Introduction to Information Technology

This report discusses the importance of information technology in business operations and its impact on managers. It covers various types of software, ethical and social issues related to IT, and the impact of internet and intranet. The report also analyzes the system development life cycle and the classifications of computer software in the chosen business. The subject is Information Technology, and the course code and college/university are not mentioned.

INTRODUTION TO
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

Abstract
Information generation is the usage of through every and each enterprise now an
afternoon due to the fact through it they capable of advantage numbers of possibilities which
raise commercial enterprise. Data Art undertaking their commercial enterprise operations and
features through develop facts generation which assist them in handling their paintings properly.
At respective enterprise facts generation play primary position which cause succession of
commercial enterprise which includes Customer database management, Maintain transparency
and monitoring and so on. But there are a few moral and social troubles they confronted even as
behaviour commercial enterprise like Discrimination and harassment, Security of client
workforce statistics or privateness etc..There also are numerous networking generation which
includes WLAN, PAN and SAN which assist in growing net connectivity at administrative
centre in addition to with a view to enforce IT corporation undertake degree of machine
improvement lifestyles cycle. There are numerous blessings and drawbacks of managerand
making an investment in IT, that are important to assess earlier than adopting.

Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
2. Literature Review ........................................................................................................................1
2.1. Types of Software and Can software exist independent of Hardware? ...............................1
2.2. Ethical and Social issues of IT ............................................................................................2
2.3. Impact of Internet and Intranet ...........................................................................................3
2.4 Impact of IT in helping managers to manage businesses....................................................4
3. Analysis and Discussion .............................................................................................................6
3.1. Classifications of computer software in the chosen business...............................................6
3.2. Key ethical and social issues of IT .....................................................................................6
3.3. Impact of Internet and Intranet ............................................................................................7
3.4. Role of IT helping managers to manage businesses in the chosen business........................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Information technology means those elements which is related to information system and
different software or hardware used by an organization. These technology is used for designing
and developing of IT operations that are present within an organization. It leads upon skills and
abilities which are enhanced by IT professionals hired for it. The selected organization is Data
Art which is an IT consultancy established in the year 1997. IT has been founded that success of
business is possible with the help of IT sector. The organization is founded by Eugene Goland
and has been serving within United Kingdom. This report explains about various kinds of
software and importance of hardware. Further, ethical and social issues has been discussed with
impact of internet and intranet. In the end of Impact of information technology on managers in
helping managers has been explained in context of selected organization.
MAIN BODY
2. Literature Review
2.1. Types of Software and Can software exist independent of Hardware?
Software are those programs which are used in order to develop effectiveness within
business operations(Ko and Lee, 2018). Software is used within an business organization for
forming various application that helps in enhancing business ability by creating sustainability
for business organization in particular market. Through applicability of software within business
process its online services are improved. There are various kinds of software that are used by
business organization which has been discussed as follows:
 System software: They are most important software that are based upon those
developing operating system for an business organization. These software are used within
an business organization to form base that is used for performing operations related to
business activities. There are various system software like macOs, Windows, Android
and IOS which are loaded within the RAM in order to start hard drive.
 Utility Software: These are those software which are used in order to perform specific
task for making hardware device run. Utility software acts as background which makes
various tools for system, clean-up, disk defragmentation and file compression performed.
Business organizations use the software to develop security in order to keep virus and
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malware away from its computers. Also, these organizations are able to protect data
regarding its daily task by using utility software's.
 Application software: These are those software that helps in installing various
applications and apps that are used for performing task in relation to particular objective.
Through using these software business organizations are able to perform its day to day
task like data maintenance, stock availability and purchases done by customers. The
applications makes accuracy formed within online and offline operations for an
organization.
2.2. Ethical and Social issues of IT
Information and technology has become one of the most important part of an
organization for conducting business within local and global market. IT has allowed business to
grow and expand beyond boundaries that has been bounding their operations. The vast used of
information technology has lead towards developing various kinds of problems which are ethical
and social in nature. These issues are rising day by day making moral values of organization
hindered. Social issues are those issues that are impacting the social integrity of an organization
that impacts image of organization within particular market. Ethical issues are those problems
which are developed within an organization and directly impacts business environment by
interrupting working procedures. Further, the social and ethical issues in relation Information
technology has been discussed as follows:
 Design for privacy, protection and integrity: facts generation offers many possibilities
to accumulate facts, ask for non-public statistics and facts, continues tracks and report of
client insights can be riskier and termed as unethical practices. Therefore, organization
want to be outstanding in retaining facts secure and observe protection requirements to
keep away from any incorrect Impact at the company.
 Promote agree with: The ethics in virtual generation critical to construct agree with and
sell integrity over the organization. Good ethics will entice client and benefit their agree
with for lengthy time. Ethics suggests a involved behaviour over client rights, facts and
statistics amassed. The organization promotes their offerings on the premise of religion,
tradition and ideals which results in sell agree with and configuration amongst client.
