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Staff  How to buy software  By Tim Dees PoliceOne Contributor
If the processor, memory, hard drive and graphics card are the
engine of a computer, software is the steering wheel,
accelerator, brakes and navigation system. The best computer in
the world is useless without instructions, and software provides
those instructions. There is software for almost every task
imaginable. Providing specific recommendations requires some
knowledge of the proposed use and the array of available
products. What follows are general considerations when
contemplating a software purchase:  You probably use computers
already, and the new software will have to run on those
computers or communicate with them in some way. Will information
from your existing systems or software “port” to the new
package? There is some standardization with data formats,