Business Week. The Web is finally becomming a killer app for business. Simple order tacking, status reports (digital dashboard composite apps), customer service, e-learning, etc are resulting in lower costs and higher productivity. "No brainer" solutions made possible by simple CMS driven Web apps offer immediate cost savings. Also, many smart companies are starting to figure out that simple dynamic Web apps, with end-user browser-based management, can be very inexpensive to set up using a low cost CMS like Manila. Cost = $899 for Manila + $1,500 for a server + $500 for design = $10s of thousands in cost reductions due to automation.
>>>For companies that have traditionally encouraged education for their staffs, for example, moving courses to the Web has proven to be quick, easy, and effective. Take the case of tech behemoth IBM, which has 319,000 employees. "The first area where we have experienced incredibly high rates of return is e-learning," says Ralph Senst, vice-president for dynamic workplaces at Big Blue. The company claims to have put 40% of its internal educational offerings on the Web, up from 5% two to three years ago. IBM says using the Web saved it $300 million in 2001, on everything from travel costs and accommodations to maintaining office space for educational work.<<< [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 
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