The Technology that underpins WorksLink
Many projects rely on a disjointed array of spreadsheets to manage project coordination, internal reporting, planning, cost engineering and client reporting.
Managing the spreadsheets themselves creates additional pressures on staff and often results in inaccuracies in reporting.
Work is challenging enough without the added burden of chaotic information systems.
Additionally spreadsheets can only be edited by one person at a time.
WorksLink comes to the rescue by providing a much more solid foundation on which to conduct the business of running your site.
WorksLink is best described as a "spreadsheet replacement system".
Over the past 15 years the internet has evolved considerably.
These days there is no need for business applications to be installed on a local PC. The maintenance overhead is just too great.
With the advent of Web 2.0 technologies, businesses can confidently embrace technologies that allow business applications to be run inside a browser.
At WorksLink we migrated a previously robust desktop edition of WorksLink to run directly over the web.
WorksLink is a built on a secure foundation of Web 2.0 software.
WorksLink uses thin-client technology (Citrix-like behaviour) where only screen updates are sent to the client browser rather than actual data. This makes WorksLink considerably more secure than other Web 2.0 systems.