Why should your company have Ideosity develop a custom application instead of buying one off the shelf? The short answer is that canned software packages
are generic. Your business is not generic. It is unique. You deserve software that is tailored to your business.
Off-the-shelf software packages require you to fit your business to their capabilities. With an off-the-shelf piece of software an average company will
use 50% of the features in the software and have to create processes to make up for the features that are missing. Rather than software solving inefficiencies
and streamlining things, the inefficiencies are simply moved elsewhere in the process.
A custom application from Ideosity is built with one company in mind: yours. It is designed from the ground up with the idea of improving your efficiency,
saving you time and money, and meeting your unique business needs. Our team will sit down with you to learn about your business and processes. We will
listen to your needs and desires. And, in the end, we will deliver a custom solution to make your business run faster, leaner, and smoother. Most of all,
because your custom applications are not available to just anyone, they can be used to increase your competitive advantage.
Browser-based Applications[wiki]
Also called a web applications or web app, a browser-based application is a type of application that can be accessed via a web browser rather than having
to be installed on a desktop computer. Popular web apps include Gmail and Hotmail as well as SalesForce.com, Facebook, and MySpace. These web sites
allow you to perform the same functions as software you can run on your computer. In the simplest sense, web apps are web sites that you interact with.
Ideosity specializes in creating web apps. Web apps are faster to develop, easier to upgrade, and give you the flexibility to use the application from
any browser, on any platform, from nearly anywhere. Additionally, because browser-based applications are hosted on a server, rather than residing on a
bunch of desktops, your company can reduce its need for support staff. Should you choose to have Ideosity host your app, you can reduce your support staff
even further.
A web app by Ideosity can provide the same functionalities as traditional desktop software while reducing development and support costs.