Business software

Business software

Enterprise business software is the lifeblood for IT organizations. Here, you’ll find information on business intelligence (BI), customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management, and different types of enterprise web 2.0 applications.
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A business intelligence (BI) software allows companies to gather, store, analyze and provide access to data to help managers make better business decisions to increase companies’ growth and constrain costs. Without BI software, it is virtually impossible to review a company's current performance, examine its past business performance and forecast future trends.
An enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a business support system that enables business managers implement ERP in business activities such as inventory control, order tracking, customer service, finance and human resources.
Supply chain management software can assist in resource planning for the manufacture of products, and recommending order schedules to reduce manufacturing cycle times.
Web 2.0 Applications is a term describing the introduction and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies within the enterprise, including those rich internet applications, providing software as a service, and using the web as a general platform.

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Google may open as early as March an online store to sell third-party software that complements its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Most adults agree: Web access is a fundamental right that should be afforded to everyone, given its liberating and informative nature, a global survey on Internet use revealed recently.
CONSUMERS in the Asia Pacific area are more willing to pay for online content - but only if it's of a high quality, a survey has shown.
Three out of four people surveyed said they think using the Internet is making us smarter, not more stupid, according to a study jointly done by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center. The question was posed in reaction to tech author Nicholas Carr's cover story in a 2009 issue of the Atlantic Monthly -- Is Google Making us Stupid?
The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has selected Axios Systems' assyst ITSM solution to lead them into a new Service Desk era. The Institute joins a number of Axios’ education customers such as the University of Notre Dame in North America and The Scottish Agricultural College in the UK.
Data quality has always been an important issue for companies, and this is even more the case today. This paper reviews current industry problems concerning data quality, and takes a detailed look at how companies are addressing quality problems with customer, product, and other types of corporate data.
Mahendra Durai, the IT CTO of BMC Software, explains the technology behind predictive intelligence and what it can do to help businesses get rapid returns on their technology investments and slash their capital and operating expenses.
Enterprise cloud computing provider Salesforce.com has released the private beta of Chatter, an enterprise collaboration platform.

       
       
     


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