However, the advent of the Internet has given a new meaning, and a new potential, to hosting applications, because – if your application is accessed by the web, does it matter where it’s located? No. After all, even enterprise applications within your own environment have become more and more web-enabled. As such, they can be accessed by anyone with a browser Once that state has been reached, the location of the server operating the application becomes irrelevant, technologically – that’s what the Internet is all about.