1. Application Software: Programs and Apps Nanda Ganesan, Ph.D.

2. Types of Software System software –OS –Utilities Application software –Application toos (Excel) –Application development software (Access, C#, Java etc.) –Apllications (GET)

3. Application Software Classifications Packaged software Custom software Web application software Open source software Shareware Freeware Public-domain software

4. Cloud Software The new trend is to offer Software as a Service (SaaS) Example: –Office 365 SaaS will be the trend of the future for all types of software –Personal productivity software and business application software

5. Cloud Software Examples Office 365 Salesforce.com Quickbooks ERP software –EPICOR –SAP

6. Advantage of Cloud Software Maintaining, updating and securing the software are the responsibility of the software service provider The user pays for the service based on time and resource usage Example: Pay for time usage and power of the virtual computer configured

7. Software User Interface Graphical User Interface Command line –cmd command examples –Run as an administrator option

8. Categories of Application Software

9. Business Software Word processing Spreadsheet Database Presentation Note taking Personal information management Business software for phones Business software suites Project management Accounting Document management Enterprise application software

10. Software for Students Dream sparks –CIS majors Office –Office.com Other free software –http://www.calstatela.edu/its/services/softw are/studyathome.phphttp://www.calstatela.edu/its/services/softw are/studyathome.php

11. Freeware and Trial Software www.download.com A good free audio editing software –Audacity

12. Software Training and Tutorial for Students http://lynda.calstatela.edu –An excellent collection of software and other tutorials available free of charge for students

13. Sample Software Applications Project management software Accounting software Document management software –Google Docs –Office 365 Enterprise computing software –Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

14. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Human Resources Accounting Engineering Sales Marketing Distribution Customer Service

15. Graphics and Multimedia Software

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