Club IT Part 1
4.16.12
XBIS/219

1. Club IT description
Club IT was established by two college friends Lisa and Ruben, whose dream was to become owners of a night club. That plan was put into action by opening up Club IT. Club IT is a young vibrant nightclub that is geared towards the younger generation ranging in ages 18 to 30 years of age. It is a nicely sized club with plenty of seating and enough room for all groovers to put there dancing skills to use with 600sq ft of dancing space. There is live music during the weekends and a hired DJ during the week. The club has a lot going on for itself drawing the younger crowd out every week. These owners strive to make there business a success by always making there club a hangout for there community. The owners are moving into the right direction by taking advantage of the e-commerce activites to help there business stay ahead in this competitive market. Although the club is doing well, both Lisa and Ruben as owners could use a little help in there IT department. This is where I come in to help analyze what Lisa and Rueben already have to make their business run more effieiciently. 2. Information Technology Infrastructure
The role of information technology infrastructure is to implement organization and to help produce and store pertnant information. I noticed that the owners have a dial-up connection which means that most if not all of the club’s business is done on a network. Lisa and Ruben use a Pentium 4 Processor with Windows XP Professional as there software and I would definitley recommend an upgrade since there has not been an upgrade for at least three years. This will allow for better storage and memory of there financial and business-related records. The duties of maintaing the club finanically and business-related records are split between the two owners, which can be a lot since they like to interact with there customers. Both Lisa and Ruben split duties between accounting, purchasing, managing inventory, paying vendors, running payroll and cash handling and the bank accounts. This is all stored on a computer-based information system. Lisa and Ruben have all the hardware and database to handle all of this information through there network. There website, although it lacks in some areas, provides information for customers with details as to what events and music acts that will be performing at the Club IT. 3. Functional Area Information System
Funcional Area Information System is a system designed to summarize data and prepare reports for the functional areas like marketing and accounting ( ). These reports are vital pieces of information in continuing to run a successful business. Through my analyst I have noticed that there is no Functional Area Information System in place at Club IT. There is limited if any data that gives a report on the duties that both the owners split such as accounting and marketing. This is vital information to have and run a business efficiently. This information will provide feedback on the areas of there business such as accounting if an era were to arise. Application programs would be great in order to get all the information collected in one safe spot with easy to access. After reviewing the website and getting a feel for the club before it opens for business and during business hours I feel that there is a much needed upgrade to the current storing and filing system of data such as accounting, purchasing, managing inventory and other issues such as the handling of cash and paying vendors. It is my recommendation that it is completed sooner rather than later as to this will help the business catch up with where it should be currently with the storing of there information systems. Also it will provide a better and much managable way for the owners, Lisa and Ruben to run there business and continue to make the club a success. Who knows, this club may be the first of many clubs that Lisa and Ruben become owners of. With the right information infrastructure set up this could lead to the opening of many more clubs.