Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Online services
- Applications software
- Locally installed
- Advantages
- Works without being online
- You hold software licence
- Security is good
- Disadvantages
- Large file
space used
- Needs to be backed up regularly
- Must download & update regularly
- Hosted software
(Internet based)
- Advantages
- No file space
needed
- Can collaborate on
a shared document
- Disadvantages
- Need
Internet
- Not as
secure
- Response time
depends on
network speed
- Proprietary
- Pay to use
software e.g.
Microsoft
- Open source
- Free to use e.g. Open Office, Google docs
- Storage
- Local storage
- Advantages
- Control over
access to files
& security
- Quick data
access
- No need for
Internet
- Disadvantages
- You have to
keep data safe
- Difficult to
share data
- Have to back up data
- Online storage
- Advantages
- Data accessible
anywhere with an
Internet connection
- Some free
storage
- Easy to
share data
- Data is backed
up for you
- Disadvantages
- Trust host
will keep
data secure
- Data storage may
not be reliable
- Need fast Internet
connection to
access data
- Less control
of your data
- Commercial
response to
SaaS (Sofware
as a Service)
- To compete with free software,
commercial producers have ..
- Made products
more appealing
- Bundled software
into new computers
- Provided
technical support
- Used copyright
- Offered own versions of
software as a service