Bangalore: What is the common four letter word that puts smile on every single face? Of course- Free. Not only for commoners, but IT pros and enterprises love the word free.  So will enterprises say ‘NO’ to tools that are provided for free? Well who would pay for software and apps when there is a relentless flow of free tools by good willed app developers throughout the internet. So with that here’s a compilation of 10 freewares that enterprises and IT pros love.

#1. Start8:

After Microsoft’s ground breaking announcement of Windows 8, followed by the Consumer Preview in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, utility app provider Stardock announced that are thinking of launching an app that provides Windows 8 users with the missing Start button and menu. It took only a week for Stardock to keep their word as they developed and launched their utility fix Start8.

In a blog post Start8 wrote “The lack of a start button and start menu in Windows 8 has made using Microsoft’s new OS a non-starter for me and a lot of other people. I like Metro, I really do - for tablets. But as a desktop user, I need a consistent work flow that lets me have my windows together on my desktop and I don’t want to be jerked out of that environment every time I want to start some new program.”