Introduction The relentless advance of IT and telecommunications systems has brought dramatic benefits to individuals, businesses and other organisations. These years, the world has developed into an information economy, and the applying of new technologies is at the centre of the activity. New technologies are being developed at a record pace. Those celebrities such as Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steven Jobs of Apple all emerged to create information technology dynasties for 1980s and 1990s have …showed first 75 words of 2912 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2912 total…well or because managers have not learned how to manage its benefits. George Bernard Shaw said, "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." Our challenge is to ensure that this kind of opportunity remains open in the information age, in fact that it is expanded to include more people and even brighter possibilities.