We had for many years delivered leading edge client-server solutions to the staffing industry. However, our new development focuses exclusively on Internet browser-based applications. Hardware usually has to be upgraded and significant and expensive bandwidth is required between locations to insure adequate performance. Workstation configuration management is time consuming and difficult in particularly with large client-server applications and becomes more problematic as the number of desktops increases. Keeping these workstations operating properly, especially considering their time is in short supply and very expensive.
Remote access is very arduous at best.
Working from home is difficult enough and usually slow, working from the road is next to impossible. Internet browser-based applications eliminate these problems almost completely. Desktops do not have to accommodate the operation of large applications and so do not have to be so heavily configured. Network bandwidth usage is cut down significantly because you do not have the overhead associated with database connectivity. Access to database services from home or to the road becomes as simple as connecting to the Internet.