INFORMATION TECHNOLOGI DEVELOPMENT

—  Rapid development of information technology even in remote corners of the former have not felt any technology can now enjoy online information service SCARA technology.

—      Information technology arises as a result of globalization increasingly widespread in organizational life, the rigors of competition, the short life cycle of goods and services offered, as well as the increasing demands of consumer appetite for products and services offered. In anticipation of this, companies are looking for new ground by utilizing technology. Technology is expected to be a facilitator and interpreter. Use of information technology was originally confined to the processing of data. With the development of information technology, almost all activities of today's organizations have been infiltrated by the application of information technology and automation.

—  Information technology can be defined as the combination of computer and telecommunications technology with other technologies such as hardware, software, database, network technology, and other telecommunications equipment. Furthermore, use of information technology within an organization's information system to provide information for users in the decision making process.

—  There are various kinds of information systems using emerging information technologies, such as Electronic Data Processing Systems, Data Processing Systems (DPS), Decision Support System (DSS), Management Information System (MIS), Executive Information Systems (EIS), Expert System ( ES) and Accounting Information System (AIS) (Bodnar, 1998). Communication channel that can be used to communicate is a standard telephone lines, coaxial cable, fiber optics, microwave systems, communications satellites, cellular radio and telephone. While the network configuration can be used to communicate is a Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), and Client / Server Configurations (Romney, 2000).

—  EDP ​​is the use of computer technology to organize data processing in transaction-oriented organization. This system is used to process the transaction data that are routine (everyday). This system can not help job-related management decisions. The system is only beneficial to improve the timeliness and frequency of presentation of the report. Fundamentally, EDP is the application of accounting information systems in any organization. Terms of data processing (DP) is actually the same as the EDP.

—  MIS is teknologikomputer use to provide information-oriented mid-level management. MIS recognizes the fact that the managers within an organization need information in the decision making process and that the computer-based information systems can help provide information for managers.