![]() Yet it takes a wide range of software to fill your inbox each morning. It's simple and free as consumers, something we seldom think much about. The 14 Core Categories of Business SoftwareĮmail apps are the original way to communicate digitally (Microsoft Outlook pictured)Įmail's the original way to communicate on computers, with a legacy stretching back over five decades. Here's a glossary to help-the terms you should be familiar with when talking about software with anyone. ![]() But what about CRM and ERPs, product and project management tools, eCommerce and ePos software? You know how to write your own notes and chat with your friends, but where would a team write notes and collaborate? You already know the core apps, the Alarm and Browser and Calendars of the app store. An alarm clock to wake you up, a fitness app to pace your workout, maps and transit and taxi apps to get you to work, news and music apps to hasten the trip-and that's before you start a day's work. Today you can hardly get through a day without using dozens of programs. They'd get along just fine without VisiCalc-or so it'd be easy to think. Businesses the world over crunched numbers and kept their finances accounted on ledger paper-and spreadsheet software was a $99.95 tool for a $1,298 computer that few knew how to use. ![]() Yet in 1979, that answer was more than self explanatory. "How did you ever do without it?" asked the original ad for VisiCalc, itself the original spreadsheet app. ![]()
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