web-based databases

2004-08-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

Web-Based Databases

Web-based applications have become the norm in the business world. For starters, web-based applications are easy to learn. Moreover, they can be accessed anywhere from any computer while still maintining security.

Unfortunately, web application development is both time-consuming and costly. This problem is exacerbated by a businesses' fast changing requirements. To top it off, problems arising from deployment and maintenance continually keep users from enjoying the benefits of a web application.

Web-based database service can speed web application development and deployment and reduce the cost of ownership associated with maintaining the application. Some web-based database services include:

Quickbase
Lightspoke
Portalbase
Server - DbApp

These services provides necessary facilities to create, manage and host a database driven web application on-line. Web based database services lower the barriers to having and maintaining a database driven web application. Web based databases are more robust to fast changing requirements - easier to build and also easier to change. Almost any collaborative activity between groups of users or teams can benefit from web based database applications.

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