Why Your Small Business Needs a Web-based Database

Every business requires information management systems. You have customer accounts, product and service information, support Q/A, news, promotions, suppliers, vendors, employee records, and more, all of which much be organized and accessible by your customers and employees. We will build you an inexpensive web based system to manage such information and integrate it with your public website, providing an online representation of your business and new opportunities for efficient communication and growth.

Compared with the traditional file cabinet, the development of online information systems offer your business time, space, and cost savings, while providing unparalleled access and growth potential.

A web based database application is accessible from any Internet connected computer in the world. Location is no barrier to you, your employees, or your customers. A database can be searched and filtered to retrieve what you want in seconds. An online business application can be integrated with transaction systems to provide so-called e-commerce. Your file cabinet offers none of these things.

The fizzled explosion in the Internet industry has left behind loads of technology designed to create online information systems, much of which is freely available. This is what is known as Open Source software. Software technology built by people with a love of computers and a desire to share their knowledge and ability. Open Source software is pervasive on the Internet, Microsoft does not rule here. The majority of server software running the Internet is free Open Source software, this includes Linux, Apache, Perl, PHP, MySQL, and more. Despite its price tag, it is well-supported, fast, and reliable.

By using Open Source software, Ender is able to provide small and mid-sized companies sophisticated web applications that at one time only enterprise class corporations could afford. It is the spirit of sharing and mutual benefit that Open Source represents, and which we embrace, that allows us to provide you such cost saving information technology.