Every day companies are trying to figure out ways to make their jobs easier and more efficient, for all. In today's society, technology is growing every day so these desires could be made possible for businesses. The hardware and software that has been developed has allowed businesses to establish more adequate, convenient workload. One of the most recent products that has been designed for solving these issues are TABLETS. I think that tablets are a genius device to add to any work place. These versatile products are fairly small in size and weight, especially Apple's new iPad mini, and are easily accessible at any time. Businesses utilizing tablets with overloaded workers do not have to stress about finishing a project/assignment during his or her work day. They can work on their tasks just about anywhere they desire- at home, in the car, while traveling, etc. They also have an incredible amount of storage, so running out of space is usually not an issue. Tablets capture data with the touch of a finger or pen, which significantly improves worker productivity every day. MAGNETIC DISKS are devices that provide quick, easy access to stored information. They are direct access storage devices that enable fast data retrieval and are used by companies that need to respond quickly to customer requests. These are extremely crucial in businesses who need instant information. For example, when booking a flight, customers need to view the seat availability in the click of a button. Or when a manager needs to review a customers credit history. Fast, direct access to information is critical for many companies, which is why having magnetic disks is very important. Another device that provides fast, easy feedback is a LASER PRINTER. Some normal, inkjet printers, can take up to five minutes to print just one page. Businesses need to work in a speedy manner to ensure they have time to work with every customer and not have any hold ups to prevent that. This is why utilizing laser printers in high volume businesses is extremely beneficial. They provide instant, efficient printings/copyings, which is very helpful at the end of the day for everyone. Another essential enhancement to companies is utilizing DATABASE APPLICATIONS, such as Microsoft Access, IBM Lotus Approach, Borland dBASE, and Sun Base. These applications are ideal for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data. They are very useful when companies need to manipulate a large amount of data and produce reports and documents. This is very helpful for employees in an environment such as a doctors office. I know in my dads office they just recently converted over to an online database application (I forget which one) and it has been very beneficial to everyone. Patient information can be easily stored and readily accessible at any time. Things such as contact information and medical history is stored not only on paper, but also on the computer. There's no time wasted fiddling through files, everything is found in the click of a button on the computer. Another software that could extend the use of information systems into the mobile regime of work is SPREADSHEET ANALYSIS. This is very important in businesses for things such as managing money. It can prepare budgets, forecast profits, analyze insurance programs, suarizr income tax data, and analyze investments. Optimization is also another powerful feature of many spreadsheet programs. This allows the spreadsheet to maximize and/or minimize a quantity subject to certain constraints. For example if a business, such as a deli may not be gaining enough profit and want to figure out ways to maximize their profits. This spreadsheet will provide information on all of their costs and will display things to cut down on to increase net income. The deli could do things such as not buying as much cold cuts because many are put to waste once the day is over or perhaps even fire some employees. Another software that has become widely popular is GRAPHICS PROGRAMS. With these programs, it is easy to develop appealing graphs, illustrations, and drawings. Businesses can establish attractive brochures, announcements, and full-color presentations. This is very useful to companies because they can advertise and provide information to viewers to get them into their stores/offices. It can also allow giving a presentation to become more entertaining and enhance it a great amount as most presentation graphics come with many pieces of clip art, success as drawings and photos of people meeting, medical equipment, telecommunications equipment, entertainment, and much more. All of these hardwares and softwares (plus many more!) have greatly improved productivity and significantly advanced the amount of time put into every task in workplaces. These features have extended the use of information systems into the mobile regime of work and have made everything much easier than it previously had been!