Web Applications:
One of the most important new uses of the internet is web applications. There
are quite a few successful web applications in use today, but in my opinion
their use is about to explode. It is important that we all understand what they
are and how we can use them. What is a web application? A web Application is a
computer program designed to run on a web server, and which may be accessed by
any computer, anywhere in the world, through a web browser. A web application
can provide any functions that may historically be found on a desktop computer.
There are web applications to provide weather information for your locale, to
track sales calls for a sales force, or sales expenses, or on any topic at all.
The facilities to file your tax returns on line is a web application, as are the
functions that your bank provides you to pay your bills online.
Defining The Terms:
Lets clear up a few different internet terms. eBusiness applications are web
applications that involve running business applications from a web site.
Procurement systems, systems to receive employment applications on line are
examples of ebusiness. (Both ebusiness and E-Business are used widely. I don’t
think there is a right or wrong because it is a recently coined word. The same
applies to ecommerce and E-Commerce) eCommerce refers to the selling of products
or services from a web site. eBusiness and ecommerce are subsets of web
applications. Ecommerce is a specific ebusiness application.
Current Examples:
There are some very sophisticated web applications available for you at this
time. Here give some examples. Salesforce.com Have a look at
http://www.salesforce.com This a wonderful example of a very successful web
application. This is a CRM (Customer Relationships Management) application.
Explaining CRM is beyond my purpose here, but you can purchase a CRM system for
your company from many vendors. This web application is a new way of delivering
software to users. Instead of purchasing a program , and then installing it on
your computer network, you simply pay to use their programs on a monthly basis.
Maybe pundits say that this is the wave of the future, that software will be
distributed in this way more and more.
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