Business Computing Report: IS, IT, and MIS Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Business Computing, addressing key concepts such as Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT), highlighting their differences and interrelations. It delves into the Management Information System (MIS), emphasizing its importance in organizational decision-making and operations. The report also explores cloud computing, discussing its applications and benefits, as well as the concept of collaboration and its significance in business environments. Furthermore, it examines the differences between client and server architectures and suggests suitable operating systems for a fashion design brand, including cost analyses and financial projections for the year 2019. The analysis includes a cost-benefit analysis, detailing costs, savings, and net present value calculations to justify technology investments. The report concludes by summarizing the critical role of modern technologies in enhancing business revenue and efficiency, reinforcing the concepts of IS and IT, and their impact on organizational success.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................2
Discussion......................................................................................................................2
Information system.....................................................................................................2
Difference between IS and IT....................................................................................2
Management information system...............................................................................3
Importance of MIS.....................................................................................................3
Cloud computing........................................................................................................4
Collaboration..............................................................................................................4
Difference between client and server.........................................................................4
Operating system for Fashion design brand...............................................................5
Cost for the year 2019................................................................................................5
Conclusion......................................................................................................................6
References......................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The report intends to debate the differences among the information system as well as
the information technology. The basic understanding of information system has been
discussed in this report. The differences among information system as well as information
technology is discussed in the report. Management information system has been discussed
along with the discussion of the importance of management information system in the
organisations has been briefly discussed within this report.
Discussion
Information system
Information system are the formal, organisational, sociotechnical system that has been
designed for collecting, processing, distributing and then storing the information required in
any organisation (Laudon & Laudon, 2016). Any particular information system majorly
intends to support the operations, decision making and management. Any information system
could be described as the information and communication technology that is used by any
organisation and also the methods using which individuals effectively network with the
technology in the provision of the business procedures (Laudon & Laudon, 2015).
Difference between IS and IT
The major variances among information systems as well as information technology
could be analysed by the effective use of information systems as well as information
technology within the various organisations in the present times (Theorin et al., 2017).
Information technology and information systems are significantly similar in many manners
but at the similar time, these particular technology are significantly different (Bajdor &
Grabara, 2014). Some of the main differences among information system as well as
information technology could be categorised as:

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 Development: Information systems have undergone significant evolution, from the
manual record managing to present cloud systems. Information technology is also
implementing significant changes within the working of the technology for providing
information to any individual within the organisations (Döring et al., 2014).
 Business development: The businesses are utilising information systems for improving
the working of the business. The main modes of communication has also been through
significant modification for allowing the improved methods by which the communication
is done in the organisation (Li et al., 2014).
Management information system
Management information system is referred as the computer based systems, which
offers administrators with required tools to organise, evaluate and then effectively manage
the divisions within any organisation (Al-Sakran, 2015). For providing the present, past and
the predicted information, any management information system could include the software,
which assists in the decision undertaking, the data sources like databases, hardware sources
of any system, the decision support systems as well as several other computerised processes
that allows the efficient execution of the various processes of any organisation.
Importance of MIS
The use of management information system is being done extensively done in the
present times. The corporate environment is significantly dynamic that includes the risks and
the uncertainties. These particular uncertainties and the risks drives the business organisation
to undertake the complicated decision for surviving within any market. The management
information system helps the organisation to undertake the critical business decisions with the
consideration of the enhanced insights about the functions of the business.

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Cloud computing
The cloud could be easily used for hosting server and the servers that are hosted in
cloud are referred as the cloud server. This is the virtual server that is executing in the cloud
computing environment. It is developed, hosted and then delivered using the platform of
cloud computing using internet and it could be accessed remotely. The data that has been
stored in the cloud server of any organisation could be easily accessed by any individual with
the proper authorisation details. The documents could be uploaded in the cloud storage of the
organisation and then any individual who requires these documents could access the cloud
storage and view the data. The cloud storage of any organisation supports the real time
communication by allowing the swift sharing of information among the authenticated users
(Hashem et al., 2015).
Collaboration
Collaboration could be described as the working practice where several individual
work together towards the common purpose for achieving the business benefits for the
organisation. The collaboration could be significantly utilised in the group projects as it
allows the individuals to work together for achieving any defined and mutual business
intention. The tasks of any group project could be distributed equally to the respective group
members and then monitor the progress of the individuals associated in the group project.
Difference between client and server
A client computer could be referred as the small computer that easily accesses the
server using any network in any organisation. The client side of any network is the two tier
architecture. Any server machine is the large capacity computer that could store vast
collection of the files like application as well as data files.

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Operating system for Fashion design brand
The operating system that could be used for simplification of the business process and
also enhance the working of the business is Microsoft Windows system. For the monitoring
the daily operation tasks, the Airtable software could be installed in the system of the
organisation. This software is the cloud based task management solutions with the features
that includes the task scheduling, task tracking, color coding for the task prioritisation as well
as file sharing. Trello is the software that could be used for the clothing design process
management. It comprises of the free visual method for glancing at the complete project
using any single view.
Cost for the year 2019
Cost Benefit Analysis for Fashion design brand
Cost assigned for design and development of modifications $ 8,000.00
cost for materials $ 6,000.00
Website application cost $ 8,000.00
Cost assigned for project team members $ 6,000.00
Total wensite modification cost $ 28,000.00
Legal documentation cost $ 6,000.00
Cost for vendors $ 14,000.00
Cost for suppliers $ 15,000.00
Total operational cost $ 35,000.00
Savings from the salary $ 40,000.00
Net expected benefits $ 40,000.00
Discount
rate (%) 4.00%
cost of
contract
$35,00
0.00
Tools
$20,00
0.00
Operation
al cost
$10,00
0.00
Year of
Project

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Initial 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total
Net
expected
benefits
$5,000
.00
$
1,000.
00
$
20,000.
00
$
20,000
.00
$
22,000.
00
$
24,000.
00
Discount
rate 1.0000 1.0500 1.2500 1.7500 1.5800 1.9000
PV
$5,000
.00
$1,050
.00
$25,00
0.00
$35,00
0.00
$34,760
.00
$45,600
.00
Profit
(PV)
$5,000
.00
$
6,050.
00
$
31,050.
00
$
66,050
.00
$1,00,8
10.00
$1,46,4
10.00
$1,46,4
10.00
Assigned
cost for
the
project
$
(10,00
0.00)
Net
recurring
cost $0.00
$
(20,00
0.00)
$(20,00
0.00)
$
(20,00
0.00)
$
(20,000.
00)
$
(20,000.
00)
Discount
rate 0.5000 0.5000 0.5500 0.6000 0.6500 0.7500
Recurring
PV cost $0.00
$
(10,00
0.00)
$(11,00
0.00)
$
(12,00
0.00)
$
(13,000.
00)
$
(15,000.
00)
Net value
$
(10,00
0.00)
$
(20,00
0.00)
$(31,00
0.00)
$
(43,00
0.00)
$
(56,000.
00)
$
(71,000.
00)
$
(71,000.
00)
Net NPV
$
75,410.
00
ROI
1.0621
Conclusion
Therefore, it could be concluded that the development of the modern technologies in
the present business conditions are helping in increasing the revenue of the organisations.
Information system are the formal, organisational, sociotechnical system that has been
designed for collecting, processing, distributing and then storing the information required in
any organisation. Any particular information system majorly intends to support the
operations, decision making and management. The main variances among the information

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systems as well as information technology could be analysed by the effective use of
information systems and information technology within the various organisations in the
present times.

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