Calling all people who work in I.T....

[sunrise]

what's information systems all about???

[Tic~Tac-Toe]

google it :D

[sunrise]

righhht anyone else?:confused:

[elji]

google it

[Khadija222333]

llloooolll :rotfl: :1popcorn:

[sunrise]

:zzz: really your not being any help...i need some serious help inshAllah some proper answers will come soon!! *waits patiently*:D

[Khadija222333]

:zzz: really your not being any help...i need some serious help inshAllah some proper answers will come soon!! *waits patiently*:D

Here have some popcorn while you wait...:1popcorn:

Btw I like your new avatar...really butiful...:love:

[Mace]

:zzz: really your not being any help...i need some serious help inshAllah some proper answers will come soon!! *waits patiently*:D

It's a rather broad topic. What would you like to know specifically?

[MMS]

erm are you planning to do it at city? its not much different to any other computing course at city 80% of the modules are the same

first year is really hard if you havnt done computing at college its a big step up from ICT at a-level or GCSE

most people on the course are guys :vomit:

you gots to learn quite abit of programming languages, java, sql, php, binary, prolog and some others aswell depending on which modules you pick in the last year

its got abitta maths init aswell which can be confuzzling because its all new maths nothing like gcse stuff

[sunrise]

erm are you planning to do it at city? its not much different to any other computing course at city 80% of the modules are the same

first year is really hard if you havnt done computing at college its a big step up from ICT at a-level or GCSE

most people on the course are guys :vomit:

you gots to learn quite abit of programming languages, java, sql, php, binary, prolog and some others aswell depending on which modules you pick in the last year

its got abitta maths init aswell which can be confuzzling because its all new maths nothing like gcse stuff



is it really hard if u never did it at A level???...no its not4me so its k..

[MMS]

is it really hard if u never did it at A level???...no its not4me so its k..

erm yeh it is quite hard because they dont start from the very very basics, but its not like impossible or anything you will just need to put in abit of extra work 2nd and third year are more theory based so them years are a little easier, i found first year the hardest and it doesnt even count for anything :torture:

[sunrise]

erm yeh it is quite hard because they dont start from the very very basics, but its not like impossible or anything you will just need to put in abit of extra work 2nd and third year are more theory based so them years are a little easier, i found first year the hardest and it doesnt even count for anything :torture:


lool:up:

[LostInThought]

I googled (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=ZOG&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=define:+information+systems&spell=1) it.

Definitions of information systems on the Web:

* The unit of LA which manages all computer and media systems, including closed circuit television, within the Capitol. Formerly known as "OLIS," but not to be confused with the OLIS 2000 computer system.
www.leg.state.or.us/glossary.html

* Computer and communications hardware and software used to supply information rather than, for example, control machines. Often used interchangeably with information technology.
www.christlinks.com/glossary2.html

* A system for managing and processing information, usually computer-based. Also, a functional group within a business that manages the development and operations of the business’s information
www.georgetown.edu/uis/ia/dw/GLOSSARY0816.html

* The general term for computer systems in an organisation that provide information about its business operations.
www.iib.qld.gov.au/itcareers/talk.asp

* means the computers, communications facilities, computer and communications networks, and data and information that may be recorded, processed, stored, shared, transmitted, or retrieved by them, including programs, specifications, and procedures for their operation, use, and maintenance.
www.theiia.org/ecm/tech.cfm

* Computer systems that store data and supply information, often relying on databases.
www.jqjacobs.net/edu/cis105/concepts/CIS105_concepts_13.html

* Consist of infrastructure, physical and hardware components, software, people, procedures (manual and automated), and data.
www.austin.cc.tx.us/audit/Glossary/LetterI.htm

* Organised collections of hardware, software, supplies, policies, procedures and people, which store, process and provide access to information.
education.qld.gov.au/corporate/doem/commuman/cm-10000/sections/definitions.html

* The risk that information systems are not adequately developed, tested or implemented based on user requirements, resulting in operating errors and/or inefficiencies. The risk is impacted by the amount of system change, the complexity of the system and extent of integration of the new system into the existing environment.
www.ida.ca/Regulation/CompRiskTrendReport/FCRiskCompDef_en.asp

* Systems that use information technology to capture, transmit, store, retrieve, manipulate, or display information.
www.stile.coventry.ac.uk/cbs/staff/beech/BOTM/Glossary.htm

* (Army) The equipment and facilities that collect, process, store, display and disseminate information. This includes computers—hardware and software—and communications, as well as policies and procedures for their use. (FM 3-0)
https://atiam.train.army.mil/soldierPortal/atia/adlsc/view/public/6903-1/fm/3-13/glos.htm

