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Four era developments in computer technology

One of the main causes of globalization are coming sooner than expected all parties is the rapid development of information technology. Here we describe four eras of development: 1. The era of computerization This period began in the 1960s. In the use of computers are aimed at improving efficiency. In that era, has not seen such a tight competition atmosphere. The number of companies are still relatively few. 2. Information technology era Advances in digital technology combined with the computer telecommunications has entered a period of revolution. In the early 1970s, the Personal Computer technology was introduced as an alternative to minicomputers. In this second era of every individual in the organization can take advantage of the sophistication of the computer, such as database processing, spreadsheets, data processing maupuan (end user computing). 3. The era of information systems theories of modern organizational management intensively introduced in the early 1980s. One theory is the most widely studied and applied is the management of change (change management). Unlike the two previous era with emphasis on elements of the technology, the era the emphasis was on management information systems, because of computers and information technology is a component of the system. 4. The era of globalization of information The phenomenon that is happening is that since the mid-1950s, developments in information technology so fast. No one can withstand the speed of development of information technology. Its existence has removed the boundary lines between countries in terms of flow of information. No country is able to prevent the flow of information from outside the country or another, because interstate boundaries are not known in the virtual world.

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