Computer software; computer software downloaded for utilizing bidirectional communication via ethernet and internet to monitor and/or configure programmable logic controls for administrative rationalizing mainly for financial functions; computer software for accounts reconciliation; monitoring and controlling communication between computers and automated machine systems; Database management; application and database integration; communicating with users of hand-held computers; accessing information directories that may be downloaded from the global computer network; computer system and application development, deployment and management; creating searchable databases of information and data; encryption; the safeguarding of digital files, including audio, video, text, binary, still images, graphics and multimedia files; assisting computers in deploying parallel applications and performing parallel computations; providing real-time, integrated business management intelligence by combining information from various databases and presenting; providing web-based access to applications and services through a web operating system or portal interface; Operating and user instructions stored in digital form for computers and computer software, in particular on floppy disks or CD-ROM