I'm sorry about the previous blog! I was trying out something on ZOHO and well, it worked. I was quite marvelled. I could create a database together with a form using ZOHO and I can embed the code in this blog! Amazing. So, I've used Excel, MsAccess, Ms SQL and even dabble with some good old ASP. But I am not discoverring the amazing possibilities with Free Web applications! I am no technical enough to use those tech jargons but essentially, anyone can potentially build any "system" using those free services. It's obvious that you ain't see corporations jumping on the bandwagon but hey, the powerful part of that is that anybody, absolutely ANYBODY in the organisation can do that (well, most likely the newer generation who has been brought up amidst blogs, youtube, google and other such web2 applications).
There are lots of "mini applications" that can be deployed but yet that do not meet the right cost-benefit mix to secure IT resources. I'm just thinking about having a small web applications, using a wiki? Or even Zoho directly, to allow the online dinner order. You see, my company provides dinner to whoever's staying late. Usually one of the staff will go around in the department asking who wants to order. Afterwards, the order is given to our admin department that will consolidate all the orders and then "buy" the dinners. Such a manual process. Yet, I doubt you'd get any backer if you want to spend IT resources to do such a project.
That's where Zoho and the likes are powerful. Expecting the newer generation to be brought up on such initiatives, I am sure that we can develop a simple database with a nice enough front end to allow online ordering!
Anyhow, whatever you are keeping in Excel can be done using Zoho, with a relevant interface and the ability to publish and get others to use it!
Cool I'd say....
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