00934nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000160001724500690003326000090010252006590011158300190077094200060078999900170079520260716043333.0 aHANNA, Nagy aWhy a national strategy for exploiting information technologies. c1995 aIdentifies three perspectives from which the need for a national information technology (IT) strategy may be viewed, viz: IT is a strategic industry; IT is a key generic technology, whose applications span all industries and services; and, IT is an essential infrastructure that allows the sharing of knowledge, and the collection, processing and transmission of information at breathtaking speed and at declining cost, thereby increasing productivity and improving quality and efficiency in all types of industries and services. Contends that national strategies for IT need to be timed and tailored to the level of economic and industrial development. c3/7/00kM2LMGR cA c45137d45137