Given a description of business pressures in the digital firm requiring information systems solutions, describe the evolution, the current state, and the trends in information technology and solutions that address those pressures from a functional perspective.
About fifteen years ago, there was a distinct line that separated organizations from its partners, suppliers, and customers (Laudon & Laudon, 2006). There were also distinct lines that separated an organization’s various divisions such as finance, production, manufacturing, and the human resources department. As such, organizations weren’t expected to make any information available to parties outside of the organization. However, in today’s business ...