Digital Technology in Business: Hardware, Software, and Technological Platforms

This presentation discusses the summary of the CW1 report on digital technology in business, highlighting the importance of hardware and software, technological platforms, and various business models. It draws conclusions on the positive impact of digital technology on businesses and provides strategic recommendations for tea traders to enhance their effectiveness and maintain goodwill in the market.

15 min presentation based on
CW1 around 1500 words

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
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MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Digital technology in business helps in creating value business models and enhance
internal capabilities and helps in maintaining competitive advantage. Also, the presentation will
provide the short summary where various business models, use of hardware and software in
business and various technological platforms will be discussed. Moreover, short conclusions will
also be drawn out of the whole emerging digital technology concept in business and its future.
Lastly, certain strategic recommendations will also be provided to the tea traders so that it would
be able to enhance it effectiveness in the long run and maintain the goodwill in the market.
MAIN BODY
Short summary of the finding from the CWI
 Hardware and software are the two main components that are used in every business as
there is growing use of technologies in very sector. Also, hardware is important as it
helps in allocating the power when required for communicating and coordinating other
components of the computer while the software is used for identifying the meaningful
usage of individual.
 Also, in the report it was clearly specified that with frequent changes in the technology
developing better hardware and software system will help in performing more advance
functions and helps the business in storing critical data of the company that might be used
for the future references.
 Moreover, the report had identified various technological platforms such as database
platforms that helps in controlling and classifying various types of data. Furthermore, the
study had clearly specified that irrespective of the size of the business almost all the
organization whether big or small uses hardware and software so that various business
functions might be processes smoothly. However, the major requirement is mainly for the
IT sector as most of the tasks are carried out digitally.
 The report had also identified that both hardware and software are used as effective
business tool that helps any particular company to reach maximum number of customers
and increase the sales of the business. Moreover, through hardware the company is able
to know how the data need to be processed and what marketing efforts are needed to be
applied so that products might be advertised on various social media platforms.

 Furthermore, the report had discussed various theories such as contingency theory,
systems theory etc. that are considered by the business in consideration of technological
advancement in the country. Also, it states that using this theory the business are able to
bring ease in various business processes and also helps in avoiding any type of conflicts
in way of achieving certain intended gaols within the specified time frame.
 Moreover, the study had also identified various business models such as business to
consumer, consumer to business, business to business and consumer to business where
digital technologies might be effectively used so that maximum benefits might be
achieved in well-defined manner. Also, the use of hardware and software by certain
business have allowed in solving queries of the customers in most quick manner and also
devise the best possible solutions for the future
Short set of conclusions based on CWI
Thus from the overall report it might be concluded that both hardware and software
technology helps in bringing positive impact on business organization. Also, through this report
it can be said that hardware and software are the essential part in working of any firm as it helps
in increasing the efficiency of the workers and allow the business to create positive working
environment in long run. Furthermore, with help of storage of data the business is able to analyse
the past performance and make certain changes for the future improvements. Also, hardware of
any company while using any type of business model will also ensure safety and security that is
essential for protecting the brand image and working of business from various cyber threats and
cybercriminals. Moreover, those companies that does not have enough sources of funds are also
able to easily maintain the infrastructure and other employees through using the best hardware
and software that reduces the work overload in best of manner and also helps the organization to
remain on track in achieving various goals and objectives systematically in due course of time.
Furthermore, it is summarized from the report that use of more digital technologies at the
workplace have made the business to become more creative and innovative and also in spite of
using various business theories to carry out the work in organization in measurable terms
software and hardware systems has helped the organization to handle more number of
transactions and expand the business in well-defined manner. Also, various software systems
within the workplace have replaced the existing automated system where lot of manual and
paperwork need to be carried out to keep the record of the various data that was time-consuming

and created lot of confusions. Also, report had concluded hardware and software are the integral
part of every firm and hence special measures needed to be taken care so that all the emerging
challenges in the due course of time might be handled in positive manner that will further help in
ensuring stability in the working. Furthermore, through various systems and softwares used by
each department optimum utilization of resources and efficiency in each task might be ensured
Strategic recommendations.
 For Tea Traders in UK it is highly recommended that while operating on the medium to
small scale it needs to observe one of the major challenge related to Information and
technology that is security of data where the company essential information might be
illegally used by any third party without prior notice. However, it can be said that with
use of the best hardware and software systems within the workplace the Tea Traders
would ensure that maintenance cost is reduced and would also be able to ensure tougher
security through using various anti virus protection tools. Thus, the risk of the cyber
threats is also decreased to the larger extent. Also, the company needs to make sure that
all the hardware and software system are updated to the latest versions so that no such
kind of digital challenges are faced in the future.
 Furthermore, it is suggested to tea traders with the usage of the cloud storage the firm
would be able to store large number of customer data in form of total number of visits,
amount paid by customers, discounts availed at the time of purchase and much more.
Hence, this would allow the firm to maintain the goodwill of the company and quickly
resolve and hear customer queries with the proof so that better relationships are
established in the future.
 Also, another challenge that is faced by various companies in recent times of pandemic is
working from the remote places. Thus, it is suggested to tea traders that with proper
usage of the cloud computing it would be able to ensure greater effectiveness as cloud
computing helps in setting the virtual offices where there is enough flexibility to the
workers and the management of the company to connect to the business from any
location at any point of time. Hence, it would not create problems in times of complex
situations, at any place where the data need to be shared form one person to another or
when contingency theory is in practice within the firm as easy communication might be
established.

 Moreover, it is suggested to quoted firm that with current challenges of maintaining the
customer base or enhancing the market share within the target region it is essential that
nature of abilities of doing things are improved through using the best software systems
within the workplace that would allow the business to offer new customer services in best
of manner. Also, it is recommended that through good software systems the firm would
be able to maintain the competitive advantage and quickly identified the recent trends in
the sales and or the total spending in the business thus making it m ore efficient for the
longer terms. Also, in the era of upcoming of various new digital technologies it is
essential that hardware and software systems are very well understood by each individual
the workplace so that productivity and efficiency are increased to higher level
CONCLUSION
From the above presentation it can be concluded that digital technologies are the main
components through which various business are working in the current era. Also, the
presentation had discussed in detail about the summary of digital business and technology report
through clearly specifying the significance of hardware and the software in the business.
Moreover, certain conclusions form the overall report had also drawn out so that better
understanding might be developed for any kind of future references. Lastly, certain strategic
recommendations relating to use of hardware and software technologies had also been provided
for company like tea traders that wants to expand it business in UK.

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