Software

The total software spend application development and deployment within the total External Software IT budget for the latest budget year. Application development and deployment software is used in the development of a software or programs in a planned and structured process.

The total software spend on application development software within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. Application Development software consists of software, tools, and development environments that are used by developers, business analysts, and other professionals to create, deploy, and manage Webbased and traditional applications. Examples include: business rules management, development languages, environment and tools, modeling and simulation tools, and software componenets.

The total software spend on application life cycle management within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. Application life cycle management is a framework to control and maintain the process of development of a software. The stages in a framework include the requirements definition, design, development, testing, deployment, release and maintenance spanning across the entire lifecycle of a product. Examples include: software change/ configuration/ process management software and automated testing & quality management software.

The total software spend on application infrastructure middleware within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. Application infrastructure middleware software act as a translation layer between different applications, software or programs and enables communication and management of data in distributed applications. Middleware software include: business-to-business middleware software, event-driven middleware software, and integration middleware software.

The total software spend on business process management within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. Business Process Management (BPM) software enables businesses to model, implement, execute, monitor and optimize business processes and IT systems against the business strategy by identifying, analyzing and improving bottlenecks, inefficiencies, costs, value chains and critical paths achieving consistent, targeted results. BPM software include: process modelling and design software and process simulation software.

The total software spend on database management system within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. The software is used to create, read, update and manage data in a database. It serves as the interface between the database and the end-user or other software accessing the database. Examples include: database development software and database management software.

The total software spend on managed file transfer within the apps development and deployment external budget for the latest budget year. Managed File Transfer software manages the secure transfer of files from one computer to another through a network. The file transfer can be from one organization to another or within an organization, across datacenters or systems.

The total software spend on software infrastructure within the external budget for the latest budget year. Software Infrastructure software helps an organization to perform basic tasks and support the business process and IT systems. The software does not perform tasks directly for the business but rather supports the underlying business process and IT systems

The total software spend on information management within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. Information Management software is used to collect, process and condense information to optimize information access and efficiency. Examples include: data management, data quality, data integration & acces software.

The total software spend on operating systems within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. Operating Systems software manages the computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs. Examples include: Windows, Mac osX, Linux, Unix, and Mainframe.

The total software spend on operations management within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. Operations Management software is used to manage the provisioning, capacity, performance and availability of the computing, networking and application environment. Examples include: IT service desk, job scheduling, output management systems, and network management.

The total software spend on security within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. The software is used to improve the security of computers, information systems, Internet communications, networks, and transactions. Security software include: identity & access management, information & threat management, and vulnerability management.

The total software spend on storage management within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. Storage Management software manages and assures the accessibility, availability, and performance of information stored on physical storage media. Examples include: data archiving, back-up & recovery, storage device management, storage infrastructure software, and storage replication software.

The total software spend on virtualization within the software infrastructure external budget for the latest budget year. Virtualization software is used to create a virtual version of computer hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices, or computer network resources. Examples include: virtual desktops, server management, and server infrastructure.

The total software spend on enterprise asset management within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Enterprise Applications software include consumer, commercial, industrial, technical programs and software designed to automate specific sets of business processes in an industry or business function.

The total software spend on content management and creation within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Content management and creation software is used for the collection, creation, managing, and publishing of information. Examples include: authoring & publishing software, content analytics, and discovery software.

The total software spend on engineering applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Engineering Applications software is used for the management of specific activities related to ideas generation and management, concept development and the handoff of a design to execution. Typical Engineering applications include CAD, CAM and BIM software’s.

The total software spend on enterprise asset management within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Enterprise Asset Management software is used for the management of asset and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations of an organization.

The total software spend on enterprise resource planning applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Enterprise Resource Planning Applications represent an integrated suite of software applications designed to provide an organization with management, oversight and control over a range of common and fundamental business processes. ERP Applications capture, store, process and interpret data to deliver an automated and optimized support to core business applications. Examples include: supply chain management applications, customer relationship management applications, manufacturing product life cycle management, and financial management.

The total software spend on customer relationships management (CRM) applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. CRM applications are used by businesses to organize, automate, and synchronize the range of customer interactions they undertake, with a view towards improving their customer relationship and experience. CRM systems include marketing, sales, customer service, and support.

The total software spend on distribution management within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Distribution management applications are used to plan and deploy resources across different locations of an enterprise, by collecting, organizing, displaying and analyzing distribution data and operations. Distribution management applications are often integrated with other software such as GIS, CRM for a wider view of distribution operations.

The total software spend on financial applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Financial Applications are used for the management of accounting and financial functions. Typical Financial Applications includes accounting, budgeting, planning, forecasting and Software and Corporate Performance Management (SCPM) solutions.

The total software spend on Human Capital Management Applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Human Capital Management Applications are used for the management of people. These applications support personnel administration, payroll, workforce planning, time and expense management, learning, recruitment and so on.

The total software spend on Manufacturing Product Life Cycle Management applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Manufacturing Product Life Cycle Management applications support the management of the entire lifecycle of a product, from inception through engineering, design and manufacturing to disposal. Functions supported include services operations management, material requirement planning, Bills of Material (BOM), manufacturing process planning and simulation, Manufacturing Execution (MES) and other back office functions of a manufacturing enterprise.

The total software spend on Project and Portfolio Management Applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Project and Portfolio Management applications are designed to support the intelligent and transparent management of projects, including objectives, initiation, assessment of risk, resource allocation, decision variables, product performance and so on.

The total software spend on Sourcing and Procurement software within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Sourcing and Procurement software helps enterprises to monitor and analyze their trade agreements, terms and conditions and ultimately their enterprise spending. Specific aspects of sourcing and procurement applications include eProcurement, supplier selection, supplier performance analysis, contract management, spending analysis and so on.

The total software spend on Supply Chain Management Applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Supply Chain Management Applications supports the execution of supply chain transactions, from inception to production to delivery. Functions supported include logistics, production planning, inventory management, forecasting and so on.

The total software spend on industry specific applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Industry Specific Applications software perform supports tasks or functions which are highly specific to the industry for which it is designed. The software typically is not used by a different industry. For example, a Core banking application will only be used by the banking industry.

The total software spend on office productivity applications and suites within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. The software is used to produce information, such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital paintings, electronic music and digital video.

The total software spend on performance management and analytic applications within the enterprise applications external budget for the latest budget year. Performance Management & Analytic Applications software is used to measure, analyze, and optimize performance management processes.