<s>
An	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
EIS	O
)	O
is	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
information	O
system	O
which	O
improves	O
the	O
functions	O
of	O
enterprise	O
business	O
processes	O
by	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
provide	O
a	O
technology	O
platform	O
that	O
enables	O
organizations	O
to	O
integrate	B-Architecture
and	O
coordinate	O
their	O
business	O
processes	O
on	O
a	O
robust	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
provides	O
a	O
single	O
system	O
that	O
is	O
central	O
to	O
the	O
organization	O
that	O
ensures	O
information	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
across	O
all	O
functional	O
levels	O
and	O
management	O
hierarchies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financial	O
value	O
is	O
not	O
usually	O
a	O
direct	O
outcome	O
from	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	O
systems	O
create	O
a	O
standard	O
data	B-General_Concept
structure	I-General_Concept
and	O
are	O
invaluable	O
in	O
eliminating	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
information	O
fragmentation	O
caused	O
by	O
multiple	O
information	O
systems	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
EIS	O
differentiates	O
itself	O
from	O
legacy	B-Device
systems	I-Device
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
self-transactional	O
,	O
self-helping	O
and	O
adaptable	O
to	O
general	O
and	O
specialist	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
an	O
enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
legacy	B-Device
systems	I-Device
are	O
limited	O
to	O
department-wide	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
enterprise	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
housed	O
in	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
would	O
run	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
could	O
include	O
applications	O
that	O
typically	O
cross	O
organizational	O
borders	O
such	O
as	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
