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Enterprise Business Intelligence (IS6 120 )

Enterprise Business Intelligence (IS6 120 ). 30 September, 2010 Ancient “information systems”. Csaba Csáki Business Information Systems. Information processing BC . Cuts on stone. China – 3000 BC. Calculating with sticks – later nicks (notches) A base-5 system (quinary)

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Enterprise Business Intelligence (IS6 120 )

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  1. Enterprise Business Intelligence(IS6120) 30 September, 2010 Ancient “information systems” Csaba Csáki Business Information Systems

  2. Information processing BC • Cuts on stone ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  3. China – 3000 BC • Calculating with sticks – later nicks (notches) • A base-5 system (quinary) • similar to Roman numerals ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  4. Egypt: “salamisi” • Grooves and stone pellets ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  5. Incan khipu • The only possible Incan example of encoding and recording information could have been cryptic knotted strings known as khipu (quipu) or “talking knots”. • Mistery: Bookkeeping? Textile abacuses? Story telling? Family history? ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  6. French weavers: Bouchard, Jacquard, and Ludd • Cards • Punched tape • 15 days to resetthe pattern • Ludd was also a a weaver from Lyon ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  7. Babbage’s difference engine In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation, when after finding a wealth of errors, he exclaimed in frustration, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!" With this outburst, Babbage, began to envision an end to human errors in the numerical tables upon which finance, trade, science, & navigation rely. ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  8. Hollerith • developed a mechanism for reading to make electrical connections to trigger a counter to record one more of each value. • The key idea (due to Billings), however, was that all personal data could be coded numerically. • The 1880 census had taken seven years – the 1890 one was completed in 2.5 years. ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  9. MARK I. – 1946 ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  10. EDVAC (part)von Neumann and Oppenheimer ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  11. Basic definitions • Data • Dimension • Information • Context • Knowledge • Using information • Wisdom • Abstract view of “Body of knowledge” ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  12. Collection of Data • If we know that data is the raw material for an IS how do we capture it? ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  13. Collection of Data • How do we store it? ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  14. Paper office (up to the 60s) • Large quantities of data being captured and stored • But? • Inflexible • Difficult to analyse • Waste of space • Cost of storage • Clerical error • Missing invoices etc. ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  15. An example: Autoparts Ltd. • Founded in 1925 in Michigan • Clutch & Brakes • Expanded services later • Went national in 1939 • Grew rapidly • New market – repairs & services in 1940s • 20 outlets nationwide by 1949 ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  16. Autoparts Ltd. • Orders from buyers and for suppliers all done on paper • Copies made by clerical pool and filed accordingly ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  17. Autoparts Ltd. • Large quantities of data being captured and stored • But? • Inflexible • Difficult to analyse • Waste of space • Cost of storage • Clerical error • Missing invoices etc. ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

  18. Autoparts Ltd. • Solution? • 1950s – Computers in business • Company introduced computers into the office in the 1960s ISBP / 6120 / Business Intelligence

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