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Tens of thousands of businesses manage their entire operations with web-based software. So, what is web-based software, and why have so many switched from traditional software?
Software as a Service (SaaS) has grown in fits and starts since the late 1990s, when high-profile Application Service Providers (ASPs) first emerged. Since then, a 2nd generation of SaaS applications continues to redefine how software is used.
Email communications to customers, i.e., email marketing, is one of the most powerful marketing tools available to businesses of all types and sizes. No matter how you define success, you can achieve outstanding results with email communications while investing only a small amount of time and an even smaller amount of money.
More and more web applications offer the features and functionality of desktop software every day. While many users may balk at leaving their familiar world of desktop software, the benefits of secure storage, sharing files and accessibility make managing your data with hosted web apps a smart move for a lot of people.
Not long ago, business consultants were preaching the concept that Information Technology (IT) assets, i.e., hardware, software, and communications systems ownership, should be nurtured and expanded. Superior IT assets could then be leveraged as a competitive advantage over companies unwilling or unable to keep pace. Today’s reality is that IT is rapidly becoming a commodity. It no longer makes sense to invest in expensive self-owned IT solutions when better solutions are available at a fraction of the cost.
Computers, e-mail, high-speed Internet access, secure networks and a host of other technologies have changed the way many industries work, and now even more, they're changing the way people commute - or whether they even commute at all. Across the country and around the world, more companies, small businesses included, are catching on to the economic advantages of having a remote workforce.