Application program
A software solution expressly designed and built to handle an organization’s business information and perform core processing activities associated with a specific operational area or function. Unlike lower-level system software managing hardware/network resources or generic utility tools, a business application directly supports day-to-day workflows, transactions, data capture, analysis and reporting needs intrinsic to key business operations and objectives. It provides tailored mechanisms enabling users to input, access, manipulate, transfer and query relevant records, documents and data based on processing rules aligned to operational requirements. Business applications create, manage and transmit business information to facilitate processes that impact revenue, expense, productivity or other metrics vital to an enterprise’s success and viability, contrasting systemic infrastructure software or simple utilities.
