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Lecturer #2
FOUNDATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CODE: FIT 1140
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1. Importance of Information Technology to users and organizations
2. The elements of an Information System
3. How the element of an information system in a large business
might interact
4. The concepts of: ICT, Cloud Computing and Social Media
LECTURER #2
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After reading this chapter, you should understand:
importance of information technology to users and
organizations
Objectives the elements of an information system
(discovering computers)
how the element of an information system in a
large business might interact
the concepts of: ict, cloud computing and social
media
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IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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❑ IT helps in re-engineering of work
practices
❑ Speed
❑ Consistency and accuracy
❑ Reliability
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5 THE ELEMENTS OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
Hardware, Software, Data, People, Procedures
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HOW THE ELEMENT OF AN INFORMATION
SYSTEM IN A LARGE BUSINESS MIGHT
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Step 1: IT staff (people) develop
procedures for processing time cards (data)
Step 2: Employees (people) in the payroll
department use a program (Software) to
enter the time cards (data) in the computer.
Step 3: the computer (hardware) performs calculations required to process
the payroll and stores the results on storage media such as hard disk
(hardware).
Step 4: paychecks (information) print on a corporate printer (hardware).
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THE CONCEPTS OF: ICT, CLOUD
7 COMPUTING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
ICT (information and communications
technology - or technologies) is an umbrella
term that includes any communication device or
application, including: radio, television, cellular
phones, computer and network hardware and
software, satellite systems and so on, as well as
the various services and applications associated
with them, such as videoconferencing and
distance learning.
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Cloud computing refers to a distinct IT environment that is
designed for the purpose of remotely provisioning scalable and
measured IT resources.
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Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create,
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and networks.
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