A profile of the software industry : emergence, ascendance, risks, and rewards /

Software plays a critical role in today's global informationeconomy. It runs the computers, networks, and devicesthat enable countless products and services. Softwarevaries in size from vast enterprise and communicationssystems like the enormous enterprise resource planningsystem from SAP to th...

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Main Author: Slaughter, Sandra A.
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Business Expert Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Software plays a critical role in today's global informationeconomy. It runs the computers, networks, and devicesthat enable countless products and services. Softwarevaries in size from vast enterprise and communicationssystems like the enormous enterprise resource planningsystem from SAP to the tiny app Angry Birds. This book offers a profile of the software industry and thecompanies in the industry. It describes the primary productsand services produced; reviews its history; explainshow the industry is structured; discusses its economics andcompetitive environment; and examines important tren.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 276 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781606496558
1606496557