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About_Web_Applications
| About Web Applications
Web-based Applications are web sites that offer more to the
user than normal, static web sites. The difference is the way
the information is provided to you. The site actually responds
to the user, changing to provide the information the user wants
to see. The Internet and web technologies can provide an
alternative to traditional desktop software. You can move
desktop applications to centralized servers where they can be
accessed using a web browser. This approach, called web-based
applications or Internet applications, enables organizations to
rapidly adapt to changing needs while minimizing costs.
What are the advantages? The advantages of Web-based
Applications are:
more useful info to the user - users feel they are getting the
information they actually want from the site and therefore come
back more often more useful info from the user cost savings -
Web applications provide immediate, seat-by-seat savings, but
where they really begin to shine is in the long-term. Upgrades,
licenses, maintenance, troubleshooting and backups can all take
place in a single location, rather than dispersed throughout the
enterprise. Typical Web-based Applications You will have
experienced Web-based Applications if you have used online
banking (e-banking) or a site that provides customized
information, such as an online job board or online stock
portfolio management tools.
Some examples of applications that Documédia has designed
include:
Adapting collections of paper forms into PDF forms that input
the data into a database to facilitate document management and
printing. This process makes it easy for staff to complete
common paperwork electronically and reduce re-keying of data.
Streamlining existing corporate systems, such as employee
evaluations, benefits enrollment and sales fulfillment, by
combining tasks performed by several programs into a single Web
application. Moving project planning and collaboration online
with scheduling, discussion systems, document archiving and
other services. Insuring staff access to important information
through Web-based document libraries and search engines Dynamic
intranet, job board, dynamic portfolio, press release, buy &
sell, and many other web-based applications. How do they work?
Web-based Applications are able to give the user a precisely
tailored web experience by pulling out the most appropriate
information (usually from a database), rather than being
restricted to sending out one of a limited set of standard pages.
If you were using a Web-based scheduling program rather than
local software, you would access the program as a web site. To
use the scheduling software, you would start your web browser
and point it at a web site's Uniform Resource Locator, or URL
(for example, http://myserver/scheduler). Upon arriving at the
correct site, your web browser will display a web page that lets
you use the software. From there, the application functions in
the same manner as local software. In this example, all
scheduling information, calendar data, appointments, etc. are
stored in the database, and retrieved via the web browser as
needed. The functionality can, if desired, be identical to the
traditional version of the same software.
Documedia web design
consultant
About the author:
Dominic Lachance is the Co-Founder and Vice-President of
Documédia a company specialized in the integration of technology
and businesss process as well as the training relative to the
use of these new technologies.He has taken part in the
development of numerous projects for different corporations and
goverment ministries. He has also trained hundreds of people in
the use of new technologies for the web, print and digital video
industry.
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