Personal vs Workplace Software Acquisition and Use

Personal vs. Workplace Software Acquisition and Use
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Personal vs. Workplace Software Acquisition and Use
In the current era of technological advancements, several software has been adopted and used by organizations. In my organization which is an accounting firm, different categories of accounting software are used. These include spreadsheets, custom accounting software, commercial software as well as enterprise resource planning software (ERP). In these categories, the different software includes which include AccountMate, Red Wing, Traverse, NetSuite, Kashoo, Bill.com, Xero, Quickbooks, Wave, Sage, LessAccounting among others (Darroch, 2014). All these software are important in their own way. This is because they are used to manipulate accounting data and make it interpretable and therefore useful for understanding organizational performance, predicting the future of the organization and therefore aligning business operations.
LessAccounting is a software that is used in productivity. Since accounting has been proved to be cumbersome, the software helps handle common accounting practices such as tracking, invoicing, as well as client proposal. Kashoo is another useful software that is used for note-taking. The software records businesses data and helps manage them through the used of visual dashboards (Darroch, 2014). Oracle is a Microsoft software that is used in resource planning and therefore reduction of production cost.

The company also uses NetSuite which is a speciality software that helps organize the available resource in a manner that they boost productivity. A traverse is business software that enables the firm by providing important insights which help avoid risks and therefore improve output through effective accounting.
Different types of personal software such as Yendo, SAP, Intacct, CYMA, and others can be obtained from Microsoft store (Darroch, 2014). This software can be downloaded and installed from this site. Also, software developers can be used to design a personal software according to the needs of the user. Upon the purchase of software, each portion of the software should be identified. A code is issued to all the portions before being recorded in a document (Ingham, 2015). One copy of the document is issued to the owner of the software, and the other one is retained to the licensing company. This is different to the licensing of software of large business which calls for trademarks and patents. The software is then issued with some running standards which allow all users of the organization to use it.
Both PC software as well as mobile device apps have greatly contributed to the growth of my profession. This emanates from the fact that, this software has reduced the amount of work by providing simple solutions to complex accounting problems. The tools have been used to record, manipulate, present and predict different accounting aspects. As such, they allow projects to be executed with minimum effort and ensure accuracy. This leads to high productivity and hence increase the profit and the general performance of the organization.
References
Darroch, D. (2014). The Top 20 Accounting Software Products. Symmetry50. Retrieved 10 November 2018, from http://www.symmetry50.com/blog/2014/11/8/the-top-20-accounting-software-products.
Ingham, G. 7 Ways to License your Software. Java PDF Blog. Retrieved 10 November 2018, from https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2015/11/7-ways-license-software/