Application software is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform. This should be contrasted with ...

Software used to control the computer and develop and run applications. It includes programs such as operating systems, database managers, compilers, Web servers, router operating systems and control ...

A once-profitable market for a key piece of e-commerce software is cooling, forcing big software makers to rethink their strategies. In the past three years, BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle and Sun ...

If every protagonist in the service-based, cloud-centric, software-integrated connected world is to be believed, the age of monolithic software is dead. They now talk about the merits of ‘composable’ ...

Some software, such as word processors, spreadsheets and desktop publishers are called general purpose software because it is possible to carry out lots of different tasks using that application. Some ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.—All the hype around artificial intelligence should translate into massive growth over the next few years according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) that is ...