Industry Data Model

Software

This industry includes software development, testing, maintenance and marketing with associated services such as training and consulting.

There is no industry more dynamic and ever-changing than the software industry.

From 1988 to 2010, more than 41,136 mergers and acquisitions have been announced with a total known value of US$1,451 billion. The greatest number and value of deals was in 2000 during the dot-com bubble with 6,757 transactions valued at $447 billion. In 2010, 1,628 deals were announced valued at $49 billion.

The world software market exceeded $265 billion in 2010.

The Software industry model set consists of Enterprise, Business Area, and Data Warehouse logical data models developed for companies developing or marketing system, programming and application software products.

The Software industry models provides a comprehensive data architecture to support the sales, marketing, support and financial reporting requirements of software industry companies.

ProductPurchasing
CustomerInventory
MarketingBusiness Metrics
ChannelCustomer Service
OrderHuman Resources
BBBTraining & Education
Accounting & Financial Reporting

The Software industry models can be integrated with other ADRM Software industry products to support additional requirements of the business such as Retail, High Tech Components, IT Services and Computers & Peripherals.