What is Information Systems?

What do iTunes, Walmart, and eBay have in common?

What do iTunes, Walmart, and eBay have in common?

Answer: they transform people’s lives millions of times a day through the use of Information Systems

What do iTunes, Walmart, and eBay have in common?

Answer: they transform our lives millions of times a day through the use of Information Systems

iTunes: Music on demand(1.26 downloads per day)

eBay: The world’s largest electronic flea market(averages 1.2 million items per day)

WalMart: A very large selection of products customers want at low prices(over 10 million transactions per day)

IS professionals:

Transform…Manage…

Build…Design…

Analyze…

Information Technology

DataPeopleOrganization

Information Systems

Combine to form

Provide

Business Solutions

Careers in Information Systems• Programmer analyst• Systems analyst• Data Base Administrator • Data Base Programmer • Network Analyst • Network Administrator • Telecommunications Technician • Security Manager (LAN & WAN) • IT Trainer • Web/Internet Administrator • Web Designer/Programmer • Web Security Manager

An Example IS Project

• The Center for Computing Education Research

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