Information technologies whose constituent elements which were enumerated in this chapter. They integrate more into the working procedure of the company. To be truly effective, they will have to be harmonized with the structure and the culture of the company, with these procedures, its total strategy and with its policy as regards human resources. This first internal stage must be followed by a second stage of harmonization. The harmonisation of the company with its external environment using technologies and communication networks through public and private networks.
We can release three tension fields as regards progress containing these technologies:
The first tension field is the improvement of the performances of each constituent element of these technologies this, in a factor of 10.
The second tension field is the availability of the data bases from which one can identify, extract, handle and communicate relevant information. Technologies in the course of application allow increased speed, a fall in the costs and a simpler style of work. Giving access to information to the whole of the personnel of the organization.
The third tension field is the development of international standardization, connectivity between systems and the integration of the media of the same network (ISDN) and the increase in the flows (ATM) which offers a field of opening for communication.
The prospects for evolution will make significant improvements on the costs, speeds, the performances and the functionalities offering opportunities still not easily accesible today. However, a historical bringing together can be tried with the utilisation of technology of the telephone, which allowed new unthinkable organizations before.