Personal Productivity Software

Question: Briefly explain the difference between parallel computing, grid computing, and cloud computing. Answer: Productivity software is a category of application programs and this software solution provides help users to produce databases, graphs, documents, worksheets and presentations. Most commonly these software solutions are used for business use. There are various personal productivity software solutions are used such as word processors. Here we have three personal software solutions that are used for business purposes and these are listed as below: (Spencer, L, 2011) OpenOffice Google Apps for Business Microsoft Office These three listed solutions are so much popular among people who use documents, spreadsheets etc. at their work. Among these listed software solutions, I would select Microsoft Office, because it is very reliable, flexible and user-friendly. Microsoft Office is commonly known as MS-Office. The MS-Office suits has a variety of configurations that can be used from home use to student use. This software solution is good for every size of businesses. Every feature of this personal productivity software can be used by users easily for making documents, sheets and a professional business reports can be made easily with the help of this software. This personal productivity software consists of Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNote and Outlook. For using MS-Office, it is necessary to get its license which is not free. User of MS-Office should purchase this software solution. To use this software properly, appropriate configuration of this software is necessary. (Application Performance Manag ement, 2016) These are some reasons that enhance popularity of this software solution and it is considered to be better than other available personal productivity software packages. (WhatIs.com, 2016) References Spencer, L. (2011). 13 Office Productivity Software Suites for Freelancers and Others - Freelance Folder. Freelance Folder. Retrieved 11 July 2016, from https://freelancefolder.com/14-office-productivity-software-suites-for-freelancers-and-others/ WhatIs.com. (2016). What is productivity software? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016, from https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/productivity-software Application Performance Management. (2016). Productivity Software | Productivity Software Examples and List. Retrieved 11 July 2016, from https://www.applicationperformancemanagement.org/software/productivity-software/