Mr. Smith said it was only relatively recently that security holes in Internet-based software were systematically documented.

Internet-based software, they say, lacks the features and functions of Microsoft's "rich client" programs.

Santalo was also chief architect of Avisena's proprietary Internet-based software.

The platform is Internet-based, enterprise software and can be accessed with any internet connection.

Oracle said that it saved $1 billion on operating expenses last year by using its own Internet-based software internally.

The advantages of filing taxes electronically using stand-alone or Internet-based software are numerous, the agency says.

Internet-based software: Many companies provide online voter list management software.

Internet-based software helps campaigns eliminate the need for large campaign offices with central computer and phone banks.

Indeed, analysts say the move to Internet-based software is happening far more rapidly than the industry's last major transition.

Microsoft rose 9/16, to 66 7/8, after it said it would spend $2 billion to speed adoption of its new Internet-based software.