Un sistema de información (SI) es un conjunto de elementos orientados al tratamiento y administración de datos e información, organizados y listos para su uso posterior, generados para cubrir una necesidad o un objetivo. Dichos elementos formarán parte de alguna de las siguientes categorías: \n* Personas; \n* Actividades o técnicas de trabajo; \n* Datos; \n* Recursos materiales en general (recursos informáticos y de comunicación, generalmente, aunque no necesariamente). Todos estos elementos interactúan para procesar los datos (incluidos los procesos manuales y automáticos) y dan lugar a información más elaborada, que se distribuye de la manera más adecuada posible en una determinada organización, en función de sus objetivos. Si bien la existencia de la mayor parte de sistemas de información son de conocimiento público, recientemente se ha revelado que desde finales del siglo XX diversos gobiernos han instaurado de carácter secreto. Habitualmente el término "sistema de información" se usa de manera errónea como sinónimo de sistema de información informático, en parte porque en la mayoría de los casos los recursos materiales de un sistema de información están constituidos casi en su totalidad por sistemas informáticos. Estrictamente hablando, un sistema de información no tiene por qué disponer de dichos recursos (aunque en la práctica esto no suela ocurrir). Se podría decir entonces que los sistemas de información informáticos son una subclase o un subconjunto de los sistemas de información en general.

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An information system (IS) is any organized system for the collection, organization, storage and communication of information.More specifically, it is the study of complementary networks that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data. A computer information system is a system composed of people and computers that processes or interprets information.The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the software used to run a computerized database or to refer to only a computer system. Information system is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and also distribute data. An emphasis is placed on an Information System having a definitive Boundary, Users, Processors, Stores, Inputs, Outputs and the aforementioned communication networks. Any specific information system aims to support operations, management and decision-making. An information system is the information and communication technology (ICT) that an organization uses, and also the way in which people interact with this technology in support of business processes. Some authors make a clear distinction between information systems, computer systems, and business processes. Information systems typically include an ICT component but are not purely concerned with ICT, focusing instead on the end use of information technology. Information systems are also different from business processes. Information systems help to control the performance of business processes. Alter argues for advantages of viewing an information system as a special type of work system. A work system is a system in which humans or machines perform processes and activities using resources to produce specific products or services for customers. An information system is a work system whose activities are devoted to capturing, transmitting, storing, retrieving, manipulating and displaying information. As such, information systems inter-relate with data systems on the one hand and activity systems on the other. An information system is a form of communication system in which data represent and are processed as a form of social memory. An information system can also be considered a semi-formal language which supports human decision making and action. Information systems are the primary focus of study for organizational informatics.

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