There is a wide range of tools that can be hosted on external servers. These can include:
- Accounting and Book Keeping
- Project Planning and Project Management
- Inventory Management
- Business Workflow (HR, Finance)
- Information and Knowledge management
- Sales and Marketing
Key things to consider when selecting hosted tools are that :
- information is not duplicated (single points of truth)
- information is easily found
- information can be easily shared where appropriate
- information is protect by version control and backups