BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Business Information Systems and Impact on Mobile Technology

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Business Information Systems and Impact on Mobile Technology

Introduction

It is estimated that there are approximately 1.5 billion mobiles used at present in this world. The quantity of these mobile phones is at least three times of the number of personal computers, it is a fact that the most sophisticated phone these days has the processing power equal to the personal computer of mid 1990's. These facts about hand held devices and the range of facilities offered by these devices will make it an alternate to personal computer in the time to come. It is quotes by Jeff Hawkins; the inventor of Palm Pilot that in recent years there will be approximately 1 to 2 billion people that will own a mobile but not a personal computer, a mobile phone will be a part of their digital life The executive vice president of Intel, Sean Maloney says that hundred and millions of people will not replace their entire personal computer for a little screen. Which is true to some extend as people cannot spend long hour and create big business project on mobile, but the debate has some objective, it is a clear indication that the mobile technology these days has become very sophisticated and powerful on Business Information Systems.

Discussion

The effect of innovative technology on business information system, it has been over estimated either on short term or long term (Abrahamson, E., 1991, p.586-612). There is a classic example available of railway roads during the 1840's in England and U.S. in both situations the predicted effects on innovative technology led to extensive investments and huge losses even when it didn't work out accordingly (Linden, A., & Fenn, J., 2002, n.d.). It was only than technology was considered as a hope for investors for such purposes there were developments in IT such as application service providers (ASPs), electronic data interchange (EDI) (Emmelhainz, M., 1993, n.d.), B2B electronic commerce (Phillips, C., and Meeker, M.,2000. n.d.), and online market places

Currently there have been sufficient investments made to bring development in the field of mobile applications and technologies which will benefit the business information systems. Lately the main implication of business information system technology has been in the areas that are consumer oriented; the business sector awaits a boom of technology that would provide significant opportunities of growth and development. The main uses of technology has been applicable on wireless transfer of data and voice communication, it has replaced telephone lines rather than desktops. There is a general use of mobile technology in the business environments; it serves very less to enhance the business processes and real utilizations of mobile technology on measuring the required aspects. This information is very important, furthermore to realize the real requirements and opportunities that are presented by time for innovation related to mobile technology (Chapman, J., 2002, n.d.).

To differentiate the current communication and business information systems from the former, there are four characteristics ...