Recently, PC Magazine Contributing Editor Jim Seymour shared his wisdom on this growing trend. Applications like accounting programs can be efficiently delivered over nearly any speed Internet connection and with an interface that's not terribly different from what the desktop version offers. Infrequently used apps are also well-suited to Web use. Last year, Intuit introduced TurboTax Online, a version that lets you prepare and file your taxes entirely within your browser. Get programs you want but aren't sure you need.
Web applications offer a great model for occasional users as well as toe dippers.
Small business can benefit. Typically, small businesses worry even more than their larger counterparts about technology issues, about using new computer tools and about saving money. This makes smaller companies good prospects for an ASP sales call. Business accounting software for this market is one good bet for ASP delivery. Stretch that to include payroll services, with businesses entering pay data through a browser interface and checks showing up in a FedEx pouch the next day, and you've got a very attractive proposition.