[5] During the dotcom boom in 1995, Bahan Sadegh decided to start a business that wrote software for biometric devices.

[7] Likewise, NETtime's SaaS software became popular with companies for reducing hardware, not having upfront expenses, being scalable, ease of technical support, and the fact that it works on any operating system.

[8] NETtime is a SaaS time and attendance program[9] that is compatible with machines running Windows, OS X and Linux using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera.

[6] NETtime also is used by professional employer organizations (PEO), payroll providers, and human resource information system (HRIS) companies.

Violations of wage and hour reporting can leave a company open to legal action from both employees and government agencies, and therefore automated time and attendance programs reduce risk.

[5] nettime solutions has also claimed that additional benefits include increased efficiency in the human resources and payroll departments, increased employee morale, elimination of wage theft from off the clock work or buddy punching, elimination of unearned paid time off, and consistent enforcement of in-company policies.