BY: Derrick McLeod BUSINESS Here is an example of business software: www.quickbooks.com Quickbooks GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA One of many examples for Graphics and or Multimedia software would have to be: http://corel.com Corel Graphics Suite HOME/PERSONAL/ EDUCATION An example of home, personal, and educational software would have to be the Adobe CS5 Suite: www.adobe.com/CreativeSuite COMMUNICATIONS A website used by many to communicate worldwide could be best represented by: http://www.facebook.com Facebook Application Software is available in a variety of forms... Packaged Software Microsoft Office is an example of Packaged Software ○ http://www.office.microsoft.com Custom Software A good example website where Custom Software can be developed could be the Custom Software Lab: ○ http://www.customsoftwarelab.com Or even MyStorage can be considered Custom Software. Web Application A good example of a web application happens to be.. ○ http://www.edu.glogster.com GLOGSTER :D Open Source Software A spiffy type of Open Source Software would have to be, in my opinion.. ○ www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome Shareware WinRar is a great example of Shareware Software: ○ www.rarlab.com/download.htm Freeware Freeware can be expressed in one way by Mozilla Firefox ○ www.mozilla.com Public-domain software The World Wide Web is a huge example of Public Domain Software. System Software System Software is pretty nifty software. It works kind of like a middle man control center for a computer. Operating Systems are great examples of this. Like the Microsoft Windows chain. ○ http://Windows.microsoft.com/ Utility Programs WinZIP…! ○ www.winzip.com/ The following are examples of Business Software.. WORD PROCESSING • A great program for the maximum word processing experience is Microsoft Word. • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/ SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE • A good example of software with spreadsheets for organizing, would have to be Microsoft Excel. • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/ DATABASE SOFTWARE • Some database software could be exemplified by: FileMaker • www.filemaker.com PRESENTATION • PowerPoint is some amazing software to create visual aids or presentations. • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/ NOTE TAKING • A very simple yet effective note taking application is..: TomBoy • http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/?pagewanted=all PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER (PIM) • www.essentialpim.com/ is a great place to go and get your personal information managed! BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES • www.nbxsoftware.com/ BUSINESS SOFTWARE SUITE • Netsuite is a great integrated web based business software suite..: • http://www.netsuite.com/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT • A great website to help you get started with project management software would be: • http://quickbase.intuit.com Quickbase ACCOUNTING • http://www.peachtree.com/ Easy to follow and very accurate accounting services, right at your fingertips . Peachtree DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT • http://www.knowledgetree.com/ KnowledgeTree is a great Example of a type of Document Management software. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING • Heres an example from Sun Microsystems, with the link leading to a page containing different types of software/applications for computing within an enterprise. • http://www.sun.com/software/index.jsp?cat=Enterprise%20Computing&tab=3 This may not be a high maintenance presentation, but it’s just to show all the amazing programs of so many different types that are out there at the tip of our grasp. It’s just incredible. I hope you enjoyed my presentation, and I hope your interested in the links that I have shared. Thanks, Derrick McLeod(: