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Most work in every business is information work, a term coined by michael dertouzos. Bill gates and others wrote 2021altair basic to run on it. The road ahead book is a good read and a good book to have a glance at the thinking of worlds richest man. Thanks to technology, the speed of business is accelerating at an everincreasing rate, and to survive, it must develop an infrastructurea digital nervous systemthat allows for the unfettered movement of information inside a company.
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