IT190M2: Analyzing Software Applications for Global Business Expansion

This report provides a comprehensive overview of various software applications utilized in a global retail company, addressing their functions, usage, and contributions to facilitating business in a global economy. It covers Software as a Service (SaaS), detailing its benefits over traditional software, and explores productivity software, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and note-taking. The report also examines Personal Information Management (PIM) software and elucidates how services like PayPal and Google Translate empower smaller companies to participate effectively in the global marketplace by enabling seamless transactions and language translation. This student-contributed report is available on Desklib, offering valuable insights and solved assignments for students.

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Table of Contents
Question 1...................................................................................................................................................2
Question 2...................................................................................................................................................2
Question 3...................................................................................................................................................2
Question 4...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 5...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 6...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 7...................................................................................................................................................4
Question 8...................................................................................................................................................4
Question 9...................................................................................................................................................4
Question 10.................................................................................................................................................5
Question 11.................................................................................................................................................5
Question 12.................................................................................................................................................5
Answer 13....................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

Question 1
What each piece of software does?
Answer 1
Software is an arrangement of programs of particular business activities which is utilized to
build up the arrangements. It empowers the three key drivers; time, straightforwardness and
labor. There are sorts of various kinds of programming in particular such as human asset data,
inventory administration, programming to account and reservation (MacWhinney, 2014).
Question 2
How it is used
Answer 2
The main role of the human resource management is to handle the relevant roles such as
keeping a record of the employees, training, payroll system and recruitment. Similarly in case
of inventory management system it is used to manage the inventory level of the organization.
Question 3
How using the software helps facilitate doing business in a global economy.
Answer 3
Software is the key mechanism which enables the users to record the transaction on daily
basis and in an accurate manner. The businesses become manageable and the reports are
generated with accurate particulars which is easy for the shareholders and the investors to
understand. The data is integrated properly.

Question 4
What is (SaaS) Software as a Service?
Answer 4
The method of delivering the applications over internet is done by the Saas model. Under the
scenario of SaaS the software is not required to be downloaded and the applications are
installed and maintained over the software (Dillon & Vossen, 2015).
Question 5
What are the benefits of SaaS over traditional software?
Answer 5
The traditional software though is useful yet when compared to the SaaS has certain
advantages which are as follows.
The cost to install is low.
It is less time consuming.
Accessibility is easy and understandable.
Easy customization is possible.
Provides security of the data over cloud computing.
Question 6
What is productivity software?
Answer 6

The productivity software is an application in which the information is presented in the form
of the documents, worksheets, presentation, and databases. For better quality the visuals can
also be used along with the music (Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016).
Question 7
Word processing
Answer 7
Word processing is an operation by which any kind of the information whether written verbal
or recoded information is converted into printed form. It is mainly used to create the
documents.
Question 8
Spreadsheet
Answer 8
A spreadsheet is software which allows the users to save the important data and later on the
data is organized and managed accordingly. The data is store dint he form of the tables whih
looks alike to the paper based sheets.
Question 9
Presentation
Answer 9
A presentation is a deck of communication which is sued to address the audience. It is majorly
a demonstration of the topic through the use of the visuals and templates.

Question 10
Database
Answer 10
A database is a pool of the information that is managed to give the access to the users. Data is
organized into the rows and columns and the same is indexed so it becomes easy for the users
to get the access of the relevant information (Groom, Bruno, Lightfoot & Ward, 2016).
Question 11
Note-taking
Answer 11
Note taking is a practice which can be used to record the piece of the information which is
captured from the different sources. This habit keeps the data safe and available.
Question 12
Answer 12
What is PIM (personal information management) software?
Personal information system is software which operates on offline method and relates to the
activities performed by the people in order to acquire maintain and retrieve the personal
information (Hashem, et al 2015).
Question 13
Explain how services such as PayPal and Google Translate can enable smaller companies’
participation in a global marketplace.

Answer 13
Google translate are the application which enable the users to get the access of the different
languages and can convert the information into native language. On the other hand the Paypal
application is used to transfer the amount just on the basis of the single click.

References
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Dillon, S., & Vossen, G. (2015). SaaS cloud computing in small and medium enterprises: A
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Technology, Communications and Convergence, 3(2), 87-104.
Almorsy, M., Grundy, J., & Müller, I. (2016). An analysis of the cloud computing security
problem. arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01107.
Hashem, I. A. T., Yaqoob, I., Anuar, N. B., Mokhtar, S., Gani, A., & Khan, S. U. (2015). The
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