Application Services

Application software

A server can provide several services which can be software based such as proxies and databases. The main usage for application software’s are designed computer programs to help the user to perform specific tasks. An example of this is in a school where it would be needed for word processors and using other applications such as web browsers and other applications like movie maker and other adobe software application. However the down side of having all this software’s is that the server required an example of this when it comes to the school environment is the register this well be automatically installed on all the teachers laptops and will be filtered into classes which will have the students names on as well as a picture of what they look like and their form group. Also there form tutors will be able to see this e.g. if they were late for third lesson there form tutor would then be able to ask why as so on. This also not only makes it more efficient but also means that it cannot be lost because as soon as they click save it well be stored on the schools database. This is an example of a database currently used on the school network.

Shared resources

Shared resources are devices or information on a computer that is shared within a Local area network or Intranet. This is more hardware used to share resources such as printers however that this means as long as a computer in the school is connected to the printer it can print from it, however this well need network interface cards. An example of resources being shared is emails between all members of staff as I mentioned before with register all members of staff that are on the network, well only be able to access certain things another example of this with shared resources is email a teacher can send out email to all the teachers that are on the database.

Mobile working
Mobile working is being able to connect to different networks through many different systems which includes mobiles, tablets and laptops and basically any devices that can get an internet connection. The most popular way to connect is through remote desktop which means that they can have access to their own personal computer anywhere which is useful but is not used by the average computer user as they would have to know what they’re doing.  There is also a virtual private network which allows a particular user to set up a secure connection to their own network or in many situations schools and businesses. This allows to access their files securely without the need to transfer all there files it is normally done over the internet and all you need is the details. 

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