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The primary benefit of using an Application Service
Provider (ASP) are the cost savings associated with
reduced demands on IT personnel in not having to deploy
the software upon individual computers, of not having
to mind the maintenance and patching associated that
desktop software demands, as well as cost savings with
not having to upgrade computers and operating systems
when choosing to use an ASP solution for solving key
Human Resources activities.
A software company can constantly
revise and upgrade the software
without
the customer
needing to purchase new CDs or diskettes and reloading
the software. The disadvantage is that if a company’s
network or Internet service is down, then its employees
lose access to the ASP. But in that case, because so
much of today's work is dependent on internet access,
including email and IM, productivity is going to grind
to a near halt anyway.
Another advantage of using ASP solutions is that one
can often pick and choose among modules for powerful
HR processing abilities without the expensive enterprise
level cost of traditional desktop or network based
software. The cost savings and gains in efficiency
for processing makes choosing an ASP (Application Service
Provider) system the choice of many successful companies.
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