I know there must be some software used to draw characters on websites??

or am i the only one who finds it effing hard to draw using a mouse??

anyway if you know of a peice of software that artist use for drawing on the computer (maybe a digital pencil??i dono )
then please let me know!!

any personal recommendations are also welcome!

Right now I’m using Audacity, only because it is free and its doing ok. But I need a really good recording software for my music because Audacity is pretty limited in what I need to do with the tracks I’m laying down. I’m open to free software or buying software.

I want some good software which i can just draw in a high quality. I was wondering what type of software takashi murakami would use?

I know there’ starQuiz, but I can’t pay for it, so I need some free software to give a quiz. I need the interface to be similar to starQuiz too.

I have been told there is software out there that can be stored on your USB pen drive that lets you bypass work internet blocks.

I’ve searched on Google for the last hour and a bit and had no such luck in finding it.

I don’t suppose you have any idea where I can find it?
I’m not intrested in proxies – their blocked.

I love producing music, but no i want to get a nice software that allows me to produce professionally music and that is easy to handle, learn and manage, can people specialized in the area tell me what kind of software is the best to get easy, practical and more professional results?
By the way i have an Aple Mac Book Pro.
5 point to the best answer!

A friend of a friend has been making music himself using a software (or softwares) that my friend doesn’t know.

Do you know what software that can generate artificial musical instruments sounds and mix them up like the DJs do?

I’m looking for software thats somewhat easy to use and is able to clearly point out a specific player (using a circle, arrow, etc.) Needs to be compatible with windows vista.

What software allows me to change a batch of photos into cartoon pictures.

Please tell me a free quick software.

I want to be able to edit, add music and titles and also to burn a DVD. I am not technically blessed, so I do need software that is easy to use. A friend suggested I buy a ‘video digitizing package’ which will contain both hardware and software.

Can you suggest some of the best software or games on the internet that I can download. I am having an off these days so just looking forward to have some fun (not interested in p o r n please!).

The software can of from any genre

You can also tell me some interesting websites that I can enjoy visiting
Thanks

What software and hosting do I need to start an online community site where people can post articles or music?

I’d like to start an online site like ezinearticles or other article posting site. What host and/or what software is required?
Also, I’d like to start an online site for musicians to post their songs and blogs.
What hosts do you recommend and what software or program for these? Thanks.
To clarify – I want to open a large site 1 – offering members a free webpage and the ability to submit many articles each, photos, and comments, etc., like ezinearticles.com or those others.

Also, for another site, 2 – I’d like to open a music site, where music artists can upload their own songs, videos and info, blogs,etc. sell music maybe, promote, add photos, and so on.

I’d like for each site to have all the modern features – is this a joomla site, I’m wondering? (Post nuke wouldn’t work for this, I’m told and not a wiki either, but I’d like to use an open source or a cheap,but reliable way to do this.)

Usually a host or server must be pretty large, depending upon the numbers. Upgrades are, of course, inevitable though.

Will I need a server of my own? Will I be able just to pay the host, get a software program, download one, like joomla or what ?
Any info on this? Thanks.
None of the hosting places suggested so far do anything of this kind.

Does Joomla ?
Does anyone know of any program, platform, or hosting place where I can go to start sites likes this?
Thanks again.

I am using dual boot system and i want to know the software for reading data on the windows partition from the linux partition…
I want to use linux but data are all in the windows partition…
Is there any software for reading the data ?

I am planning to become a software engineer in the future and I was just wondering how much they make. I looked around a couple of sites and it ranged from 50k to 80k a year. I’m not sure how much you would really make. If you are a software engineer please tell me how much you make.

I was hoping to work for google, if that helps at all.

I am looking for software that can track the websites and webpages a user has visited. For example, I am operating a wireless router that connects 5-7 users to the Internet. I am interested in what are these people are doing with my wireless service, as in are they abusing the wireless service that I am providing to them?

I am interested in how much time they are spending on the Internet, what websites they have visited or the webpages they are surfing and if they are downloading materials.

I know that such software are available on the open market but so far, I’m not sure where to find them. I am hoping for examples of such software that I can use.

Furthermore, I also wonder if the users on my wireless router can block such tracking software or If they can tack my attempts to follow them or if they will be aware if I am using such software to track them.

I undertsand that large networks and corporations routinely use such software. Are such software very expensive?

I need to create a digital model of an existing room, including positioning of the existing decoration (paintings, architectural ornamentation) on the walls and ceiling. Ideally, I’d like to end up with a digital model which will allow me to see how things are positioned in space from different viewpoints. Is there an easy software program which will do this, or is it worthwhile to hire someone experienced in CAD software to do it?

What is good software to protect against the new virus that records your keystrokes?
Thus it gets your credit card info and passwords… I forget the name of the virus. What software do you recommend?

What software do you use to store your password, card numbers and other precious date? Is it safe using this Password Manager software?

A computer has a processor, hard drive etc. We buy software like OS, office etc, for installing in it. But you can not install it in another computer. How does the software identify its “home” then? If I change the hard drive then can I reinstall the same software or I can not?

I need to gain internet access from various locations which do not have any wireless networks which are accessible by someone who does not have the password. My brother in law said there is a software I can install which will allow me to bypass the encryption password. Also, can you tell me where I might be able to download this software?
Thank you!

I have an M-Audio Keystation 49 usb keyboard. It came with several programs with it to teach piano, but none of them will allow me to simply plug it in and play with sound coming out of the speakers. Is there any software out there (would like free or very cheap) that can do this.

Should mention it is for a PC, with either xp or vista.

I have good internet, but in the last week i had much slower than it used to.I can’t say to provider anything because the speed is more that minimum of the guaranty . My computer is spyware free, and there are no software that slows my speed. So, can you suggest a software that find the issue of the slow speed ?

I want to make my own menus for the restaurant. What software is the best for this?

I want to use it as a drive, and as a modem. I would also like to be able to charge it with the computer, transfer files, etc., but I have not been able to locate any of the software through Motorola. I don’t have the CD that came with it. Does anyone have a link to these software and drivers?

I have too many products in my home to order every year to know whether or not I’m short of staplers, soap, or something else.

There are Kitchen products, Office/Kids Supplies, Bathroom/Health care products that we constantly have to buy all the time, what software will keep track of all of these for me and also allow me to tally my yearly costs?

My org will hold its annual convention this coming March. We want to take advantage of the bar codes found in students’ IDs for faster registration procedures. We’re planning to borrow barcode scanners from our school’s IT dept, but they might be unwilling to let us use their software for security purposes, and also licensing purposes. What software can my org use that would be easy to use, complex enough for registration, but not too complex that we won’t be able to understand how it works. Thanks!

I am an avid radio listener and would like to know if there is any software that can make my computer a radio that can receive shortwave, AM and or FM stations from my area. Or has this even been invented yet?

I would prefer if this software was inexpensive or free. Thanks for the help!

I am looking for software that will model and optimize my business. This software has to be able model financials, do enterprise wide planning and be able to tie it all back to my financial statement? I need the ability to run “what-if” scenario’s and see the outcome of my decision, before i actually make the decision.

I am wanting to purchase professional photo editing software that will help me highlight a certain object in the picture. Example: I want a black and white photo with only the blue eyes showing in color. What software should I buy and it this an easy task to accomplish?

I have just purchased a Fuji F31FD digital camera and would like photo editing software to go with it: the camera comes with software but I suspect it will be pretty basic.

I bought the edit software at Best Buy, but just got a new computer. Will I be able to use the same disk to put that software on my new computer?

I have a Logitech webcam and have tried using the software that came with it. The problem is, the Logitech software screws up settings in other software I use.

Is there a third-party software program out there that anyone can recommend?

Thanks!

I have to do a powerpoint on the Maya for my Spanish class. I didnt want to the same old,long, boring presentations. I remember last year, one of my friends used a software that made the powerpoint presentation more like a movie. I havent been able to contact that friend but I was hoping others may know the software he used.

The site will have pictures of products that I am showcasing and text describing the products and should be able to take payment. One friend suggested that I use dreamweaver, it contains everything that I need but another said that I need dreamweaver plus photoshop, illustrator and director and that I need all those to make a website. Is all that software necessary? I was just thinking of using dreamweaver on its own.

Several different software programs ie AntiMalwareGuard etc, continue to pop up and advise that I download them to remove the numerous threats found during the scan of my comuter. I am clueess, some of the programs or software that pop up seem to be more of a threat rather than protection. I know to stay away if there is no digital signature found but what about when it seems valid and then they want payment information? I am so lost and just want my pc to be healthy again. Please help me someone.

I’m not a professional but I’d like to buy a software to edit my wedding pics and I don’t know what the best is. One that is not extremely heavy. Thanks

My parents are concerned about my younger sibling’s use of the computer. They spend way too much time playing games. Are there any software available that allows passwords on software before opening the programs?

We all use the same user and having different users is not the solution. I need software to allow only certain programs. Fort Knox have a program that locks your files, but that isnt going to work.

Any ideas or free ware out there? Please let me know!

I am part of a company with limited staff, but we operate around 450 rental units in different areas. I need a good software to handle all of these properties. I have been using tenant pro 5.0, but I feel like there are probably a lot of advances that have been made, and am looking to upgrade, either to the new tenant pro, or something better.

I don’t get any of my music from iTunes, but from an mp3 music. The last time I updated the software ALL of my mp3 files disappeared and I had to add them all again – it took hours and it was a huge pain. I really need to update the software, though, to get the new iPod update. Is there a way I can update it without removing my music?

Where the phone your hacking doesn’t need to accept the bluetooth connection. This software was featured in ‘The Real Hustle’ but they, obviously, don’t tell you what software it is! I have BT Info already.

I had to download my printer software for hp. Unfortunately I downloaded the software in some european language and now I am trying to uninstall it but it won’t let me. It shows an error in some language which I can’t read. So basically I can’t uninstall the software from the control panel. Is there any other way of getting rid of this software so I can install one that is in English ! Thanks in advance

I had a software that use to listen to the song and say the name (It was a free software) but my comp crash so i had to format it. So can you please help me find the software again?

I have picture and video files that were deleted a few weeks ago and I’ve been trying to find a very good software that can restore those deleted files. So far, the few softwares that I have downloaded couldn’t restore the videos from my camera because the file size was too large. It would be great if there is a free software though, but I haven’t found a good one yet. Thank You!

I see consistent reports from US News and World Report that Software Engineering is a low stress, high paying job. If this is the case, then what degree can I get to become a software engineer?

I’m having trouble with Windows Movie Maker so I decided to replace it with a different software. However I don’t know where to begin to look. I need some suggestions and places to look for new movie making software.

I need to create a contest online but cannot seem to find software for PHP, open source software. I’ve also heard it called “contest logging software” but not sure if that applies here.

I am curious as to how software is actually designed and built in the real world, as in the domain of software engineering. I can understand the programming languages themselves, it just seems that I cannot understand how they can be made into a software system for use in an embedded device or on a PC. Is there any automation to the software design process? What tools are actually used to develop software?

I’ve also heard that code for a lot of different tasks is placed in libraries, and this code can be referenced when the code you are coding is being built and incorporated in the final product. How do you find which libraries and code that you need?

I also wanted to ask if the graphical user interface code is kept separate from the actual program code, and the GUI is an “interface” to the program. Can GUI libraries be used?

What software is considered the best for total network performance monitoring. I am in search of a software that will monitor our switches, routers, firewalls, and the overall performance of our network. This is a network running Win 03 as the OS, and has around 60-80 servers. Any suggestions? What are the pros and cons of such software?

I am currently writing a math textbook, and want to know what software publishers / authors use to design their book. I am currently using LaTeX to write up my book, however I need a software that can do fancy graphics as well as support math fonts. Any suggestions on software packages will be greatly appreciated.
emacs, you have to be joking right.
Can I use LaTex and Photoshop together ?

For example, after creating a pdf file using LaTex can I import it into photoshop ?

What billing software does your small business use and why? List good solid reasons why your business uses the software it uses. Stories are helpful.

Nowadays technology has expand their market tremendously in web world and just like the technology suppliers have also finding the ways for rental software product for the purpose of easier to use. Biggest benefit is “abstraction” now here we talking on the meaning of abstraction is where online rental software can efficiently handling such kind of task like managed inventory, inward invoice systems, Data base manipulation and as well as coordinately work with another software may be these are the tax programs, accounting software and other adaptable software’s.

One famous personality who is Steve kohn, president, Miller’s Rentals, Edison, N.J says that “Software has come a long way”. Most of the manufacturers are try to convert their window based product into the more user friendly system.

Basically according to current trend most of the developer is try to connect their program with other software’s as well as also makes compatible with different or new hardware and also try to present their information with other and attractive ways. Abstraction of the rental software with the other technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID), bar coding and global positioning system (GPS) they say that most of the try of their people is fully automate the rental software so employees of the rental software company spend more time with the helping of customers not only feeding data in to the system.

Same in mobile technologies if we can add abstract rental software with mobile then it can also give the real out put time information, capturing real time information and saves most the time of the customers as well as also enabling in real time routing and scheduling. The main benefit of the abstract rental software is if we can use it in internet technologies then enable rental Software Company gives the online display of the output to their clients they can view invoice, account details, balance and their rights.

The reason behind is expectation nothing else. In today’s market the expectation of the customers are rise tremendously. Customers want more with their service provider they arrange all outcomes anywhere in the world over the web as well as by telephone, fax. According to the varies industry have produced different kind of transaction for their customers. Even though they also don’t want o give more information to create a rental contracts and want more and more higher personal services. Where suppliers here also expect to deal electronically with the rental software like order placement, confirmation and settlement.

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This script is an extension of the Commodity Rentals system. It allows for a full E-Commerce ready, property rental management system with a facility for renting Vacation properties also. It comes with a option for allowing the agents to plug in and own/distribute memberships to other agents and much more. You can check the entire feature list of this system by clicking here. You can also view the working demo of this script by clicking here.

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Your business needs PAVE Software solutions because it is a powerful tool to maximize your company’s profitability and maintain accuracy with your data and customer profiles. The PAVE software program has been developed in collaboration with the mailing industry to assess pre-sort software while determining the accuracy of the sorting address files according to the DMM standard. This software (PAVE) is available only to the software and hardware developers. Companies that design pre-sort software or develop pre-sorting equipment for re-sale or internal use usually avail of the PAVE software.

This program is a process which evaluates and verifies the pre-sort products manufactured by developers, however, the software does not guarantee acceptance of mail prepared by PAVE certified hardware and/or software personnel. Incidentally it, however does provide national approval of computer generated facsimiles of USPS postage statements, standardization of documentation and other pre-sort documentation.

The USPS defines a PAVE certified software product as a pre-sorting product with source codes specifically written to operate on a particular platform or operating system while being assigned a specific version number. Many products use different language compilers to process files within different operating systems or on different hardware platforms. In order to maintain the highest standards of quality assurance, PAVE certifies each product that operates on a particular platform with the correct version number.

One platform is tested on the basis of test files ordered while additional platforms would be tested randomly. PAVE software evaluates each platform of the pre-sort product separately and would issue a certificate for each platform that meets the PAVE accuracy standards. This mailer’s postal automation software prepares the client’s mailing list to meet USPS requirements for maximum discounts in mailing. Such PAVE certified software verifies and standardizes addresses for maintaining address accuracy.

This system eliminates duplicate records, postal re-sorts to the lowest rate possible and prints bar coded labels, tags and required postal forms. PAVE certified by the USPS guarantees highest level of address accuracy for correct delivery and assures direct mail savings. The top functioning highest quality mail management software program, PAVE, performs all the necessary tasks for complete mail preparation to maximize the client’s profits while ensuring time saving.

This most sought after and stable software consistently complies with all US postal service links, accurately corrects and validates addresses for improved mail delivery. It also identifies and removes costly duplicates in client’s data base while providing superb technical support even offering money back guarantees in case of non performance.

This software is an extremely handy tool for efficient management of data dependent business based primarily on consumer data bank. In the business world, incorrect data can be damaging to any company. If the addresses are inconsistent or inaccurate, the company suffers the cost of resending mails, losing customers and eroding its reputation in the competitive market. Direct mailing is a big business as certain products are more appealing to certain customers. A mailing list created by using this sophisticated software helps in a big way in targeting the right customers while validating records and its contents.

Organizations are on the look for reducing the expense and complexity of handling telecom arena They are seeking means of cutting down yearly budget related to telecommunication that is amongst the leading costs in most businesses Telecommunication expense management and concerned network services works and manipulate the developing telecom expense of enterprises which facilitate in you to centralize on your business An efficient real time cost eradication program is telecom expense management (TEM) software The telecommunication expense management software is a cost reduction tool that facilitates manipulating the surviving services and they make attractive profit.

The key advantage of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) software is its Automation technique. The exceedingly propulsive TEM software has the enduringness take off the burden from the staffs which helps them to concentrate on their core activities Further the TEM software is capable of improving the business’ ability to command the ever increasing monthly telecom expense and efficiently estimate the future necessitates.

Automation: Tracks single and aggregative use of throughout telecommunications units Liberates the accountants so that they can utilize their time in some important tasks. Facilitates in interconnecting voice and data units Furnishes with detailed daily, monthly and annual analytical reports, to make future telecom purchase more comfortable.

Tele-communication Cost Management is an unseparable requisite of many business. Big and small enterprises are noticed to throw away thousands of their worthty monthly employee hours tracking company cell phones or landlines numbers as employees are promoted, elliminated or are newly employed. As soon as the software is installed to the firm’s particular requisite, it monitors inventory, amount used and billing. Telecommunication Expense Management Software assists your company to perceive visibility into plus manage all telecom outlay of your business concern. TEM software in addition alleviates you to cut down the tele-communications consumption manipulation lifecycle of your business enterprise. Such expense equals ten to twenty-five percent of their annual savings. Further the Telecommunication Expense Management software facilitates you to simplifies those provocating project in telecom sphere.

Whenever the reputation of Telecom Expense Management software software raises, there progresses programs to fit entire enterprise’s requistes. Exploring the internet for Telecommunication Expense Management software will fetch you heaps of alternatives, the attempt of which can be equated to meeting with your local telecom provider. Following names are approximately some of the most popular solution providers

Nowadays, you will coming upon a number of Tele-communication Expense Management providers over the internet but we’d propose reexamining Vocio’s TEM solutions.

What Is CASS Certification And How It Helps Us

Generally speaking, CASS or Coding Accuracy Support System is a software which helps the Postal Services to measure the efficacy of the software which maintains the hygiene of addresses. All vendors and mailers who would like to be enabled to have the USPS evaluate the efficiency of their software which matches addresses, can be offered CASS Certification.

CASS software also helps promote and improve the accuracy of the mailers’ Zip+4 carrier route along with the 5-digit coding. It enables the vendors or mailers to test the capability of their address-matching software packages. After a certain modicum of compatibility is achieved, it is ready to be certified by the Postal Services.

The CASS Certification has to be certified annually with the USPS so as to be able to meet the requirements of the current CASS Certification. The results are then returned to the mailers/vendors to enable them to correct inaccuracies by providing them with useful diagnostic methods.

To go into the detailed workings of this software, one must first look at the benefits offered by the adoption of this software. The advantages of this software are many.

? CASS software corrects and standardizes addresses and also adds the missing elements like zip codes, cities and states to make the total address complete.

? A ‘delivery point validation’, which means, that the software can verify whether a given address is deliverable or not is also possible with this software.

? It can also bring the addresses which have been renamed or renumbered up-to-date by accessing the USPS ‘locatable address conversion system’. The correct address saves the Postal Services a lot of time, money and effort.

? The futility of non-deliverable mail, unsorted mail is reduced. Also, mail which can be delivered but requires that extra push to locate the exact location is also taken care of by this software.

? The debugging and cleaning of the mailing list is possible with this type of software.

? The USPS offers discounted postage tariffs to those who use the CASS software.

However, to be eligible for the discounted postage packages, the mailer’s address list has to be verified against the Postal Services USPS database. This verification is termed “CASS Certification” and it ensures that every address on the list can be delivered to. This certification requires some points to be cleared before being accredited by the CASS certificate. Some of them include getting the mailing list checked by the Mail Preparation Services, signing a declaration that each address on the mailing list has been checked by the USPS or the address has been mailed to within one calendar year. All addresses on each list are also required to be corrected.

A major point to keep in mind while wishing to have the mailing list totally updated and current, is to send a mailing First Class or Standard with the endorsement ‘address service requested’. In case of any addresses being incorrect, information will come from the Postal services.

CASS has certainly simplified the mailing process and the tedium and futility of incorrect or undeliverable addresses has been reduced to a large extent.

Inventory management software are important to store owner, Factory manager, restaurant, warehouse and lot more. Inventory management sofware is the best solution to controling your inventory. Inventory is the total amount of goods and or material contained in a store or factory at any given time. Inventory management, or inventory control, is attempt to balance inventory needs and requirements with the need to manimize cost from obtain and holding inventory.

 

Related software product for inventory management like Inventory management Software for Public Warehousing is designed to handle complex charges with ease while providing the inventory management needed warehouse owner operator. Its specialy designed for use in cold and dry storage facilities as well as distribution warehouse and transpoting company.

 

More version of Inventory Mananagement Software is for Manufacturing And Distribution this Inventory management software are design absolutely for Manufacturing and distributors. Sales orders may be entered with multiple line items having multiple delivery requirements. To assist your planners, ensuring the necessary materials are available to fulfill all sales order, making supply and demand manageable this inventory management software developer as provide The MRP module for their Inventory Software.

 

Best related Software development company who had provided Inventory Management or control Software application for public warehouse, Manufacturers, Distributors and companies needing a powerful program to track and manage theirs assets. With over 20 years of transportation, warehousing, and software development exprience with Inventory Management Software, they know what inventory management software you need, because they were in business themselves. Find out more as an option for their product because they also provide scanning and Bar Coding.

Welcom Software, supplier of class leading solutions in consumer and commercial lending software, eCommerce, financial accounting and retail software has signed up RedKite Money to the managed hosted version of its leading loan management software solution Financier v7.06.

 

Based in Leeds and Watford, RedKite Money offers an extensive range of finance options including secured and unsecured consumer loans. Part of the wider RedKite Group, which includes subsidiaries RedKite Asset Management, RedKite Leisure and RedKite Search, RedKite Money sells direct to consumers and through brokers and intermediaries.

 

RedKite Money has been managing its loan book through Welcom Software’s Financier solution since the business was formed. A leading consumer and commercial lending software solution Financier has a proven track record in the finance industry and was developed in conjunction with some of the UK’s key financial services organisations. Managing the entire loan lifecycle from quotes and applications to payment collections and settlements, Financier makes the process of applying for a loan and ongoing management more efficient.

 

Delivering the flexibility and scalability required by RedKite Money, the implementation of the managed hosting version of Financier v7.06. will provide the core lending engine to manage all loans for the business with the system accessible from any location. This managed hosting solution relieves RedKite Money of responsibility for servers, management, applying updates, data security, firewalls and data back-ups whilst helping to streamline business processes, enhance data capture, improve speed of processing and provide increased visibility across both locations.

 

Nigel Corp, Welcom Software Chief Operating Officer said: “We are thrilled that RedKite Money has upgraded to our Financier v7.06 Managed Hosting Solution. Our leading software Financier provides them with the secure and reliable system that they need to effectively manage their entire loan book. Easily configurable, upgrading to Financier v7.06 will not only enhance the loan management process but will also remove the costly responsibility for hosting management. Financier has also recently been upgraded to ensure it offers the required functionality for lenders to make sure they are compliant with CCA 2006 which takes effect in October (6th).”

 

Founded in 1978 Welcom Software specialises in providing market leading business software solutions, both customised and off the shelf, to the finance, retail and eCommerce sectors. The Welcom Software Group was established in 2007, following the strategic acquisition of e-inbusiness, a leading eCommerce and eMarketing specialist. Group clients include: Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd, Redkite Money, The Loan Store, Airdrie Savings Bank, New Look, Farrow & Ball, Radley and Jacques Vert Group. To find out more visit: www.welcom.co.uk

The aim of this advantageous merger is to join technical and marketing expertise to offer extended services spectrum, more elegant and intelligent software solutions and products.

