Applications such as word processors and databases can be shared on the network like any other resource.
The advantages of shared network applications are:
- It makes application programs less expensive because buying a site license for 200 users on an application is usually cheaper than buying 200 individual copies of the application.
- It ensures that everyone will be using the same version of the product.
- The information in the database that is stored on the server, can be accessed by the clients on remote machines. This model of the client/server network is the most efficient way for:
- Database access and management.
- Network management.
- Centralized file storage.