Information Technology

By J. Anil

Information networks are networks that transmit information in versatile human and technical networks to enhance knowledge, business or social aims. Often they use information technology in contrast to biological networks or social networks research. They may use information portals or other types of collaborative networking for sharing information. Information networks refer to using the contemporary networking technologies such as Internet and wireless communication for distributing and sharing information among these different technical networks that any human network can benefit of. Essentially, information network is linked to exchanging information between interest groups within and between human institutions such as companies, universities, research organizations, and communities. Network theory has been an area gaining increasing research interest in the last few decades. Information networks can be seen as networks of information processing units. This can be contrasted to material networks like logistics and supply-chain networks that are primarily meant for exchanging materials. The basic unit of the dynamics forming information networks can be seen as an “Information Transaction” involving the exchange of an information artifact (like a piece of news, a software application, a dataset, etc.) between two or more information processing units (human beings, software applications, etc.)

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