Impact of Information Technology on business operations of Tesco

Impact of Information Technology on
business operations of Tesco
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Abstract
In the modern technological era it has become essential for businesses to make use of information
technology which very capital intensive. Today the businesses uses it for storage and processing of
the information. Due to the unstructured nature of data being generated by these businesses and the
data being too big to comprehend the use of artificial intelligence has become prominent tool for the
businesses to gain new insights into the business environment to maintain a competitive advantages.
The following paper looks at what the different technologies used by the business are and how they
help them in enhancing business operations.
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Table of Contents
1.Introduction.....................................................................................................................4
2. Literature Review ...........................................................................................................4
2.1 Different types of Software in general...................................................................................4
2.2 Ethics and Social Issues of using technology in general..........................................................5
2.3 Networking Technology, different types in general................................................................5
2.4 The Artificial Intelligence and its importance in general.........................................................5
2.5 Software Development Life Cycle..........................................................................................6
3. Analysis and Discussion..................................................................................................7
3.1 Software and its types used in the TESCO......................................................................7
3.2 Ethics and social issues in TESCO...........................................................................................7
3.3 Types of Networking Technologies that used in the selected business ..................................9
3.4 The importance of Artificial Intelligence in the selected business.........................................10
4. Conclusions...................................................................................................................11
5.References ....................................................................................................................12
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1.Introduction
Information technology is term used for storing , interlinks and overwriting of
information on any computer system its generally used for describing operations related to
bushinesses. The term Information Technology has far reaching consequences for businesses
in present times. which use it for creating data sets pertaining to business operation and
creating new insights from that information to conduct the business operations in a way
which gives them a competitive advantage over other companies. The company selected for
the analysis is Tesco Plc headquarters located at Welwyn Garden City, England its a British
fortune 500 company established by Jack Cohen in 1919. the following report shall account
for the different software which are indispensable in running of the company , the ethical and
social issues that surround the information technology, brief account of various networking
technology used , the use of Artificial intelligence in ensuring heightened business operation
and lastly the stages involved in development of a software.
2. Literature Review
To reap the entire benefits that arise from competitive economy enterprises use
Information technology as their most prominent tool to cut costs and amp up revenue.
According to to the book by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Nicole Forsgren published in 2018
The latest development in the field of technology is artificial intelligence which could
according to prominent mathematician and computer scientist Alan touring could mimic
humans so well that he made a test to differentiate them both. Today these artificial
intelligence bots are used for providing assistance to customers and have many advantages
over their human counterparts accordin to the book published in 2017 by Max Tegmark.
2.1 Different types of Software in general
According to George Beekman 2005 There are various types of software which need
to employed by the businesses such as software which can take care of accounting related to
taxation managing the salaries of employees and for the purpose of bookkeeping. In addition
they need these software for tracking the projects, for providing security to their tech based
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