This article presents the first results obtained with an investigation about the exploration of Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) in 37 (thirty seven) companies of the Metropolitan Area of Recife (RMR), being these in your majority deprived companies, that they act in the service branch, with medium annual billing below R$ 500.000,00. This exploratory study has for objective to familiarize the researchers with the reality of the use of IS/IT in this area and to allow the construction of hypotheses about theme.
Information Systems; Information Technology; Information Technology Investment
