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the past decade, information systems and the underlying
technology upon which they are based have changed
dramatically. These changes have had and will continue
to have a profound impact on larger society of which
it is a part. Within the country we have experienced
exactly the same shift from centralized to distributed
computing/information systems. Although this change
has been taking place over the past few decade with
the infusion of personal computing and local area
networks, the pace has dramatically accelerated
with the growth of the Internet, new information
technology resources, and the increasing computational
power of personal computers, workstations, and large-scale
servers. In the information-rich electronic environment,
the issues regarding content and conduit are becoming
increasingly inseparable.
The Introduction to Information Systems and
Technology would take the student through
the various layers of information Systems like
the hardware layer to the Knowledge Management
layer. The course will give students an awareness
of the tremendous changes that information technology
continues to bring to our lives, and how we can
best prepare ourselves to understand and use them.
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