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Internet applications take advantage of Internet technology to give access to users at dispersed locations.
For example, Auburn SeeWolf developed a vote tabulation application, allowing County clerks in each County to enter voting results. The application tabulates the results and provides summary reports through a public web site, while allowing administration through a private, password protected site. This application reduces staff, provides timely results, and improves data quality by avoiding redundant data entry into local, State, and public databases.
In another application, Auburn SeeWolf developed a data entry system for a financial institution. It displays a copy of paper forms used in the past, allows the institution’s customers to fill in information on the form, and saves the data to an enterprise database. This system provided significant productivity improvement by eliminating data entry when the forms were received at the financial institution. Training was minimized by using the actual forms that the customers were already using. It also reduced data entry errors and order processing time. This is a good example of how a software application can provide a competitive advantage.
Internet applications are very effective when:
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Access is required from many different locations.
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All users have access to the Internet.
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The user interface is not overly complex and the amount of data displayed to the user does not require excessive bandwidth.
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Funding is limited.
Internet applications are closely related to
Windows applications which run on each user’s computer. They are also related to
E-commerce Web applications,
which provide business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales channels.
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