The growth of the internet and the availability of high speed connectivity are allowing service providers like Appshop to offer applications from an off-site location. Oracle Applications are completely web based and allows access through a browser. Location is a non-issue for implementation, support or hosting. Of course, that is where going to a service provider that understands these concerns help. Latency is an issue for global companies.
Security is an issue for everyone.
We have taken steps to give our customers great comfort in this area. Companies may not want to spend millions of dollars with Big 5 firms to re-engineer their applications. The second important point is 'customer service'. It is a service business and we have to be responsive to customers needs. But like I said before, we need to show everybody that this business can be profitable.