Imagine you are part of a large company. The company owns offices in 6 different countries, not to mention multiple locations in the country in which it is based. The company is responsible for training fifteen hundred employees, all of whom also need a certain program to perform their tasks. Is the company going to have them travel all over the globe to attend classes, and is the company going to buy software for each of its business locations, and for each employee? There must be some sort of centralized system to complete these tasks effectively.
This example illustrates a situation in which an application service provider would be helpful. Let’s analyze why:
1. Time Efficiency
Communication over the internet is extraordinarily rapid, often instantaneous. A large company, busy with its day-to-day functions and work, doesn’t have much extra time to spend coordinating its employees and locations. It needs to maintain fast and effective contact. Using an application service provider (ASP) allows a client to access programs from anywhere, as long as he/she has an internet connection. This means that as long as the ASP maintains its servers, the services are available 24/7, a huge advantage for large businesses.
2. Cost Efficiency
This one goes along with time efficiency, in a way. There are several practical areas in which a company saves money by using an ASP. One is travel costs. Flying employees from around the country, or across the world, to a certain location is extremely expensive and difficult to coordinate. Not only does using an ASP eliminate travel requirements, it also eliminates the need for renting space and paying instructors for training. Using online training through an ASP is considerably less expensive than using traditional in-class instruction at a specific location.
3. Organization
Downloading and updating software for hundreds (or thousands) of employees can become a big mess, and at the very least is time-consuming and a hassle. Using an ASP means that everything that an employee needs is located in one place, easy to access, and well-organized. Because all the information is located in the same area on the web and there is no need to download or update anything, employees can easily complete whatever task needs to be done in the shortest amount of time. Tracking features are often included on web-based applications, which provide both administrators and users a simple way of organizing data.
Next week, I’ll continue this post and discuss Accessibility and Simplification/Consolidation of Data. Stay tuned!
This example illustrates a situation in which an application service provider would be helpful. Let’s analyze why:
1. Time Efficiency
Communication over the internet is extraordinarily rapid, often instantaneous. A large company, busy with its day-to-day functions and work, doesn’t have much extra time to spend coordinating its employees and locations. It needs to maintain fast and effective contact. Using an application service provider (ASP) allows a client to access programs from anywhere, as long as he/she has an internet connection. This means that as long as the ASP maintains its servers, the services are available 24/7, a huge advantage for large businesses.
2. Cost Efficiency
This one goes along with time efficiency, in a way. There are several practical areas in which a company saves money by using an ASP. One is travel costs. Flying employees from around the country, or across the world, to a certain location is extremely expensive and difficult to coordinate. Not only does using an ASP eliminate travel requirements, it also eliminates the need for renting space and paying instructors for training. Using online training through an ASP is considerably less expensive than using traditional in-class instruction at a specific location.
3. Organization
Downloading and updating software for hundreds (or thousands) of employees can become a big mess, and at the very least is time-consuming and a hassle. Using an ASP means that everything that an employee needs is located in one place, easy to access, and well-organized. Because all the information is located in the same area on the web and there is no need to download or update anything, employees can easily complete whatever task needs to be done in the shortest amount of time. Tracking features are often included on web-based applications, which provide both administrators and users a simple way of organizing data.
Next week, I’ll continue this post and discuss Accessibility and Simplification/Consolidation of Data. Stay tuned!
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