The Role of
Computers in Business
Information
Technology, like language, affects us on many levels and has fast become
integral to all of our lives. In this course we aim to strike a
balance in studying both the social and commercial forces of Information
Technology, and networking, in particular.
Let's take a
moment here to introduce the commercial forces.
I am quite
certain that each and everyone of you has witnessed first hand, even if it
wasn't readily obvious, the impact that computers and computer networks have
had on business.
In fact, by
now the role of computers in business has risen to the point where computer
networks, even more than personnel, are synonymous with the corporate
entity. Is this not true?
What do I
mean? Dell Computers ? isn?t a group of people making and selling
personal computers as much as it is a collection of loosely affiliated computer
systems that, upon receiving an order or customer service request (all
online!), come together in a linear process to do a job. Cisco Systems ?
isn?t so much a manufacturer of switches as it is a trusted brand name and
expert marketer who happens to use the Internet and a sophisticated ?network of
networks? to weave together suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to form
a coordinated, fully branded, fully customized virtual entity that we know as
Cisco. When orders slowed in 1999, Cisco?s response involved rationalizing
their supply-base ? leaving capital-intensive subcontractors to squeeze already
razor thin margins just to participate in the new, leaner, and ever-responsive
sales network. Indeed Cisco?s information systems are their competitive
advantage.
Computers
and computer networks act as the central nervous system of today?s
enterprise. Today's regular business people aren?t just relying on
them...they're directly administering, monitoring, and configuring them.
While IT staff with specialized skills may focus on application
development, integration, and support, today?s business professional requires
information technology knowledge to navigate and operate IT systems, to design,
customize, and test systems for competitive advantage, and to seek out and
identify new solutions that can transform their business.
My opinion about this article :
Information
Technology, like language, affects us on many levels and has fast become
integral to all of our lives. In this course we aim to strike a
balance in studying both the social and commercial forces of Information
Technology, and networking, in particular.
This article was taken from :
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar