Managing Information Systems
Communication, some say, separate us from animals. But not just communication, being able to communicate ideas and concepts and in turn make them into reality. For years businesses have had to distribute written memos and other paperwork to their fellow employees in order to spread their ideas. In the changing world that we live in today this concept of spreading ideas is slowly fading. Communication is spread throughout the globe in a matter of minutes through the use of computers and modern technology. We can communicate over thousands of miles or just a couple of floors with only the click of a button. But with this new found way of communicating comes the confusion of what to do with all this information, how best to utilize it, and how to regulate it. This paper will look into those questions and what actually makes up this new virtual world that we are creating for ourselves called cyberspace. In the 1950's and 60's the fear of nuclear attack was constantly on the minds of the American people and the government. The government therefore developed a corporation called RAND that they put in charge of making a network that could be protected from nuclear attack and could guarantee that we could still fire our
By 2002 between one-half and two-thirds of all businesses will be running Intranets (Nickels,Mchugh 507). This trend shows the usefulness of the Intranet to businesses today. Costs are being cut and information is being spread faster and more efficiently in the world today. Many companies are also beginning to jump into the Internet to sell different products that can be shipped to your door. These companies are no longer having to keep stocks on the shelves but merely pictures and ads on the Internet. When a customer orders a specific product the product is often shipped straight from the supplier rather than the company you are ordering from cutting down on inventory and costs of maintaining this inventory. "The Internet provides a democratic platform where mom-and-pop operations can sell alongside multinational companies on an equal footing" (Skoll 65-66). Even large corporations such as FedEx have seen the advantages of using Intranets as they unveil one of the largest intranets which will play host to nearly 145,000 employees. This Intranet system will allow FedEx to communicate with its employees worldwide and to be able to track packages and supplies as they are needed. Sliwa, Carol "FedEx to buy supplies via Net." Computerworld 33.32 (1999): 16. Pfeiffer, Eric. "The next network." Forbes 24 August 1998: 30-32. Over 2.7 trillion e-mail messages alone were sent in 1997 (Nickels,Mchugh 508). Keeping that in mind it is easy to see why we need managers in order to keep this information from cluttering up systems and getting lost in the hectic world today. Therefore there is a new breed of manager, a information systems manager, one that can keep the flow of information in and out of a corporation flowing with a minimal breakdown. Information that corporations rely on a day to day basis. Wright, Christopher "Imagineering the future of the Internet." Bulletin of the ASIS 22.4 Kristula, Dave. "History of the Internet." Web Site Workstation March 1997: n. pag. Morgenstem, Steve. "Get ready for Internet 2" Rolling Stone June 1999: 71. Skoll, Jeff. "New town Square." Forbes 4 October 1999: 65-66.
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Approximate Word count = 1982
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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