Software Paper

This essay is all about the software package that would be beneficial to our company; a user friendly and company friendly software that has features and functions that will help everyone in the company but does not need to be expensive.

Every company has a desire to make each task easy and comfortable for its employees for the purpose of saving time and cost. This desire has made possible the development and advancement of technology. Since humans have learned to use tools, their skills in innovation have improved, that they have greatly helped in the betterment of their way of life.

Computer is one innovation that makes life easy especially in the business world that everything should be in order for the business to work properly. It has become a big help in the completion of daily activities in the office and in serving customers.

Computers have software that executes different tasks. For example, there is software that can destroy files in a computer; and there is also one that protects computers from viruses. One of the most important features of software is providing recording paper works, files, and documents easy. This software is the one that our company should have; a software that will help our company arrange files, record and access easily to customers' records and other features that will help our company, not only making the task easy and faster but also to protect the confidentiality of our company records.

The leading company that creates this kind of software is the Microsoft. They have created the Microsoft Office, which has many specific functions and is very user-friendly. However, because it is the leading software brand, it is also expensive so companies now are looking for alternative software that is cheaper but has Microsoft Office functions and capabilities.

Software with similar capabilities as the Microsoft Office was developed by other software companies like Macintosh and Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems has launched the StarOffice 8 to be an alternative to Microsoft Office. The StarOffice 8 has capabilities in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database: basic features that are needed by our company. Employees can be able to create professional multimedia documents, collaborate with each other and share information with the customers and suppliers .

StarOffice 8 has a database tool called StarOffice 8 Base that is essential for customer database; it features helpful wizards that guide users to access data and create forms, reports queries, tables, views and relations. Tables are the best way to organize database query results and with StarOffice 8 it is not hard to create even complicated tables quickly. More than 30 predefined table schemes keep the user on track so important table attributes will not be forgotten. It has an easy-to-use and familiar query editors; and a Base's Forms wizard that