The Information system is the study of complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organization use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data. Information systems encompass a variety of disciplines such as the analysis and design of systems, computer networking, information security, database management, and decision support systems.

Information management deals with the practical and theoretical problems of collecting and analyzing information in a business function area, including business productivity tools, applications programming and implementation, electronic commerce, data mining and decision support.