Discussion and Response topic future trends in information systems infrastructure

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by Dheeraj Varma Namburi 

In today’s era as internet is getting proliferated in large amount, due to this current condition, abundant of data is getting available to the companies. So, it becomes intricate task for companies to handle such large amount of data.

Information systems assists organization to organize the plenty of information, these systems collect the data from several sources manipulate it and preservation of data is takes place for business purpose. Due to its capability of transforming the raw data into significant data, makes it pivotal for decision making procedures in the organizations in worldwide. Information system is becoming more prevalent as Globalization is trending at faster pace. Current trends such as mobile computing, big data and cloud computing have increased the overall efficiency of the organization and facilitated the complicated business activities (Mukesh, K. (2016).

In order to gain competitive advantage by IT, there are trends which can be utilized by the companies in the future. First of all, Information systems like strategic information systems are utilized for implementing unique competitive strategies for business. Strategic information system can perform the assigned functions by transforming the procedures by offering innovative ideas, assists companies to concentrate on marketing strategies as well as offering the delivery of the service or product at lower cost than others. Integration of the supply chains electronically has been another way of gaining competitive benefits over competitors. It can carry out with the help of electronic data interchange. These information systems can be used for sharing the crucial official documents via desktops. This provision helps to save the resources which will be necessary for managing the important documents

Future trend of information system infrastructure such as Internet of Things (IoT) is a way of linking the plenty of physical devices which are present in worldwide. As these billions of devices is connected to internet, it will be possible to provide digital intelligence to physical objects by utilizing the various sensors. In order to achieve this, many advanced technologies are being integrated. These systems would be able to offer flexibility in tracking the devices. This tracking would help the organization to interpret the movement of physical devices. Another benefit would be decision analysis through sensors, the internet of things would be able to contribute in complicated as well as vast organizational planning as well as decision making procedures. It will be feasible to predict the future challenges and uncertainties in the business using complex automation techniques. It can also detect the complex possibilities and unpredictable disaster in the business environment (Chapelle, A. (2015).

Furthermore, big data is becoming most crucial for getting popular over other rivals in the business sector. Many companies are inclined to focus on the data-driven strategies to accomplish the predetermined business goals. Big data has ability to establish novel strategies by analyzing the abundant of available information. The data includes the products details, vendors. Customer’s preferences can be accumulated and analyzed properly. Most renowned companies tend to focus on enhancing their big data capabilities to expand their markets than competitors. In spite of having pros such as correct management of crucial data, it also comes with benefits like estimating the metrics of business to understand the current ranking of organization. It has augmented the power of predicting the future risks. Since these future trends such internet of things (IoT)and big data are playing most vital role in improving the business for getting competitive gain.

References:

Mukesh, K. (2016). Emerging Trends in Information and Communication Technology. GIAN JYOTI E-JOURNAL, 6(3), 1–8.

Peters.G.W., Panayi.E., & Chapelle, A. (2015). “Trends in crypto-currencies and blockchain technologies: A monetary theory and regulation perspective”.