Strategic Information Systems

Strategic Information Systems (SIS), information management programs based on a carefully-defined corporate vision, are likely to play an increasingly important role in industry. This volume aims to help executives and systems analysts to develop clear management objectives, and then translate those objectives into a plan of action built around today's communications technology. Readers are led through the process of designing, building, and maintaining a corporate information infrastructure, with coverage given to available system architectures, computer interfaces, networking techniques, and software options.