Netbooks & smartphones are likely to cause companies to re-evaluate their computing strategies.
By moving to browser-based/cloud applications, companies can:
1. reduce their support costs (software updates are propagated to all clients instantaneously).
2. provide OS (Windows/Linux/OS X) & device (smartphone/netbook/notebook/desktop) flexibility.
3. simplify data backup (performed at the server level, instead of the client level).
4. enable workforce collaboration.
By utilizing technologies like HTML5, Gears, Native Client, etc., browser-based applications also begin to approach desktop application functionality & performance.
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