Enterprise Software

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What Does Enterprise Software Mean?

Enterprise software is an over-arching term for any software used in large organizations (whether business or government). It is considered to be an essential part of a computer-based information system, and it provides business-oriented tools such as online payment processing and automated billing systems.

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Enterprise software is also referred to as enterprise application software.

Techopedia Explains Enterprise Software

The main goal behind enterprise software is to improve enterprise productivity and efficiency through business logic support functionality.

Enterprise software performs business functions including order processing, accounting and customer relationship management.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.