Enterra Inc. will be able to provide its customers’ projects with powerful and reliable software components for reporting, data analysis and visualization; it will dramatically reduce cost and timeline of customers’ projects and increase their ROI.

“Thanks to a large number of ready-to-use software components provided by Perpetuum Software we can cut down both the cost and the timeline for our clients’ projects”, stated Enterra’s CEO, Dmitry Starostenkov.

Perpetuum Software will intensify development of existing products; new releases will be announced oftener and will feature more new abilities. As usual all new and promising technologies will be delivered to the customers.

“Enlarged programmers staff will join experience and skills to work hard on new versions of the reporting and data visualization products we offer. I believe our customers will enjoy enhanced quality of our products and services”, said Eugene Akinshin, CTO at Perpetuum Software LLC.

So, customers of the combined company will benefit from this merger as they will get advanced software products, solutions and services of higher level. It will allow us to reach and address new market segments, as well as strengthen our position on the established markets.

Both organizations will go to the next stage of success, innovate and make breakthroughs in the IT industry.

About Perpetuum Software LLC (http://www.perpetuumsoft.com)

The company was founded in 2002. It offers .Net software components designed for reporting, data analysis and visualization. Company headquarter is based in Russia (Barnaul) with offices in Europe (Netherlands) and Latin America (Brazil). It stands as Microsoft Certified Partner. 3500 clients in more than 70 countries have been using Perpetuum Software products for 6 years.

About Enterra (http://www.enterra-inc.com)

The company was founded in 2001. This is a multi-national company with offices based in Tampa (USA), Walldorf (Germany), Barnaul, Moscow (Russia). Enterra specializes in custom software development, business systems integration, software products licensing. It stands as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, IBM Business Partner, and Sun Partner. Its staff consists of over 50 highly professional specialists. For 7 years it has successfully accomplished over 300 projects.

Loan modification demand is greater than ever. Homeowners are increasingly in need of a successful loan modification on their home. Every day thousands of people are looking for ways to save their homes from foreclosures. Offering loan modification solutions now more than ever is at its near highest peak. What better way than to offer this service than to own a loan modification software.

Direct Capital Software offers complete loan modification software called Loan Mod Pro to assist you as a loan modification consultant to successfully complete loan modifications for homeowners nationwide.

Loan Mod Pro simple and easy to use interface calculates debt to income ratio. Produces tables for you to analyze income to debt expenditures, produces for you interest rates for loan modifications that a homeowner can afford based on their expenses, and income. This software is the most powerful out on the market and literally does everything for you. Loan Mod Pro loan modification software will even pre-fill contracts for you. It will fill out loan modification contracts for you with your homeowners information. This saves you a lot of time and helps you speed up the loan modification process immensely. Imagine if you have 10 loan modifications to do. Loan Mod Pro will help you stay organized and fill in contracts for each one of those loan modifications. In addition, you can store documents for loan modifications such as homeowners income statements, paystubs, bills, expense sheets, profit and loss, plus more. Each document stored will be under each clients loan profile within software allowing you to stay organized and stay on top of each loan modification easily and efficiently.

At the end of the process once you are done with inputting all information and storing all docs for each borrower and are ready to send package to lender, you simply click email and Loan Mod Pro will send the entire package to the lender instantly. This leads to additional time saved and quicker loan modification completion. Loan Mod Pro has many more features and tools to help complete successful loan modifications. It is the most powerful and user friendly software for loan modifications. With each Loan Mod Pro package includes free tools, guides, and tutorials to help you to complete loan mod’s in a timely fashion.

Direct Capital Software offers complete loan modification solutions called Loan Mod Pro to assist you as a loan modification consultant to successfully complete loan modifications for homeowners nationwide.For more information visit http://www.directcapitalsoftware.com/

Forensic Loan Audits are fast becoming the next trend in the loan modification arena. Forensic Loan Auditing is a comprehensive and detailed way to uncover violations of various state and federal laws which can be spotted within clients loan package they received from the lender. Once trained, a professional can go through a complete loan file and locate particular violations and errors which constitute legal issues building a case for your borrower.

Uncovering violations such as respa laws and til lead to a higher chance of completing a loan modification. This is largely due to the fact that these legal violations constitue legal ramifications for the borrower against the lender. In some cases the borrower recieves a refund for the interest paid to the lender and more. In addition, forensic loan audits are a great way to show the lender that the file is in fact due for a loan modification due to the fact that there are legal violations within the loan file. Furthermore, forensic loan audits build a case for borrowers in case they need to go to court and defend their case if it comes to that point. In that case, the forensic loan audit may be used as a legal tool in the courtroom to assist in a legal victory for the homeowner. There are many possibilities for forensic loan audits at the present time and in the future. We are now just seeing these posibilites emerge during this incredible new market we are in.

Forensic Loan Auditing is quickly catching on and spreading. Many forensic loan audit companies charge upwards of five hundred dollars just to do a forensic loan audit on a borrowers file. This can be very costyle when working on multiple files at the same time. The forensic loan audit toolkit included with the loan modification software package allows you to quickly do a forensic loan audit on your clients loan and determing if there are any violations in the clients file. This package is a great way to start doing loan modification and will help you and your clients greatly.

Shawn Adli provides Loan Modification software for storing loan modifications.For more information about Loan Mod Pro, Forensic Loan Audit visit http://www.directcapitalsoftware.com

The importance of keeping your mailing list names and personal data up to date and accurate can not be understated. Billions of dollars are lost every year by large and small businesses because they ship correspondence to people who have moved, send duplicate mailings, mailings to addresses that do not exists and similar mistakes. By combining data and USPS software together the benefits will be significant.

Data Quality Software is the software that can convert the existing data into an integrated format by creating new fields, merging various files, and by summarizing and filtering it. The process “Data Quality” is the reliability and effectiveness of data, particularly in a data warehouse.

Data quality is much more than just records, fields and values-it’s about establishing business. From personal decisions, customer relationship to control of inventory, operations and even regulatory compliance, quality data forms the very foundation of a successful and flourishing enterprise.

Data quality assurance (DQA) is the method employed to verify the reliability and effectiveness of a data. Maintaining data quality requires going through the data periodically and scouring it. Generally this involves updating it, standardizing it, and de-duplicating records to make a single view of the data, even if it is stored in multiple variant systems.

Since data quality is so important from a business perspective, many large companies employ a data steward to be in charge of data quality. There are many vendor applications in the market to make this job easier.

It becomes easier to match your customer’s records with the help of this software. This improves the quality of your data. Usually computers trip over or ignore if the records don’t match. For instance a computer won’t know that Mac and Mack is the same person. The system is not designed to identify the slight variations in the characters, but data quality software knows this. It uses many other parameters to check the identity of two persons/names. The software also ensures that each customer has only one profile in your computer. This can have the added advantage of properly greeting a customer online when they log in. If certain criteria match, the system can anticipate that the person or group are affiliated and properly populate data.

How significant it is to have a Data Quality Software is we can understand by the following factual example: Gartner study says that poor quality customer data costs U.S. business an estimated $611 billion dollars a year in postage, printing, and staff overhead of reading data from operational systems.

The USPS is the least expensive way to ship letters and small merchandise in general in the USA. The USPS software and Data Quality software will enhance the profitability of every business. By maintaining the cleanest data records there will be less duplicate mailings, less returned mailings, a much stronger ability to sort potential customers and track results. In the challenging time the clean interface and ease-of-use of data quality tools makes is fast and a definite for all businesses looking to maximize their marketing dollars.

What you need to know about USPS Software.

There was a time when mail was sorted manually and the pigeon was the courier. Now it sounds like a part of a fairy tale. Nowadays advancement in technology has brought about a sea change in the entire system. The USPS is an acronym for United States Postal Service.

USPS is a government owned agency situated in the United States and is responsible for delivery of mail. USPS is one of the oldest government organizations in the USA and holds a kind of monopoly on many aspects of delivering mail. Through the USPS, citizens can send mail and parcels to almost any part of the world at reasonable prices.

The Intelligent Mail Barcode, popularly known as IMB is a new system introduced by USPS. It is a next generation of barcode technology that can be used for sorting and tracking letters and flats. It combines the capabilities of the Planet Code barcode and the POSTNET barcode into one unique form of barcode.

Many software companies design USPS software or USPS shipping software. They create and provide software solutions for direct mail, marketing, document design and data quality. Let us discuss some of its products they offer.

MaxPresort is one of the most comprehensive and powerful product for United States Postal Service bulk mailings. It is ideally suited for business which have direct marketing campaigns, or else who serve others who mail. This software helps in taking advantage of the huge postage discounts that are offered by the USPS. They can presort mail of different types like letters, NFMs, flats and parcels. This sorting is done in USPS classes -Periodicals, First-Class Mail, Package Services and Standard Mail. Apart from presorting mail, the software also has an optimization routine so that you can further maximize your discounts.

MaxPresort also supports the Intelligent Mail Barcodes. It can be used with the Basic as well as the Full Service Options and includes Intelligent Mail Container Label and the Intelligent Mail Tray Label.

Another product is the IMB Manager. This technology allows users to create an Intelligent Mail barcode for files that are generated by any type of presort or Mail.dat product. It also allows users to manage their exclusive Intelligent Mail Serial Numbers either within a single Mailer ID or else across multiple mails for the same Mailer ID. This is how it works. First, it creates all three kinds of Intelligent Mail Serial Numbers. Then it creates a database which can track the 45-day expiration dates for these Serial Numbers. The interface is intuitive and easy to use.

MaxOG is another product that uses functionality from MaxPrint, a great document creation and printing software. It can produce a wide array of documents and labels with the help of pictures, text, ovals, tables, boxes, lines and fill patterns in various font, color or orientation. By using MaxOG you will be able to create letters as well as name-and-address labels using Intelligent Mail Tray, Intelligent Mail barcodes, Container Labels and also Inkjet files.

Thus you can effectively use these products for direct mail and marketing or document designing.

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SIM card data recovery software is read-only and non-destructive utility to recover all deleted and corrupted SMS and phone numbers from SIM card memory. Mobile phone SIM card SMS retrieval utility has been designed exclusively to retrieve and restore erased phone book numbers and messages with the help of SIM card readers including PC/SC technology and Phoenix technology standards based USB card readers hardware device. SIM card data reader tool provides you the option to take print out of the recovered data for forensic or investigation purpose. Software recaptures data even if the card has been formatted or card not detected message is being displayed on the system. SIM card forensic software supports all 2G, 3G and GSM technology based SIM card and provides user friendly interface. SIM card data reader tool generates reports which allow users to view date and sending time of SMS, received calls etc. Mobile SIM card data restoration utility retrieves erased data with minimum time without affecting other important data of your mobile phone SIM cards. Software does not require any technical skills to operate and provides inbuilt help manual to the user. Features: * SIM card data recovery software supports user with mobile phone lost data backup and restore facility and saves the recovered data in text format for further reference. * SIM card data reader utility provides support to any SIM card service network nationally or globally. * Software extracts and displays service provider name and ICC identification number of SIM card in simplest manner. * SIM card data restoration software supports all major Windows operating systems and provides inbuilt help manual to the user. * Application securely recovers erased text messages when SIM card is not detected by your mobile phone.

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Loan modifications today have evolved into a streamline process for lenders and banks. The initial steps of collecting paper work and submitting documentation has in essence changed the way we go about doing loan mods.

When loan modification first began, there were many who had a hard time doing loan modifications and nearly gave up. Until the streanline began, many relied on just submitting and hoping for a loan mod to go through. Now the process has evolved into a streamline process. On the bank/lender side everything from receiving the package to transferring to loss mitigation reps to the actual adjusting the loan interest rate is now streamlined very efficiently. This is due to the high volume of loan modification requests. This in turn due to the high demand. From the broker/loan mod rep perspective, there are software solutions which help streamline the entire process from collecting paper work, to crunching the numbers to see if borrower qualifies to the actual loan mod itself. The software solutions have greatly streamlined the entire process two-fold. In turn this has caused streamlining all across the board and has led to many higher percentages of individuals having their home saved. This has greatly increased the homes being saved. Furthermore, Obama’s administration in the White House has increasingly gave exposure to the loan modification arena through their new laws being passed. This has in turn caused homeowners to be more prone to loan mods and loss mitigation programs. Surely, this is a great time to be in real estate business as well as a loan officer or loan mod rep.

Loan Modifications now being more streamlined have an even greater demand. Since one homeowner who received a successful loan mod will tell his neighbors who in turn will tell additional homeowners, creating a domino effect. Now more than ever is a great time to get into loan modification business.

Loan Mod Pro is the best software platform for loan modifications. The software is very user friendly and can store unlimited amount of clients and information. It even does the calculations for you and assists you to keep track of everything. Loan Mod pro is a great software solution for loan modification and for storing loan mods.

Shawn Adli provides Loan Modification software for storing .For more information visit http://www.directcapitalsoftware.com

Text messages marketing software facilitate user to create SMS in both English and Unicode character and send them to various national or international mobile user from Pocket PC and PDA. SMS broadcasting application transmit various jobs notification, news, greeting card etc from any branded windows based mobile devices. Software distributes unlimited messages without having internet connection to single or selected group of cell phone users.

 

SMS sender software provide secure, fast and reliable text messages transmission program which allow user to broadcast unlimited number of SMS from any Pocket PC, PDA, Smart phone and other similar windows mobile devices. Mass messaging application facilitate to create and send Unicode character supported messages and distribute them to single or group of users as per the requirement. Software is helpful to send various jobs alert notifications, product promotion messages, business meeting schedule, share market news, seasonal greeting and other personalized messages without having any internet connection of SMS gateway. Pocket PC bulk SMS sender application allow user to insert sender number manually or import from saved text file and provide inbuilt step by step messages sending procedure help option for user assistance. SMS broadcasting software is compatible with all manufacture of smart phone or handheld pocket pc devices that includes Anextek SP230, Asus P525 Pocket PC Phone, Audiovox SMT5600, Audiovox PPC 5050, Carrier Devices i-Mate Smart Phone, Dopod Str Trk S300, E-Ten p300B Pocket PC Phone, Gigabyte gSmart, GSMK Cryptophone, Hitachi pocket pc phone, HP iPAQ hw6515 and other similar devices. Pocket PC to Mobile text messaging software features: * Does not require additional hardware, software or internet connection to send messages. * Instantly distribute unlimited number of text message to group of users. * Support all manufactures and brands of Pocket PC and windows mobile devices. * Facilitate to keep in touch with your employees and friends. * Save sent SMS history with date, time and sender number. * Securely distribute Unicode character supported text messages to any existing user. * GUI based application provide inbuilt systematic help manual. * User can send various job alerts, meeting schedule, greeting card and other personalized text messages.

 

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Data cleansing or data scrubbing ensures that the stored data is delivered absolutely accurately. While the process of data cleansing is in operation, records are continuously checked to verify its accuracy and consistency. If necessary, the outdated and incorrect information can be deleted as well. This system operates within a single set of record or between multiple data sets requiring merging or which may be working in unison.

Data cleansing ought to be an essential process in any organization that keeps consumer data. It allows the highest data quality by de-duping, and suppressing and also appending key details which are personal too. The accuracy of a consumer data base will erode at a frightening rate. Data cleaning identifies movers, duplicating records and enhances personal details. In its simplest form, the software would be like a singular person or more than one person who reads the set of records to verify their accuracy.

The typing and spelling errors can be rectified while the data which is improperly filed, labeled, incomplete or even missing can be completed through this software package. Data cleansing can also be performed by computer programming. A more complex data cleansing program might also be able to fill in a missing city based on correct zip code or convert prices of items in the data base to Euros instead of US dollars. This software is ideally suited for developing an updated mailing list which can be sent to clients for promoting / selling various products. The process is very important for the efficient management of data dependent business.

In case the clients have not recorded the correct phone numbers or the client’s e-mail addresses have not been formatted accurately, the automated e-mail system is unable to send information on the latest special deals or coupons. The software based data cleansing ensures that all the data recorded within a system is up-to-date and accurate so that product details can be forwarded to the proper destination.

In areas where two data systems are working together, data cleansing is more effective. In case a manufacturing company has multiple branches, but may be dealing with the same customers, the data in each branch has to be complete, accurate and similar. When customers update their phone numbers within one branch, the data at the other branches need to have the same set of information ensuring that all the branches have identical data bank. In such cases the software based data cleansing also guarantee updated, accurate and consistent data between different records.

Often when storing a huge data base, errors are bound to creep into the system. The objective of data cleansing is to minimize or eliminate such errors and to make the data base appear as meaningful and useful as possible. In the business world the pivotal rule is that incorrect data base could be damaging and detrimental to the company’s commercial activities. Hence, data cleansing should be a mandatory operation of any business set-up to maximize profits and ensure their message gets out to the intended recipients.

Screen capture is the process of saving what your monitor is displaying, usually as an image. You might use screen captures in a game, on the internet, or you can even use a screen capture to prove payment or statistics for something.

If you play games or movies on your computer, screen capture software would come in handy to even take screen captures of your high record in your favorite game, or take clips from the latest movie scenes on your computer.

When it comes to what screen capture software to use, you should take careful consideration when selecting what program you use. Some programs don’t offer important features you might deem useful, like the ability to capture scrolling windows. This feature will enable the capture tool to scroll automatically to capture something like a list.

Some utilities will even allow you to capture full web pages. Capture your competitor’s web page so you can analyze them with scrutiny. Better yet, create a helpful tutorial for users of your website or program. At the end of this article you’ll find great, easy to use screen capture software that will let you do this.

Along with the handy features in your screen capture program, you’ll also want to make sure that the screen capture program you’re using is easy to use. There’s nothing like purchasing a program to save you time, and you spend an eternity learning how to use it!

That’s why I wholeheartedly recommend Longfine Software’s Easy Screen Capture software. It combines the latest new screen capture features with a program that is sleek and easy to operate. The value is limitless. Save huge amounts of time when creating tutorials or other useful documents. Copy entire websites as an image file.

You can even try it free for a while to see if you like it.

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In the stock market it’s not impossible to watch a stock move up dramatically in a matter of hours or days. Investors and traders can make great money and fatten their wallets every time this happens.

This seems great for every one that wants to try their fortune in the stock market, but the problem is that if you don’t know what stocks to look for and how to properly approach them you could end up wasting cash instead of making your profits grow. That’s why the most important aspect of stock trading is the knowledge FILTER you employ to make your buy and sell decisions.

There are many “fantastic” stock systems and trading software out there, but you need to test them in order to discover which ones help you the most. That’s part of your homework as a stock trader. Test, test and test again.

Complicated stock trading strategies that rely on a “boat load” of technical analysis indicators can make you slow, and being slow when trading stocks can be as dangerous as not knowing what to do in the first place.

The worst thing that can happen to a beginner trader is to get information overload. It’s better to go step by step, and test a practical stock trading strategy that can show you how to focus on concrete ways to make money while picking SOLID hot stock trading opportunities once at a time.

In essence, You can be sure that the trading method you employ to approach the stock market and pick stocks can make a big difference in your results as a trader.

Fortunately some sites on the web can show you how to take advantage of stocks in a practical way every week by minimizing risks. One of those sites is Momentum Stock Pick at

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They focus on picking certain stocks that can generate excellent gains on the same day.

Visit them today and learn how to take advantage of the market by picking the hottest opportunities this season.

BARNAUL, Russia – May 12, 2008 – Perpetuum Software today announces the availability of .Net ModelKit Suite 3.8, a suite of four components that enable .NET developers to create BI applications for reporting, data processing and visualization. Tight integration between components of the suite ensures fluidity in every aspect of your workflow, providing similar design-time and runtime customization facilities, common data management and appearance customization. All suite components are written in C# and contain only 100% managed code.

The suite combines new versions of OLAP ModelKit™ and Report Sharp-Shooter™, the use-proven Business Intelligence components for intelligent data handling and feature-rich presentation. Another component is the Instrumentation ModelKit™ which is ideal for creating digital dashboards and KPI, offering an unmatched collection of over 130 ready-made gauges and other visual controls. Also included in .Net ModelKit Suite is the Chart ModelKit component which is designed for creating interactive charts and graphs. The components delivered in the suite minimize the coding required and provide full design-time customization.

Top 5 new benefits of .Net ModelKit Suite 3.8

The suite has been evolving over the last two years and has seen many technological improvements. The following is an overview of just some of the many exciting new features and benefits you’ll find in the newest version of .Net ModelKit Suite.

#1: Work with the latest Microsoft tools – Experience a new level of performance and speed using the .Net ModelKit Suite components with Visual Studio 2008.

#2: Expand your reporting with new amazing abilities – Report Sharp-Shooter offers QR Barcode, which is very popular in Japan due to its efficient encoding of Kanji characters.

#3: Reduce time for templates development – Reports Sharp-Shooter offers master style support that eliminates the need to duplicate styles. Now, styles specified in the master report are available in sub reports, and they can be assigned to any report element. The unified style of master reports and sub reports makes your reporting system more professional.

# 4: Evaluate the product with new attractive samples – New to this version is a set of sample charts and gauges with attractive styles in Instrumentation ModelKit and Chart ModelKit.

#5: Enjoy efficient application development – The re-designed user interface in all designers and viewers, new icons on the toolbars make your application even more professional.

Please, explore www.perpetuumsoft.com to find out more information about the product. Some areas of note include detailed documentation for each component, demos and tutorials.

Pricing and availability

.Net ModelKit Suite 3.8 is available for $1600 (US). Customers may order directly from Perpetuum Software by visiting the Perpetuum store at www.perpetuumsoft.com. Registration allows the use of the components in projects on the royalty-free basis. Registered users get free one-year maintenance upgrades and technical support. A trial version of the product without functional or time limitations is available from www.perpetuumsoft.com.

About Perpetuum Software

Founded in 2002, Perpetuum Software LLC is a premier developer of Business Intelligence components compatible with .NET Framework and Visual Studio. Its flagship products include: Report Sharp-Shooter, .Net Dashboard Suite, Instrumentation ModelKit, Database Restyle, Chart ModelKit, OLAP ModelKit and .Net ModelKit Suite. The company is located in Barnaul, Russia. For more information, please call +7 3852 299979 or visit www.perpetuumsoft.com

One of the best tool for online survey is Web Based Surveys generally falls into two categories. The first type gets installed on your computer and allows you to run the show yourself, and the other type is a hosted application on the web that can be accessed from any computer on the web. The second type gives you the flexibility of operating your software from anywhere on earth.

In a successful business, one of the key factors is to know what your customers as well as employee are thinking – about your business, your products and your services. As a business owner, you\’ll get feedback from your current customers just in the course of day-to-day business. But the results can be skewed by the interaction itself, and so most business owners find it useful to allow their customers to answer questions anonymously. And that\’s where surveys come in.

Some businesses hire market research firms to survey their customers or target customers. For new or smaller businesses, this can be an expensive proposition

Most popular method among retail businesses is a customer survey and Employee Survey. In a Customer Survey, the company allows customers to answer questions that may relate to the quality of service or quality of the product. The answers are usually on a sliding scale of 1 to 5, or something similar. Open-ended questions are not typical, as the numerical data is the goal of the customer survey.

And the Other Method in retail businesses is Email survey. It services supports customer relationship management and offer customer visibility for both sales and customer service teams. As customer-centric marketing strategies adjust sales relationships with targeted consumers, email survey information offers real-time data about needs and wants in the market.

Our Online Survey is a best option of conducting your own business.

Magic Survey Tool online surveying application makes creating online surveys a snap. Online surveys can help to provide important information on your courses. The Magic Survey Tool Works Online Survey tool has a complete array of features and functionality to help you create and send out your online survey in a matter of minutes.

So whether you\’re querying Customers Survey, a potential target market, vendors, or employees, these online surveys can provide valuable tools for smart business owners. You can set up and monitor your surveys or pay someone to do it for you, but online surveys are a great way for you to gain information. The results may surprise you, or send you in a new direction you hadn\’t thought of. But one thing\’s for sure; if you don\’t ask your customers, clients, or employees, they probably won\’t tell!

