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If you have more than 10 users in your office network, or
if you have remote staff that need access to company data,
then the Application Service Provider model may be of real
benefit to you.
Application Service Providing, in and of itself, is not new.
The idea of centralizing the distribution of an application
is what MainFrame computing has always been about. Using the
Internet to deliver Windows based applications using thin client
or a web browser is a new twist, which is quickly becoming
accepted as an efficient, cost effective, scalable way to deliver
network applications. ASP can be any application that is delivered
to the client in a web browser. By being able to share resources
across several clients, the cost of thin client networking
can be further reduced.
This model allows the ASP to offer network and software products
and services to the end user in a complete package on a monthly
basis. The savings to the end user is significant. With a traditional
LAN the customer would need to spend money on server and station
hardware, then purchase operating systems and application software,
as well as incur cost for installation, configuration, and
training. Under the ASP model there are still configuration
and any training fees but everything else is handled through
a monthly subscription agreement, which can also include the
client hardware used to access the thin client ASP services.
This model allows a business to expand its network very quickly.
Instead of maxing out a LAN configuration the customer just
adds another session to their monthly agreement. In a fraction
of the time it would take to deploy a traditional LAN PC they
have all the products and services they need running in a thin
client session, allowing the business owner to focus on their
core competency rather than IT costs.
Please call us about this exciting technology!
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