The ongoing IT revolution is no doubt having impact on the armed forces. The large scale proliferation of IT equipment and IT enabled services calls for drastic changes in our outlook and work culture. The leaders have to continuously upgrade their knowledge of the IT spectrum in order to be able to harness its full potential. At the same time information security has assumed a new dimension because of the increased vulnerability of these systems.
Conclusion . Armed forces are the ultimate instrument of expression of power of a nation. They are the vital tools with which a nation aspires to guard against threats to its core values national interests. It is extremely essential that this instrument of state policy must keep a 'good fit' with the changes taking place in the internal and external political, social, economic and technological environment. The pace of these changes has acclerated during the last decade and is likely to accelerate even further. Enunciation of a clear vision for change, obtaining commitment of all concerned for the change, and planned implementation of the proposed change is vital for the growth of our armed forces. We must adopt the modern management tools and exploit the vast potential in areas like IT achieve optimization of resources through restriction the organization and integrating the diverse subsystems across the services. Acute awareness of and willingness to address these challenges to defence management is the only way to a bright future.
A management information system (MIS) is a computerized database of financial information organized and programmed in such a way that it produces regular reports on operations for every level of management in a company. It is usually also possible to obtain special reports from the system easily. The main purpose of the MIS is to give managers feedback about their own performance; top management can monitor the company as a whole. Information displayed by the MIS typically shows "actual" data over against "planned" results and results from a year before; thus it measures progress against goals. The MIS receives data from company units and functions. Some of the data are collected automatically from computer-linked check-out counters; others are keyed in at periodic intervals. Routine reports are preprogrammed and run at intervals or on demand while others are obtained using built-in query languages; display functions built into the system are used by managers to check on status at desk-side computers connected to the MIS by networks. Many sophisticated systems also monitor and display the performance of the company's stock.