Magic Survey Tool online surveying application makes creating online surveys a snap. Online surveys can help to provide important information on your courses. The Magic Survey Tool Works Online Survey tool has a complete array of features and functionality to help you create and send out your online survey in a matter of minutes

War between Copy Protection and Piracy

Copy protection and piracy are conflicts that fighting forever. When a new technology is introduced into copy protection, and counterpart will research the corresponding sword to it. Without a very long time, this so called “new technology” can be cracked. It is a truth in the world. It is ridiculous that saying a product is “un-crack able”, because we know everything in the world can be reversed; the only problem is efficiency and time. If we had a powerful computer (it is only an assumption), and we were smart enough (if we were lucky), then we would crack any algorithm. Maybe you think our pre-condition is not realistic, but we should be serious for this topic.

Since this war is ever taking, no fighter will stop fighting, we should explain this topic for a scientific and realistic point of view.

First of all, we can say no software is completed “un-crack able”. We have explained this topic before.

Second, for software developers or vendors, the only task they can do is to improve the software copy protection, and make it more difficult. There is a balance between software protection and piracy. If the cost of cracking overrides (or too big) the cost of software, cracking such software becomes a meaningless job; no one would like to crack it any more.

Third, from software developers’ point of view, what they are really doing is not protecting the software; the real aim is to make maximum profit. To keep the maximum profit from the software is the only and most business reason that drive the developers to protection they software. If we looking at the topic from this side, we can say “copy protection” is only a side effect that brought by the commercial aim.

In the next installment, we will present the detailed of software protection.

Part 2. An Overview on Software Copy Protection

Here, we can discuss some techniques on software copy protection.

The general purpose of software copy protection is to prevent un-authorized usage of software. So we can say any method or action to prevent un-authorized usage of software is software copy protection.

We can classify software copy protection into 3 main types.

The first one is “software based”. This type of protection is pure software based, and no extra meta is needed. The members in this type are typical serial number, software packer (also called shell or enveloper).

Serial number

End-users can only use the software or the full function of the software if and only if the user have a correct (or reasonable) serial number. The advantage of such protection is that it is easy and cheap. While cracking such copy protection is not a difficult job for a professional hacker. If we found the authentication code in the file, then we can reverse it and make a general cracker against it.

Packers

Packing a software is a very common method to protect software. It is easy and without any additional programming job. Developers need only several simple clicking, then the

The advantage of pure software based protection is the cost. In general it is relative cheap. While, on the other hand, the disadvantage is easy to see, or we can say the disadvantage is obvious, that it is easy to be cracked. As we said before, nothing is un-crack able, if we leave all the protection at end-users side, we open everything to the hackers, who may find way to crack your protection finally.

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|               good                      |                   bad             |

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| 1. easy                                   |  1. easy to crack                     |

| 2. cheap                                        |  2. weak license control                |

|                                         |  3. easy for piracy                    |

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The second protection method is “On-Line License”. You can find this kind of protection from everywhere, such like “On-Line Activation” for Windows XP, and Pro Engineering… This kind of protection needs a license server, which holds the database for licenses/activation keys. It will bring a central control for the license. You need a start/initial fees budget for on-line license, since an extra server is needed, well you also can share this server with others.

Compared with “software-based” protection, “on-line license” is better. You can enjoy the convenience of license schemes and a better security. The cost is a little bit higher, and start/initial invest is a must. This protection is good for big software vendors, who sell more than 5000 thousands copies per year and need a rough license control.

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|               good                      |                   bad              |

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| 1. easy                                    |  1. easy to crack                     |

| 2. relative low cost                          |  2. rigid schemes                     |

| 3. centralize license control                   |  3. relative high initial cost             |

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The last kind of software protection is “Software Dongle”, or we call hardware-based protection, dongle-based protection, software copy protection dongle, etc. This kind of protection might be the best, and it can maximum the software vendors’ revenue.

Is a software dongle un-crack able? The answer must be NO, but why it is the best? It is just because it can maximum the software vendors’ revenue. Ok, now we have repeat the same sentence twice, just for emphasis this point. Let me explain it in detail.

First, why we need software protection? Just for anti-piracy? No, anti-piracy is not the real or the root reason, the real aim is profit. We want to make money from the software, while pirated software cannot bring any profit to us, so we need anti-piracy. Now, let come back to software protection, the real goal of software protection is to protect the profit.

Can a software dongle maximum the revenue? How? To explain this question, we have to explain how we sell software. Nowadays, we sell software via our distributors or direct sell on the Internet. We can call them sales channel. The direct software customer is the sales channel. In fact, we do not know how many software has been sold, what the price for each copy. We just collect money from this channel, and check if the number is correct with what they claim. If without a dongle, we do not the specific number, we just know they are selling this software, but we will fell at loss when face to the number of copies, we do not know how to control the license copy. In this sense, the first usage of a software dongle is to get the number.

One may say, if the software is pirated at end-users side, the software vendor will get nothing too. Good question, but thinking from a software vendor point of view, we should not and cannot let piracy disappear from the earth. The pirated software just give a good place for software vendors to cultivate the market. For a software vendor, especially a CAD/CAM/CAE vendor, who is your customer, a company/institute/university or just a poor student/developer? The answer is too simple. The real customer is the people who can buy or may buy the software, i.e the entity who afford this software. The people who cannot afford the software is only potential customer, who cannot buy the software right now. These kind of people might buy your software in the future if they feel good, but now is not the right time. If you want to cultivate the market, let them use the pirated copy is not a bad choice. Remember the words “make money from the people who can make money”. Finally, we should make the one point clear, if we can make money from the people who can make money, it is the point we maximum our profit.

Software dongles can help you implement various software protection schemes. We will discuss this topic in the next chapter.

Now, let me summarize software dongles.

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|               good                       |                   bad             |

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| 1. better protection                           |  1. relative high cost                |

| 2. better revenue                              |  2. longer deliver time               |

| 3. flexible protection schemes                  |  3. need programming experience      |

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The following table show the target customer vs different software protection method

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|  pure software based protection  |   1. low cost software, (price less then 10 USD)         |

|                            |  2. shareware                                     |

|                            |  3. free software (live on donations)                   |

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|  one-line license protection     |   1. low cost software at big volume (price less than 50 USD, volume more then 1000 copies.              |

|                            |  2. shareware                                     |

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|  dongle-based protection       |   1. cost software (price more than 50 USD)            |

|                            |   2. volume software which need license control         |

|                            |   3. customized software                            |

|                            |   4. shareware                                    |

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From the table we can see, dongle-based protection covers more area, and give you a better space for growth. If it is affordable, you’d better choose dongle-based protection.

Part 4. Software Protection Schemes

In this sector, we will discuss the software protection schemes, and also how to implement these schemes with software dongles.

Software protection schemes is based on the software sales model. In order to make a better schemes, you should know well the software function, sales model, and target customers.

Sell per function.

It is common that a software consists of several functions, for example OFFICE consists of WORD, PowerPoint, Excel… a customer can buy the all function or only some of them. You can use software dongle to control this license. In general, this function in dongles called “module” or “license module”

Software lease

Software lease is most based on time. So you need a timing dongle. There is not too many dongle with real time clock embedded. You can use some simple tricks to check the time, for example, check the internet time server. The real time dongle is a good choice. You may refer to HASP-Time. But the cost is high.

Software running limitation

To only let the software run a certain times, for example after execute 50 times, the software stops. Some dongle vendor offer decreasing function, you may take advantage of it. Otherwise, decrease this number and write it back to the dongle every time.

Software credentials

Save digital credentials to the dongles, it will bring your better protection. Do not only check if the dongle is there, leave some thing inside dongle. But be careful, the data should be encrypted, if the dongle has an encryption engine it would be perfect.

Involve the dongle into computation

The ordinary protection is just to check if the dongle is there. This protection is really week. If you can involve the dongle into a computation, it will give your really good effect. Some dongles have a computing engine, which can run a certain algorithm inside dongle, it would be better choice.

Some dongle vendors offer some cook books or other hint on software protection, you may refer to them, they are professional indeed.

Part 5. How to Choose Software Protection Dongles

There are about 20 software dongle vendors all over the world. The big figure in this area is Aladdin ( http://www.Aladdin.com ). Since rainbow was acquired by safe-net, they lost the first position. Well, how to choose a dongle is another topic. We cannot say the biggest vendor offer the best product. The best product is the product which meet your requirements.

In the following paragraph, we will discuss on how to choose a dongle from different aspects.

Price

Doubtless to say, price is always the first topic. We just use the most popular dongle vendors as an example. HASP is expensive, more than 20 USD level. Sentinel is similar, but 1 or 2 USD less. WIBU ( http://www.WIBU.com )  is almost the same with Sentinel (http://www.SafeNet-Inc.com) . Eutron (http://www.Eutron.com) is 10-20 USD level, and similar with UniKey (http://www.eSecuTech.com). You can get a special offer from dongle vendors if you are a really volume customer.

Interface

There are several types of dongle, LPT, PS/2, Serial, USB and even PCI cards. Based on my experience, USB would be best selection, since 95% computer go along with USB ports.

Support

Since software protection is a job need experience, you should know support is also a part of product. Before you buy it, you should check if the support is really good. Try to get more suggestion from their support engineers. If you think the support is not good, you’d better find an alternative to avoid further problems.

Product quality

It is shown that most dongles are produced in China. But it seems that if the production process is controlled under a better management, the product is better. If it is under to bad management, the product is bad quality. It is recommended to choose an international brand, and be careful with the pure Chinese brand even they are cheap.

Functions

The dongle function can help you to implement the software protection schemes. The most basic function is to read and write. All the dongles have this function. If you want to implement more function, you should consult the support engineer from software dongle vendor. If the dongle only has read/write function, it is not a real dongle, it is only a toy.

Trouble shooting

After you buy dongles and send dongles with your software, you will support the dongle for your customers. If you customer meet any problem, you have to help them to trouble shoot the problem. The most common problem is “Dongle Not Found” problem, i.e. after customer install the driver and insert the dongle, the software still say no dongle found. It is a headache for software dongle vendors. But it seems we find a better solution now,. Entron and UniKey provide so-called “Driverless” dongles, which need not install a driver. It is an HID (human interface device), working like mouse. This kind of dongles provide a better solution than traditional dongles.

Part 5.Conclusion

In this simple paper, we discuss the sensitive topic on software protection, and an overview on dongle protection. I just want to share my experience in this area with other developers. Hope you can enjoy it.

The best project manager is supported by a project management software tool that caters to unique project requirements. When selecting a software to run a project or business, many buyers overlook key factors that ensure a successful project management software implementation. The purpose of this article is to provide business owners and project  managers with insights on how to select the best project management software.

Ranking Business and Project Management Priorities

When evaluating a project management software or a business software, it helps to have a thorough understanding of the day to day project management activities and needs. This helps identify whether or not and how the software is capable of solving  business and project management problems. Since every project and business has unique qualities, by studying current project management practices and theoretically applying them to the project management software in question one can almost identify one-for-one how each problem or project management need can be resolved using the software. Listing project management software features in order of priority is time well invested into the project management software selection process. By ranking business and software needs, a manager creates a clear picture on how to create a best-fit between project management activity and software.

Assessing Future Project Management Requirements

Although it may be difficult for a manager to predict exactly how project management software requirements may evolve over time, it is possible to understand the degree of flexibility that the software accommodates. Flexible project management software allows a company to grow and change over time. The more flexible the software, the more options project managers will have to accommodate project-specific situations that were not accounted for or expected during the project management software selection process. Project management software that is simple to use, may or may not have the ability to match evolving needs of a company as volume increases or decreases. The ability to change and adjust to as many situations as possible is of tremendous value to a company, and therefore a project manager.  All too often project management and business data is segregated across multiple different software applications that do not synch up with each other and often create additional, undue burden on the company. Yet, the company still needs a means of tracking abnormal situations. An effective project management software solution accommodates change and can be tailored to meet changing business demands without degrading former or existing projects management needs already set forth by existing projects.

Project Management  Software and Accounting Software Integration

It is a reality that there is no one single software that services every business need a company has. Therefore, the ability for one software to share data, import/export or otherwise synchronize business data with another software becomes an essential component to the software selection process. Software product vendors  may put forth “a one size fits all” attitude however the best way to ensure that a project management software can share data or synchronize with an accounting software is to understand the technical requirements of both software systems. This way, the software systems in place and the software being selected may be assessed as a set of integrated software systems that work together rather than single handedly, as how most businesses select software. In fact, software integration as a primary driver to the software selection process will dramatically reduce implementation costs, due to a reduction of data setup and a consistency of terms and language used across different business software systems.

Project Management Software Vendor/Customer Relationship

The project management software vendor and the customer should establish a mutually supportive relationship. When selecting a project management software to run and manage business data and for project management, the project manager should factor into consideration how responsive and competent the project management software vendor is in both the project management software itself and also the business industry that the project management software is intended to serve. The project manager should also observe how willing to help the project management software vendor is, and how promptly and accurately the project management software vendor follows up and follows through. These are all indications of how the project management software vendor will perform when supporting the customer.

Many project management software vendors offer support for project software-specific questions, however such questions often call for business-related questions on how to handle best project management practices, for example, using the project management software. Since a project software is to support projects for the business, there should be no separation between answering technical questions about how to use the project management software and questions on how to solve project-related questions within that project management software.

The vendor should become an active participant in supporting a project manager or company with it’s own project management processes, thereby having those project processes clearly defined and managed within the project management software. Once a business is invested into a project management software, the switch can be costly depending on whether or not the company wishes to migrate project management data from one software to another. Therefore, it is in the best interest of a project manager to, when selecting a project management software, to analyze how much effort it would take to switch to a new software, if the company reaches the limits of the current project management software.

Although it may be difficult to assess the cost of moving project management software data to a new project management software without knowing ahead of time what the new project software is, part of the project software selection process should identify how such a switch in systems will be addressed, should such steps be taken in the future.

It is in the best interest of both the customer and A1 Enterprise to provide a project management software that works for our customer and our customer’s specific industry. If, in the event, A1 Enterprise feels that the customer needs are better matched with any specific project software, A1 Enterprise makes suitable recommendations and provides assistance in the project management software selection process when needed by the customer. A1 Enterprise has a substantially diverse background in software development and customized software for small businesses and large companies.

Global Description to use this Tutorial  

Main subject of Engineering Software in general, describe the basics of Software Engineering, and solving problems, and methods of software development. The discussion about the sub-field of Operating System contains a computer system, the system operating and working in the computer network. The scope of the material basic algorithms include algorithms and advance algorithms. Sub field Programming Languages take a big portion, including GUI programming with VB & VB.Net, Java programming, C + + programming, Programming of object-oriented and web-based. Sub-sector which is the last part of this tutorial is a data base with the scope of the system databases, conceptual modeling, relational database, Microsoft Access and SQL.

This tutorial is structured in such a way so that for general readers can independently learn and encourage to try. Therefore, in this book, many will be found either in the form of illustration image, the scheme and program listings.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION



Let us see Picture 1,1. For most users, the above picture is fairly familiar. In the picture, the desktop of Microsoft Windows operating system is shown. Several icons is shown in the picture. Double clicking on the icon will open a certain software application that can be used to do a certain task.

These days almost all aspects of life were touched by the use of software. Some software may already been used or seen by us, such as, music

player, cashier application software, document editor, etc. These softwares were the results of a series of process or the activity that was known as the Software Engineering. What is Software Engineering? This chapter

will try to answer such question.

OBJECTIVES

This chapter should enable you to:

Able to explain on software, program, software engineering and procedures. Understand the objectives of software engineering. Understand the scope of software engineering. Understand the position of the software engineering field in the discipline of computer science and its connection with the other fields. Knows the development in software engineering. Known the profession and certification in the software engineering field. Explained solution principles to the problems in the software engineering. Directorate Technical Vocational Education

1.1 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CONCEPT

The Software Engineering term began to be popularized in 1968 at Software Engineering Conference that was held by NATO. Some people interpret Software Engineering to be limited on how to made a computer program. In fact, there are basic differences between software and computer program.

Software is all the command that can be used to process information. Software could take the form of the program or the procedure. The program was the collection ordered that was understood by the computer whereas the procedure was the order that was needed by the user in processing information (O?fBrien, 1999).

A body of knowledge that discussed all the aspects of the production of software, starting from the early stage that is the analysis of the requirement for the user, determined the specification from the requirement for the user, the design, coding, the testing to the maintenance of the system after being used.

It is clear that Software Engineering is not only related to the production method of the computer program. The statement ?gall aspects of production?h in the above definition, has the meaning of all the matters that are connected with the process of the production like project management, the determination of the personnel, the budget of the cost, the method, the schedule, the quality up to the training of the user was a part of Software Engineering.

1.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING OBJECTIVES



In general, software engineering objectives are fairly similar to other engineering fields. Let us examine Figure 1.2.

Figure 1.2 shows that an engineering field will always try to produce the highest

performance output at the lowest possible cost at exact time. The software engineering aims for,

Lower software production cost. High performance and reliable software in time. Multi platform software. Low maintenance cost.

1.3 SCOPE



As defined above, the scope of software engineering is as follows,

Software requirements related to the requirement specifications of the software. Software design includes software architecture determination, software components, interface, as well as other software characteristics. Software construction relates to the software development, including the algorithm, coding, testing, and debugging. Software testing covers software behavior evaluation and testing. Software maintenance Includes maintenance efforts as software is operated. Software configuration management is related to the configuration of software

to satisfy a certain requirement. Software engineering management related to the management and the grating

software engineering, including planning of the software project. Software engineering tools and methods include the theoretical study on aids

and the software engineering method. Software engineering process is concerned with the definition, the implementation, the grating, the management, the change and the improvement of the process software engineering. Software quality is stressed on the quality and the software life-cycle.

1.4 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science was born at the beginning of the 1940 ’s that was the integration from the theory of the algorithm, mathematical logic and the discovery of the storage method of the program electronically to the computer. Since then computer science had experienced continuous development and broadening.

The scope of knowledge in computer science often described as a

systematic study in processes of the algorithm that explained and

transformed information (Denning, 2000). It includes the theory, the

analysis, the design, efficiency, the application and it application.

There are several branch of knowledge in the computer science discipline as seen in the Figure 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6.

Based on Denning’s (2000) and Wikipedia’s

(2007), software engineering was the subsector of computer science that was equal to the other subsector. Whereas according to ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), software engineering is part of Section D (Software). Although being seen separated, in its application, the subsector software engineering always needed the support from the other subsector, especially algorithm and data structure, programming language, database, operating  system and network, and information system.

1.5 SOFWARE ENGINEERING AND OTHER DISCIPLINE

Since the scope of software engineering is quite wide, it relies heavily to other fields.

Not only with other sub sector in computer science but also other fields outside computer science. Software engineering relations with other fields

can be seen in Figure 1,7.

Management field covers accounting, financial, marketing, operation management, economics, quantitative analysis, human resources management, policy and business strategy. mathematical field covers linear algebra, calculus, probabilistic, statistics, numerical analysis and discreet mathematics. Project management field covers project related matters, such as, project scope, budgeting, human resource, quality control, risk management, and project scheduling. Quality management field covers quality system development, risk and reliability management, quality improvement, and quantitative methods. Ergonomics field covers man and machine interaction. System engineering covers system theory, cost analysis, modeling, simulation, business process and operation.

1.6 PROFESSION AND CERTIFICATION

Software Engineer profession is fairly new for Indonesians. Most Indonesians possibly more familiar with the term Information Technology expert, Information System Analyst, Operator or the other term. It is due to the confusion on the term software engineer as described in the early of the chapter. However in countries with mature information technology, Software Engineer term is more often used.

Software engineer certification is still debatable among expert and software vendor. Most certification in software industry is usually product specific. For example, the software company like Redhat Linux Inc., Adobe Inc., Oracle, or Microsoft, give certification to those who master their product.

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) had run Software Engineer certification program in the 1980. Unfortunately, they have to discontinue due to lack of interest.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has Issued more than 500 certificates of software profession. Canada has issued a legal certificate for software engineer that was known as ISP (Information Systems Professional).

At this time, there is no software engineer certification in Indonesia. However, the National Competence for Computer Programmer has been defined. Although, it has not fully covered computer programmer field, it can be used for early approach to software engineer certification.

1.7 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Software engineering had conceptually close to problem solving principles. Understanding on the problems, the strategy and the process as well as the system approach in the solution to the problem will help the software engineering processes.

1.7.1 The Problem and The Symptom, A problem can be seen as the difference between the condition that happened and the condition that it was hoped. It might also be interpreted as the difference between the condition now and the aimed condition. For example, a student hoped to receive 80 in a C++ Programming exam, but in fact he only received 60. The existence of this difference showed the existence of a problem.

Often it is difficulty to distinguish between the symptom and the problem. The symptom is a sign of the occurrence of a problem. 1.7.2. Type of Problem

Problem in standard fulfillment. The problem in this group is related to the achievement of the standard that was determined in an organization. It usually relates to the long term objectives of the organization. 

Problem in alternative selection. The problem in this group is in choosing the best solution from various alternatives based on certain criteria. This problem is often encountered in daily life, such as, choose the exact school, choose the residence location, choose field of work. The alternative and the criterion had the weight that was agreed to.

Problem in customer’s satisfaction fulfillment. In profit oriented organizations, problem in customer’s satisfaction fulfillment is often emerged. The customers may have many wishes and one may be highly different than others. Fulfill all customer’s wishes may not possible and very incriminating an organization. One must look for the solution that benefit both the customer and the organization.

The problem in goal achievement. This type of problem resembles the first type of problem, problem in standard fulfillment. The difference, this type of problem is in achieving short term goals that might not be fixed can be altered in a short time. 1.7.3. Problem Solving

Problem solving is a process where a situation was observed and after the problem found, a solution is made by determining the problem, reducing or eliminating the problem or preventing the problem from happening.

to be continued

A definition of Customer Management Software.

Customer management software has been recently developed and helps to increase sales and productivity of companies that are selling their products and services. Customer management software can help any company to increase the productivity of their sales team quickly. Many companies do not have the money to buy an expensive Customer Management Software, however, you can find Customer Management Software that is cost effective for you company. Customer management software can help your company in many ways and improve the success and profit for your company.

Customer management software provides important contact management.

contact management is very important to every company and Customer Management Software can help a company with this. Customer management software should have contact management features that can help to track and monitor sales opportunities. Customer management software can help a company be sure that no sales slip through the cracks. You can also have your Customer Management Software made specifically for your company. Implementing a Customer Management Software can also help your entire sales team to be aware of all that is going on within the company. If you find Customer Management Software that can accomplish each of these goals then you have found the very best Customer Management Software.

Avidian offers great Customer Management Software.

The company Avidian offers great Customer Management Software that is named Prophet. Prophet is Customer Management Software that is based on Microsoft Outlook and is the type of Customer Management Software that can help any business. You can use Prophet Customer Management Software to help keep customer information organized. Prophet Customer Management Software can also help keep account information up to date and allows the information to be readily accessible to all of the sales team. Each person on your sales team can use the Prophet Customer Management Software to keep leads going and sales going through. You can learn more about Prophet Customer management software by visiting Avidian.com for more information.

Great features and benefits of Prophet Customer Management Software.

There are many features and benefits to be found with Prophet Customer Management Software. When you use Prophet Customer Management Software you will be able to instantly access all of a customers information using the Customer Management Software. You can not only see contact information using this Customer Management Software but also any other records of sales or previous correspondence. You can also use Prophet Customer Management Software to keep track of scheduling so all appointments are kept track of and none are missed. Prophet Customer Management Software makes it easy to schedule and access appointments, which leads to a well-kept schedule.

Prophet Customer Management Software makes tasks easier to accomplish.

When you are using Prophet Customer Management Software you will find it easy to follow up on any leads you may have. You can actually use this Customer Management Software to send automated emails to prospective clients and to follow up on any current customers. You can also use this Customer Management Software to assign and keep track of tasks that need to be completed. If you are using Prophet Customer Management Software you will be able to see more sales made than ever before and will reap the profits of those sales. You can even use this Customer Management Software to keep track of the sales you make and the profit that is generated.

Prophet Customer Management Software makes reporting easier.

