Assignment 2(MIS)

==skycable===


For our second assignment, we were tasked to have another interview again to our recently visited company. We had visit Sky cable to determine there is/IT risk and change. To be consistent I would still be referring to that organization / company. Before that I would like to define what is Information System?

Information Systems (IS) refers to the interaction between people, processes, and technology. This interaction can occur within or across organizational boundaries. An information system is not only the technology an organization uses, but also the way in which the organization’s people interact with the technology and the way in which the technology works with the organization’s business processes. Information systems are distinct from information technology in that an information system has an information technology component that interacts with the people and processes components.

Company profile
SkyCable is a direct-to-home cable TV and subscription service, established by the Lopez Group of Companies and Central CATV Group Of Companies. It is one of several sister companies of ABS-CBN. SkyCable offers a range of analog and digital Cable Television services, and also offers high-speed Internet services and VOiP services.
SkyCable was established in January 1990. Commercial cable operations commenced on January 6, 1992. By the end of the year, 8,500 strand miles of cable were laid out, bringing in 20,000 subscribers by 1995.

Today, over 500,000 subscribers have made SkyCable the number one cable TV service provider in the Philippines. It has grown to feature the best and most varied cable programs for the whole family.

The success of SkyCable throughout the years enabled the business to expand and go beyond just providing postpaid cable TV service. In 2006, the first ever prepaid cable TV service inh the country was introduced, SkyCable Silver Prepaid. In 2008, SKYBROADBAND, the fastest residential broadband internet service in the land, and SKYVOICE, the lowest-prepaid IDD calling service, were launched.

This foray into innovative information and communication services created the need for the company to evolve its name into something much bigger.


== Here are the following risks associated on IS/IT change given by the IT personnel we had interviewed:==
*Security of data
- is the means of ensuring that data is kept safe from corruption and that access to it is suitably controlled. Thus data security helps to ensure privacy. It also helps in protecting personal data.

*Migrating/Changing of Operating System and New System
-Nowadays the most common OS that we have encountered in the Windows Operating System. Since most of the OS in Sky Cable are exercising Linux which is a full-fledged operating system, many of the employees find a hard time in manipulating the computer.

*Reliability and efficiency of the system
- The reliability of the system is not well tested. It will affect the business flows of the organization since it controls the information.

*Competition
- We can’t avoid competition in a business. According to the IT personnel of Sky Cable, when there is new system installed in the company the employees try there best to adopt immediately the last trend. The administration gives incentives to those whose can assimilate the system and it also might lead to the promotion of his/her position. On the other hand, the employees who cannot comprehend easily will be assigned to different manual works.
*Knowledge and Educational Background
-It is really important that the employees are well educated so that it is not hard for them to analyze the problems arise in a company.

*Cost
-It is really important to know the cost of the new technology being implemented in a company.

*Rejection to the staff
-The employees must be updated with the latest trend and they must know how to use it. We can’t deny the fact that not all employees are literate in computer so the company will hire a new one which has the knowledge of the existing technology. So, it is a threat to the employees especially to the IT personnel’s of the company.

*System Failure
- It is arise when there is a problem in hardware and it can cause the hardware to freeze, reboot, and/or stop functioning altogether.

*New technology, less employees



Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems#Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyCable
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-30/sp800-30.pdf
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/systemfa.htm