An organization’s accounting system consists of the following hardware and software: Unix platform

Hardware:

Dell Workstation and Dell Servers

Software:

Oracle 11g database engine

Oracle’s JD Edwards financial software

Microsoft Excel

In the same organization, the human resource department uses a system with the following characteristics:

Hardware:

Sun Microsystems servers and workstation

Software:

Microsoft .Net platform

Microsoft SQL Server database

Oracle PeopleSoft human resources module

Can you answer the following questions that an auditor has asked you?

1. Is this an integrated enterprise system? Why or why not?

2. What is the process for accounting employees to access the human resource database and extract useful information?