d customers. Computer networks consist of a group of two or more computers systems linked together by communications channels to share data and information. Networks have been in use for more than 20 years. Microcomputers have made the use of Networks more affordable. Networks in use today connect thousands of users. Users of networks can transmit audio video and data. In business it is imperative that companies have the ability to share resources. File sharing enables employees, regardless of location to have access to the same information. Shared databases also eliminate duplication of work. Networks make it possible for companies to run software that will manage all of the companies internal operations. This can include finance, human resources, engineering, sales and order distribution and management and procurement. These modules work independently, then exchange information, creating a company wide system that includes current deliver dates, inventory status, quality control and other critical information.The cost of technology has plunged since the 1960s resulting in enormous investments in applications that have stimulated increasingly complex organizational changes. Benjamin and blunt (1992) anticipated that technology cost-performance improvement will sustain this trend over the next decade, and it did. 4Protecting the information stored in computers is not an easy task. With the ever-increasing dependence on computers, companies must develop plans to cover power outages, equipment failure, human error and disasters such as major fires, earthquakes or floods. Many companies have installed fault-tolerated computers systems designed to withstand such disasters. Preventing costly problems can be as simple as regularly backing up applications and data.In conclusion, the use of technology in any business is a required tool that is utilized to continually provide better services to clients. Technology allows us to ...
