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Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities, 3/E
James A. Senn

ISBN-10: 0131436260
ISBN-13:  9780131436268

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2004
Format:  Cloth; 672 pp
Published:  11/21/2003
Status: Out of Print


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For the introductory course in computers, computer literacy, information systems, or information technology found in department of Business and CIS.

Written by a highly regarded, internationally-known consultant and educator in business and information systems, the third edition focuses on the way information technology is transforming the way people do business and how IT impacts their personal lives. The emphasis is on the way information technology is used and applied for problem solving; the new and emerging technologies as they are being implemented in real organizations; applications to personal and professional practice; and the challenges and opportunities of IT in international business situations.


Features

  • NEW - Newly written Opening and Closing cases—With questions.

    • Includes current information on real enterprises and real people.

  • NEW - Chapters on the Internet, digital commerce, and Web-enabled applications.

    • Provide expanded coverage of current IT principles and practices.

  • NEW - Split out chapters on Personal Databases from Enterprise Databases.

    • Examines current practices and the on-going evolution in object-oriented databases.

  • NEW - Video Cases—Found on the text's website.

    • Designed to spur discussion on IT issues of current issues.

  • Running Case.
  • Critical Connection Cases—Each chapter introduces a challenge facing and individual or company. At the end of the chapter, this experience is revisited, conclusions are drawn, and a series of discussion questions are included.

    • Emphasizes problem solving in the real world.

  • Reality Checks—Found throughout the text.

    • Drawn from a vast array of IT experiences in the worlds of government, business, and research.

  • Photo Essays—Updated as appropriate for the third edition.

    • Designed to tell a step-by-step story in pictures.

  • Net_Work Projects.

    • Students utilize the Web to complete individual or group projects


New To This Edition

  • Newly written Opening and Closing cases—With questions.

    • Includes current information on real enterprises and real people.

  • Chapters on the Internet, digital commerce, and Web-enabled applications.

    • Provide expanded coverage of current IT principles and practices.

  • Split out chapters on Personal Databases from Enterprise Databases.

    • Examines current practices and the on-going evolution in object-oriented databases.

  • Video Cases—Found on the text's website.

    • Designed to spur discussion on IT issues of current issues.


Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

 1. Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities.

 2. Essentials of Computing.

 3. Essentials of the Internet and the Worldwide Web.

II. HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY.

 4. The Central Processor and Memory.

 5. Storage and Input/Output Devices.

III. DATABASE TECHNOLOGY.

 6. Personal and PC Databases.

 7. Enterprise Databases and Warehouses.

IV. NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS.

 8. Enterprise and Personal Communications Networks.

 9. Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business.

V. DEVELOPING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.

10. Launching Application Development Projects.

11. Creating Enterprise Applications.

12. Creating Web-Enabled Applications.

VI. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.

13. Information Systems in the Enterprise.

14. Issues in Information Technology.

Concise Dictionary of IT Terminology.

Credits.

Subject Index.

Name, Company, and Product Index.



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