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Why do I need a web app if I'm only running it on my own computer or within my own company?
While rich clients, smart clients, non-network-capable apps, and intranet-only-capable apps provide adequate functionality in a single-workstation
or local network scenario, they all sacrifice many advantages granted by web applications:
- Increased security - Most rich clients assume that anyone with physical access to the workstation is an authorized user. Red Stapler web applications
treat every user as unauthenticated until logon information is provided, so unauthorized users in your home or office (office guests, children,
intruders) cannot access your data.
- Access from anywhere - Even if you primarily use your system at the office, there may come a time when it is convenient to access it from
elsewhere (a client's office, your home, etc.). Red Stapler web applications allow for this without sacrificing your security.
- Data safety - Rich clients often store data on the workstation using the software. If any hardware failure, data corruption, or software problem
occurs on this workstation, data can be lost or damaged. It is also difficult to synchronize the data on one workstation with the data other
users are looking at. Red Stapler web applications place all data on a server with redundancy, so damage to workstation computers has no negative
impact on the data or the functionality of the system. Since changes are save-as-you-go, users don't even need to remember to save their work
during their session.
- Effortless upgrades - Rich and smart clients require each computer to be upgraded individually every time the software undergoes an upgrade.
Red Stapler web applications are upgraded once on the server and all clients are automatically using the new version. No other action is required.
We can even upgrade the system in the middle of a user's session without them noticing.
- Compatibility - Many rich and smart clients work on only one family of operating systems. Red Stapler web applications work on any computer
with a web browser, regardless of operating system. No specific hardware or software is required - not even browser plug-ins.
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