Information systems and networking increase human potential for organisation and integration in that they link nodal points all over the planet, while at the same time disconnecting and excluding whole regions, countries and societies. Hence networks are both inclusive and exclusive, enabling a whole range of reciprocal relationships.
Network technologies allow the design of an information system which offers three main benefits to the organization:
1. resource sharing between users on the network by many devices and locations;
2. greater organization, standardization and consistency on the network within the organizational environment; and
3. integration of disparate components and resources, in which the network allows the
organization to be administered and managed with greater control.