Utilizing the power of web applications and cloud computing

What is a web application? A web application is web-based software that can be accessed over the internet. Web applications communicate with back-end databases to enable users to store and manage information. Some good examples of web applications are Salesforce.com for managing customer life cycles, Basecamp for managing projects, and Freshbooks for doing bookkeeping online!

More and more businesses are moving their information systems towards web applications which are reliable and secure. Since data is stored in the cloud, your data is always safe; even if your computer is stolen or a virus wipes your entire hard drive, the valuable data that your business depends on can be accessed via any internet browser. In addition to being reliable, web applications can be extremely secure when they are deployed on secure servers and accessed using secure connection protocols; online banking is proof of this.

Web applications are the perfect medium to streamline data from different sources. They can connect to various types of databases and seamlessly integrate them together to give the user the functionality required. For example your customer data on Salesforce.com can be accessed by another application such as Freshbooks for bookkeeping purposes or accessed by a reporting application to generate …