Difference Between Desktop Applications And Web Based Applications

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Desktop Application is more popular now-a-days in organization where internal communication and team work is required. Through desktop application internal communication is not only used for team work also used for technical support and internal communication make smoothly through it.

You can also give training to our employee and productivity or employee and improve the management and productivity and performance.

You can give training to your employees by using desktop application over the company’s internal network. And you will give guidance without left your chair and greatly reduced time to teach and train. And organizations efficiency can be greatly improved. And the organizations management can be greatly improved by using desktop application.

If trainee has any query or issue regarding the process in work allocation by the management than management check the query and gives solution remotely without going to desk.

Compare with web applications:

An application runs on the web without require any desktop application and run and monitor over an internet and access from any where. ...
... Main thing is easy to access from any where around the world through browser.

Where as desktop application runs on any local computer machine and not required internet connectivity but having limited to its own organization internal network.

Accessibility: Web application can be easily access throughout the world from any device like computers, laptops and mobile devices where internet connectivity easily available.

Maintenance: Desktop application and web application required maintenance with respect to time and companies and organization requirements. Some organizations growing and changes fast than it should be required more maintenance and up gradation.

Security: Desktop applications are safer than web applications. Because when you are using an
Desktop application than availability application is limited to the organizations network. Where as Web applications available World Wide Web and easily accessible over an internet so the chances of security break is going to be increase.

Cost: Cost of web applications is typically more expansive compare to desktop application. But both applications required the maintenance and up gradation with respect to time. Many companies pays monthly or yearly charges including maintenance and up gradations.

Internet Connectivity: Web applications require browser and internet connectivity to run the applications where desktop applications do not have internet connectivity.

Performance: Web applications require internet connectivity so if you have slow internet connection than performance of the web application is also slow. Where as desktop application doesn’t require any internet connection to run application.

So, now you have to decide which application is best suit for your organization. Today web applications increasingly more popular than desktop applications because easy availability over an internet.

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