●Information Technology (IT)
● consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives.
● Hardware: computer machines, disk drives, handheld personal digital assistants, and etc.
● Software: the Windows or Linux operating systems, the Microsoft Office desktop productivity suite, and etc.
●Information Systems (IS)
Perspectives on Information Systems and Information Technology
● Information Technology (IT)
● Information Systems (IS)
● a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.
● contain information about significant people, places, and things within the organization or in the environment surrounding it.
● Three activities in an information system produce the information that organizations need to make decisions, control operations, analyze problems, and create new products or services.
● Input: captures or collects raw data from within the organization or from its external environment.
● Processing: converts this raw input into a meaningful form.
● Output: transfers the processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.