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 Beware of biasses: These moral practices within the contemporary-day operating
surroundings grow to be enormous to keep away from any biasses inside organization or
amongst client. The statistics receives biassed while it is not always amassed with
excessive degree of integrity and impartiality. Therefore, it has been suggested an
unethical behaviour of organization and wishes to be keep away from to run powerful
business. It has ascertained that the statistics in order to be amassed via AI and Machine
studying want to be secured and maintained.
 Important to sell moral tradition: moral practices are pop out with an moral tradition
with the organization. If an organization wishes to sell ethics which worries
approximately client religion, ideals even as digitally supplying offerings throughout
international nation. Promoting moral tradition will dispose of those problems and society
will apparently take part within the offerings of company. The fulfilment of organization
wishes to be attain via fairness, honesty and integrity.
2.3. Impact of Internet and Intranet
Internet means those aspects which are used in order to conduct various operations which
is based over business. This is used for making business complete task and achieve goals within
no time by allowing organization to deal with customers queries with better approach. Intranet
are those technology that is used for making flow of information better and effective within an
organization. It allows tasks to be completed within less time period by making information
shared between team and managers. The impact of internet and intranet has been discussed as
follows:
 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN): In relation over networking features is
associated with LAN and makes use of wi-fi generation for imparting net. In this WiFi is
used maximum typically and is not always required to used bodily cables with a view to
broaden connectivity for net(Migliore, 2020). WLAN does now no longer makes use of
any form of networking tool making it clean for installing. In relation to organization as
they are working as consultancy via the networking device higher net connectivity is
furnished to team of workers making accomplishment completed for making enterprise a
success in nature. This makes enterprise get linked to its clients through making growing
glide of facts.
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 Personal area network (PAN): This is one of the smallest networking generation that
allows in putting in place wi-fi modem that is used for making operations achieved in the
assist of phone, computer, pills and plenty of different tool. In an respective enterprise
non-public area network can be used for growing net connectivity over cabins with or
greater employees. This is used for imparting net connectivity to branch having much less
employees.
 Storage area network (SAN): The networking generation has been used over excessive
pace networking location inside which big wide variety of garage tool is attached with
numerous servers. These sort of networking is not always structured over technology like
WAN, LAN etc.. In relation to organization they were working as consistent with
enterprise operations on wider degree that allows over the usage of respective community
which allows in storing pool of statistics, facts and data in greater powerful way and
secured manner.
These internet and intranet technology has been used by an organization to provide
assistance for achieving goals and objectives on large scale. This makes organization offer
strong communication within teams and its managers. Through using internet and intranet better
product is developed by an organization that makes customers satisfaction created with
effectiveness.
2.4 Impact of IT in helping managers to manage businesses
Information technology has been used by organization for conducting its operations that
is related to management with positive approach. Information technology has become important
aspect of manager and their activities(Nantasenamat, 2021). Managers within an organization
uses information technology by understanding software needs of organization. Further, it helps
managers within an organization to enhance their marketing abilities allowing product and
services promoted in market. IT has helped managers to make documentation work easy by
providing applications like MS word, MS powepoint and Xcel. Through using information
technology managers are able to keep record about progress of an organization internal and
external operations. Further, impact of information technology on an organization has been
discussed as follows:
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 System Planning – This is first degree of device improvement lifestyles cycle making
identity achieved over coping with an enterprise to be able to behaviour evaluation
making identity achieved over necessities of recent hardware or software. People has
been concerned inside precise degree that are investors, stakeholders, personnel in
addition to managers of the company. This degree makes maximum essential advent
achieved in a success manner.
 System Analysis – The degree are necessities with expectancies of give up customers
and makes device done with documentation(O'Leary and Cavender, 2020). Thus
feasibility look at has made undertaking concerned over figuring out device this is
economically, organizationally and technologically feasible. It is needed to be advanced
excessive stage of verbal exchange with clients at some point of this degree in order
readability is advanced in the imaginative and prescient associated over very last product.
 System Design – This degree has been the usage of extraordinary factors of device that
consists of protection stage, additives, structure and makes sorts of statistics advanced
inside device. General layout over device is made upon supporting of pen and paper over
finding out approximately device appearance and manner of functions.
 Implementation and Deployment – The device is prepared to be deployed mounted and
utilized by clients on the degree. Although schooling is probably wished for clients to be
able to make certain acquainted even as the usage of inside device.
 System checking out and Integration – Testing is brand new international significance
is received for ensuring that clients feeling happy over no necessities done via way of
means of clients via way of means of crew of experts. Through this significance has been
received over making pleasure created via way of means of clients in extra powerful
manner.
 System Maintenance – The degree consists of renovation of device every so often to be
able to make sure approximately turning into outdated. This consists of antique additives
and proper requirements advanced extra effectively. It makes an enterprise gain dreams
and goals extra effectively.
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3. Analysis and Discussion
3.1. Classifications of computer software in the chosen business
System Planning – This is first degree of device improvement lifestyles cycle making
identity achieved over coping with an enterprise to be able to behaviour evaluation making
identity achieved over necessities of recent hardware or software. People has been concerned
inside precise degree that are investors, stakeholders, personnel in addition to managers of the
company. This degree makes maximum essential advent achieved in a success manner.
