Part Information Technology Next Three Chapters • Chapter discusses hardware, software, and mobile systems; defines basic terms and fundamental computing concepts, modern application user experience design • Chapter addresses the data component of information systems by describing database processing and data modeling • Chapter continues discussion of computing devices and describes data communications, Internet technologies, and the cloud Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 2-2 Why Study Technology? • Today’s managers and business professionals work with information technology all the time, as consumers, if not in a more involved way • Purpose of next three chapters is to teach you technology sufficient for you to be an effective IT consumer Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 2-3 Part 2-4 ... software, and mobile systems; defines basic terms and fundamental computing concepts, modern application user experience design • Chapter addresses the data component of information systems by describing... Part 2-2 Why Study Technology? • Today’s managers and business professionals work with information technology all the time, as consumers, if not in a more involved way • Purpose of next three... information systems by describing database processing and data modeling • Chapter continues discussion of computing devices and describes data communications, Internet technologies, and the cloud Copyright