AFM341 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Application Software, Vmware, G Suite

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Accounting & Financial Management
• Course: AFM341
• Professor: Jee Hae- Lim

Document Summary

The technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data is known as information technology. Combines technical components, human activities and describes process of managing life cycle of organizational practices. Includes information technology infrastructure, data, application systems, and personnel that employ information technology to deliver information and communications services in an organization. Information system: management of the organizational function in charge of planning, designing, developing, implementing, and operating the systems and providing services. Use it to capture, store, manipulate, and present data in order to support firm"s business processes and value adding activities. Assist with planning, budgeting, marketing, purchasing of more supplies. Sign of well function is is that users take it for granted it is there when and where we need it (don"t think about who is maintaining it or paying for it)