3.2. Key ethical and social issues of IT
Ethical and social issues are those problems which impacts growth of business within
particular market. Information technology has play vital role in making business perform
functions effectively which has allowed Data Art to expand within market. The used of
information and technology has brought various ethical and social problems within Data Art that
has been discussed as follows:
1. Discrimination and harassment: It is one of the foremost moral and social troubles
which might be confronted via way of means of someone or personnel at place of work
due to the fact one body of workers have strength over another. This problem will have
an effect on an person intellectual and bodily fitness as nicely because it additionally
effect their profession and pay(Rahbarimanesh, 2019). At place of work discriminate in
addition to harassment can take location on numerous stage consisting of bodily,
appearance, gender, colour, age, income, popularity and lots of more. In appreciate of
Data Art, discrimination or harassment might also additionally take location because of
which personnel fell demotivated so it miles important for control to expand right
policies and law so that keep away from or minimise those varieties of situations.
2. Compliance and Governance Issues: At a employer it miles duty of supervisor to
expand techniques consistent with compliance and governance policies in order to keep
away from troubles nicely. In appreciate of Data Art it miles important for his or her
supervisor to expand and put in force right techniques primarily based totally on
authorities compliances in addition to governance due to the fact via that they capable of
get right guidelines. Moreover it also important for them to expand coverage consistent
with which all personnel want to observe all policies and regulations.
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3. Security of patron body of workers information or privacy: each employer anxiety
that is associated with protective their personnel in addition to customers private or non-
public records nicely in order that it cannot be use in any unlawful sports. This is so due
to the fact there are numerous instances wherein clients and body of workers information
are hacked so that you can use that records for incorrect sports. In this appreciate it miles
responsibility of Data Art control to expand and undertake right boost device which assist
in protective body of workers, patron and clients non-public records successfully.
These are foremost ethical and social troubles which might be confronted Data Art within
its growth. Both social and ethical issues has made organization suffer in terms of its internal and
external working. In order to deal with these issues right policies is required to be developed
which makes problems solved more effectively.
3.3. Impact of Internet and Intranet
 LAN: It refers to nearby place networks. In this, the pc or cellular will be related with the
equal community(Salawu, 2018). It lets in the person to have get admission to of the
equal machine on the equal location. It helps an regions that is much less than a mile and
specially the equal location or house. These networks ought to related through wires,
cables, Wi-Fi and Ethernet.
 PAN: Personal area network is used for the man or woman makes use of which helps for
the quick variety of networks that is most 30ft. These are the quick networks which
receives related with out the usage of internet. Bluetooth is the quality instance of PAN
networks.
 WLAN: Those are the wi-fi community connectivity which might be broadly used for
the economic purposes. These networks use excessive frequency, lasers and symptoms
and symptoms to sell conversation throughout specific channels with out power wires.
Therefore, it's miles referred to as wi-fi community connectivity. It makes the
conversation smooth to transport from one location to some other into its insurance.
These networks may be connect with four to 5G bands. The quality examples are
Bluetooth, Wi-fi radio, storage door openers.
 WAN: It refers to huge area network. As the call says, those networks connects to a rage
of huge place. They also are deliver wi-fi enjoy of tool connectivity through cell
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networks and internet. It does now no longer have any restrict in phrases of geographical
insurance because it affords proper connectivity over networks. These are supported
through VPNs, FSO hyperlinks IO interfaces. It is a quick manner of conversation within
the present day global which serve a extremely good community for conversation
throughout specific towns and locations.
3.4. Role of IT helping managers to manage businesses in the chosen business
 Help in constructing logo focus: By adopting managerin an organization can construct
focus approximately their logo and offerings(Nantasenamat, 2021). In admire of Data Art
they use numerous manager platform inclusive of Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and
plenty of others. Through this they at once capable of attain massive numbers of focused
audiences and capacity clients as properly because it may also assist in growing focus
approximately logo.
 Cost powerful approach: It is fee powerful approach for a organization due to the fact
posting on manager is nearly freed from fee because of which it isn't expensive. In
admire of respective organization, after they submit data, discount, gives and different
data at manager they capable of attain excessive ratio of focused audiences in minimal
amount.
 Boost income: Through manager organization capable of entice an increasing number of
capacity clients or focused audiences which assist in growing their income in addition to
profitability ratio. In admire of Data Art, with the aid of using posting commercial on
manager they capable of have interaction clients at extensive variety and in smooth
manner which assist them in improving their income, profitability ratio and goodwill.
This is so due to the fact whilst extra clients recognize approximately the organization
then it's going to at once boom income of respective corporation which assist in earnings
maximization.
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CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it has been marked out that information technology means that
kind of technological development which is related to making organizational development
possible. Information technology has lead towards development of resources which makes
online operations conducted more effectively. It helps in saving money and making best outcome
produced within critical situation. Information technology helps in improving internet
connectivity making networking strong for an organization. The report discuss about it various
aspects related to information technology and analysis is done upon various networking aspects.
Further, benefits of information technology has been explained with stage of development life
cycle.
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