<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
enterprise	B-Application
application	I-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
EAS	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
to	O
satisfy	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
an	O
organization	O
rather	O
than	O
individual	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
(	O
computer-based	O
)	O
information	O
system	O
;	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
such	O
software	O
is	O
called	O
an	O
enterprise	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Services	O
provided	O
by	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
are	O
typically	O
business-oriented	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
enterprises	O
have	O
similar	O
departments	O
and	O
systems	O
in	O
common	O
,	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
often	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
customizable	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
computing	I-Application
is	O
the	O
information	O
technology	O
(	O
IT	O
)	O
tool	O
that	O
businesses	O
use	O
for	O
efficient	O
production	O
operations	O
and	O
back-office	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
IT	O
tools	O
cover	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
,	O
business	O
process	O
management	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
computer	O
programs	O
that	O
have	O
common	O
business	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
tools	O
for	O
modeling	O
how	O
the	O
entire	O
organization	O
works	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
building	O
applications	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
solve	O
an	O
enterprise-wide	O
problem	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
departmental	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise-level	O
software	O
aims	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
enterprise	O
's	O
productivity	O
and	O
efficiency	O
by	O
providing	O
business	B-Architecture
logic	I-Architecture
support	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Martin	O
Fowler	O
,	O
"	O
Enterprise	B-Application
applications	I-Application
are	O
about	O
the	O
display	O
,	O
manipulation	O
,	O
and	O
storage	O
of	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
often	O
complex	O
data	O
and	O
the	O
support	O
or	O
automation	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
with	O
that	O
data.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
single	O
,	O
widely	O
accepted	O
list	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
characteristics	O
,	O
they	O
generally	O
include	O
performance	O
,	O
scalability	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
robustness	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
typically	O
has	O
interfaces	O
to	O
other	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
to	O
directory	O
services	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
centrally	O
managed	O
(	O
a	O
single	O
admin	O
page	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
application	I-Application
software	I-Application
performs	O
business	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
order	O
processing	O
,	O
procurement	O
,	O
production	O
scheduling	O
,	O
customer	O
information	O
management	O
,	O
energy	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
accounting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	O
systems	O
(	O
ES	O
)	O
are	O
large-scale	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
packages	O
that	O
support	O
business	O
processes	O
,	O
information	O
flows	O
,	O
reporting	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
analytics	O
in	O
complex	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
ES	O
are	O
generally	O
packaged	O
enterprise	B-Application
application	I-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
PEAS	O
)	O
systems	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
bespoke	O
,	O
custom-developed	O
systems	O
created	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
specific	O
organization	O
's	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Although	O
data	O
warehousing	O
or	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
are	O
enterprise-wide	O
packaged	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
often	O
sold	O
by	O
ES	O
vendors	O
,	O
since	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
directly	O
support	O
execution	O
of	O
business	O
processes	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
often	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	O
systems	O
are	O
built	O
on	O
software	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SAP	O
's	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
and	O
Oracle	O
's	O
Fusion	B-Application
,	O
and	O
databases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
a	O
hardware	O
perspective	O
,	O
enterprise	O
systems	O
are	O
the	O
servers	O
,	O
storage	O
and	O
associated	O
software	O
that	O
large	O
businesses	O
use	O
as	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
their	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
can	O
be	O
categorized	O
by	O
business	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
type	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
application	I-Application
can	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
"	O
system	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
integration	O
with	O
a	O
firm	O
's	O
business	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Categories	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
may	O
overlap	O
due	O
to	O
this	O
systemic	O
interpretation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
IBM	O
's	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
platform	O
(	O
Cognos	O
)	O
,	O
integrates	O
with	O
a	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
platform	O
(	O
SPSS	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
obtain	O
records	O
from	O
its	O
database	O
packages	O
(	O
Infosphere	O
,	O
DB2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
