On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:43:10AM +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: >Enterprise application is any software application that is designed to >be used enterprise-wide. More accurately, it is a software that is using >a centralised database and operated from different offices, different >lans, wans, etc. These terms apply to large companies where there are >multiple networks, multiple offices and the same application and data >must be used and access from all locations or at least by a number of >people. > >An example would be the CRM systems and accounting system or an >integrated ordering + inventroy + billing + accounting system (ERP ?)
They are also written by companies who refuse to let the "enterprise" application talk to any other software you may write -- no interoperability -- unless you pay them umpteen thousand dollars for an upgrade module. If it's web-enabled, usually it's just an ActiveX control. IE-only. -- Satya. http://www.thesatya.com/ *** EVENT HORIZON * DO NOT CROSS *** EVENT HORIZON * DO NOT CROSS *** -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