Most companies find that reports are important and Customer Management Software can help with these as well. The Prophet Customer Management Software can make the reports easy to deal with. Prophet Customer Management Software will keep track of everything that takes place each day and you can easily find this information. Prophet Customer Management Software comes with 30 reports that are already built in for you to use and you can also use your Customer Management Software to customize these reports as well. You can use these reports to see how your company is doing and the reports generated by your Customer Management Software can help you see where there may need to be improvement. You can use Prophet Customer Management Software to keep track of your reports and these reports can help you develop new methods and strategies to lead you to further success.

Prophet Customer Management Software has won awards in the past.

If you are looking for Customer Management Software a great place to look is at Avidian.com at the Prophet Customer Management Software. In the past Avidian has won several awards for its’ Customer Management Software including being named Best Outlook-based CRM solution. It has won several awards and has proved very deserving of the awards it has won. You can buy this Customer Management Software and rest assured that you are truly buying the best Customer Management Software that is available. You will find that this award winning Customer Management Software can make a great difference in your company as well and lead your company to success.

By using a record tracking software program, you very well could be saving quite a bit of time and money where it counts. Look to see if your record tracking software system is slow or inefficient, as the article clearly states. As the link shows, sure you can use you old system, but why not a new record tracking software to manage payroll, since it will help your bottom line?

 

Some record tracking software has room for electronic timesheets the answer is certainly record tracking software for helping HR payroll. Why, there is even a record tracking software that can keep track of reports. Record tracking software can be expensive, but not all record tracking software systems are. Any record tracking software will drastically increase payroll accuracy.

When choosing a record tracking software, be aware of what your record tracking software needs to fill. There are many record tracking software options available. Make sure the record tracking software allows for full flexibility and record tracking software functionality. Record tracking software offers differing features. Whichever record tracking software you choose, be sure to request a demo of all the record tracking software features in the record tracking software.

Many clients using the HourDoc record tracking software comment that a record tracking software helps them save time and money. HourDoc offers record tracking software that is superior. HourDoc’s record tracking software takes into account PTO, electronic timesheets and other valuable record tracking software features. To ensure you have found the best record tracking software for the money, run a cost/benefit analysis of the record tracking software.

It amazes some how even the simplest record tracking software saves money. Choosing a record tracking software that offers premium record tracking software features allows productivity.

Record tracking software is necessary. Many common mistakes of importing data into record tracking software include math/addition, forgetting to double check what was put into the record tracking software system and various other mistakes that record tracking software programs eliminate. The record tracking software industry is becoming a force, as more companies choose record tracking software to handle their record tracking software needs. Basically, record tracking software removes human error caused when record tracking software data is transferred into the record tracking software.

Discover which record tracking software price-point works. Read all articles about record tracking software and other publications in the record tracking software industry. Then look deeper into the record tracking software. Find out which record tracking software features you like. Foresee any record tracking software changes on the horizon and finally, make sure you understand the record tracking software you seek.

Basically the article outlines how record tracking software is key to making any advanced HR system or record tracking software work. Once the record tracking software is chosen, you will see your record tracking software issues being addressed, as the record tracking software begins saving employee time.

Companies eliminate mistakes in its record tracking software process by simply implementing record tracking software immediately. Often, record tracking software offers some amazing and time saving options that are only, and easily understood by the record tracking software end-user. Not every record tracking software has many record tracking software gadgets, blocking easy navigation through the record tracking software program.

By taking a record tracking software demo look at record tracking software closely, ensuring you make the best record tracking software choice. When looking at record tracking software options, make sure that the record tracking software choice handles your unique record tracking software needs.

Save money and begin looking into one of the more advanced HR options that are out on the market today. Save time, look into how record tracking software can help you. Implement a record tracking software today.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Why is software testing important? Steps in the software testing process What are your options for software testing The STRONG reasons for outsourcing your software

testing

Why is software testing important?

Software testing is an essential and vital phase of any software development project. Developers and testers must ensure that newly developed products meet practical and performance requirements and that those products are reliable to operate consistently under every circumstance. The risks of launching a product that is not yet fully prepared are greater now than ever before because of the change in expectations and demands of the end users.

A continuous approach to quality, initiated early in the software lifecycle, can lower the cost of

completing and maintaining the software significantly. This greatly reduces the risk associated with deploying poor quality software.

Briefly, the main improvements that come with deploying software testing and highlight the

generally quoted reasons for testing are:

Save time and money by identifying defects early Avoid or reduce development downtime Provide better customer service by building a better application Know that users’ requirements are satisfied Build a list of desired modifications and enhancements for later versions Identify and catalog reusable modules and components Identify areas where programmers and developers need training

Steps in the software testing process

Software testing providers focus primarily on evaluating product quality, which is realized through the following core practices:

Find and document defects in software quality. Advise on the perceived software quality. Validate and prove the assumptions made in design and requirement specifications through concrete demonstration. Validate that the software product works as designed. Validate that the requirements are implemented appropriately.

A good test effort is driven by questions such as: How could this software break? In what possible situations could this software fail to work predictably? Software testing challenges the assumptions, risks, and uncertainty inherent in the work of other disciplines, and addresses those concerns using concrete demonstration and impartial evaluation.

What are your options for software testing

Independent testing denotes the test design and implementation most appropriately performed by someone who is autonomous from the team of developers. This means that the results will be impartial and reflect an objective view of product’s capabilities.

But though company literature boasts the tremendous time and money saving features of

outsourcing software testing – while stressing high quality work you can count on – one

should decide clearly whether it is really beneficial to outsource software testing.

How can you decide if it makes sense to outsource software testing? You’ve got to begin by carefully analyzing your needs as they relate to this critical phase of software development. Software testing means many things to many people. The main objective of software testing is to ensure the software functions as specified before going into production. But it also means making sure the software is intuitive and easy to use.

Before you make the decision to outsource software testing, it’s important to clarify what you want from the outsourcing company. As their popularity grows, so do the services these companies provide. Many also provide software design services. Or, they will plan, but not implement a software testing process for your organization. And they will even send individuals to your site to take care of integrating the software testing tools you purchase with your hardware. In general, regardless of your exact software testing needs, if you’ve got the money to pay for it, you’ll find an outsourcing company willing to do it.

The STRONG Reasons for Outsourcing your Software Testing

ACCESS TO A SKILLED TEAM OF TESTERS

Probably the most important reason why companies decide to outsource software testing is to

eliminate the learning curve.

Employees of specialized software testing companies are not only aware of different software

testing tools, but they already know how to use them very well. If you work in software

development, you know how tight production schedules are. Anything that saves time helps keep projects on schedule. Software delays are costly so when weighing the costs vs. benefits of outsourcing software testing, determine how project delays affect your bottom line.

REDUCE EXPENSES WITH RESOURCES

Following the previously mentioned reason, it’s also important to say that software testing providers are not only specialists in testing tools but, obviously, they already own it. And these tools are

pretty expensive. So the fact that you won’t have to buy them any more is already a significant cost saver.

Moreover, oftentimes software development houses cannot afford to hire and maintain a full-time development team and an in-house software testing team. For these companies, the decision to outsource software testing is an easy one.

BETTER SOFTWARE QUALITY

Another key benefit of outsourcing testing practice is better software quality supported by:

Organization independence, which ensures focus on quality, correctness and conformance to requirements without schedule or budget overruns Technical and process independence which is achieved through mature processes, specialized resources and tools for testing the application Central repository of testing best practices such as mechanisms to identify defects in early release cycles and approaches for reducing test case development effort

FASTER TIME TO MARKET

Organizations with an independent testing process ensure improved time to market by enabling

faster turnaround of releases. This is achieved through:

Skills in test automation strategies, enabling faster testing cycles Optimizing staffing lead time and improving the ability to handle fluctuations in demand Higher degree of predictability in testing effort, enabling adherence to schedule

SAVE OVERALL COSTS

It’s an overhyped subject that IT outsourcing in general determines significant costs reduction. But in software testing particularly, research studies show clear figures regarding companies that chose outsourcing instead of in-house deployment.

In a study conducted by AMR Research, surveys proved a cost of finding and fixind deffects that accounts for nearly 50% of the cost for all software development projects. The same research reveals that offshore software testing saves companies up to 75% over

in-house costs, improves quality and si a less risky method to develop mature offshore

outsourcing skills

Businesses are recognizing that without fingerprint attendance software buddy punching and time card fraud contribute significantly to annual payroll costs. Fingerprint attendance software prevents employees from fraudulently recording hours for other employees.

 

Fingerprint attendance software requires employees be present to track hours. Companies overlooking fingerprint attendance software principle focus on less expensive alternatives. The cost of a clock represents a fraction of the dollars saved versus a system not utilizing fingerprint attendance software.

 

HR personnel are now educating themselves on fingerprint attendance software and types of fingerprint attendance software.

 

Hourdoc.com’s Web Based Time & Attendance system with fingerprint attendance software manages fingerprint attendance software time effectively and as a bonus, payroll preparation time will be greatly reduced with their fingerprint attendance software solution.

 

Hourdoc.com’s fingerprint attendance software solution can be used for fingerprint attendance software time collection data for single or multiple jobs and integrate the fingerprint attendance software data to a payroll software program. Fingerprint attendance software hours can be collected via any PC or MAC, or an external fingerprint attendance software time collections device configured to collect fingerprint attendance software hours.

 

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software but also manages FMLA. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing FMLA approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee FMLA usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, FMLA usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

 

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An Overview Of Software Patenting

The concept of “intellectual property” in India over the last few years has taken on some epic proportions for a number of reasons. One of the primary reasons, attributable to the growing awareness among the urban Indian population, is of the significance and, more importantly, the commercial benefits in protecting its intellectual property rights both within and outside India. And under traditional principles of intellectual property protection, patent law is to encourage scientific research, new technology and industrial progress. The fundamental principle of patent law is that the patent is granted only for an invention i.e. new and useful the said invention must have novelty and utility. The grant of patent thus becomes of industrial property and also called an intellectual property. And the computer software is a relatively new recipient of patent protection.

The term “Patent’’ has its origin from the term “Letter Patent’’. This expression ‘Letter Patent’ meant open letter and were instruments under the Great Seal of King of England addressed by the Crown to all the subjects at large in which the Crown conferred certain rights and privileges on one or more individuals in the kingdom. It was in the later part of the 19th century new inventions in the field of art, process, method or manner of manufacture, machinery and other substances produced by manufacturers were on increased and the inventors became very much interested that the inventions done by them should not be infringed by any one else by copying them or by adopting the methods used by them. To save the interests of inventors, the then British rulers enacted the Indian Patents and Design Act, 1911.

With respect to patentability of software -related inventions, it is currently one of the most heated areas of debate. Software has become patentable in recent years in most jurisdictions (although with restrictions in certain countries, notably those signatories of the European Patent Convention or EPC) and the number of software patents has risen rapidly.

Meaning Of Software Patenting

The term “software” does not have a precise definition and even the software industries fails to give an specific definition. But it is basically used to describe all of the different types of computer programs. Computer programs are basically divided into “application programs” and “operating system programs”. Application programs are designed to do specific tasks to be executed through the computer and the operating system programs are used to manage the internal functions of the computer to facilitate use of application program.

Though the term ‘Software patent’ does not have a universally accepted definition. One definition suggested by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is that a software patent is a “patent on any performance of a computer realized by means of a computer program”.

According to Richard Stallman, the co-developer of the GNU-Linux operating system and proponent of Free Software says, “Software patents are patents which cover software ideas, ideas which you would use in developing software.

That is Software patents refer to patents that could be granted on products or processes (including methods) which include or may include software as a significant or at least necessary part of their implementation, i.e. the form in which they are put in practice (or used) to produce the effect they intend to provide.

Early example of a software patent

On 21st Sep 1962, a British patent application entitled “A Computer Arranged for the Automatic Solution of Linear Programming Problems” was filed. The invention was concerned with efficient memory management for the simplex algorithm, and may be implemented by purely software means. The patent was granted on August 17, 1966 and seems to be one of the first software patents.

Conceptual Difference Between Copyright And Patent

Software has traditionally been protected under copyright law since code fits quite easily into the description of a literary work. Thus, Software is protected as works of literature under the Berne Convention, and any software written is automatically covered by copyright. This allows the creator to prevent another entity from copying the program and there is generally no need to register code in order for it to be copyrighted. While Software Patenting has recently emerged (if only in the US, Japan and Europe) where, Patents give their owners the right to prevent others from using a claimed invention, even if it was independently developed and there was no copying involved.

Further, it should be noted that patents cover the underlying methodologies embodied in a given piece of software. On the other copyright prevents the direct copying of software, but do not prevent other authors from writing their own embodiments of the underlying methodologies.

The issues involved in conferring patent rights to software are, however, a lot more complex than taking out copyrights on them. Specifically, there are two challenges that one encounters when dealing with software patents. The first is about the instrument of patent itself and whether the manner of protection it confers is suited to the software industry. The second is the nature of software, and whether it should be subject to patenting.

However, issues involved in conferring patent rights to software are a lot more complex than taking out copyrights on them. Specifically, there are two challenges that one encounters when dealing with software patents. The first is about the instrument of patent itself and whether the manner of protection it confers is suited to the software industry. The second is the nature of software and whether it should be subject to patenting.

a) Different Subject Matters

Copyright protection extends to all original literary works (among them, computer programs), dramatic, musical and artistic works, including films. Under copyright, protection is given only to the particular expression of an idea that was adopted and not the idea itself. (For instance, a program to add numbers written in two different computer languages would count as two different expressions of one idea) Effectively, independent rendering of a copyrighted work by a third party would not infringe the copyright.

Generally patents are conferred on any ‘new’ and ‘useful’ art, process, method or manner of manufacture, machines, appliances or other articles or substances produced by manufacture. Worldwide, the attitude towards patentability of software has been skeptical

b) Who may claim the right to a patent /copyright?

Generally, the author of a literary, artistic, musical or dramatic work automatically becomes the owner of its copyright. The patent, on the other hand is granted to the first to apply for it, regardless of who the first to invent it was. Patents cost a lot of money. They cost even more paying the lawyers to write the application than they cost to actually apply. It takes typically some years for the application to get considered, even though patent offices do an extremely sloppy job of considering.

c) Rights conferred

Copyright law gives the owner the exclusive right to reproduce the material, issue copies, perform, adapt and translate the work. However, these rights are tempered by the rights of fair use which are available to the public. Under “fair use”, certain uses of copyright material would not be infringing, such as use for academic purposes, news reporting etc. Further, independent recreation of a copyrighted work would not constitute infringement. Thus if the same piece of code were independently developed by two different companies, neither would have a claim against the other.

A patent confers on the owner an absolute monopoly which is the right to prevent others from making, using, offering for sale without his/her consent. In general, patent protection is a far stronger method of protection than copyright because the protection extends to the level of the idea embodied by a software and injuncts ancillary uses of an invention as well. It would weaken copyright in software that is the base of all European software development, because independent creations protected by copyright would be attackable by patents. Many patent applications cover very small and specific algorithms or techniques that are used in a wide variety of programs. Frequently the “inventions” mentioned in a patent application have been independently formulated and are already in use by other programmers when the application is filed.

d) Duration of protection

The TRIPS agreement mandates a period of at least 20 years for a product patent and 15 years in the case of a process patent. For Copyright, the agreement prescribes a minimum period of the lifetime of the author plus seventy years.

Jurisdictions Of Software Patenting

Substantive law regarding the patentability of software and computer-implemented inventions, and case law interpreting the legal provisions, are different under different jurisdictions.

Software patents under multilateral treaties:

• Software patents under TRIPs Agreement

• Software patents under the European Patent Convention

• Computer programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Software patenting under TRIPs Agreement

The WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), particularly Article 27, are subject to debate on the international legal framework for the patentability of software, and on whether software and computer-implemented inventions should be considered as a field of technology.

According to Art. 27 of TRIPS Agreement, patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application. (…) patents shall be available and patent rights enjoyable without discrimination as to the place of invention, the field of technology and whether products are imported or locally produced.”

However, there have been no dispute settlement procedures regarding software patents. Its relevance for patentability in the computer-implemented business methods, and software information technology remains uncertain, since the TRIPs agreement is subject to interpretation.

Software patents under the European Patent Convention

Within European Union member states, the EPO and other national patent offices have issued many patents for inventions involving software since the European Patent Convention (EPC) came into force in the late 1970s. Article 52 EPC excludes “programs for computers” from patentability (Art. 52(2)) to the extent that a patent application relates to a computer program “as such” (Art. 52(3)). This has been interpreted to mean that any invention which makes a non-obvious “technical contribution” or solves a “technical problem” in a non-obvious way is patentable even if a computer program is used in the invention. Computer-implemented inventions which only solve a business problem using a computer, rather than a technical problem, are considered unpatentable as lacking an inventive step. Nevertheless, the fact that an invention is useful in business does not mean it is not patentable if it also solves a technical problem.

Computer programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, which provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application or PCT application. Under the PCT, the international search and the preliminary examination are conducted by International Searching Authorities (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA).

Current Trend

However, before we start hailing the advent of a new era and equating the patenting of software in India it would be well worth our while to take a pause and examine the realities of software patenting. We could do this by looking at examples of countries in which software patenting has already become the order of the day, such as in the US and Japan

United States

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has traditionally not considered software to be patentable because by statute patents can only be granted to “processes, machines, articles of manufacture, and compositions of matter”. i.e. In particular, patents cannot be granted to “scientific truths” or “mathematical expressions” of them. The USPTO maintained the position that software was in effect a mathematical algorithm, and therefore not patentable, into the 1980s. This position of the USPTO was challenged with a landmark 1981 Supreme Court case, Diamond v. Diehr. The case involved a device that used computer software to ensure the correct timing when heating, or curing, rubber. Although the software was the integral part of the device, it also had other functions that related to real world manipulation. The court then ruled that as a device to mold rubber, it was a patentable object. The court essentially ruled that while algorithms themselves could not be patented, devices that utilized them could.

But in 1982 the U.S. Congress created a new court i.e the Federal Circuit to hear patent cases. This court allowed patentability of software, to be treated uniformly throughout the US. Due to a few landmark cases in this court, by the early 1990s the patentability of software was well established. Moreover, Several successful litigations show that software patents are now enforceable in the US. That is the reason, Patenting software has become widespread in the US. As of 2004, approximately 145,000 patents had issued in the 22 classes of patents covering computer implemented inventions.

Japan

Software is directly patentable in Japan. In various litigations in Japan, software patents have been successfully enforced. In 2005, for example, Matsushita won a court order barring Justsystem from infringing Matsuhita’s Japanese patent 2,803,236 covering word processing software.

Indian Position

With respect to computer software, in Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, the scope of non-patentable subject matter in the Act was amended to include the following: “a mathematical method or a business method or a computer programme per se or algorithms”.

However, the recent amendment changes (Ordinance, 2004), which amends the Patents Act, 1970, has been promulgated after receiving assent from the President of India and has came into effect from 1st Jan., 2005. Apart from change in pharmaceuticals and agro chemicals, one of the seminal amendments this Ordinance seeks to bring is to permit the patenting of embedded software.

Hence, the amendment means that while a mathematical or a business method or an algorithm cannot be patented, a computer programme which has a technical application in any industry or which can be incorporated in hardware can be patented. Since any commercial software has some industry application and all applications can be construed as technical applications, obviously it opens all software patenting.

In any case, any company seeking to file a patent application for software under the Ordinance should ensure that its invention firstly, follows the three basic tests:

• Inventive Steps

• Novelty

• Usefulness

Therefore, it is important that the software sought to be protected is not merely a new version or an improvement over an existing code.

Further, in accordance with the specific requirements of the Ordinance with regard to patentability of software, the software should necessarily have a technical application to the industry or be intrinsic to or “embedded” in hardware. This is to prevent against any future litigation or claims of infringements being raised, which is a distinct probability even after a patent has been granted.

Conclusion

India for its part seems to have adopted the more conservative approach of the European patenting norms for software. But the Ordinance definitely has its use and relevance in today’s India, particularly for our growing domestic semi- conductor industry. This, along with judicial tempering might definitely ensure a judicious use of patent protection while allowing the industry to grow through innovations and inventions, thereby, mitigating the risks of trivial patents chocking the life out of real innovations and inventions. This is the reason a patent should always be treated as a “double edged sword”, to be wielded with caution and sensitivity. Now whether, in reality this will be implemented on a rigid basis or will become broad in scope through application (as in the U.S.), and, more importantly, whether the Ordinance would, in fact, result in increased innovation and inventions in the software industry, remains to be seen.

 

Leveraging through Software Patents

 

 

Patentability of Software

The question of whether software is patentable dates back to the 1970s. The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) historically had been reluctant to grant patents on inventions relating to computer software. Their rationale was that patents could only be granted to processes, machines, and articles of manufacture and compositions of matter. Patents could not be granted to scientific truths or mathematical expressions of it. The USPTO viewed computer programs and inventions containing or relating to computer programs as mere mathematical algorithms, and not processes or machines.

In the 1980s the United States Supreme Court forced the USPTO to change it’s position. Diamond vs. Diehr, decided in 1981, provided the first instance in which the US Supreme Court ordered the USPTO to grant a patent on invention related to Computer Software. In this case, the invention related to a method for determining how rubber should be heated in order to be best “cured”. The invention utilized a computer to calculate and control the heating times for the rubber. However, the invention (as defined by the claims) included not only the computer program, but also included steps to heating rubber, and removing the rubber from the heat. The Supreme Court stated that in this case, the invention was not merely a mathematical algorithm, but was a process of molding rubber, and hence was patentable. This was true even though the only “novel” feature of this invention was the timing process being controlled by the computer.

 

In the early 1990s, the Federal Circuit Court in the United States, which is the highest court for Patent Matters other than the Supreme Court stated that, if the invention utilizes the computer to manipulate numbers that represent concrete, real world values (such as a program that interprets electrocardiograph signals to predict arrhythmia or a program that analyzes seismic measurements), then the inventions relating to those real world concepts is patentable.

In 1995, the U.S.P.T.O. decided it was time to develop guidelines for patent examiners that reflect these recent court decisions. After releasing draft versions of the guidelines for comment, the U.S.P.T.O. adopted guidelines for U.S.P.T.O. examiners to determine when a  software related invention is statutory and therefore patentable.

Patent Protection vis-à-vis Copyright

Bitlaw a comprehensive website on Intellectual Property states that the primary benefit of protecting computer software through the patent system is the strength of protection provided by the patent laws. An owner of a patent may prevent all others from making, using, or selling the patented invention. In connection with software, an issued patent may prevent others from utilizing a certain algorithm (such as the GIF image compression algorithm) without permission, or may prevent others from creating software programs that perform a function in a certain way.

In contrast, copyright law can only prevent the copying of a particular expression of an idea. In connection with computer software, copyright law can be used to prevent the total duplication of a software program, as well as the copying of a portion of software code (both of which are examples of “literal infringement”). In addition, copyright does provide some protection against non-literal infringement, such as the near duplication of screen displays, and the creation of “cloned” software. However, courts have recently been reluctant to interpret copyright protection of computer software in a broad manner. In addition, the basic tenet of copyright law is that copyright will protect only the expression of an idea, and not the idea itself. Consequently, copyright law will not prevent the creation of a competing program that utilizes the same ideas as an existing program.

Need for Patent Protection

In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a rapidly increasing number of patents for software-related inventions.

In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a rapidly increasing number of patents for software-related inventions. According to the Software Patents Institute in the United States, thousands of “true software patents” are issued every year, covering such areas as business software, expert systems, compiling functions, operating system techniques, and editing functions. At the same time, software technology has continued to advance, using combinations of previous advances in order to create new goods, services, and production processes.

Regardless of one’s opinion on the issue of whether software-related patents are good or bad for society, the fact remains that a rapidly increasing number of software companies are filing software-related patent applications every day. This creates a need for software companies to begin developing programs and procedures to protect their intellectual property through the patent system.

India is emerging as a world leader in the field of software technology. The IT software and services industry in India grossed an annual revenue of Rs. 37,760 crore (US$ 8.26 billion) during 2000-01, according to the annual industry survey released by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), the apex body of software, e-commerce and IT services industry in India.

Mr. Phiroz Vandrevala, Chairman, NASSCOM while releasing the highlights of Nasscom’s survey said, “the interesting highlight of 2000-01 was that one out of every four global giants, outsourced their `mission critical software requirements’ to India”. Mr. Phiroz Vandrevala further said, “The Indian software industry still requires moving faster on the value chain ladder and getting more involved in strategic consulting, brand management, Research & Development and providing more web based and e-commerce kind of interactive services to the customers”.

