costs be using web conferencing software.

      8. You can significantly reduce your time and travelling costs be using on-line training software.





So where can I see samples of Web Ware in Action:





  1. Bison IT Webware

    On-line training, custom on-line databases, custom DIY web sites. CRM(Customer Relationship Management)

  2. 37signals

    On-line CRM(Customer Relationship Management), Project management, Groups etc.

  3. Goggle Apps

    Spreadsheets, e-mail, word processing and document storage

  4. DabbleDb

    On-line database

  5. Infodome

    On-line database

  6. Sugar CRM

    On-line CRM (Customer Relationship Management)Software

Web ware is every where and as internet speeds increase across the globe this is a massive emerging trend in how we use software.




It would be great to hear who has used web ware, what your experiences have been so far and if you think it was worth changing to web ware over traditional desktop software, please let us know by leaving comments on this article as it would be great to see what everyone thinks aboitu this type of software.









 


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