Uses of Computers in Business
The
Information Technology (IT) revolution that brought in the computers
has gone through a variety of different stages. The prominent introduction
being in 1960s when big companies had to store large amounts of data. As the
volume of data that was being churned out began to increase, computer and IT
companies such as Apple computers, Microsoft, HP and IBM began to spring up. Moving on to
the use of computers in business entities...
The
revolution of computers initially was used for complex data bases only. However
people realized the many uses of computers and the hardware and software, for
computers began to become, more user-friendly and aimed at providing comfort,
ease of operation and efficiency to the user. Two major breakthroughs in the
revolution of computers were the introduction of Windows and years later the
introduction of laptop computers.
Another revolutionary introduction was the Macbook,
a highly advanced next generation device, which of course greatly facilitated
businesses and working people in several ways. Apart from that, hardware such
as scanners, CD and floppy drives and printers have facilitated the operations of
offices.