A standard website content management system vs. Atlas Arena's online business management system
Atlas Arena manages not only your online content but also your day to day online business activities.
What is a website content management system (CMS)?
When a company wants to have the ability to update their website, E-commerce, shopping cart and other components of their online presence, they need a management system or an administrative (admin) area where permitted users can access and make required updates. The most common term for this solution is Content Management System – CMS.
Atlas Arena’s big difference is in the technology, enabling small and medium businesses to take advantage of a large business technology:
Almost all E-commerce and websites management systems are web browser based applications:
Standard E-commerce websites with a management system (CMS) will have two main sides:
One side interfaces outside to the customers and includes the actual website and its shopping cart where customers can browse and order products.
Other side interfaces inward to the company’s employees and includes the admin area (CMS) where permitted users can perform different activities including, update the shopping cart, change the website, view customers statistics, fulfill orders and more.
Both sides and all activities will be taking place on a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.).
Atlas Area’s E-commerce, website and business management system are web services based application:
Atlas Arena’s management system utilizes a more advanced technology; the E-commerce, website update and all of the other business management activities are performed on a hosted web services application.
The advantages of web services application over a web browser based application are numerous; this is just a partial list:
- Web services applications utilize a direct processing power from the hosting servers, which make them much more powerful and versatile in features and usability.
- Web services applications can fully integrate into other online and desktop applications, such as accounting and warehouse systems (for example: QuickBooks).
- Web services application’s user interface is more diverse and adjustable, which make it much more user friendly.
Web services application’s security is much higher, which enables them to receive much better rates for payments processing.
Atlas Arena’s business management system is accessed through a hosted application which resembles familiar desktop applications (such as Outlook) and not a website. From this powerful management system, a business can control their E-commerce, website, products, inventory, customers, sales and any other online and offline business activity.