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Advantages for Small Business
With the reduction in cost of computer hardware and the availability of free, reliable open systems software through sources such as the Open Software Foundation (OSF), Sun and Apache small business now have access to the same techniques and approaches as used by large corporations for a fraction of the cost.
Advantages of Enterprise Applications could be :
- Quick to produce
- Easy to use as only a Web Browser is required
- Easy to distribute
- High scalability
- Easy to maintain software releases and changes
Disadvantages of Enterprise Applications could be :
- A shift in paradigm from Desktop Applications
- Server hardware and set-up required
The software paradigm of developing desktop applications for small business in technologies such as VB/Access is now giving way to the power of Enterprise Applications. While desktop applications may be quick to build they are rarely able to easily become multi-user and are often difficult and expensive to distribute.
Advantages of Desktop Applications could be :- Quick to produce
- Easy to use
Disadvantages of Desktop Applications could be :
- Hard to collaborate with other users. Not multi-user
- Hard to maintain configuration control as the application can be changed by a user
- Limited scalability for the typical technologies used
- Hard to distribute
- Hard to maintain software releases and changes