This article describes in outline the different approaches used to support the management of information, information systems and information technology. It has a bias towards systems and technology, rather than information, if only because this is where most management effort is focused....

What I want to do is to talk about some of the issues which arise from information management.

The paper first reviews the evolution of the ideas about the strategic management of information technology and how these ideas are seen today. Secondly, an examination is made of the explosive growth of the Internet and of the World Wide Web, both in terms of the profusion of new technologies...