Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Access to information - what does it mean ?

Access to information has crunched the notion of time and space. Information in itself is going through transformation and advancement, i.e. alphanumeric to audio to images to video. What does this mean ? Information is the fuel for the business to run; it is clearly the lifeline of any business. The ability to extract the relevant information converting that into knowledge and applying is one of the critical success factors for business.

Access to information has enabled the changes we have seen in environment, social, economic and political scenarios. What took place in the last 10 years has been more than what has happened in the previous 30 years.