Information Technology Assignment: Concepts and Decision Making

This assignment addresses core concepts in Information Technology, differentiating between intranets and the internet, explaining data warehousing and data marts, and detailing the function and benefits of cookies for online shoppers. It also defines HTML and its necessity for web use, describes What-if Analysis, and outlines the purpose of the design stage in decision-making processes. The assignment is supported by references to academic sources, providing a comprehensive understanding of the topics discussed. This document is a solution to the assignment which students can use to understand the concepts and prepare for their own assignments. Desklib is a platform where students can find similar resources to aid in their studies.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES OF
BUSINESS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................3
1.How Intranet is differ from internet?.......................................................................................3
2.What is data warehouse and data mart?...................................................................................3
3.What is Cookie? And give benefits of cookies for online shoppers........................................3
4.What is HTML and why is it needed?.....................................................................................3
5. Describe What-if Analysis?....................................................................................................3
6. What is purpose of design in decision making?......................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION:
A Information technology is depicts about the gadgets like computer and laptops uses to
store and customised the information or data.
1.How Intranet is differ from internet?
An Intranet is basically local and communication network which is enhance to procure in
private or corporate organisation for high technologies software for example: World Wide Web,
HTML etc (Luftman, Lyytinen and Zvi, 2017). It is differ from internet, as it is worldwide
connected network for computer or other electronic gadgets while intranet is having limited
network facilities (Beck and et. al., 2017).
2.What is data warehouse and data mart?
The Data Warehousing is the form of electronic storage in bulk amount of data or
information related with specific organisation.
A Data Mart is access model which analyse the data warehouse environment for invites
people and it is usually determine to the particular business team (Chuang and Huang, 2018).
3.What is Cookie? And give benefits of cookies for online shoppers.
Cookie is form of message that pass through web servers to the particular browser at the
time of optimise the site. It having an advantage that operates as transparently without being
know to the user and storing the information, as people are purchase product from online portals
and their personal information such as name, address etc stored in Cookies. For example,
Amazon and Flip kart etc.
4.What is HTML and why is it needed?
The HTML is stands for “Hyper Text Markup Language” that contain the pages for
formed document and represent in web browser. It is use for interpret the text, images and other
material or other web pages (Lou and Li, 2017).
5. Describe What-if Analysis?
This is type of excel formula that changes the value in cell and seeking for different
outcomes that affect the results of worksheet.
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6. What is purpose of design in decision making?
The only purpose of design stage in decision making is to represent the system and also
defining the relationship between in collective variables to making systematic storing of data
about organisation business related information and that help to manager in decision at the time
of handling any project (Cepeda and Arias-Pérez, 2019).
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REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Beck, R and et. al., 2017. Blockchain technology in business and information systems research.
Cepeda, J. and Arias-Pérez, J., 2019. Information technology capabilities and organizational
agility. Multinational Business Review.
Chuang, S.P. and Huang, S.J., 2018. The effect of environmental corporate social responsibility
on environmental performance and business competitiveness: The mediation of green
information technology capital. Journal of Business Ethics. 150(4). pp.991-1009.
Lou, A.T. and Li, E.Y., 2017, December. Integrating Innovation Diffusion Theory and the
Technology Acceptance Model: The adoption of blockchain technology from business
managers’ perspective. In International Conference on Electronic Business (Vol. 12,
No. 4. pp. 299-302).
Luftman, J., Lyytinen, K. and Zvi, T.B., 2017. Enhancing the measurement of information
technology (IT) business alignment and its influence on company performance. Journal
of Information Technology. 32(1). pp.26-46.
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