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Software as a service (online software applications) offers small businesses and team business value without the need to engage IT or spend considerable money to get started.

Common productivity gains come through improvements to common worflows such as sales pipeline management, project management and file sharing.

In addition to the ability to collaborate (simultaneously access or update), a significant benefit includes being able to access the information securely from nearly any location that has access to the Internet.