BEFORE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
ENTERPRISES WERE RELATIVELY AUTONOMOUS
INTER-CONNECTIONS WERE FEWER, AND DEPENDENCIES FEWER STILL
DOMAIN AREAS WERE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED, E.G. BANKS WERE BANKS, THE PHONE COMPANY STOOD ALONE, ETC.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS HAD AREAS OF INTERESTS WHICH DID NOT GENERALLY OVERLAP
PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES DEFINED THE WORLD
WE UNDERSTOOD THE WORLD WE WERE IN