Office Automation and Group Collaboration Software
Office automation is the use of automated or electronic equipment for office operations, such as computers. Office automation includes the hardware, software, and network applications used to enhance office work.
My company uses office automation for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, desktop publisher, presentations, email, internet browser, and financial systems. My company will purchase off-the-shelf software then upgrade to new version within 3-4 years. There are times when the cost analysis will illustrate that the upgrade is not cost effective and produce greater results within our business. When our current software is performing at a satisfactory level, there is no reason to upgrade to the new version.
There are basically two options for acquiring office automation software: off-the-shelf, pre-packaged, install it, and customize it to fit our needs or create an application from the ground up.......
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