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Information Technology for Management and Business
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Information Technology for
Management and Businesssession1
SUNIL KUMAR CHINNAMGARI
SEPTEMBER 2011
Agenda
Class Introductions.
Course Outline and Learning Objectives.
Assignments Discussion.
Theoretical Foundations to Information Technology for Management and Business.
Session review.
Concepts of Data , Information and Business intelligence
Data - raw facts that describe the characteristic
of an event
Information - data converted into a meaningful
and useful context
Business intelligence – applications and
technologies that are used to gather, provide
access to, and analyze data and information to
support decision-making efforts
What is Information Technology organization?
Information Technology -Definition
The hardware, software, telecommunications,
database management, and other technologies
used to store, process, and distribute
information
Introduction to various IT components
Hardware
Software
Data and Databases
Telecommunications
The Internet and the Web
Why should YOU know about “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY”?
Information technology is everywhere in business
Application of IT for Management & Business
Operations Information Systems
Transaction-processing systems
Process control systems
Office automation systems
Management Information Systems
Information-reporting systems
Decision support systems
Groupware
Executive information systems
IT applications in various industries
Airlines
Banking
Education
Police
Hospitals
Meteorology
Finance
GovernmentCD on the back cover of this book
Leveraging IT for virtual organisations and
remote working
CD on the back cover of this book
What is Open Source Software and how is it
relevant to business?
In the phrase open source, source refers to
source code, the human-readable computer
code which is the origin, or source, of the
computer application. Open refers to the terms
of access to that computer source code. So
open source software is software for which the
source code is freely available.
It is free and an obvious choice when you want
to reduce business IT infrastructure costs.CD on the back cover of this book
Open Source Software - Advantages &
DisadvantagesAdvantages
Access to source code and ability and right to modify it
Right to redistribute modifications to benefit wider community
Free
Excellent support networks
Large and enthusiastic user base
Disadvantages
Limited or no accountability
Informal and unaccountable support channels
CD on the back cover of this book
Categories of Open Source Software
Operating Systems
Linux
Programming Languages
Perl, PHP, Python
Applications
Apache, Tomcat, emacs, grep, MySQL, sendmail,
ssh
CD on the back cover of this book
Session Review
Thank you for your attention.