Hence the need to protect our Intellectual Property Rights will be more keenly felt once the Indian Software Industry is well on its way to creating a niche as a mature developer of hi-tech software products.

Legal Protection

The Indian Patents Act, 1970 does not explicitly exclude patenting in computer programs. Section 2(1)(j) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 defines “invention” as any new and useful

i)                    art, process, method or manner of manufacture;

ii)                   machine, apparatus or other article;

iii)                 substance produced by the manufacture

As per the present legal interpretation of the above definition of the invention, the patentable subject matter in addition to being novel and useful, should be about manner of manufacture and it must result in a non-living and tangible thing. From this explanation, it can be inferred that software, as such, in the form of a mathematical algorithm may not be a patentable subject matter as it is not about manner of manufacture and it does not result in a tangible thing.

This situation changes when software is combined with a machine/computer and the machine/computer under the influence of the software, becomes a ‘novel’ machine/computer and this becomes patentable subject matter.

Contrary to popularly held belief that software related patents are not permitted by Indian Patent Office; there are several instances where software related patents have been granted by the Indian Patent Office. One example is the Software related patent no 176178 granted to IBM, USA for “System for Creating an Application Program Package’” by the Indian Patent Office.

Proposed Changes in the Law

The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 to the Indian Patents Act, 1970 has been brought out in the light of the TRIPS Agreement and to make the Act a modern, harmonised and user-friendly legislation. However as far as Software Patenting is concerned, the proposed amendments to the act may be considered a retrograde step as it explicitly excludes computer programs from patentability.

This becomes evident if we consider the non-patentable subject matter, which have been specifically included by way of addition to Section 3 (of Indian Patents Act, 1970), which deals with non-patentable inventions. The proposed bill in addition to other non-patentable subject matter excludes “a mathematical or business method or a computer program or algorithms” from patentability.

Once these amendments are affected into the Act, patenting in software will become impossible as compared to the present legal position where the Indian Patents Act does not exclude, explicitly, computer programs from patenting.

Leveraging through Patents

Among companies with patent portfolios, it is a very common practice for one company to offer to cross-license one or more patents of its own when accused of infringing a patent belonging to another company. Through this practice, the patent assets of both companies are increased.

Small and medium software companies can benefit from patenting in software by reaping profits through licensing their patents to bigger corporations. In fact, lack of patent protection makes it easier for bigger corporations to copy ideas from the software developed independently by small and medium software companies.

Thus, software companies should begin evaluating the best internal procedures for identifying potentially patentable ideas and pursuing patent protection for such ideas. Since software-related patent applications are often relatively expensive and time-consuming, appropriate business decisions should also be made to support such an endeavor.

Urgent Needs

While making provisions for patenting in some form in the Indian Patents Act, we must also address the procedural realities of the Indian Patent Office. The facilities at four branches of the Indian Patent Office must be strengthened so that examiners are able to conduct an effective search while deciding the novelty and inventiveness of Software related inventions. The Patent Office should have an Examiner’s Manual, as is done in the USPTO, providing clear cut guidelines regarding patentability of software related inventions. Examiners at four branch offices of the Indian Patent Office should be made fully conversant with the technicalities of software related inventions. Additionally an awareness drive should be vigorously launched to make the software industry fully aware of the issues involved with patenting software in India as well as abroad.

All these needs have to be addressed in right earnest before the nation really benefits from the Great Indian Software Story!

Bibliography



Dr. Ganguli Prabhudda – ‘Gearing Up for Patents – The Indian Scenario’, Orient Longman, 1998

Parulekar Ajit and D’Souza Sarita – Indian Patent Law : Legal and Business Implications , 1st Edition 2006

IPR journal ‘World patent Information’ published by Elsevier Science Limited, UK

Patents Law Manual, 1st Edition, 2005

Website : www.patentmatics.org

 

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Introduction

What to Buy – That is the Question

Buying decisions are the essence of life in the commerce-driven 21st century. From everyday decisions like selecting lunch from a restaurant menu, to getting a new car, to major company acquisitions, much of our time is spent “buying”. And these choices are anything but simple. Each marketer professes to be the sole champion of our consumer rights and pummels us with enticing advertising messages, about how their wares are “the best”. Seductive as these messages are, no product or service is quite the same. The difference may be glaring – that of “better vs. worse”, or a subtle tradeoff between price, quality, feature set, customer service, or durability. It is therefore important to keep our wits about & develop a systematic approach to the buying decision. Our view should be broad & farsighted, rather than buying based only on what immediately meets the eye. Hasty decisions leave us with flashy features never used, or hefty repair bills of products that came cheap. A good example of a systematic approach is when you buy a car. A myriad of factors are considered & weighed, which impact the owner for the next decade. This includes brand, performance vs. style, price, safety, terms of finance, mileage, maintenance, resale value & so many other factors.

Selecting Software

In our new “wired” modern reality, software is no less important than products & services in our everyday lives. Whether it’s a personal email program, chat software for instant connection, collaboration software to organize scattered employees, or an ERP implementation to manage company processes – there’s no surviving without them! But we’re somewhat more used to buying products & services than software, which is a relatively recent phenomenon. In many ways, selecting software is no different from selecting a product or service. Although intangible, software, also address a very real need, on which personal & professional success often depends. Naturally, some of the same purchase factors apply – brand, service, & maintenance costs. In spite of the patronizing obviousness of the above, software selection is a grey zone; an underdeveloped arena. This accounts for the high incidence of “shelfware” – software that are bought with grand intentions, but end up on dusty shelves. This is because unlike products & services, it is not so intuitively evident that software have “life cycles” & need to be “maintained”, “updated”, & “repaired”. Therefore, purchases are made based on what immediately meets the eye – technical features. This mistake is understandable, because technical features are well documented & advertised, & easy for the buyer to use as decision criteria. But with this approach, factors that are just as pertinent, but not so immediately obvious, get left out. Some research & serious thinking is needed to gauge these “hidden” factors.

Key Factors for Buying Software

1) Company History & Experience

The vendor needs to be sized up before we even go on to consider the software itself. Company background is essential because, unlike traditional companies, software companies are often small, & often beyond national boundaries. Since these companies would likely be handling our sensitive data, we need to do a background check. Some related questions are: How Long Have They Been Around? As in most cases, we can reasonably assume that past record is a good indicator of future performance. Important questions are – How long have they been around? How long have they been in the field? If they’re offering online collaboration software, have they been in this industry long enough? Even if the software is new, do they have experience developing related software? What is Their Niche? Does the company know your niche well enough to know your needs? If you are a small/mid sized business, a company mainly serving the Fortune 500 is not for you. If you work from home, it is unlikely a solution serving large offices will meet your needs. The Ultimate Testament – The Customer The ultimate judge of software is its users. To get a true picture, it is important to look at how customers are using the software & what their comments are. Does their site include a client’s list or page? Check out what customers say under testimonials, or you could even get in touch with the customers yourself for comments. Dangers There are certain things about the software industry that a buyer should be wary of. Software startups have shorter life spans than traditional companies & ride high on a success wave, but go “pop” when the industry bubble bursts. This was exemplified by the “dot com burst” of 2000. Whether the current spate of “Web 2.0” companies constitutes another expanding bubble which will inevitably burst is debatable, but it makes sense to be wary & bet your money on dependable companies with proven track records.

2) Cost

There’s no denying the importance of cost effectiveness in buying decisions across the board. Yet costs should be seen in a broad perspective, because low entry costs may well result in higher total costs along the product’s life. Features vs. Price A cost-benefit analysis makes sense, & costs need to be compared with the software’s range of features & functionalities. A document management system may not be the cheapest, but it may allow you to also set up a virtual office. Going for loads of features also constitutes a trap, because users never get around to using half of them. Needs vs. Price Another question is whether there is an overlap between features & needs at all. Many features may not relate to needs sought to be addressed. You should clearly define your needs, & classify features as “needed features” & “features not needed”. Another possible scheme of classifying features could be “must have”, “nice to have”, & “future requirements”.

3) Ease of Use/Adoption

An adoption & learning curve is involved with every new software purchase. It needs to be integrated with current systems & software, & the end users have to be brought up to speed using it. If the software is chunky & too complex, adoption resistance can occur. Ease of Use The software should have an intuitive interface, & use of features should be pretty much self evident. The shorter the learning curve training a new user, the better. The software should also have the ability to easily fit into the existing systems with which it will have to communicate. For example, a collaboration software might allow you to use some features from your Outlook itself or even share Outlook data. Adoption To get a measure of “shelfware”, i.e., software that is purchased but never used, some studies peg the number of shelved content management solutions at 20-25%. At a million dollars per implementation, that’s pretty expensive shelfware! According to another study in the US, 22% of purchased enterprise portal (ERP) licenses are never used. No doubt, “Shelfware” is a result of ill thought out purchase decisions. These studies clearly underline the importance of making an educated purchase. One possible way to protect against shelfware is the new concept of “software as a service” (SAAS) hosted software. The software is hosted by its developer, & buyers have to pay a monthly subscription, which they can opt out of anytime.Support No matter how good a software is, there are bound to be times when one can’t find out how to work a particular feature or a glitch crops up. Some software solutions may require you to hire dedicated support staff of your own, while others may be easy to use, and no specialized staff may be needed, and still others may offer free support. The cost of hiring support staff needs to be factored into the buying decision. Provider support may be in the form of live human support, or automated help engines. In case of human help, the quality of solutions, availability & conduct of support executives matter. Support can also be in the form of an extensively documented help engine, or extensive help information on the company site. This form of support is often more prompt & efficient than human help. Training Training is another form of support which deserves special mention. Free training seminars or their new avatar – webinars (online seminars) – greatly help in getting up to speed with the software at no extra cost. In some cases the company might offer paid training, which may be essential, & hence this cost needs to be factored into the purchase decision. Maintenance Maintenance costs & efforts have a major impact on the performance & adoptability of software, & hence form important criteria of the buying decision. In case the software is hosted at the company’s end, it is of utmost importance that the software be available online at all times, or the “uptime”. Uptimes are covered under the “service level agreement” & range from 98% to 99.99%. A minimum uptime of 99% is what one must look for. The company’s upkeep is also important. Efforts to constantly improve upon the software underline a commitment to providing quality service. Are bugs fixed promptly & on an ongoing basis? Are they just releasing software & not updating it? One should develop a habit of keeping up with the company newsletter, release notes or the “what’s new” section on their site. Periodic newsletters & a “what’s new” section are indicative of a dynamic company.

4) Familiarity

The “feel” of the software is another important criterion. The software should keep with the basic layout & navigation schemes we are used to. This makes for quicker transition. One good way is to compare with the OS in which we would use the software. Does it have the same basic schema as the OS environment? A software with Mac schema on Windows wouldn’t sit that well. Or we could compare it with other software which we are used to. If you are switching to a low priced solution from an expensive one, choosing software with a similar “feel” would make sense. Does it retain most of the main features you are used to?

5) Security

Security is a top consideration because he software company will likely be handling information critical to us – business, financial or personal. We need to be well assured of our data’s security & there are no risks of it being compromised. This needs research, & the extensiveness of which depends on the sensitivity of our data. What safety features does the provider have?

Encryption, or coding of information, is used by most companies to protect the integrity of their clients’ information. There are different types of encryption, each of which is associated with a different level of security. DAS is one, once popular but now known to have loopholes. SSL 128-bit encryption is associated with top notch security. Password protection is another important facet. Is the software equipped to withstand manual & automated attempts to hack your password? The ability of the system to detect a hacking attempt & lock up in time is important. Data Backup In extreme cases of system breakdown caused by a facility fire, natural disaster or technical glitch etc, it is important that your data is frequently & adequately backed up. Data backup should be frequent & adequate. Certain factors are to be considered in backup practices. The first is the frequency of backups. If there is a long gap, there is a possibility of data being lost in intermittent periods. Secondly, what are the security arrangements at the facilities where your data resides? Is it manned & guarded by security personnel? What other safeguards are in place? Is there a good firewall? What is the protection against virus attacks? What procedures are in place for disaster management? Track Record As with company background, a little research on the security track record makes sense. Has the company ever been vulnerable to attacks before? What were the losses? How did the company react? How many years has the company had a good record? New companies will have a clean record, but that isn’t necessarily indicative of good security. The Server System The server system where the sensitive data actually lies is very important. Is it state-of-the-art? The server infrastructure could be owned by the software provider themselves or outsourced to a dedicated company providing hosting solutions. Outsourced hosting is a good thing because hosting companies have extensive expertise & infrastructure for security, & this frees up the software provider to concentrate on the software itself. The company might not have an elaborate setup at all, running the software & processing data through computers set up in the garage somewhere acting as servers. This should get your alarm bells ringing!

Conclusion – A Systematic Selection Approach

Now that we have discussed all the relevant factors in detail & have a better perspective of the subject, it is important to develop a systematic approach to analyzing these factors. What factors are important to me? Although all of the above factors are relevant, their relative importance may differ from customer to customer. For a company with deep pockets, price comes lower in the list. For a company using collaboration software to process business information, security is high priority. Again if a solution forms an important part of a company’s business, it is important that it integrates well with existing systems. For dynamic industries like real estate, short training times are important. Know Thy Software By this step you would have selected software. But that is still not the end. For all our theorizing & researching, the software still has to pass its toughest test. Most software allows you a free trial period. It would be a good idea to seriously use this period to analyze the software. It is important to stay focused during this testing period because the impact is going to be long lasting. Follow systematic planning. Identify objectives & needs, develop a testing plan, lay out the timelines and designate people from different departments to try out different features. Set responsibilities & goals so that testers take their job seriously.

THE DECISION!

Don’t hesitate to put the burden onto the company to prove itself. Let the company prove to you the features that seem important to you. For example, if security is of prime importance, ask the company to display how their solution scores high on security. Don’t hesitate to call them if you have questions. Test their service levels to see if it lives up to their promises. If you submit a ticket, is it promptly responded to? Is a good solution provided? If the problem requires live help, do you get it fast enough? When you call in with a problem, is it a live person or an automated message you converse with? This is as extensively as you can analyze software. You’re educated enough to make a choice which will most likely not fail you. You shall surely not be disappointed in your decision.

Abstract

The dictionary defines maintenance as, “The work of keeping something in proper order.” However, this definition does not necessarily fit for software. Software maintenance is different from hardware maintenance because software doesn’t physically wear out, but often gets less useful with age. Software is typically delivered with undiscovered flaws. Therefore, software maintenance is: “The process of modifying existing operational software while leaving its primary functions intact.” Maintenance typically exceeds fifty percent of the systems’ life cycle cost . While software maintenance can be treated as a level of effort activity, there are consequences on quality, functionality, reliability, cost and schedule that can be mitigated through the use of parametric estimation techniques.

1. INTRODUCTION

One of the greatest challenges facing software engineers is the management of change control. It has been estimated that the cost of change control can be between 40% and 70% of the life cycle costs . Software engineers have hoped that new languages and new process would greatly reduce these numbers; however this has not been the case. Fundamentally this is because software is still delivered with a significant number of defects. Capers Jones estimates that there are about 5 bugs per Function Point created during Development . Watts Humphrey found “… even experienced software engineers normally inject 100 or more defects per KSLOC . Capers Jones says, “A series of studies the defect density of software ranges from 49.5 to 94.5 errors per thousand lines of code .” The purpose of this article is to first review the fundamentals of software maintenance and to present alternative approaches to estimating software maintenance. A key element to note is that development and management decisions made during the development process can significantly affect the developmental cost and the resulting maintenance costs.

2. SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

Maintenance activities include all work carried out post-delivery and should be distinguished from block modifications which represent significant design and development effort and supersede a previously released software package. These maintenance activities can be quite diverse, and it helps to identify exactly what post-delivery activities are to be included in an estimate of maintenance effort. Maintenance activities, once defined, may be evaluated in a quite different light than when called simply “maintenance”. Software maintenance is different from hardware maintenance because software doesn’t physically wear out, but software often gets less useful with age and it may be delivered with undiscovered flaws. In addition to the undiscovered flaws, it is common that some number of known defects pass from the development organization to the maintenance group. Accurate estimation of the effort required to maintain delivered software is aided by the decomposition of the overall effort into the various activities that make up the whole process.

3. APPROACHING THE MAINTENANCE ISSUE

Maintenance is a complicated and structured process. In his textbook, Estimating Software Intensive Systems, Richard Stuzke outlines the typical software maintenance process. It is apparent that the process is more than just writing new code.

The following checklist can be used to explore the realism and accuracy of maintenance requirements.

? Which pieces of software will be maintained?

? How long will the system need to be maintained?

? Are you estimating the entire maintenance problem, or just incremental maintenance?

? What level of maintenance is required?

? Is that which is being called maintenance in fact a new development project?

? Who will do the maintenance? Will it be done organically by the original developer? Will there be a separate team?

? Will there be a separate organization?

? Will maintainers be using the same tools used during development? Are any proprietary tools required for maintenance?

? How much Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) is there? How tightly coupled are the interfaces?

? Some follow-on development may be disguised as maintenance. This will either inflate maintenance figures, or else cause shortfalls if basic maintenance gets pushed aside. These questions will help you ask whether maintenance is being honestly represented.

? Is the activity really an incremental improvement?

? Are healthy chunks of the original code being rewritten or changed?

? Will additional staff be brought in to perform the upgrade?

? Is the maintenance effort schedule regular and fairly flat, or does it contain staffing humps that look like new development?

4. SANITY CHECKS

Although sanity checks should be sought on a year-by-year basis, they should not be attempted for overall development. The reason for this is that maintenance activities can be carried on indefinitely, rendering any life-cycle rules useless. As an example, consider Grady (p. 17):

We spend about 2 to 3 times as much effort maintaining and enhancing software as we spend creating new software.

This and similar observations apply at an organizational level and higher, but not for a specific project. Any development group with a history will be embroiled in the long tail ends of their many delivered projects, still needing indefinite attention. Here are a few quick sanity checks:

? One maintainer can handle about 10,000 lines per year.

? Overall life-cycle effort is typically 40% development and 60% maintenance.

? Maintenance costs on average are one-sixth of yearly development costs.

? Successful systems are usually maintained for 10 to 20 years.

Finally, as in development, the amount of code that is new versus modified makes a difference. The effective size, that is, the equivalent effort if all the work were new code, is still the key input for both development and maintenance cost estimation.

5. FIVE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES

All software estimation techniques must be able to model the theory and the likely real world result. The real world scenario is that over time, the overlay of changes upon changes makes software increasingly difficult to maintain and thus less useful. Maintenance effort estimation techniques range from the simplistic level of effort method, through more thoughtful analysis and development practice modifications, to the use of parametric models in order to use historical data to project future needs.

5.1 Level of Effort

As is sometimes the case in the development environment, software maintenance can be modeled as a level of effort activity. Given the repair category activities and the great variance that they show, this approach clearly has deficiencies. In this approach, a level of effort to maintain software is based on size and type.

5.2 Level of Effort Plus

Stuzke proposed that software maintenance starts with basic level of effort (minimum people needed to have a core competency and then that that basic core staff must be modified by assessing three additional factors; configuration management, quality assurance, and project management. His process addressed some of the additional factors affecting software maintenance.

5.3 Maintenance Change Factor

Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II (Boehm 2000) proposes a deceivingly simple, but also quite useful methodology for determining annual maintenance. Maintenance is one of the menu selections in the menu bar. In COCOMO II Maintenance encompasses the process of modifying existing operational software while leaving its primary functions intact. This process excludes:

? Major re-design and re-development (more than 50% new code) of a new software product performing substantially the same functions.

? Design and development of a sizeable (more than 20% of the source instructions comprising the existing product)

interfacing software package which requires relatively little redesigning of the existing product.

? Data processing system operations, data entry, and modification of values in the database.

The maintenance calculations are heavily based upon the Maintenance Change Factor (MCF) and the Maintenance Adjustment Factor (MAF). The MCF is similar to the Annual change Traffic in COCOMO81, except that maintenance periods other than a year can be used. The resulting maintenance effort estimation formula is the same as the COCOMO II Post Architecture development model.

As stated previously, three cost drivers for maintenance differ from development. Those cost drivers are software reliability, modern programming practices, and schedule. COCOMO II assumes that increased investment in software reliability and use of modern programming practices during software development has a strong positive effect upon the maintenance stage.

Annual Maintenance Effort = (Annual Change Traffic) * (Original Software Development Effort)

The quantity Original Software Development Effort refers to the total effort (person-months or other unit of measure) expended throughout development, even if a multi-year project.

The multiplier Annual Change Traffic is the proportion of the overall software to be modified during the year. This is relatively easy to obtain from engineering estimates. Developers often maintain change lists, or have a sense of proportional change to be required even before development is complete.

5.4 Managing Software Maintenance Costs by Developmental Techniques and Management Decisions During Development When it comes to maintenance, “a penny spent is a pound saved.” Better development practices (even if more expensive) can significantly reduce maintenance effort, and reduce overall life cycle cost. The more effort put into development, the less required in maintenance. As an example, the software development cost and schedule can be significantly impacted (reduced) by letting the number of defects delivered grow. This cost and schedule reduction is more than offset by the increase in maintenance cost. The following discussion is an example of how management decision can significantly affect/reduce software maintenance costs.

Lloyd Huff and George Novak of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in their paper “Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Performance Based Software Sustainment for the F-35 Lightning II” propose a series of development and management decision designed to impact and reduce software maintenance costs. They propose an eight step process to estimate and control software maintenance . Their proposed steps are:

1. Strive for Commonality

2. Apply Industrial Engineering Practices to Software

3. Engage

4. Adopt a Holistic Approach to Sustainment

5. Develop Highly Maintainable Systems and Software

6. Manage the Off-the-Shelf Software

7. Plan for the Unexpected

8. Analyze and Refine the Software Sustainment Business Case (use Parametric software sustainment cost estimates)

5.5 A Parametric Assessment of Software Maintenance

Parametric models like SEER for Software allow maintenance to be modeled in either of two ways:

Estimating maintenance as a part of the total lifecycle cost. Choosing the appropriate Maintenance category parameters will include an estimate of maintenance effort with the development estimate for the individual software program. Several reports and charts show breakdowns of development vs. maintenance effort. This method is best used to evaluate life cycle costs for each individual software program.

Estimating maintenance as a separate activity. Using the appropriate maintenance parameters for the software to be maintained you can model the maintenance effort as a separate activity. This method will allow you to fine tune your maintenance estimate by adjusting parameters. Maintenance size should be the same as development size, but should be entered as all pre-existing code. This method can also be useful in breaking out total project maintenance costs from project development costs.

A good parametric estimate for maintenance includes a wide range of information. Critical information for completing a software maintenance estimate is the size or amount of software that will be maintained, the quality of that software, the quality and availability of the documentation, and the type or amount of maintenance that will be done. Many organizations don’t actually estimate maintenance costs; they simply have a budget for software maintenance. In this case, a parametric model should be used to compute how much maintenance can actually be performed with the given budget.

Estimating and planning for maintenance are critical activities if the software is required to function properly throughout its expected life. Even with a limited budget, a plan can be made to use the resources available in the most efficient, productive manner. Looking at the diagram above, you can see that not only are the multiple inputs that impact the maintenance, but there are several key outputs that provide the information necessary to plan a successful maintenance effort.

6. Conclusion

The conclusions of this article are:

? Software maintenance can be modeled using a simplistic method like Level of Effort Staffing, but this technique has significant drawbacks.

? Software maintenance costs can be significantly affected by management decisions during the developmental process.

? Software maintenance can be accurately estimated using parametric processes.

? Software maintenance is best modeled when development and management decisions are coupled with parametric cost estimation techniques.

REFERENCES

[1]Software Maintenance Concepts and Practices (second Edition) by Penny Grubb and Armstrong Takang, World Scientific, 2005.

[2]Estimating Software Intensive Systems; Richard Stuzke, 2005, Addison-Wesley.

[3]Lloyd Huff, George Novak; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Performance Based Software Sustainment for the F-35 Lightning II.

