Tuesday, November 27, 2007

assignment 1

1.How well is IT supporting the business goals of BellSouth?Explain
=By the help of IT,they are uner excruciating pressure to show bigger and better returns faster and the customers are satisfied of studying by the help of high-speed Interner service.
2.Is BellSouth's technology transfer map a good way to determine IT investment priorities?Why or why not?
=Yes, because at the corporate level,our revenue strategy is to broadband-enable customer in the wireline business and get into bong distance in the nine states they service.
3.What else could BellSouth do to guarantee the strategic business value of potential IT investment projects?Visit their website for idea.Defend your porposals.
=they gave new subscribers abilityto use BellSouths website toorder and even self-install the software they would need to get up.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Exercises 1

1.What is a system?

Information systems are the software and hardware systems that support data-intensive applications. Information Systems publishes articles concerning the design and implementation of languages, data models, algorithms, software and hardware for information systems.
2.system components & concepts?

Components of Information Systems

People , Equipment , Procedure , Data

People

There are many roles for people in information systems. Common ones include

  • Systems Analyst
  • Programmer
  • Technician
  • Engineer
  • Network Manager
  • MIS (Manager of Information Systems)
  • Data entry operator

Equipment

When you think "equipment", immediately think "Hardware AND Software"

Procedures

A procedure is a series of documented actions taken to achieve something. A procedure is more than a single simple task. A procedure can be quite complex and involved, such as performing a backup, shutting down a system, patching software.

Data

The raw, unorganised, discrete (separate, isolated) potentially-useful facts and figures that are later processed (manipulated) to produce information.


Components of information system
o hardware,o software,o database management systems,o networks, o process and standard procedures, and o people comprise the components of the system.

3.classification of system

  • MODE OF PROCESSING
  • SYSTEM OBJECTIVES
  • NATURE OF INTERACTION