Introduction to Databases

Introduction to Databases-(Application Paper)

Databases are everywhere nowadays and have a lot of uses in the business environment from looking up previous data that was stored under a certain individuals name or number and that helps retrieve all data needed without reentering it into the system it saves it and also a lot of time is saved for future purposes.

Also in business databases are used for soliciting sales either through telemarketing. Or direct mail pieces by having addresses, phone numbers and names businesses can go towards the large number of prospects in hopes of selling their products or services.

Databases come more handy now also for people with smartphone when they are out and about or even in general when they are at home and can’t find a phonebook its easier and quicker to look up a phone number through a database versus a phonebook and you will also retrieve more information about that place if need like a restaurant you can also view there menu at the same time so there are a lot of benefits that go along with having databases and resources out there to complete these tasks.

“Not all databases are the same. Each database has a different purpose and different features to help maintain, access, and secure the data for a business. One business may require a database or many databases for the different workloads and data. Some of the different kinds of database applications in the business environment are Microsoft access or excel, the main common goal of these databases is to provide the business environment with sharing tools for both the business and the partners. The use of technology in a business is becoming a very big part of keeping track of the data about the employees, the partners, the consumers, and the business itself. Today there are databases available for helping a business manage all the data in the business environment. Each business is different. However, in the business environment organization with the data is very important no matter what the business is. The bigger, the business is the more data there will be. A database is just a way to organize the collection of data. A good database that may be seen in most businesses is a relational database. A relational database is set up to group similar data together and is in the form of spreadsheet. Data in a relational database is broken down into different charts