* The term information system has the following meanings: 1. A system, whether automated or manual, that comprises people, machines, and/or methods organized to collect, process, transmit, and disseminate data that represent user information.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems

* Management Information Systems (MIS), are information systems, typically computer based, that are used within an organization. WordNet described an information system as "a system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Systems

[ammarcool]

Information System (IS) is the system of persons, data records and activities that process the data and information in a given organization, including manual processes or automated processes. Usually the term is used erroneously as a synonymous for computer-based information systems, which is only the Information technologies component of an Information System. The computer-based information systems are the field of study for Information technologies (IT); however these should hardly be treated apart from the bigger Information System that is always involved in.

The IT Department partly governs the information technology development, use, application and influence on a business or corporation . A computer based information system, following a definition of Langefors[1], is a technologically implemented medium for recording, storing, and disseminating linguistic expressions, as well as for drawing conclusions from such expressions. Information systems are also social systems whose behavior is heavily influenced by the goals, values and beliefs of individuals and groups, as well as the performance of the technology.[2] Ciborra (2002) defines the study of information systems as the study that “deals with the deployment of information technology in organizations, institutions, and society at large.”[3]


In information systems, an information system consists of three components: human, technology, organization. In this view, information is defined in terms of the three levels of semiotics. Data which can be automatically processed by the application system corresponds to the syntax-level. In the context of an individual who interprets the data they become information, which correspond to the semantic-level. Information becomes knowledge when an individual knows (understands) and evaluates the information (e.g., for a specific task). This corresponds to the pragmatic-level.
In general systems theory, an information system is a system, automated or manual, that comprises people, machines, and/or methods organized to collect, process, transmit, and disseminate data that represent user information.
In rough set theory, an information system is an attribute-value system.
In telecommunications, an information system is any telecommunications and/or computer related equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of voice and/or data, and includes software, firmware, and hardware.
In computer security, an information system is described by five objects (Aceituno, 2004):
Structure:
Repositories, which hold data permanent or temporarily, such as buffers, RAM, hard disks, cache, etc.
Interfaces, which exchange information with the non-digital world, such as keyboards, speakers, scanners, printers, etc.
Channels, which connect repositories, such as buses, cables, wireless links, etc. A Network is a set of logical or physical channels.
Behavior:

Services, which provide value to users or to other services via messages interchange.
Messages, which carries a meaning to users or services.
In the mathematical area of domain theory, a Scott information system (after its inventor Dana Scott) is a mathematical structure that provides an alternative representation of Scott domains and, as a special case, algebraic lattices
History

The study of information systems, originated as a sub-discipline of computer science, in an attempt to understand and rationalize the management of technology within organizations. It has matured into a major field of management, that is increasingly being emphasized as an important area of research in management studies, and is taught at all major universities and business schools in the world. Today, Information and Information technology have become the fifth major resource available to executives for shaping an organization, alongside people, money, material and machines.[4] Many companies have created a position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) that sits on the executive board with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Technical Officer (CTO).The CTO may also serve as CIO, and vice versa.

Fields of Information Systems

Information systems deal with the development, use and management of an organization's IT infrastructure. In the post-industrial, information age, the focus of companies has shifted from being product oriented, to knowledge oriented, in a sense that market operators today, compete on process and innovation, rather than product : the emphasis has shifted from the quality and quantity of production, to the production process itself, and the services that accompany the production process. The biggest asset of companies today, is their information, represented in people, experience, know-how, innovations (patents, copyrights, trade secrets), and for a market operator to be able to compete, he/she must have a strong information infrastructure, at the heart of which, lies the information technology infrastructure. Thus, the study of information systems, focuses on why and how technology can be put into best use to serve the information flow within an organization.

Information Systems has a number of different areas of work:


Information Systems Strategy
Information Systems Management
Information Systems DevelopmentEach of which branches out into a number of sub disciplines, that overlap with other science and managerial disciplines such as computer science, pure and engineering sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and business management.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems

[ammarcool]

automated information system (AIS):

1. An assembly of computer hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of these, configured to accomplish specific information-handling operations, such as communication, computation, dissemination, processing, and storage of information.

2. [In INFOSEC,] any equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission or reception of data and includes computer software, firmware, and hardware. Note: Included are computers, word processing systems, networks, or other electronic information handling systems, and associated equipment.

[NIS]

http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/dir-003/_0436.htm

[sunrise]

:jkk: akhee ammarcool

[ammarcool]

:jkk: akhee ammarcool

:)