In the business environment

The reason why client-server is because it supports the key competitive advantages (time-to market, customer service and simplicity) to corporate organizations. It enables user especially business group (a host computer) to promote product to the society (end users) through the client-server architecture. Through this, the business groups are able to provide and respond to customer service. Simplicity, to the society (end users), is a critical success of the client-server in the business environment.

The client-server architecture can be well implemented through the Internet because it links client s to servers through networks such as local area network or wide area network. The original implementation of client/server in the Internet involved either Distributed Presentations of Remote Presentation with servers sorting, manipulating, and organizing data: and client programs handling the presentation of the data. Examples of the client/server tolls specified by the Internet Engineering Specification include:

• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and Internet Service used to transfer file from one computer to another over the Internet
• Gopher a menu based information system
• World Wide Web a graphical multi-media information providing system

Single user environment

It is definitely inappropriate to use the client-server architecture if there is only a single user connected to the server. This is because time is lost in the system through processing and retrieving of data. Additionally, it is a waste of money to have a server, which only provide service to a single user.