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The course starts by enabling students to differentiate between data, information, and knowledge. The course then introduces students to concepts precisely related to data and information management. The students will learn about the technologies involved in such management. These include hardware technologies, software technologies, database management systems as well as networking technologies. This course introduces the essential of Information Systems. All phases from long-range or strategic information systems planning to development and operation (maintenance). Impact that has on decision making, managing computing and communication resources, security of information systems, enterprise applications, data warehousing, health information systems, data mining security, data reduction and privacy in information systems. Tools and applications will be used to master skills on a live project assignment. Information services will be studied as a separate topic. Finally, the students will learn how these technologies could be integrated into different classes of systems including transaction processing systems, decision support systems and intelligent systems |