
Students' Guide to Business Computing
'in-house' expertise, otherwise they will not be in a position to make
effective use of the software. Even so, it is often worth seeking advice
from consultants, since the cost of such software is likely to be from
£20,000 to £100,000.
Fortunately, most software houses will allow prospective
customers to have the software for
a
period of evaluation. This allows
them to assess the software both in terms of suitability and in terms of
performance.
Applications software
The points mentioned in relation to standard packages again apply,
although the help facilities are often less developed. In fact,
sophisticate ...