The impact of communications

technology on business
- Using Technology for Business activities.
- What Facilities/Technologies are available for businesses.
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Questions Answers

1) When did the internet become very well known 1) Late 90s
and used?
2) World Wide Web
2) What are computers connected to?
3) Access vast amounts of
3) What does this allow you to do? information also upload
information on the
4) How did Tim Berners-Lee come up with the internet
idea?
4) Working to connect
5) What helps you find information better and scientists computers
quicker on the internet? together so they could
communicate
5) Search Engines
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A vast web of computers which are all linked and able to

communicate with one another

The word Internet has been taken from two words –

interconnected and network.

Each computer using the internet has a name called their

IP (Internet Protocol) address

Example: 172.16.81.100
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* ISP – Internet Service
??? providers – offer internet access to
businesses and homes.
* Modem ( ISDN) – dial up connection
( MOdulator –
DEModulator) uses an analogue connection using phone lines
* Broadband – ‘always on’ connection
* Carries more data
* Faster than dial-up
* Home and business use
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IP – Internet???Protocol = unique name for every
computer

TCP – Transmission Control

??? Protocol = takes data and
breaks it down into packets, checks for errors, re-
assembles the packets at the other end and resends
anything that gets lost

HTTP – Hypertext Transfer

??? Protocol = specifies the way
in which browsers and web servers transmit data to
each other
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* Intranet
LAN – = restricted computer network confined to
a specific organisation (Local Area Network)

* Extranet
WAN = restricted network that extends outside
the organisation to include other computers (Wide
Area Network)

* Entry is protected by passwords

Businesses – Internet and Technology

A new Business Setup Setting up Online Presence

Website
Laptops, Printers, Telephones and
Payment, Images, Products, Contact Us, Privacy
Mobile Phones and Policy, Reputation, Reviews, Live Interaction
Website Security: Login Credentials,
Internet, Internet Booster, Router
SSL (Secure Socket Layer(
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
A Mobile App (access for Android and Apple)
Networking
Security: Anti-Virus – Anti- Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat)
Spyware
Businesses – Internet and Technology
A new Business Setup
Internet Connection
ISP – Internet Service Provider
Cabling (Ethernet Cables) or Wireless
Wireless – Router – Networking
Make the Network Secure
Cost of these was higher before –
but now it has significantly reduced.
Setting up Online Presence
Website:
Easy Navigation, Reputation of the
Online Company, Reliability,
Interaction, Security
Social Media:
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, etc.
Computer/Website - Security

Protecting a Computer System Protecting Online Presence

Security Login Credentials
Anti-Virus Secure Servers
Firewall Secure Payment Method
Anti-spyware PayPal, Credit/Debit Card, Klana,
Operating System Phone Number, Apple Pay, Google
Pay, Samsung Pay, Cash on
Delivery.
Computer/Website - Security

Protecting a Computer System Protecting Online Presence

Firewall Secure Servers
Anti-Virus
Anti-spyware SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
Secure operating system Payment Options/Protection
PayPal, Skrill, Apple/Android Pay
Data Back-up
Storing information Online
Assignment 1
Create a PowerPoint presentation to describe how the internet
operates, and how it is used by other companies.
Also, give 5 examples of how the Internet is used by at least two
contrasting organisations: Marks and Spencer, and an online retailer
from another sector.
*Areas of content as a guide:
Research
Promotion
Customer service
Providing information
Recruitment
Use of the internet for business research
Providing Information

*Use of the internet

for providing
information (take
screenshots to show
your answers)
Go to the product
information page or
about us!!!
www.makro.co.uk
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*Use of internet for

promotion (for example,
you could describe, using
screen shots to illustrate
your work, how a
business could develop
website material). http://www.mirror.co.uk/
*This could be their own
website or others
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Careers
Assignment Guideline
In your Presentation, you must do the following:

• Describe what the internet is and how it operates

• Describe what the worldwide web is and the 1992 beginnings of the worldwide
web
• Describe how the internet is used by Marks and Spencer and at least one online
retailer from another sector to carry out various business activities. Ensure that
you provide FIVE examples in total (e.g. 2 for Marks and Spencer and 3 for
another company which is in another sector). Use the following areas of content
as a guide:-

• Research
• Promotion
• Customer service
• Providing information
• Recruitment