Information System

Information System - An engineered arrangement of computers, communications facilities, software code, and data designed to support the USPS business process.

[Category=Postal ]

Source: USPS, 24 September 2009 13:09:10, http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub32/pub32h_p.html

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Information System - An organized collection, processing, transmission and dissemination of information in accordance with defined procedures, whether automated or manual. Information systems are used to support high-level business decision making (typically ETL and BI systems involving a data warehouse).

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 23 June 2010 08:39:59, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/f.html

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Information Systems - A component of information technology infrastructure that represents the implementation of business activities, using the data resource, and residing on the platform resource.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Sun.com, 30 July 2010 08:54:24, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

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Information System - An organized collection, processing, transmission and dissemination of information in accordance with defined procedures, whether automated or manual. Information systems are used to support high-level business decision making (typically ETL and BI systems involving a data warehouse).

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 22 August 2010 08:07:46, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

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Information Systems (IS) - A system for managing and processing information, usually computer-based. Also, a functional group within a business that manages the development and operations of the business's information systems.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 14 December 2010 09:06:33, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

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Information system - A collection of manual and automated components that manages a specific information resource.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: DAMA UK, 17 July 2011 09:03:56, http://www.damauk.org/glossary.php

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Information System - Information system refers to the applications and software that perform business functions or support key processes.

[Category=Business Intelligence ]

Source: ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence, 31 October 2012 11:15:14, http://www.elegantjbi.com/resources/glossary_a.htm