Based on the assigned materials, write a paper answering the following questions.
How can an IT system initially help a company advance but later become a requirement for that business to stay competitive?
You may want to consider weaving all or some of the Case Learning Outcomes into your response by addressing the following:
Describe how information technology (IT) has brought radical changes to industry and societies. This topic can be addressed by articulating how a company from the past executed business processes without Information Technology (and especially information systems/software), then talk about how a present company uses IT and complex software systems.
Describe the concept of software total cost of ownership (TOC) and its association for investment decision making. In other words, how does a company figure out that investing in software will make it more efficient or more effective and then stay on the path?
Review the software alternative of cloud computing. Why might it make sense not to host software applications locally? What benefits does cloud computing bring? What possible negative effects are there?
What does it mean to be competitive? Explain how IT/information systems might make a company competitive.
What happens in companies that cause the mindset to change from implementing IT and especially software systems to become efficient, to believing that IT and information systems/software are “must-haves” to stay at par or get ahead of the competition?
Required Reading
Gallaugher, J. (2012). Information Systems: A Harnessing Guide to Information Technology. FlatWorld Knowledge. Gallaugher Chapter 1 – E-textbook.
Gallaugher, J. (2012). Information Systems: A Harnessing Guide to Information Technology.Gallaugher – Chapter 1 PPT [PowerPoint slides].
IBM. (2011, November 3). IBM turns change into opportunity in North Carolina. Smarter data centers. [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwipuAZoUvo
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