CIS 505
Business Data Communications
Professor Dr. ED. Lindoo
Strayer University
Requirements for the Corporate Computing Function
By Zena Shabazz

The Corporate Computing Function, are needs that the facility must fulfill. The fifth point would be in the 9 point list because it would be a critical aspect of the Corporate Computing Function. The information requirement would implement the intelligence or the knowledge that is needed to support the actions or the decisions of the company. The information is absorbed by human beings. Information requirements dictate data and the processing specifications. I believe that if the information requirements are not correct that whatever follows will not be correct. There are needs that must be fulfilled by every company who uses the requirements for the corporate computing function, a case can clearly be made that requirements 1,3,7,8, and 9 can be satisfied with a distributed arrangement of low-cost servers, workstations, and personal computers. Widespread use of small computers can provide highly individualistic service to all the departments needing computing, allow users to establish and maintain autonomy in their operations using their own equipment, and provide users with hands-on opportunity to enjoy computing use while improving departmental productivity. Two aspects of the needs of users demonstrate the truth of the preceding statement: the need for new applications and the need for short response time. First, consider the need for new applications. For any organization to remain competitive, each department within the organization must continually strive to improve productivity and effectiveness. A major source of such improvement is increasing reliance on data processing and computers. The result is that in most well managed organizations, the demand for new applications is rising faster