IMPACT OF DATABASE TECHNOLOGY ON BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Business enterprises in Nigeria are largely based on manual filling system. To a greater extent, this has hindered the way they store their information and do their business whereas data based technology is the acceptable means of storing and doing business transaction. This paper examines the impact of database technology and business enterprises in Nigeria. It addresses key issue in the use of database technology on the business enterprises, economy-effectiveness, cost and sustainability. It discusses the key challenges that inherent in the use of this new technology. It discusses ways of improving database technology in Nigeria. The paper concluded that for the country to fully harness the benefits of database technology every business enterprise in Nigeria should make it as a policy to incorporate database technology in its Modula operandi and should employ the service of knowledgeable and reliable advisers to supervise the planning, implementation and the use of database technology in their business organization.
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