TY - BOOK AU - Turban,Efraim AU - Rainer,R.Kelly AU - Potter,Richard E. TI - Introduction to information technology SN - 0471170658 (cloth : alk. paper) SN - 978047117 AV - T58.5 .T84 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley KW - Information technology KW - Management information systems N1 - Includes index; Information Technology in the Business Environment -- Introduction: Business and Information Technology -- Business in the Information Age: Pressures and Responses -- Reality Check: Why You Need to Know about Information Technology -- What Is an Information System? -- Reality Check II: Strategic Questions and Information Technology Answers -- Organizations and Information Technology Support -- Information Systems Infrastructure and Architecture -- Organizations: Structure and IT Support -- The Evolution and Types of Information Systems -- IT Support at Different Organizational Levels -- Managing Information Technology in Organizations -- Information Technology Infrastructure -- Computer Hardware -- The Significance of Hardware -- The Central Processing Unit -- Computer Memory -- Computer Hierarchy -- Input Technologies -- Output Technologies -- Strategic Hardware Issues -- Computer Software -- Software History and Significance -- Systems Software -- Application Software -- Software Issues -- Programming Languages -- Enterprise Software -- Managing Organizational Data and Information -- Basics of Data Arrangement and Access -- The Traditional File Environment -- Databases: The Modern Approach -- Database Management Systems -- Logical Data Models -- Data Warehouses -- Telecommunications and Networks -- The Telecommunications System -- Networks -- Network Communications Software -- Network Processing Strategies -- Telecommunications Applications -- The Internet and Intranets -- What Is the Internet? ER -