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

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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.