[4]G. Edward Bryan, “CP-6: Quality and Productivity Measures in the 15-Year Life Cycle of an Operating System,” Software Quality Journal 2, 129-144, June 1993.

[5] Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management; Daniel D. Galorath, Michael W. Evans, 2006, Auerbach Publications.

 

As the PRWeb link on the topic of daily attendance software shows, sure you can use a hard copy, paper timesheet but why not use daily attendance software, since it offers accurate employee tracking? But why not implement a daily attendance software system? This PRWeb link shows you typical daily attendance software.

 

Well, you can eliminate payroll inaccuracies through daily attendance software. This daily attendance software is crucial to management, which the previous article clearly addresses by showing one of these daily attendance software options.

 

Implementing daily attendance software on a company level is a difficult task and employees resent the hassle of replacing their old habits because it is harder than replacing software or paper-based timekeeping methods.

 

HourDoc’s daily attendance software helps save time and money. HourDoc offers daily attendance software that is superior to others on the market. Daily attendance software takes into account PTO, electronic timesheets and other valuable daily attendance software features.

 

When choosing a daily attendance software program, be aware of what your daily attendance software needs are. There are many daily attendance software options available, so choose very carefully. Make sure the daily attendance software allows for full flexibility and daily attendance software functionality. Daily attendance software will offer differing features. Some daily attendance software has room for electronic timesheets, other daily attendance software to help in HR payroll. Why, there is even daily attendance software that can keep track of reports. Whichever daily attendance software you choose, be sure to request a demo of all of the daily attendance software features in the payroll solution options.

 

Choosing daily attendance software that offers daily attendance software features allows companies better productivity. It amazes some how even the simplest daily attendance software can save money. To ensure you have found the best daily attendance software for the money, run a cost/benefit analysis of those daily attendance software solutions.

 

Then look deeper into the daily attendance software. Find out which daily attendance software features you like. Discover which daily attendance software price-point works. Read all articles about daily attendance software and other publications in the daily attendance software industry. Foresee any daily attendance software changes on the horizon and finally, make sure you understand the daily attendance software you seek.

 

Basically the article outlines how daily attendance software is key to making any advanced HR system daily attendance software work. Once the daily attendance software is chosen, you will see your daily attendance software issues being addressed, as the daily attendance software begins saving employee time.

 

Look deeper into the daily attendance software concept. Find out which daily attendance software features you like. Which daily attendance software price-point works? Read articles about daily attendance software in the daily attendance software industry. Foresee daily attendance software changes on the horizon and finally, understand the daily attendance software you seek.

 

The daily attendance software systems are necessary for success. The daily attendance software industry is becoming a force, as more companies choose daily attendance software to handle their daily attendance software needs. Basically, daily attendance software removes human error caused when daily attendance software data is transferred into the daily attendance software system. Many common mistakes of importing data into the daily attendance software include math/addition, forgetting to double check what was put into the daily attendance software and various other mistakes that daily attendance software programs eliminate.

 

Not every daily attendance software solution has daily attendance software gadgets that can possibly block easy navigation through the daily attendance software program. Often, daily attendance software platforms offer options understood by the daily attendance software end-user.

 

When looking at daily attendance software options, make sure that the daily attendance software choice handles your unique daily attendance software needs. By taking a daily attendance software demo look at daily attendance software closely, ensuring you make the best daily attendance software choice.

 

Companies eliminate mistakes in its daily attendance software process by implementing a daily attendance software system immediately. Daily attendance software can be expensive, but not all daily attendance software systems are such. Any daily attendance software will drastically increase payroll accuracy.

 

 

Businesses are recognizing that without fingerprint attendance software buddy punching and time card fraud contribute significantly to annual payroll costs. Fingerprint attendance software prevents employees from fraudulently recording hours for other employees.

Fingerprint attendance software requires employees be present to track hours. Companies overlooking fingerprint attendance software principle focus on less expensive alternatives. The cost of a clock represents a fraction of the dollars saved versus a system not utilizing fingerprint attendance software.

HR personnel are now educating themselves on fingerprint attendance software and types of fingerprint attendance software.Hourdoc.com’s Web Based Time & Attendance system with fingerprint attendance software manages fingerprint attendance software time effectively and as a bonus, payroll preparation time will be greatly reduced with their fingerprint attendance software solution.

Hourdoc.com’s fingerprint attendance software solution can be used for fingerprint attendance software time collection data for single or multiple jobs and integrate the fingerprint attendance software data to a payroll software program. Fingerprint attendance software hours can be collected via any PC or MAC, or an external fingerprint attendance software time collections device configured to collect fingerprint attendance software hours.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software but also manages FMLA. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing FMLA approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee FMLA usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, FMLA usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Vacation Day Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Vacation Day Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Vacation Day Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Vacation Day Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Sick Day Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Sick Day Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Sick Day Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Sick Day Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A Fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Paid Time Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Paid Time Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Paid Time Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Paid Time Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solutions is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Floating Holiday Time Off Requests via Fingerprint attendance software . Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in Floating Holiday Time Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor Floating Holiday Time Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Floating Holiday Time Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

 

Software Industry in India uniquely identified Compare another Countries Software Industry, if we are talking about revenue concern with another domestic project then it hardly reach up to 50% of the total turnover of the software Industry, Yet now a days, there is a heavy emphasis on exports, this may sound good, It actually is also a potential source of concern.

Reason behind it is that the Software Industry is vital a support industry. The Important role of software industry is to, to improve the functionality of some form,

or solve some problem which will be hard to solve manually. The improvement may be in form of improved form or service, problem solving capability, information management, efficiency, or something else. In other words, the real success of the software industry should not be measured in terms of how much revenue they have generated, but how much enhancement they are able to induce in other industry segments. In this light, the high ratio of exports to domestic consumption of software is a disturbing trend – in exports the multiplying effect of the software goes to some other country.

A main cause for the domestic consumption not being high is lack of understanding of software, its processes, and its costs by the consumer organizations. For a long time consumers of IT goods thought that software is “free”, and the main thing in IT is the hardware. Little was it realized that hardware, without proper software is almost literally a piece of metal and silicon junk. This mentality, unfortunately, was also reinforced by some hardware vendors, who at the time of selling their machines, either promised to “give software for free” or convinced the buyer that software is something that the buyer can easily do himself. And this is as far from truth as it can be!

As we know, software can be broken into three categories – system software, software packages, and application software. System software comprises of operating systems compilers, editors, etc., which typically come with the machine. Software packages like DBASE, LOTUS, and ORACLE etc. are general utility programs that can be used to develop applications in some domain more easily. Application softwares are those that that are used to provide a computer based solution to some problem of an organization. Some examples of such softwares are, software for payroll processing, banking, railway/airline reservations, inventory management, decision support system, etc.

Application software that makes the IT investment useful to an organization. Generally, a typical application software depends on the needs, characteristics, and methods of the organization, and has to be developed specially for the organization and cannot be bought as an off-the-shelf product. And as things stand today, getting software developed is not cheap.

Let us see the order of software costs from the view point of a client. One way to estimate the size and complexity of an application is the function points approach. By this method, a medium sized business application requiring 10-12 reports to be printed, having 8-10 different types of input, a few interface files, and a dozen odd different types of queries, will have about 200 function points. Typical productivity in the software industry is of the order of 10 function points per person-month. This means that this application will require about 20 person-months to develop. That is, a team of 4 software engineers will develop this system in about 5 months. As many good organizations charge between Rs 6 – 10 lakhs per person-year, in terms of money such an application will cost at least Rs 12 lakhs! And it can easily run on a workstation or a system consisting of a server and a few PCs costing about 6 – 8 lakhs! So, in India also, as the hardware costs have fallen over the years and the salaries of software personnel have grown, the reversal of hardware-software cost ratio has occurred. Only, many organizations still do not seem to realize it!

Being ready to pay the cost of software is not the complete story. Another reason for organizations not getting proper returns from their automation plans is that organizations do not understand software, the process of producing software, and software quality.

It is now known that to produce quality software, the developing organization has to follow well laid out software engineering methodologies. Unfortunately, there are many software organizations who will not follow these methods and do a poor job of developing the software, but bid low for a job. Due to lack of appreciation of software quality and software development process, a consumer cannot understand why a company will charge 20 lakhs, while the team of boys out of school are willing to do it for one tenth the cost. They find out the reason the hard way – when low quality software with poor user interface and without proper documentation gets delivered, which keeps failing, loosing data and records, and is not liked by the people who have to use it. The other approach, which the more aware companies will take, is to give the contract to some well known, reputed company. They will get a good software but will probably be charged more due to their inability to distinguish good from bad and effectively use competitive forces to reduce costs.

Getting quality based application software developed is actually not an easy task. It requires sufficient knowledge about the software development process to be able to distinguish between a “mature” software organization that has reasonable software development processes in place, and an “immature” organization, which produces software in an ad-hoc manner, and is therefore more likely to produce a low quality software. Furthermore, the customer organization also has to play an active role during the development of software, if it wants the software to satisfy its objectives – even the ISO: 9000 standards for software companies specify that the customer organization play a key role during software development. Unless the customer organization analyses the capability of the software developers and plays its the proper role during software development, it is likely to end up wasting its investment in computerization and IT.

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The linked blog article mentions that a company could eliminate mistakes in the labor planning software process by simply implementing reliable labor planning software immediately. Begin looking at labor planning software closely, as if labor planning software were the only issue that could ruin your company.

Because of labor planning software issues like these, we will examine the linked blog and the issues surrounding a good and accurate labor planning software. In regards to examining labor planning software, we need more information to make better choices. Labor planning software will significantly increase payroll accuracy. A labor planning software can be expensive, but not all labor planning software is expensive.

So, if this labor planning software article awakened you as to how quickly labor planning software issues happen, take preventive labor planning software measures now. Achieving ways to eliminate payroll inaccuracies is through labor planning software system. Many common labor planning software mistakes of importing data into labor planning software include, forgetting to double check what is in the labor planning software and various other labor planning software mistakes that automated labor planning software removes.

When it comes to labor planning software solutions, it is critical to note that poor labor planning software can cost your company not only money, but also crucial time when dealing with labor planning software.

One solution was not mentioned in the blog is HourDoc.com. Here is where HourDoc’s labor planning software is superior. This labor planning software is the foundation that HourDoc.com is built upon.

HourDoc’s labor planning software offers a 100 percent web-based employee attendance solution and an labor planning software application that will integrate with your payroll’s labor planning software and will give you a powerful labor planning software application.

As the blog to labor planning software demonstrates, sure you can use a paper timesheet but why not use labor planning software, since it offers accurate labor planning software solutions? This blog link shows you a typical labor planning software example, which is becoming more and more commonplace in business. These labor planning software features are crucial to time and attendance management benefits, which the linked blog and article accurately addresses by showing labor planning software. The issue of time management, electronic spreadsheets, automatic overtime and PTO tracking, payroll reporting and scheduling is certainly one to look closer into.

 

Ponder how a labor planning software became a concern. When did labor planning software concerns get confused so that labor planning software is an issue? Here are some questions– How can this labor planning software been used by labor planning software managers to protect their decisions? Basically, labor planning software removes human error caused when labor planning software data is transferred into the labor planning software.

 

By undergoing a labor planning software demo look at the labor planning software system closely, ensuring you choose the best labor planning software. HourDoc makes labor planning software easy, offering one labor planning software system, or more than labor planning software system to address your needs.

 

Be profitable using a good labor planning software and reduce the amount of time spent by employees on labor planning software tasks. Labor planning software problems can be avoided. Labor planning software issues can hurt your profitability. A labor planning software system should never get to the point where some do, according to this labor planning software article. Labor planning software can assist curtail labor planning software issues, making the labor planning software questions pop up quicker before your company’s labor planning software gets out of control. Bad labor planning software ruins you.

 

Implementing one labor planning software system or a second labor planning software system are the solutions to superior labor planning software system management. This is where labor planning software system comes into management issues. Everyone can benefit from good labor planning software system when it comes to preparing a labor planning software system and/or an advanced labor planning software when it comes to other labor planning software issues.

 

Examining the labor planning software system options, make sure that the labor planning software system solution handles your unique labor planning software needs.

As the link to the article on hours tracking software shows, sure you can use a hard copy timesheet but why not use hours tracking software, since it offers maximum flexibility, accurate attendance tracking?

 

When choosing an hours tracking software program, be aware of what your hours tracking software needs to fill. There are many hours tracking software available, so choose wisely. Make sure the hours tracking software allow for full flexibility and hours tracking software functionality. Hours tracking software offer differing features. Some hours tracking software have room for electronic timesheets, other hours tracking software help in HR payroll. Why, there are even an hours tracking software that can keep track of reports. Whichever hours tracking software you choose, be sure to request a demo of all the hours tracking software features in the hours tracking software.

 

HourDoc offers hours tracking software that is superior. HourDoc’s hours tracking software take into account PTO, electronic timesheets and other valuable hours tracking software features. Many clients using the HourDoc hours tracking software comment that these hours tracking software help them save time and money.

 

Choosing hours tracking software that offer premium hours tracking software features allows productivity. It amazes some how even the simplest hours tracking software can save money. To ensure you have found the best hours tracking software for the money, run a cost/benefit analysis of those hours tracking software.

 

Then look deeper into the hours tracking software. Find out which hours tracking software features you like. Discover which hours tracking software price-point works. Read all articles about hours tracking software and other publications in the hours tracking software industry. Foresee any hours tracking software changes on the horizon and finally, make sure you understand the hours tracking software you seek.

 

Basically the article outlines how hours tracking software are key to making any advanced HR system or hours tracking software work. Once the hours tracking software is chosen, you will see your hours tracking software issues being addressed, as the hours tracking software begin saving employee time.

 

Look deeper into the hours tracking software. Find out which hours tracking software features you like. Which hours tracking software price-point works? Read articles about hours tracking software in the hours tracking software industry. Foresee any hours tracking software changes on the horizon and finally, understand the hours tracking software you seek.

 

The hours tracking software are necessary. The hours tracking software industry is becoming a force, as more companies choose hours tracking software to handle their hours tracking software needs. Basically, hours tracking software remove human error caused when hours tracking software data is transferred into the hours tracking software system. Many common mistakes of importing data into hours tracking software include math/addition, forgetting to double check what was put into the hours tracking software system and various other mistakes that hours tracking software programs eliminate.

 

Companies eliminate mistakes in its hours tracking software process by simply implementing hours tracking software immediately. Hours tracking software can be expensive, but not all hours tracking software systems are. Any hours tracking software will drastically increase payroll accuracy.

 

Not every hours tracking software has many hours tracking software “bells and whistles” blocking easy navigation through the hours tracking software program. Often, an hours tracking software offers hours tracking software options understood by the hours tracking software end-user.

 

When looking at hours tracking software options, make sure that the hours tracking software choice handles your unique hours tracking software needs. By taking an hours tracking software demo look at hours tracking software closely, ensuring you make the best hours tracking software choice.

 

Save money, order hours tracking software. Save time, look into how hours tracking software can help you. Implement hours tracking software today.

The very terms “software leasing” and “software financing” are confusing to many businesspeople. This is due to the fact that software is typically not seen as something that is purchased over time.

This view is shared by both end-users, and the developers of software. Companies who think nothing of financing a vehicle or a new computer system will stress over how they will pay for expensive new business software. And the producers of software see no need for offering a software leasing or a software financing option.

But times are changing.

Third party equipment finance companies – companies who offer small and medium size businesses equipment financing and working capital – have responded to a need for software financing and software leasing. Thus, they are starting to include software amongst the equipment they finance or lease. There is one big overriding reason for this shift:

The High Cost of Buying Software

The simple fact is this: Software can be very, very expensive. Oftentimes more expensive than the hardware that runs it.

Now, keep in mind that when we are talking about software in this way, we are generally talking about “vertical software”. Vertical software is software that is written for a specific, narrow industry (this can include industry-specific point-of-sale software, ERP systems, specialized databases, etc). It is not software that’s available on the shelf at your local office supply store (the software you see there, even the business programs and operating systems, are “horizontal software” – they can be used across a variety of industries, and are relatively affordable.)

A good, clear example of vertical software is an auto parts store – they use software that’s specifically written for the auto parts industry. Another example is your local jewelry retailer – they likely use a point-of-sale system specifically made for the jewelry industry.

To understand how software financing and software leasing can positively affect a business, it is important to understand the advantages of vertical software first.

For most businesses, Vertical Software usually means far more efficient business processes. In the case of an auto parts store, for example, the software will already anticipate the thousands of automobile makes and models. And will almost certainly be updated every year. The jewelry store’s software will differentiate the subtle differences between two diamonds by any number of categories. And so on.

In fact, these “vertical” software programs are so effective, and become so crucial to day-to-day operations, that businesses often need this type of software to remain competitive. In many cases, it’s not an option to do without.

However, since the software is so narrowly focused, it usually comes with a hefty price tag. The developer will sell relatively few copies as opposed to a word processing program (which will sell in the millions), so they must get a premium for their work. Vertical software can sometimes reach five figures for a single license.

This brings an obvious problem: “Businesses need the software, but it’s very costly to buy outright.”

And that’s where software leasing and software financing come in – business don’t have to “buy” it upfront.

The Advantage of Software Leasing and Software Financing

The advantage of financing or leasing software is clear:

Software leasing and software financing take the huge up-front cost of new software out of the equation. Like most other business equipment, software is now beginning to be seen as a tangible asset (this was not always the case.) This means software can largely be treated as any other equipment purchase in the case of financing or leasing. A business can finance that new ERP system instead of having to budget a huge cash outlay.

This can be very beneficial to the bottom line, as software generally pays for itself over time. In fact, since “vertical” software almost always reduces the cost of doing day-to-day business, leasing or financing said software can actually create a positive cash flow right away.

But Who Offers Software Financing or Software Leasing, and how does it Work?

It’s true that software developers have been very slow to embrace the business model of software financing or software leasing. They would prefer to be paid up front for their software.

Likewise, banks, being part of an “older” industry, are also largely reluctant to finance software.

However, third party equipment finance companies who specialize in small and medium sized business equipment financing often offer attractive software lease and software financing packages. What happens is the equipment finance company pays the developer in full, and then provides the software to the end user under a finance or lease agreement, often at very attractive rates. In all actuality, it’s fundamentally the same as financing or leasing most other equipment.

Of course, like any other financing, the agreements can (and will) vary from traditional fixed rate financing to a “software lease” with a buyout at the end, etc. And the rates and terms also vary – your individual equipment finance company will have more details.

All in all, software financing and software leasing have definitely entered the business consciousness, and because it is so friendly to the bottom line, it is a business model that is here to stay.

Businesses are recognizing that without fingerprint attendance software buddy punching and time card fraud contribute significantly to annual payroll costs. Fingerprint attendance software prevents employees from fraudulently recording hours for other employees.

Fingerprint attendance software requires employees be present to track hours. Companies overlooking fingerprint attendance software principle focus on less expensive alternatives. The cost of a clock represents a fraction of the dollars saved versus a system not utilizing fingerprint attendance software.

HR personnel are now educating themselves on fingerprint attendance software and types of fingerprint attendance software.

Hourdoc.com’s Web Based Time & Attendance system with fingerprint attendance software manages fingerprint attendance software time effectively and as a bonus, payroll preparation time will be greatly reduced with their fingerprint attendance software solution.

Hourdoc.com’s fingerprint attendance software solution can be used for fingerprint attendance software time collection data for single or multiple jobs and integrate the fingerprint attendance software data to a payroll software program. Fingerprint attendance software hours can be collected via any PC or MAC, or an external fingerprint attendance software time collections device configured to collect fingerprint attendance software hours.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software but also manages FMLA. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing FMLA approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee FMLA usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, FMLA usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Vacation Day Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Vacation Day Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Vacation Day Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Vacation Day Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Sick Day Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Sick Day Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Sick Day Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Sick Day Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A Fingerprint attendance software solution is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Paid Time Off Requests via fingerprint attendance software. Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in managing Paid Time Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor employee Paid Time Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Paid Time Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

A fingerprint attendance software solutions is not only a quick and easy way to handle fingerprint attendance software, but also manages Floating Holiday Time Off Requests via Fingerprint attendance software . Fingerprint attendance software solutions manage the requesting process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions allow management of the approval process. Fingerprint attendance software solutions assist in Floating Holiday Time Off approvals. Fingerprint attendance software solutions provide a reporting tool to monitor Floating Holiday Time Off usage. Fingerprint attendance software solutions facilitate the integration between fingerprint attendance software, Floating Holiday Time Off usage and payroll reporting via the Hourdoc fingerprint attendance software application.

Employee recording software helps a company with payroll. You can use employee recording software to help facilitate the needs of your business and make it more profitable and save money when compiling payroll information.

 

HourDoc offers employee recording software that is superior. HourDoc’s employee recording software systems take into account PTO, employee recording software electronic timesheets and other valuable employee recording software solution features. Many clients using the HourDoc employee recording options comment that these employee recording software help them save time and money.

 

When choosing employee recording software, be aware of what your employee recording software needs are. There are many employee recording systems available. Make sure the employee recording software allows for full flexibility and employee recording software functionality. Employee recording options can offer differing features. Some employee recording systems has room for various employee recording software features and other employee recording software options to help in HR payroll. Why, there is even employee recording software that runs reports. Whichever employee recording solution you choose, be sure to request a demo of all the employee recording software features within the employee recording software option.

 

Choosing employee recording solution systems that offer premium employee recording software features allows greater productivity. It amazes some how even the simplest employee recording software can save money. To ensure you have found the best employee recording software for the money, run a cost/benefit analysis of that employee recording software program.

 

Look deeper into employee recording software. Find out which employee recording software you like. Discover which employee recording software price-point works. Read all articles about employee recording programs and other publications in the employee recording software industry. Foresee any changes in employee recording system on the horizon and make sure you understand the employee recording solution you seek.

 

Basically the article shows employee recording systems are key to making any advanced HR system or employee recording software work. Once the employee recording program is chosen, you will see your employee recording system issues being addressed, as the employee recording software begins saving employee time.

 

Look deeper into the employee recording program. Find out which employee recording software features you like. Ask which employee recording software price-point works? Employee recording software is necessary for a company’s employee recording needs. Employee recording software industry is a force, as companies choose employee recording software to handle employee recording needs. Basically, employee recording software removes human error caused when employee recording software data is transferred into the employee recording solution. Many common mistakes of importing data into employee recording software include math/addition, forgetting to double check what was put into the employee recording software and various other mistakes that reputable employee recording software eliminates.

 

Not every employee recording software system has too many employee recording software “bells and whistles,” that block easy navigation through the employee recording software program. Often, a employee recording software program offers employee recording software options understood by the employee recording software system end-user.

 

Companies eliminate mistakes in its employee recording process by simply implementing a employee recording system immediately. Employee recording solutions can be expensive, but not all employee recording options are. Any employee recording software cards will drastically increase payroll accuracy.

 

When looking at employee recording software options, make sure that the employee recording system choice handles your unique employee recording needs. By taking a employee recording software demo, look at the employee recording option closely, ensuring you make the best employee recording software solution choice.

 

Save money, order a employee recording system. Begin saving valuable time right this very minute and look into how employee recording can help your employee recording software issues. Implement an employee recording system today.

Introduction to sales leads software.

Each business must work hard to keep their current customers as well as working to bring in new customers as well. You can get information about your customers in a variety of ways. You can get this information from networking, previous customers, among other ways. It is important that every business can get this information and analyze it efficiently to help them get quality leads for their business. You should remember to find sales leads software that is cost effective as well as easy to use. You can find many different versions of sales leads software on the market but none are as good as Prophet sales leads software, which is made by Avidian.

What is sales leads software and why is it important?

Sales leads software can help businesses get date and then helps them to use it to generate new leads and effectively pursue them to promote more sales for their company. This sales leads software helps you to find and keep track of new leads and helps you with follow up as well. You do not want to lose new customers due to the fact that someone forgot to follow up on the lead so sales leads software is important to every company.

Why Prophet sales leads software is the best.

The best sales leads software is Prophet, which is made by Avidian. Prophet sales leads software has many important features that help make it the best sales leads software available. Prophet sales leads software is based on Microsoft Outlook, which makes it easy to incorporate into your company. You will be able to keep track of customer information, schedule appointments, and even share your data among sales team members when you use Prophet sales leads software. You will never lose your data and you will not have to worry about forgetting to follow up on important leads with Prophet sales leads software. You will find Prophet sales leads software to be easy to use and easy to install.

Prophet sales leads software works hand in hand with Microsoft Outlook.

There are many more reasons that Prophet sales leads software is the best sales leads software available today. One of the best features is that Prophet sales leads software works so well with Microsoft Outlook. Because you can use it with Microsoft Outlook it is a sales leads software that is very easy for people to use. As you use your sales leads management consistently you will see the best results within your company. Prophet sales leads software is so great because you can actually update your software by going through Outlook and making updates there. Outlook and Prophet communicate together to make things easier for you. Other sales leads software do not offer this great option. Prophet sales leads software will help you not only save money, but will also help you save time as well.

Prophet sales leads software helps you collect customer data.

It is important that you collect customer data and lead date and sales leads software can help you accomplish this task quickly and easily. Prophet sales leads software has quick forms that you can fill out to be sure you miss no important information about your customers. You can actually go on to schedule follow ups, look at previous sales, and other data when you use Prophet sales leads software. These forms are easy to use and you can actually access them from Microsoft Outlook making your tasks easy and efficient.

You can have Prophet sales leads software customized to fit your business.

You will find that Prophet sales leads software is also very flexible. Each business is different and will have different needs and it is important to be able to find sales leads software that fits your company’s individual needs. Prophet has basic sales leads software that has simple contact information and you can add more fields according to the needs of your company. Since every company is going to be different Prophet sales leads software allows you to customize your software so that your specific needs are met. You will be able to have sales leads software that meets every need of your company without having to pay for features your company does not need.

Sharing data is important and Prophet sales leads software allows you to do this easily.

Prophet sales leads software also allows you to share your company’s data. Sometimes you will need to share your data among employees to handle a customer or sale in the best way. If you have sales leads software that does not share it makes it difficult to get that data around to the correct people. This can result in delays in contacting a prospective customer and that can lead to loss of a sale. If you use Prophet sales leads software you will be able to share your information quickly so the appropriate person can follow up with the customer as soon as possible. You can use Outlook to email information from Prophet sales leads software since the two are directly connected.

Prophet sales leads software can help you generate important reports for your company.

You will also find that Prophet sales leads software has a great reporting feature. Many businesses like reports that help them see what is being accomplished and what may need to be changed to make things run better. Prophet sales leads software helps to track information and generate reports. You can use this sales leads software to report on an individual sales person or the sales team as a whole. Prophet sales leads software comes with 30 reports already in the system for you to use. If you need to customize reports for your company, Prophet sales leads software offers this option as well.

Check out Prophet sales leads software and get on your way to success.

If you want to help your business continue to grow then incorporating sales leads software can help you accomplish this goal. You will find that Prophet sales leads software is the best sales leads software available and can help you in a variety of ways. Prophet has won many awards for its’ excellent sales leads software and you can trust the company that makes the software, Avidian. If you want to see an increase in sales for your company and you want to enjoy more profit then go to Avidian.com and check out Prophet sales leads software today.

About Avidian Technologies:

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and sales CRM software built in Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.avidian.com or call 1-800-860-5534.

Introduction to the development of CRM software.

Recently there have been many changes occurring within marketing organizations due to changing technology and the improvement of marketing strategies. CRM software is one of these changes that has helped to make marketing easier and finding the Best CRM Software is important. More quality in marketing leads and in customer management technologies demands the Best CRM Software. Finding the Best CRM Software can help your company meet the task that is at hand. There is much pressure to make marketing techniques more profitable and finding the Best CRM Software can help ease that pressure. It is important that each company understands how important having the Best CRM Software is as well as the benefits that purchasing the Best CRM Software can provide. It is also important that companies are aware of what to look for in CRM software so then can find the Best CRM Software.

The Best CRM Software is valuable to your company and will increase sales.

No matter what size your company may be you will find that finding the Best CRM Software will be invaluable to your company. When you find the Best CRM Software it will help your staff, no matter the size, to be able to more effectively build customer relationships as well as bring in more sales. The Best CRM Software will enable you to organize all of your customer information in one database. Using the Best CRM Software to organize your customer information will also result in the development of better leads as well, which will lead to more profit for your company.

Implementing the Best CRM Software can provide your company with a variety of benefits.

When you find the Best CRM Software and implement it into your company you will be provided with multiple benefits. You will be able to use the Best CRM Software to help keep organization, to help increase sales, and help you build a stable future for your company. You will be able to increase the amount of sales made using the Best CRM Software since all your customer information will be centrally located and organized and many will be able to access it at once. You will be able to keep you customer information organized with the Best CRM Software, which will enable you to encourage great customer relationships and will help you build up and encourage the loyalty of your current customers. Loyal customers will return to you over an over again resulting in more profit for your company.

CRM software will help keep your sales process smooth and effective.

You will also find that finding the Best CRM Software for your company will help keep the sales process rolling in a smooth and effective way. You will be able to keep track of not only your existing customers but also your existing leads with the Best CRM Software. The Best CRM Software will help your sales teams make sure that no customer or lead is forgotten. Many times you will also find that using the Best CRM Software to keep in touch with your clients will cause them to refer other customers to your company since they have experienced such great customer service.

The Best CRM Software is valuable to your company and will increase sales.

It is always a good idea to have long-term goals and to build your company looking towards the future and the Best CRM Software can help you accomplish those goals for your company. The Best CRM Software will be able to be customized to fit the particular needs of our company. Usually the Best CRM Software will also be able to be upgraded so you can expand it as your company grows. It is helpful to have the Best CRM Software, which can grow as your company grows.

There are a few things you should know when you looking for the Best CRM Software.

If you are going to purchase CRM software and want to ensure buying the Best CRM Software there are a few things you should be aware of when looking. It is very important that the Best CRM Software be cost effective for your company. The Best CRM Software can help to reduce other money spent in other areas but you want to be sure it is worth the money they are asking. You should only purchase what you need when you are purchasing the Best CRM Software. Be aware of your companies needs when you are looking for the Best CRM Software so you can be sure to buy only what is needed instead of spending more money on software capabilities you may not currently need. The Best CRM Software should be easy for you to implement into your company and should not be too complex. You want to ensure that everyone on your staff will feel comfortable using the Best CRM Software. Be sure that it is compatible with what you already have so you will not have any problems importing current information into the Best CRM Software that you purchase. When you are spending so much money on the Best CRM Software you want to be sure that tech support comes included with your software in case there are any problems.

Avidian’s software, Prophet, is the Best CRM Software.

A Company that can provide you with the Best CRM Software is Avidian. Avidian offers software that is called Prophet and runs on a Microsoft Outlook base. Prophet meets all the qualifications of being the Best CRM Software. It works wonderfully to help organize all or your customer information as the Best CRM Software should. It is also the Best CRM Software because it is very cost effective. Using the Best CRM Software, Prophet, can help your company become more profitable as well. Prophet, the Best CRM Software, is also very easy to use and comes with tech support. You can rest assured when buying the Best CRM Software, Prophet, that Avidian will stand behind the integrity of their software. When you purchase the Best CRM Software you can know that you have a 30-day guarantee that can make you feel more comfortable.

Concluding that the Best CRM Software will lead to great success.

If your company wants to be more productive in the future then finding the Best CRM Software is an important step. New technology has changed the way marketing works and this new technology including having the Best CRM Software can help your company move forward. You will find amazing benefits to using the Best CRM Software. The Best CRM Software will help you make as many sales as possible since the Best CRM Software helps keep your customer information organized. If improving your company and its’ profit is your goal then you should consider purchasing the Best CRM Software. Be sure before you purchase the Best CRM Software that you have taken the time to evaluate it thoroughly. The Best CRM Software should be cost effective and should help you to save a lot of money in future years. You will be able to find greater success and more profit for your company when you find and implement the Best CRM Software. Consider buying Prophet, the Best CRM Software today!

About Avidian Technologies:

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and sales CRM software built in Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.avidian.com or call 1-800-860-5534.

Parents want to guide and watch their children but at the same time know they cannot be there all the time sitting with them when they are online. So even though parents are aware of the danger of the internet, talk to their kids and monitor them at home, parents know it is not possible to be the one that keep them safe all the time on the internet. They also know even if they trust them well, there are accidental search that can lead to harmful and material even they are not looking for it. So deciding on buying parental control software is considered a logical and responsible step more parents are taking.

Buying parental control software could be something you just take few minutes in doing. You sit down in front of the computer, “Google” some right words for it, press a link and buy a product. At the same time there is not certain that best software’s are those that will appear in top ten of Google search and you might be want to consider thinking what do I want my parental control software be able to do for me?

You could start buy asking other parents what they are using and asking for their experience. You could also try to browse around test look at their sites and read about that software; even send email to the sales apartment. You should check if the software has a 15 days trial period so you can test the software. Check for things like is the software being updated, which is very important in this day by day changing online world were dangers of the internet is always changing and software that the parental control software needs to work with is also updating and changing.

The biggest question you need to ask yourself when deciding on buying parental control software is the function of it. What do you want the parental software to do for you? Parental control software do not all have the same features and possibilities and you should therefore spend some time on thinking “what kind of parental control software do I need” Most of them will do different things for you and you may need different things for best safe surfing in your family. The possibilities are enormous. Let’s go over few things parental control software may have in their toolbox, so for you to use it in your buying guide you can look for those things you want to have when browsing through parental control website doing your own parental control software review.

Filtering: Does the software have filtering option? Most software will filter (pornographic filter, hate site filters, making bomb filter, violence filter etc. sites for you, but you may want to think how and how much control you have over the filtering system. 1. Does the parental control software have a database of blocked and family friendly sites? 2. Does the software allow you to create additional filtering list of sites you want to block? 3. Does the software have ability for you to only allow certain sites you choose and filter all other sites? 4. Does the software have a allow list have the ability to allow sites permanently and therefore overriding all other filtering system. 5. Does the software have dynamic content filter that block sites based on the content on each site you open?

Blocking software: You may also want to know if the parental control software is also blocking software, allowing you to block software’s you may think is harmful.

1. Does the software Block p2P file sharing like e.g. torrent software that are often used to download illegal software, music, movies, games and adult material?

2. Does it block chat programs?

3. Does the software block games that are considered more addictive e.g. MMORPG games?

4. Does the software allow you to choose additional software from the computer and block it?

Monitoring Software: You may want to check if the parental control software allows you to monitor the overall use of the computer and give you a good report on what has been happening. Does the software monitor all keystrokes that will enable you to read what has been written on the computer based on the software the words were written in? You may also want to have a screen shots recording in the software to able you to see how what has been happening in a form of picture of the screen. The screen shots recording is also good as a proof if something bad happens, e.g. Predator harassing the child, or some other child bullying the child on chat application. With screen shots you have a proof of what has happened after these incidents. Some software also has email monitoring of incoming and outgoing emails. Last option you may want to check for if the software monitors all cut and paste-ing on the computer both picture and text.

Time control software: This is a feature that can be extremely important in avoiding the computer will take too much time from school work, friends, sports and possibly preventing internet addiction. You may want to look closely into if the software allows you to specify how many hours a month, week and per day. You may want to control differently at what time of day and different between weekdays and weekends. At last the possibility of controlling some specific behavior such as applications or watching movies could be an option you want to check for

Protecting Privacy: The internet is a dangerous place for kids with predators lurking in chat rooms the importance of protecting privacy is important factor in buying a safe surfing tool as parental control software. Therefore a software that allow you to block user for sending out private information as address or phone number and/or take screen shots and notify you when private information are being sent from the home computer.

Alerts and Reports: Parental control software is not as useful if it never tell you what is happening. Good report system is important to go over the computer use and good alert system that notify you in an email or SMS can be extremely important to be able to get alert as soon as something bad things happen.

There are many other factors to look for, how easy to use the software is, is it doing what it is supposed to do, what kind of support can I a get and does the website provide me with some other useful tools or information’s. There are of course other things as well to look for as does the software provides me with specific tool for specific things I am aiming to avoid or control. These specific things could be related to e.g. all the emerging internet addiction, that is gaming addiction prevention, gambling addiction prevention, pornographic and cybersex addiction prevention. Are there some helpful tools for younger children or older children .

You may also want to look at how sure am I of being able to control the computer and my kid’s not just get around the software. You want to choose a software that is password protected, can be set in stealth mode and stop others from changing anything in the computer control panel.

Most important thing is to take your time searching, reading, asking, testing and in the end when you are happy choosing the right parental control software.

Introduction

One of the most important aspects of any business is sales. Without sales there is no revenue and without revenue the company ceases to exist. This is why so many executives and managers are focused on generating the most sales possible. One of the tools they are using to do this is sales management software. Sales management software is software that can be used by employees to track and improve their sales and sales opportunities. There are many different types of sales management software available on the market today, but one of the best sales management software is Prophet.

Prophet sales management software is easy to learn and easy to use.

Obviously one of the things executives and managers take into consideration before purchasing new software for their company or business is how easy the software is to learn and use. Prophet is one of the best sales management software available on the market today that meets both of these requirements. It is so easy to use that many executives and managers who were using competitor brands of sales management software have switched to Prophet sales management software simply because of this. In addition, Prophet sales management software is easy to learn, as most users can learn the software just by using it for a little while. However, Prophet sales management software does offer a tutorial that shows all of its features quickly, so employees can learn what they need to know about the sales management software even faster.

Prophet sales management software works with Outlook.

One of the most popular software programs used for email is Microsoft Outlook, and like most sales management software programs, Prophet works with Outlook and the information within it. Sales management software programs work with Outlook to maintain information on clients, business contacts, and sales opportunities. However, Prophet sales management software differs from its competitors, as it allows information to flow back and forth between the two programs much easier than other sales management software programs. For example, with Goldmine and Act sales management software, information in these programs must match the information in Outlook in order for it to be compatible, but this is not the case with Prophet sales management software. In addition, Prophet sales management software works with more versions of Outlook than any of its competitors.

Prophet sales management software makes adding and changing information easy.

Things are rapidly changing in today’s world, and nothing stays the same. It is important that companies and businesses have sales management software that is flexible and can adapt to these changes. Prophet sales management software does just that through its toolbar located in Outlook. This toolbar allows employees to change and add information with just a click of the mouse. Prophet’s competitors don’t offer this in their sales management software. Instead, employees must open up the sales management software program each time they want to make changes and manually do so. This is not only frustrating, but it makes employees less efficient.

Prophet sales management software is made to be customized.

Companies and businesses aren’t identical, thus the sales management software they use shouldn’t be either. Some information that is important for one organization is not important for another, thus they don’t need their sales management software to track it or include it in reports. Prophet sales management software recognizes this and allows for more customization with their sales management software than any of their competitors. This way businesses and companies can get only the information they want, and should they need to get different information at another time, they can simply change the customization in their sales management software and access what they need.

Prophet sales management software makes sharing information with others easy.

One of the best features of Prophet sales management software is that it is designed to make sharing information with internal and external individuals very easy. Prophet sales management software is the only sales management software to offer peer to peer sharing, which allows information to be easily shared and used by multiple individuals in a company or organization. This is a great feature as most employees work in a team or group and not in isolation as they might have done in the past. Sharing information with individuals outside the company or organization is also easy with Prophet sales management software. Obviously information in the Prophet sales management software program can’t be sent directly to outside individuals as they don’t have the sales management software. However, Prophet sales management software allows you to save, print, and send information to others in a variety of file formats including aspx, PDF, Word, and Excel. This way individuals can view it and use it no matter what software programs they have on their computers.

You can begin using Prophet sales management software today.

For more information about Prophet sales management software, simply visit Avidian Technologies website, Avidian.com. If after reviewing the information and learning more about Prophet sales management software you would like to purchase the sales management software, you can do so on avidian.com. Your purchase can be of either actual physical software that is mailed to your company or business postal address or you can download the sales management software from the website for immediate use. This means that you can start using Prophet sales management software today!

If you are an executive or manager of a business or company that is looking to take their sales to the next level consider purchasing a sales management software program such as Prophet. Prophet sales management software is not only easy to learn and easy to use, but it also makes employees more efficient as it makes adding and changing information much easier than competing sales management software programs. In addition, with Prophet sales management software sharing information with both internal and external individuals is much easier than competitors’ sales management software programs. If you are interested in purchasing Prophet sales management software to help your employees manage your clients and business contacts and to improve your sales and customer service, visit the website of Avidian Technologies today at www.avidian.com

About Avidian Technologies:

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and sales CRM software built in Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.avidian.com or call 1-800-860-5534.

The very terms “software leasing” and “software financing” are confusing to many businesspeople. This is due to the fact that software is typically not seen as something that is purchased over time.

This view is shared by both end-users, and the developers of software. Companies who think nothing of financing a vehicle or a new computer system will stress over how they will pay for expensive new business software. And the producers of software see no need for offering a software leasing or a software financing option.

But times are changing.

Third party equipment finance companies – companies who offer small and medium size businesses equipment financing and working capital – have responded to a need for software financing and software leasing. Thus, they are starting to include software amongst the equipment they finance or lease. There is one big overriding reason for this shift:

The High Cost of Buying Software

The simple fact is this: Software can be very, very expensive. Oftentimes more expensive than the hardware that runs it.

Now, keep in mind that when we are talking about software in this way, we are generally talking about “vertical software”. Vertical software is software that is written for a specific, narrow industry (this can include industry-specific point-of-sale software, ERP systems, specialized databases, etc). It is not software that’s available on the shelf at your local office supply store (the software you see there, even the business programs and operating systems, are “horizontal software” – they can be used across a variety of industries, and are relatively affordable.)

A good, clear example of vertical software is an auto parts store – they use software that’s specifically written for the auto parts industry. Another example is your local jewelry retailer – they likely use a point-of-sale system specifically made for the jewelry industry.

To understand how software financing and software leasing can positively affect a business, it is important to understand the advantages of vertical software first.

For most businesses, Vertical Software usually means far more efficient business processes. In the case of an auto parts store, for example, the software will already anticipate the thousands of automobile makes and models. And will almost certainly be updated every year. The jewelry store’s software will differentiate the subtle differences between two diamonds by any number of categories. And so on.

In fact, these “vertical” software programs are so effective, and become so crucial to day-to-day operations, that businesses often need this type of software to remain competitive. In many cases, it’s not an option to do without.

However, since the software is so narrowly focused, it usually comes with a hefty price tag. The developer will sell relatively few copies as opposed to a word processing program (which will sell in the millions), so they must get a premium for their work. Vertical software can sometimes reach five figures for a single license.

This brings an obvious problem: “Businesses need the software, but it’s very costly to buy outright.”

And that’s where software leasing and software financing come in – business don’t have to “buy” it upfront.

The Advantage of Software Leasing and Software Financing

The advantage of financing or leasing software is clear:

Software leasing and software financing take the huge up-front cost of new software out of the equation. Like most other business equipment, software is now beginning to be seen as a tangible asset (this was not always the case.) This means software can largely be treated as any other equipment purchase in the case of financing or leasing. A business can finance that new ERP system instead of having to budget a huge cash outlay.

This can be very beneficial to the bottom line, as software generally pays for itself over time. In fact, since “vertical” software almost always reduces the cost of doing day-to-day business, leasing or financing said software can actually create a positive cash flow right away.

But Who Offers Software Financing or Software Leasing, and how does it Work?

It’s true that software developers have been very slow to embrace the business model of software financing or software leasing. They would prefer to be paid up front for their software.

Likewise, banks, being part of an “older” industry, are also largely reluctant to finance software.

However, third party equipment finance companies who specialize in small and medium sized business equipment financing often offer attractive software lease and software financing packages. What happens is the equipment finance company pays the developer in full, and then provides the software to the end user under a finance or lease agreement, often at very attractive rates. In all actuality, it’s fundamentally the same as financing or leasing most other equipment.

Of course, like any other financing, the agreements can (and will) vary from traditional fixed rate financing to a “software lease” with a buyout at the end, etc. And the rates and terms also vary – your individual equipment finance company will have more details.

All in all, software financing and software leasing have definitely entered the business consciousness, and because it is so friendly to the bottom line, it is a business model that is here to stay.

Software leasing and Software financing are only a few of the services provided by Crest Capital. Regardless of the size of your company, Crest Capital can provide you with the equipment financing and working capital you need to successfully grow your business. Learn about financing options that can increase your bottom line and reduce your 2007 tax bill with a free online quote today.

Introduction

Keeping track of sales, sales leads and sales calls in extremely important for every business. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a sales marketing software program to do it for you? In the past, you know the ol pencil and paper days, this was done by using ledgers, and address books. Now, thanks to the electronic age, all of that can be done on a computer using some type of sales marketing software. Sales marketing software can be used to keep track of incoming, and outgoing merchandise if you are a retail or wholesale storeowner. If you are a sales person, sales marketing software can be used to keep client lists, appointments, and even help generate new leads

Prophet has been developed by Avidian and can improve your business.

The Avidian Company has developed sales marketing software program called Prophet.Prophet sales marketing software works with Microsoft Outlook. It’s easy to use, pretty much just download it into your current Outlook program and the Prophet sales marketing software does the rest. The Avidian Company has developed 3 versions of the Prophet sales marketing software to fit every business need no matter how big or small.

Prophet Standard sales marketing software.

The Standard version of the Prophet sales marketing software is the first and most basic of the Prophet software system. It allows you to manage or track your existing contact information from your current Microsoft Outlook program, search for any communications such as emails, or appointments for any of your clients. The Prophet Standard Sales marketing software allows for tracking the stage and revenue for every sale, create activity reports, and comes with a Prophet dashboard one click ProphetBar. Prophet standard sales marketing software also allows for sharing sales data through you outlook email or peer-to-peer sharing. These are all perfect tools to use help increase your sales clients. The standard version of the Prophet sales marketing software even comes with a report wizard to help with those all-important sales reports. This sales marketing software program even allows those sales reports to be saved in 4 different formats! What could be better?

The Prophet Professional Sales Marketing Software.

How about the next level of the Prophet sales marketing software called The Professional? The Profession sales marketing software has all the features of the standard version plus more. With the Professional sales marketing software it’s possible to share sales data through a central server. This sales marketing software allows you to automate follow-ups with a sales assistant. Last but certainly not least the Professional Prophet sales marketing software gives you the ability to use centralized reporting for a sales team.

Enterprise sales marketing software.

The Avidian company has yet another level of the Prophet sales marketing software available. The most complete Prophet version of the sales marketing software is called Enterprise. The Enterprise sales marketing software includes everything from the standard and professional versions plus a few extras that make it the best sales marketing software program available. The Avidian Company has thought of everything with the Enterprise sales marketing software version. This version of sales marketing software allows you to automate your workflow activities and gives you advanced user permissions.

Prophet sales marketing software in a nutshell.

The Prophet sales marketing software is easy to use, affordable and fully integrated to work with your current Microsoft outlook program. Three versions of the Prophet sales marketing software programs are available through the Avidian Company. Prophet Standard sales marketing software for the beginning business or small business owner, Prophet Professional sales marketing software for the mid-level business and Prophet Professional sales marketing software for the big businesses.

Finding more information about the Prophet sales marketing software system.

Check out the Avidian Company and Prophet sales marketing software program at the Avidian Company website, Avidian.com. The website offers a demo of the Prophet sales marketing software along with an in-depth look at each different Prophet sales marketing software program. It also gives an overview of the Avidian Company, outlining services, customer support, news, and even a list of existing customers. These aren’t unknown customer names either! These customers can attest to the reliability of the Prophet sales marketing software program to anyone who asks. Guess what else the Avidian Company has to offer? A version of the Prophet sales marketing software to use with your handheld device.

Type of customer support for the Prophet sales marketing software program.

The Prophet sales marketing software program comes with installation instructions, a quick start guide and an online self-service tutorial. It even has a free self-service flash tutorial to learn how to best use Prophet as part of your sales marketing software program. Of course the Avidian Company offers customer service call representatives who can be reached by email, and phone, toll free.

Other services offered by Avidian.

