In-class post, 17/10/2006
Well back once more, I had a slight adjustment with my last post, I honestly meant that by 'in existence', that it was in existence in terms of having a customer base, but not necessarily that it is an actual company. Well once that is cleared up, I think we basically have the idea as to what we have to do anyway.
There was a little discussion with one of the students in the class, with the example of cricket broadcasting being used as an Information System being technically incorrect, since it does not actually influence any decisions, and Dr. Mohan went into explaining some of the logistics within such a system, going into the ideas behind such a system, and describing the hardware, software, procedures etc, which is what we can base an Information System upon. There are cases where the definitions crosses a very fine line.
We then went into describing the usage of e-commerce, when referring to the shipper's IS (e.g. UPS), and the company's IS (e.g. Amazon), where they will work with each other to ship an item to a customer.
A question came up as to whether Google Earth can be classified as an Information System. The ultimate answer could be that it is, due to the fact that when it manages a lot of data, and utilises that data to be able to represent it in certain patterns that can be useful to the end user. We then went into an extended discussion about Google Earth, and Google itself!
We continued with the e-commerce example, with how they manage tracking numbers etc between the companies. We had to thus look at how to connect the two Information Systems together, which can be done through a network. It can also be conceptually observed with the issues of communication between numerous physical islands, e.g: The Bahamas, how communication may have to be done via satellite, which will essentially manage the network communication.
An important idea to note: an Information System DOES NOT have to be networked to be able to function!
When a cellular phone is used to send text messages etc, they may utilise IT, but they cannot be considered an Information System.
Well we're done for today, until Thursday I guess....if I am still alive after pre-Divali house cleaning.... >_<.
There was a little discussion with one of the students in the class, with the example of cricket broadcasting being used as an Information System being technically incorrect, since it does not actually influence any decisions, and Dr. Mohan went into explaining some of the logistics within such a system, going into the ideas behind such a system, and describing the hardware, software, procedures etc, which is what we can base an Information System upon. There are cases where the definitions crosses a very fine line.
We then went into describing the usage of e-commerce, when referring to the shipper's IS (e.g. UPS), and the company's IS (e.g. Amazon), where they will work with each other to ship an item to a customer.
A question came up as to whether Google Earth can be classified as an Information System. The ultimate answer could be that it is, due to the fact that when it manages a lot of data, and utilises that data to be able to represent it in certain patterns that can be useful to the end user. We then went into an extended discussion about Google Earth, and Google itself!
We continued with the e-commerce example, with how they manage tracking numbers etc between the companies. We had to thus look at how to connect the two Information Systems together, which can be done through a network. It can also be conceptually observed with the issues of communication between numerous physical islands, e.g: The Bahamas, how communication may have to be done via satellite, which will essentially manage the network communication.
An important idea to note: an Information System DOES NOT have to be networked to be able to function!
When a cellular phone is used to send text messages etc, they may utilise IT, but they cannot be considered an Information System.
Well we're done for today, until Thursday I guess....if I am still alive after pre-Divali house cleaning.... >_<.
posted by SPK at 10/17/2006 10:16:00 AM
2 Comments:
'an Information System DOES NOT have to be networked to be able to function'
-- would you explain your thoughts behind this statement? I'm a little confused.
It was something that Dr. Mohan was stating, where for example, in a school, you can have an administrative system tracking certain elements, yet it would be standalone, not directly connected to any other system, but which would still be an Information System itself...
*sneezes and curls up tighter in blankets...*
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