Introduction to Information Technology

Introduction
to
Information
Technology
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Abstract
Information technology is using by each and every company now a day because through
it they able to gain numbers of opportunities which boost business. ASDA conducting their
business operations and functions through advance information technology which help them in
managing their work properly. At respective company information technology play major role
which lead to succession of business such as Customer database management, Maintain
transparency and tracking and so on. But there are some ethical and social issues they faced
while conduct business like Discrimination and harassment, Security of client/ staff data or
privacy etc..There are also several networking technology such as WLAN, PAN and SAN which
help in developing internet connectivity at workplace as well as in order to implement IT firm
my adopt stage of system development life cycle. There are several advantages and
disadvantages of social media and investing in IT, which are essential to evaluate before
adopting.
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Table of Contents
Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW ..............................................................................................................4
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2. ............................................................................................................................................5
3. ............................................................................................................................................6
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ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION.................................................................................................10
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CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Information technology is considered as design, study, implementation, development and
support of computer based information system, that will include software application as well as
computer hardware (Baron and Spulber, 2018). It is also determined as subset of communication
and information technology. Organisation selected for this report is ASDA which is a subsidiary
type firm founded in 1949 by Peter and Fred Asquith. Its head office is located at England,
United Kingdom as well as they offer wide range of grocery, financial service and general
merchandise (Rajesh and Ramesh, 2016). Topics included in this report are role of Information
Technology in failure and success of business, ethical and social problems which occur while
running business as well as it will also include differentiate among different types of networking
technology. Moreover it will also explain about importance of social media, list of different
phases of system development life cycle and it will also mentioned benefits as well as drawback
of Information Technology.
LITERATURE REVIEW
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Information technology is determined as technology or tool which is mostly used at the
retail or supermarket sector in order to conduct their business operations in effective way and it
will also help them in managing their work properly with minimal wastage. In respect of ASDA
they are operating in retail supermarket sector and at that place usage of information technology
is high because it help them in grow business. Some of the main roles of information technology
at ASDA workplace are given below:-
 Customer database management: In respect of customers database management IT
play major role in all sector or industry because it help in gathering and maintaining
customer information in secure manner (THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, 2020). Along with this, by using Information
Technology ASDA able to can collect, maintain and sift mass numbers of data properly
as well as it will also help them in converting data which is useful for customer centric
sector.
 Maintain transparency and tracking: By adopting advance and modern information
technology respective supermarket able to develop and maintain transparency with their
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