This shift in software design allows companies far more flexibility for hosting and delivering technical products to their employees. It is now the case that the geoscientist does not need to be on location in order to have complete control of the data acquisition and analysis process. For MIS departments maintenance of the application is performed at one convenient location. Also, software security, access, and usage are much easier to monitor. For explorationists, distributed data handling means that there is no need to turn over sensitive data to individuals outside the immediate workgroup.
All processing takes place and the explorationist s desk.