Along with the Prophet sales marketing software program, the Avidian Company also offers technological services. Technological services are always important to any sales marketing software program. Avidian offers a Prophet Start Right Training program. It is designed to get small businesses or individual users up to speed quickly so they can use their Prophet sales marketing software right away. They also offer services such as Sales Process Optimization, Custom Corporate sales management training and consulting services.

A little about the company.

The Avidian Company is an award winning company and has received accolades from the mayor of Seattle. They have been named one of the fastest growing companies in Washington State for the year of 2006 for their sales marketing software program called Prophet. With over 10,000 companies worldwide using the Prophet sales marketing software program, you know the product has to be great! When you join the Avidian Company by purchasing one of their Prophet sales marketing software programs you become part of their family. The Avidian Company’s highest priority for the sales marketing software called Prophet is ease of use. Along with the importance of value and integrity of their products, the Avidian Company IS your family. If you can’t trust your family then whom can you trust?

How to order the Prophet Sales marketing software.

The Prophet sales marketing software programs can be ordered online or by phone. Go toAvidian.com. The order form is simple and easy to use. Just click on the version you wish to buy, ad it to your shopping cart and check out. Remember to check out some of the Avidian professional services available for order while you are there as well. When you purchase the Prophet sales marketing software program and you’ll be on your way to a better business.

About Avidian Technologies:

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and sales CRM software built in Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.avidian.com or call 1-800-860-5534.

No matter if the company is small and home-based or if it is a large corporation acquiring lead management software is very important. Lead management software can aid your staff, whether large or small, in building relationships with customers and nurturing those relationships as you go through the sales processes. Using lead management software gives you a way to organize your leads and your contacts and can improve the quality of your leads and the quantity, and thus the lead management software will lead to greater company profit. Many companies have been led astray by thinking that more leads is better; however it is the quality of the leads which will lead to sales and lead management software can help you increase the quality of your sales leads.

There are many benefits to incorporating lead management software into your business or company. Lead management software can help you maximize your sales efforts, organize your sales leads, increase your amount of sales, and help you build for the future. Lead management software can help you maximize your sales efforts by allowing you to keep all your leads in a safe location, which can be accessible to all of your sales team. By using lead management software to help you organize your leads you will be able to have your sales team provide the proper support to those leads. Since you will have the customers’ information organized by your lead management software you will be able to create good customer relationships, which will lead to customer loyalty. When you organize with lead management software you will also be able to qualify the leads that you have which will help you better handle leads in the appropriate manner.

Lead management software can also help you increase your sales within your company. As you organize your leads with your lead management software you will be able to keep your sales process streamlined and effective. Lead management software helps you create one database, which is accessible by many so all of your sales team can be familiar with the leads you have. As you use the lead management software to keep track of leads and contacts’ information you can have your sales teams follow up on leads and have them work on establishing good customer relationships. Using the lead management software to keep contact with current clients will be helpful as you build customer loyalty, which will encourage customers to return to you and refer your company to their acquaintances.

As you look toward building towards the future you will find that lead management software can help you reach those goals. You can find lead management software that you can customize according to your needs and most lead management software systems can be upgraded if you need more from your system. As your company grows it is possible for your lead management software to grow with you. As you use your lead management software you will find your company has a greater amount of sales, which will help your company grow. Lead management software will aid in building a better company and in helping your company grow in future years.

When are choosing lead management software there are a few things you should be prepared to look for in quality lead management software. You should be sure when choosing lead management software that your choice is going to be cost effective. As you use your lead management software you should be able to reduce the amount of money you have to spend on printing and postage. Also, make sure that you only buy what you need when choosing your lead management software. You should also make sure when choosing lead management software that it is easy to use and to install. You should be able to navigate easily throughout the many features that are offered in your lead management software. You should also be able to import your existing data into your lead management software. Also be sure that your lead management software offers tech support. As you use your lead management software you may have questions or problems so having adequate tech support for the lead management software is important.

One company that offers great lead management software is Avidian. Avidian offers their Prohet software, which is Microsoft Outlook based software, which can be used in a variety of ways for your company. The lead management software they offer is cost effective, easy to use, and can help your company to become more productive. The Avidian Company is dedicated to excellence and cares about the integrity of their products. When you purchase a lead management software package from Avidian you can rest assured that you are buying a great product and can feel comfortable knowing that you have a 30-day money back guarantee.

Lead management software is important for today’s companies as they strive to be more productive. The technology afforded by lead management software can change the way your company works in a positive way. As you begin to use lead management software you will be amazed at how your sales efforts are maximized. Lead management software will also improve both the quality and quantity of your leads and lead to more sales for your company. If you are looking to improve the profit of your company and you want to build a solid base for the future than finding quality lead management software is an important move to consider. Make sure that your lead management software is cost effective and easy to use. Spending a little money on lead management software will lead to great savings in the future. Using lead management software can lead your company to a successful and profitable future.

About Avidian Technologies:

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and sales CRM software built in Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.avidian.com or call 1-800-860-5534.

What is Customer Relationship Management Software?

The development of Customer Relationship Management Software has provided a major boost for businesses that are seeking to increase sales of products and services. With Customer Relationship Management Software busy sales managers can quickly improve the productivity of any size sales force. The problem is that many companies can’t afford the cost of a full Customer Relationship Management Software system. However, the fact is that for most businesses an entire customer relations software system is not necessary. There are just too many aspects to a comprehensive system of customer service management software that most companies would never use.

contact management is the most important feature of Customer Relationship Management Software.

The most important aspect of any Customer Relationship Management Software is the contact management feature. With Customer Relationship Management Software that contains good contact management features sales opportunities can be tracked and monitored constantly. This function of Customer Relationship Management Software means that there are no lost opportunities through neglect. This type of Customer Relationship Management Software is tailored to make sure that all members of a sales team stay on the same page. The best Customer Relationship Management Software on the market accomplishes these important goals.

Avidian offers the best Customer Relationship Management Software.

A company called Avidian offers this system of Customer Relationship Management Software. You can take a look at this Customer Relationship Management Software by going to http://avidian.com/. The system is called Prophet 3.0 and for most businesses it is exactly the type of Customer Relationship Management Software that is needed. With this system of Customer Relationship Management Software customers’ accounts can be easily organized and the information is instantly accessible. Everyone on the sales team can use the Customer Relationship Management Software to help keep up with what needs to be done to close a sale.

There are many wonderful features of the Prophet 3.0 system.

The Prophet 3.0 system of Customer Relationship Management Software has a number of great features. All of the information on each contact is available instantly with this top quality Customer Relationship Management Software. A sales manager can see all of the contact information and this Customer Relationship Management Software even provides immediate access to all supporting documents such as contracts and correspondence. The appointment schedules are also available so no appointments will be missed with this Customer Relationship Management Software. The Prophet Customer Relationship Management Software also allows new appointments to be easily scheduled.

Tasking is made easier with the Prophet Customer Relationship Management Software.

Follow-up is also easy with this unique Customer Relationship Management Software. The Prophet Customer Relationship Management Software system can be set to send automated e-mails to follow-up with contacts. Members of the sales team can also use the Customer Relationship Management Software to make sure that every task related to an opportunity is scheduled and completed. This part of the Customer Relationship Management Software helps insure that more sales will be closed than ever before. Another feature of the Prophet 3.0 Customer Relationship Management Software allows the sales manager to instantly keep track of the sales revenue generated.

Reporting tasks are simplified with Prophet 3.0.

The Prophet 3.0 Customer Relationship Management Software system makes reporting easier than ever. This versatile Customer Relationship Management Software keeps a daily report of the status of all opportunities. In addition there are 30 built-in reports in the Customer Relationship Management Software that can be immediately generated so everyone in the company knows exactly what’s going on. If customized reports are needed they are easy to do with the Prophet Customer Relationship Management Software. This feature provides as much flexibility as any Customer Relationship Management Software on the market.

Prophet 3.0 is an award-winning product.

If sales are the key to your business you’ll want to investigate this top rated Customer Relationship Management Software by Avidian. The Prophet 3.0 customer relationship software has received a four star rating from the prestigious PC World Magazine. Avidian has become a highly respected company in the field and its Customer Relationship Management Software has been named the Best Outlook-Based CRM solution. It can prove to be your company’s solution too, because good Customer Relationship Management Software can take your company to the next level.

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Even as the economy takes a tumble, the popularity of online games is on the rise. Online game properties continue to see positive growth as Americans turn to ad-supported games as a form of affordable escapism.

Nearly 86-million Americans visited online game sites in December 2008, a 27 percent increase over the previous year, reports comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world. While these numbers are astonishing on their own, comScore also reports that the total time spent playing online games increased by 42 percent.

This means more people are playing online games and they’re playing for much longer periods of time. In fact, a survey conducted by Slingo Inc., a thought-leader in the casual games industry, reveals that nearly half of all visitors to the Slingo.com portal play casual games seven days per week.

What does this mean for advertisers? In spite of the recession, online game sites are among the stickiest entertainment sites on the Web. By tapping into this highly engaged audience, advertisers can connect with consumers more easily than in other advertising platforms where the message is often tuned out.

Affordable, Escapist Fun

So why are online games more appealing than ever during an economic downturn? In part, it’s because many people enjoy online games as an escape from the pressures they may experience at work or in the home.

“By concentrating and focusing on the game, a person can take a ‘mental vacation’ from whatever it is at the moment that is causing stress in his or her life,” says Dr. Carl Arinoldo, a stress and relaxation psychologist, in an interview with the Long Island Exchange. “And, given the engrossing quality of these games, the concentration and focusing are quite easy to accomplish and stick with!” Despite the influx of bad economic news, online games continue to serve as digital stress busters.

In addition, as people feel the financial crunch and being to tighten their purse strings, the entertainment budget is among the first things to go. “Not only have consumers turned to outlets such as gaming to take their minds off the economy, but as they curtail their discretionary gaming-related purchases they are turning to free alternatives,” said Edward Hunter, comScore director of gaming solutions, regarding the usage of free online game sites. Since most ad-supported online games are free to play, people can have guilt-free fun in the comfort of their own homes.

Economic Bright-Spot

While the economic picture for most industries is grim leading into 2009, the outlook is bright for the online gaming industry which continues to benefit from growth in its display advertising business model. More than 8.6-billion display ads were placed on online game portals in November 2008, reports comScore, for a 29 percent increase over the previous year. Combined with the surge in the number of people visiting online gaming sites and the increased time spent playing online games, this has resulted in a 30 percent increase in the number of unique display ad exposures.

While the average person’s frequency of exposure to display ads remained constant, the number of display ads per page view dropped by 17 percent versus the previous year. This means that visitors to online game sites were exposed to approximately the same number of ads as before, but there was less ad clutter so each message had greater impact.

Additionally, the model of combining video ad content with casual game content promises to leverage the true value of casual games: user engagement. People are more willing to watch video ads that run before a game starts or between game levels, as opposed to video ads that appear in front of other video content. With online games, the payoff is big enough that viewers are willing to wait and, more importantly, to watch. In fact, according to leading online video advertising network SpotXchange, in February 2008, over 90% of the InGame video advertisements they served were watched in full. This level of engagement means the effectiveness of the video ad goes through the roof.

As greater numbers of people flock to their favorite ad-supported online games for budget-friendly entertainment, more advertisers are seeking the opportunity to reach this highly engaged audience. The increased revenue from display and video ads enables the online game portals to reduce ad clutter, providing a better visitor experience and offering advertisers a greater ROI. In the end, it’s a win-win-win situation for the advertisers, the game players, and the online game portals.

About Slingo

This article is provided by Slingo.com, a leading online destination for people who love to play games, win prizes and have fun. In fact, 1 out of every 20 people in the U.S. has played Slingo online. The Slingo website offers free, original online games, downloadable games, and contests with cash prizes, as well as a social-networking community for game players. For more information, please visit http://www.slingo.com/.

By: R.L. Fielding

Online games offer an equal opportunity for women of all ages to get in on the fun – and advertisers are taking notice. In fact, a study by game industry research firm DFC Intelligence reveals that advertisers spent close to $150-million to buy space on casual game sites or in the games themselves in 2006, up from $74-million in 2002.

What’s behind this shift? Advertisers recognize that the audience for casual online games is expanding to encompass all genders and all ages. Research shows that these players spend more time online and consume less traditional media. Companies that ignore this space miss out on a critical opportunity to reach their target audiences while they’re at their most engaged.

Online Games Attract Women of All Ages

Casual online game sites continue to attract an ever-growing audience of female players who can’t get enough mind-bending puzzle and strategy games. While the total female online gaming audience in August 2008 grew 27 percent versus last year to nearly 43 million visitors, the number of female gamers in the 12-24 and 55-64 age segments grew at a substantially faster rate, reports comScore in its 2008 study of online gaming audiences.

This presents a significant opportunity for advertisers, who have primarily looked to the electronic game industry as an arena to reach young males. The increased interest in online gaming among teenage girls and adult women is encouraging marketers to move more of their ad budgets into the free online gaming space. And it’s not just retail brands that are making the move. Many pharmaceutical advertisers now use online game portals as a platform for reaching female consumers.

What’s more, the online games industry is encouraging the trend by developing gaming content, portals and websites that are geared toward the interests of a female audience. This strategy ensures that the popularity of casual online games among women of all ages will continue to skyrocket in the coming years.

A Passion for Casual Online Games

Not only are millions of women playing casual online games, these women are dedicated players. Adult women are almost twice as likely as men to spend 20 hours per week playing PC games, reports the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). In fact, a survey conducted by Slingo, a digital interactive entertainment company and thought-leader in the casual games industry, reveals that nearly half of all visitors to the Slingo.com portal play casual games seven days per week. The majority of respondents admitted to playing several different games in one sitting (71.6%) and to playing a particular game more than five times in a row (61.1%).

What does this mean for advertisers? Casual online game sites are among the stickiest entertainment sites on the Web. By tapping into this highly engaged audience, advertisers can connect with consumers more easily than in other advertising platforms where the message is often tuned out.

There are also a variety of innovative ad formats available in the online games space. In addition to rich-media and conventional banner ads, some casual online game sites offer in-game advertising, contest sponsorships, or branded “advergames”. These formats further enhance advertiser brand engagement, providing a tangible return-on-investment for advertisers in comparison with traditional media buys.

The take away: A quickly growing, diverse female audience is turning to casual online game sites to connect with like minded people, make new friends and have fun. Advertisers and media planners stand to win big by purchasing space in these online game destinations.

About Slingo

This article is provided by Slingo.com, a leading online destination for people who enjoy playing games, winning prizes and having fun. In fact, 1 out of every 20 people in the U.S. has played Slingo online. The Slingo website offers free, original online games, downloadable games, and contests with cash prizes, as well as a social-networking community for game players. For more information, please visit http://www.slingo.com/.

Online games are one of the best means of entertainment for people. This system of gaming has made it possible for people to play fun games with their friends even if they are staying at distant places from each other. There are also free online games that inevitably bring entertainment to players who need not have to pay for playing the games.

The online games have improved with the introduction of new technology. Now, it is possible to find flash games, board games, arcade games, sports games, action games, web games kids games and lot more other categories. These intenet games enable people to switch to exclusive categories and play the games of their choice.

Every gaming website is updated from time to time so that users find new games and new features every-time they visit the sites. Users can play the games for long time without having to pay any extra charge for accessing the games. Moreover, the games can be accessed from any place of the world by simply accessing internet connection. The user-friendliness of the system also draws players to accessing these games. They have an easy interface and so gamers do not face any difficulty while playing the games. Its user-friendly interface enables even first timers to play online games with ease.

The online flash games really fascinate players as every step is highlighted with lighting, special sound effects and exclusive shots. Thus playing games online has become very fruitful with gamers finding it a good option to spend quality time with their friends. It entertains people and help make bonds strong among friends. People do not feel separated as friends staying at distant places can enjoy playing the online games together.

Gaming online is fruitful and gamers remain gratified with the services offered by the system. Playing these games brings contentment among gamers who now want to spend their free time playing exciting games on the internet. Moreover, the gamers are not burdened with the expenses as they simply do not have to play anything for playing such games.

Game is a form of entertainment. Like the other types of entertainment, with changing of time and innovation of advanced technology, the way of playing games has been changed. If we look back to the history of gaming then we will see that the world of gaming had started with some simple type of games like board games, card games and outdoor games. But now, in this 21st century, with the innovation of digital technology game-lovers got a new form of gaming, named video game. With the commencement of Internet, the world of gaming found a new medium and there was the introduction of Online games.

As in this fast-paced world, Internet is an essential element of modern people and the reach of Internet now becomes very high all over the world, gaming companies are choosing the media for reaching game lovers and provide them an out-of-the-box experiences of gaming. There are numerous types of online games available, these include chess, cricket, word games, strategy games and fun games. Playing games online is so simple that even a layman can play these and have an ultimate enjoyment of gaming.

Online gaming companies offer several types of games to the game lovers. As the Internet technology is developing day-by-day and the web browser becomes more sophisticated, online gaming portals are using a Web browser as a client. Now a simple single-player game is being made in a Web browser using HTML and HTML scripting technologies. Among them the mostly used languages are ASP, My SQL, JavaScript and PHP. On the other hand, the multi-payer games are made with the Macromedia Flash and other 2D and 3D animation software. But it has been noticed that the flash based games are standing on the top position in terms of choice of gamers all over the world. The basic reason behind that is playing the online flash games is easiest and comfortable.

Online games are one of the most amazing way to relieve the tired mind from the daily hectic schedule. These games are so exciting and trilling that gamers are totally involved in these games within few minutes. Here it should be mentioned that the Online games not only entertain gamers but also enhance their motor skills. These also help to have a break from the daily monotonous routine. As now almost all the online games are coming with highly attractive graphics and animation, the gamers get an exceptional experience while playing these games. These type of games come with some incredible features and provide players a user-friendly environment. That’s why all ages of people do enjoy playing Online games. Another reason behind their huge popularity is the opportunity of interacting socially and exchanging players own ideas.

Games can really tune in one’s nerves. The reason is simple. The video games are designed in a way that when played they activate the brain cells. The players have to overcome a lot of odds and difficulties to win a game. It puts a lot of pressure on gamers and forces their strained brain cells to become active. This relieves the gamers from anxieties and frustrations. The excitement of playing video games becomes more visible with the online games.

Playing games online is very exciting provided one has access to sites that have the best games. So, searching for best gaming portal is what really makes a difference in the lives of people. Entertainment is exalted and people are more attracted to playing these online games. It is true that gaming is fun-filled and users can make the best out of these gaming sites. Searching on such sites also becomes easy with the WAP browsers and search engines coming to one’s aid. The gamers find it very exciting to play games such as action, shooting, racing, arcade, puzzle, sports, role, misc and bikes. These games really add mystery and excitement in gamers who play the games.

With the introduction of the online games, it has become possible for people to avoid walking into the local video game stores. It saves a lot of time and effort for people. With the internet, one can easily place orders for one’s choices. The best of the games can be downloaded from the internet sites. Some of these sites offer games free of cost and even if a site charges for a game it is always the original price. There are no extra charges for here the person can buy the game directly from the company.

These online games can be played on any gadget provided there is an internet connection. Thus personal computer or gaming consoles can be bought to use to play these games. These gadgets just need to be connected to internet and there is no doubt that playing games online would prove to be more fruitful than ever. Moreover, with the development of games, online flash games have come into picture. These games make it possible for users to play the most exciting of games where every action is displayed in flashes of lights and sound. These thrilling games too are available free of cost in most of the internet gaming sites.

Multiple players can also get involved in playing online games. It makes gaming further exciting as users can now remain enticed with the various gaming options available to them. Now friends can play exciting games by coming online. So, even if people do not get the time to meet each other, even then they can socialise by playing these exciting games. Thus it helps to maintain bonds remain strong. People can play these games even while they are away at distant places of the world with the internet coming to their aid.

The internet too has a list of games that can range from the latest, to the most popular and the featured games. The users then have to just choose from the various options and download the game that fascinates them the most. These games can then be played with ease anytime the gamer wishes to. Playing games is very interesting and relieves people from tensions and worries of life. The user starts living life with a new zeal.

A century ago, the term ‘games’ would have referred to either field sports or games like Chess. With the advent of technology and more recently, the Internet, the term has taken a new meaning. Online gaming has gained massive popularity over the last few years. People no longer play games in the comfort of their homes but also in cyber cafes and, as techies will vouch for it, in offices!

Online gaming offers a lot of flexibility to gamers – flexibility to decide where to play, when to play, what to play, with whom to play. With this kind of gaming, gamers do not need to install games on their computers or game consoles anymore. Furthermore, most of the online games are available for free. Online gaming is becoming increasingly popular as it sets a stage for social networking. Multi-players games make gaming competitive, hence more interesting. The latest trend in online gaming is community gaming. This April, Cafe website opened a social gaming service.

In August last year, Park Associates, a market research and consulting firm, published a report from its research on online gamers in the US. Based on its findings, the firm categorized gamers into six segments, namely, occasional gamers, incidental gamers, leisure gamers, dormant gamers, social gamers and power gamers. The report also declared that online gaming will become a 4-billion dollar industry by 2010 in the US alone.

The interactive world of the Internet was revolutionized by Flash and Java, making online gaming a lucrative and rewarding activity for netizens. The standalone computer games and video game parlors though still hold their ground, it is online gaming that is gradually cementing its roots in the ground.

Most of the online game portals generate their revenue from advertisements. Is it easy to host games online? Have you noticed the video game consoles lined up outside restaurants or in shopping malls? Have you even been to a game parlor? The coin-operated machines there are the original arcade game units. With the advent of the Internet, they took shape into online games, now easily facilitated by Flash, making it easier for websites to host such games.

Recently, big-shots like EA Sports have entered the online gaming market. Social networking websites are adding games to their features to attract gamers. Last year, in a report by the market research company, NPD Group revealed that sixty-two percent of all gamers play games online. In a recent report, it revealed that forty-two percent of the US population plays games online.

According to a February 2008 report by MMOGCHART, World of Warcraft, an online game devised by Blizzard has continued to dominate the subscriptions in the online-games’ market, with 62.3 percent of the subscriptions market share, with RuneScape following next with 6.9 percent.

Currently, with one-fourth of online gamers in the age group of 2-12, it is evident that this segment of gamers will demand more advanced and innovative games in the years to come, promising a tremendous rise in the online gaming market.

With the coming of internet, many things have changed. People are spending more time at home because of internet, and they can easily shop online, pay bills online, interact with people and can also play online. Online gaming industry is increasing at a very fast pace with many websites and online gaming portals providing free game downloads and games room for playing games.

This is one industry which is purely based on the consumer demand and companies have now learned to monetize from this recent craze. Earlier, online gaming industry was restricted to game reviews but now people can try their hand on various games themselves. Online game enables people to interact with people online in real time which makes it somewhat near to real gaming. There are games available online like online casinos, backgammon, blackjack, bingo and the list goes on.

But playing online games can be little risky for people if proper care is not taken especially in case of multiplayer games. Multiplayer online games range from simple card games, chess to adventure games which may involve many players. Players are required to communicate while playing the games, so for this purpose; text chat and voice chat are used.

Sometime, while interacting with the anonymous players, you might give away personal information like email and passwords. Everybody wants to win and for that matter, they can take help of cheat programs. By downloading cheat programs, you are exposing your computers to various unattended viruses and spam which can damage the machine. Many times, players alter the features of these cheat games to win the game which might cause some harm to the computer. There is also a facility of buying online gaming characters with real money. As real money is involved, you are exposed to real thieve also who can easily cheat you.

To save you from above mentioned risk of online gaming, you need to devise some tips which can help you out of such mess. Like while creating online gaming characters you re supposed to create a personal profile, do not give personal details in such profiles. Make a username which doesn’t reveal your identity to any one. Passwords can be easily hacked, so making a strong password is very important while playing online games.

While interacting with players online, do not reveal personal information which might me used against you. Updating the game software regularly will help you by providing the highest level of security settings. Many multiplayer games have the feature of automatic updates in which the game files get updated on its own without you connecting to play. Do not download any unauthorized gaming software and program files which can damage your computer. There is buying and purchasing of ‘property’ done in the computer games like we do in the real world. In such cases, look out for scams and fraudsters who are waiting for people like you.

Playing online games can be very rewarding, adventurous and interesting but only if few precautions are taken so that you don’t fall prey to the online fraudsters.