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The effective procurement of IT can be a major factor in ensuring success in the corporate development process. IT procurement impacts the whole business; this is more than simply the procurement of the IT system itself. The process also needs to consider: installation, commissioning, testing and integration issues, as well as ancillary support activities such as system management, user training, maintenance, support, and systems development.

Typically, any IT system comprises:

• Databases
• Transactional processing systems
• Data processing and office administration systems
• Communications and networking capabilities
• Product design and product data systems
• Data classification and storage systems
• Software
• Hardware
• Support Services