We can come up with many examples of databases. Library card catalogs, Student records information, Driver's licences, credit cards, video store records, and the AirMiles programs. We are all listed in many different databases. The information on us is valuable, so more and more of the data is being collected all of the time. The information is important enough to business that corporations can profit simply by selling our information.
Companies spend millions of dollars in order to find out about the needs and wants of customers.
This branch of Information Systems is becoming very lucrative and is termed DataWarehousing. If you are thinking of a business IT career, this is a very interesting area with huge potential. If we think about a fictional student records database what kind of information might it contain. Payroll information - If you have a job on campus. Suppose that the student Identity information is taken care of by the admissions office, and it is held in filing cabinets on the Ground floor of a building.