Who is likely to benefit by using AppsFarm?

The characteristics of adaptability, flexibility and network readiness associated with application services makes them highly suited to certain types of business environments. The types of group or organisation that are likely to see the most benefit from using AppsFarm.com are:

No type of business is more in need of the ability to quickly access computing resources than a business that is growing fast, particularly small businesses and those in industries with a high proportion of start-ups, such as technology and Internet. There is little time available to find staff, evaluate alternatives and gain expertise.

Our AppsAnywhere technology, that enables applications to be accessed from any web browser, is ideally applied to mobile workers for standard applications such as email, collaboration and office productivity. Once an organisation has decided to provide its mobile workforce with such capability it is a short (and sensible) step to outsource this capability to a third party.

Corporate reorganisation, mergers and acquisitions and expansion into new geographies or business areas all place extreme demands on an IT infrastructure, at a time when IT staff are under pressure to adapt existing systems to the new corporate landscape.

To reduce the cost and complexity of implementing and maintaining applications for extensive branch networks some organisations are moving to server-based architectures in which branch staff access applications using a web browser interface or other thin client. It is then a short step to use a third-party organisation to provide serve the applications and support the network, taking advantage of the provider's greater expertise and economies of scale.

Unlike purely internal deployments, extranets require significant security preparations that further increase their cost and difficulty. We have built the sophisticated firewall and network technologies needed to securely connect with partners and customers, making deployment that much easier.

The increasing proliferation of ad hoc teams and 'virtual corporations', where participants are dispersed geographically and across multiple organisations, lends itself to application serving where an electronic office accessible by all within the team is created.

Delivery of Internet-based shared applications provides the benefit of allowing the team to concentrate solely on the project. Although members may join for short periods to contribute specific components and then leave the team, AppsFarm allows users to be set up at minimal extra cost to the customer.

Once the project is complete, the entire service may be "torn down" without the organisation(s) having invested significantly in equipment that will no longer be used.