ITM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Management Information System, Ibm Connections, Cloud Computing

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Mahmoud Jahani

Document Summary

1. 1 the role of information systems in business today. Industry canada: 2011, billion on information communication & tech: 2012, global spending on info systems hardware, software and telecommunications equipment was over . 6 trillion, management invests a lot of $ of information tech. How information systems are transforming business: smartphones, texting, email, online conferences are essential business tools today, canadian merchants (and global) are successful at selling goods online through websites (ex: Major business applications delivered online as an internet service (software as a service, or saas): 2. Change in technology: mobile digital platform to compete with pc as a business system: 3. business impact: iphone, android, blackberry download many applications to support collabs, location-based services, and communication with colleagues. Kindle fire, challenge laptops as platforms for consumer/corporate computing. Change in management: managers adopt online collabs and social networking to improve coordination, collaborations and sharing: 4. business impact: google apps/sites, microsoft windows sharepoint services, ibm lotus.