What is the difference between a computer system and a business information system

I would say that any computer system that is capable of managing that particular business's requirements (both hardware and software wise) is a business information system.

The size and complexity of this system depends on the business. A self employed person with a staff of 1 may well be satisfied with an old pentium 1 with some kind of word processor and spreadsheet to manage their business on. Likewise someone like IBM or Microsoft will have systems that span continents.

Hi,
Good answer by Stu.
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Best wishes,
fredg

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Originally Posted by lisy

what is the difference between a computer system and a business information system

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Stu gave you a good answer, but context might have a bearing on this. If you would supply the context that the terms were used in, it might help to delineate them better.

One of the differences may be in the difference between software and hardware. A business information system usually refers to software used on a computer system to manage business processes. A computer system could be anything from a single PC to a large network.

But I would say that a BIS is a computer system, but a computer system may not be a BIS.