You Are Being Consulted for Recommendation on Software for Sales

question 8

Essay

You are being consulted for recommendation on software for sales report management. There are two choices. Choice #1 is a product from an industry leader that costs more than $1,000 per license per year. The second choice is a free open-source software that is free to download and install. The free software is in a language that your programmers do not have expertise in. You may be able to convince management to hire the right programmer to install the free and open source software. Considering the importance of data security, what solution would you recommend, and why?

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Definitions:

Descent with Modification

A core principle of evolutionary biology indicating that species change over time, giving rise to new species, while sharing a common ancestor.

Darwin's Idea

Refers to the theory of evolution by natural selection, proposed by Charles Darwin, which describes how species evolve over time through changes in heritable traits.

Shared Similarities

Characteristics or traits that are common across different entities, indicating a degree of relatedness or evolutionary history.

Georges Cuvier

A French naturalist and zoologist known for establishing extinction as a fact and founding the field of comparative anatomy.