IST 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Enterprise Resource Planning, Open-Source Software, Peoplesoft
25 Oct 2016
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Make up for lack of in-house knowledge: some people don"t have the knowledge needed to make databases. Free up internal resources: people don"t have to waste time coding and figuring systems out. System development is a non-core activity for the organization. A company that runs payroll applications for clients: paychex. A company that runs your applications at your site. This can be costly at times, and security is no longer in your hands: you pay for this security, lawsuits can be a possibility if there is information leaked. Enterprise-wide solutions: enterprise resource planning (erp) Workday was created by people who left peoplesoft. In-house developers (su has in-house people and outsourced positions) Help companies develop custom information systems for internal use. Develop, host, and run applications for customers. Provide software ranging from broad-based packages (i. e. general ledger) to niche packages (i. e. day care management) Software runs on all size computers, from microcomputers to large mainframes.
