All commercial organisations depend on information for their business processes and efficiency.
Much of this information is now stored or processed on computers and exchanged with business partners over public networks. Information processing technology is revolutionising the world of bus iness today opening up new ways of doing business electronically. Significant advances continue to be made in our ability to create, collect, store, retrieve, analyse and communicate information. Intelligence is being embedded in everyday products as well as in increasingly powerful computers. With the Internet becoming increasingly important, more and more information is now being shared with business partners and contacts, both nationally and trans-nationally.