Managing Information Systems Technologies Information System A system
- Slides: 5
Managing Information Systems & Technologies • Information System ØA system for acquiring, organizing, storing, manipulating, and transmitting information ØCan be a software system (or a manual one) • Technologies (information technology) used to build the I. S. ØHardware and software used to build the system © Copyright Mc. Graw-Hill. All rights reserved. 1
More about Information Systems • Why does an organization build an information system? Øcontrol & coordination Ødecision support ØData Information Knowledge • What are some examples? ØPayroll ØInventory ØRegistration ØOthers…? ? © Copyright Mc. Graw-Hill. All rights reserved. 2
More about Information Technology (Software) • Operating System software ØExamples: • Windows • UNIX • Etc …. • Programming Language software ØExamples: • COBOL • JAVA • Visual Basic • Etc… © Copyright Mc. Graw-Hill. All rights reserved. 3
More about Information Technology (Software) • Applications software ØExamples: • databases, data warehouses • spreadsheet • graphics • artificial intelligence • GIS • ERP • groupware • etc …. © Copyright Mc. Graw-Hill. All rights reserved. 4
More about Information Technology (Hardware) • Computers • Networks ØInternet Øintranet Øclient server ØLAN, WAN Øetc. • Telecommunication media Øbroadband, wireless, satellite, etc. © Copyright Mc. Graw-Hill. All rights reserved. 5
