Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store‚ retrieve‚ transmit and manipulate data‚[1] often in the context of a business or other enterprise.[2] The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks‚ but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with information technology‚ including computer hardware‚ software‚ electronics‚ semiconductors
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Information Technology History of Computer The first computers were people! That is‚ electronic computers (and the earlier mechanical computers) were given this name because they performed the work that had previously been assigned to people. "Computer" was originally a job title: it was used to describe those human beings (predominantly women) whose job it was to perform the repetitive calculations required to compute such things as navigational tables‚ tide charts‚ and planetary positions for
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Advancements in information technology have had many great benefits on society. It has revolutionized the phase of business and living around the world. Information Technology has made Local businesses become international due to a simple website. Information technology (IT) is the use of computers and telecommunications equipment to store‚ retrieve‚ transmit and manipulate data. The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks‚ but it also encompasses other information distribution
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The Information technology industry‚ where nothing is predictable and constant change has become a usual trend‚ is now on its new phase of its evolution stages. According to Richard L. Nolan‚ MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration: “Information Technology is no longer being used as just a tactical resource‚ it’s now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition” (http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/april/text/theory_text.html 04.02.06). This paper will examine and
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Introduction Our age is known as the age of Information Technology. Information Technology with its superhighway has not only revolutionized man’s way of working but also his very existence. IT (Information Technology) revolution is sweeping our civilization bringing about unfathomable changes in our present- day civilization. Twenty first century belongs to the IT world. The term ‘Information Technology’ or simply known as IT is a generic name given to all improvements that are taking place
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Chapter 6: The effects of using ICT Hacking: Using a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system (malicious intent). Exp: Nokia hacked by Kevin Mitnick‚ hacking into email accounts Software Copyright: Certain portions of software that are licensed. Protects others from copying it without the owner’s permission. Exp: Torrent (illegally download films)‚ Jail Break Encryption: Scrambling data/information into an unrecognized format. Exp: Used when sending a private message‚ to
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the case to justify your answer. Information technology provides more opportunities for difficult ethic issues to arise as Information technology allows the reduction in both budget and staff. Policy decisions at the very senior level need the sensitivity that IT experts can bring to the table. CIOs will know the capabilities of Information Technology and that the misuse of those capabilities will result in a difficult ethical issue. Information technology can also help address those opportunities
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BCS HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICIATIONS BCS Level 4 Certificate in IT April 2010 EXAMINERS’ REPORT Computer and Network Technology This report is for Sections A and B of the paper. It consists of two sections: 1. Overall comments 2. Detailed questions’ report 1. Overall comments As in previous sittings‚ many candidates did not follow instructions and accordingly did not encircle the question numbers at the front of their scripts. Candidates failed to write the question number at the top
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Challenges faced by Indian IT: 1. Uncertain global economy: The Indian IT outsourcing industry gets about 75% of its revenues from US and Europe. The renewed concern regarding the European sovereign debt has led to companies slowing down their IT spending. BFSI segment has been the biggest contributor to Indian IT revenues. As shown in the figure below‚ the recent turmoil in Europe & US has resulted in slowing demand in BFSI segment. Source: Business Standard 2. Protectionist measures: There
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Journal of Strategic Information Systems 19 (2010) 3–16 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Strategic Information Systems journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jsis Strategic information systems research: An archival analysis Guy Gable Information Systems Discipline‚ Faculty of Science and Technology‚ Queensland University of Technology‚ GPO Box 2434‚ Brisbane 4001‚ Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Accepted 11 February 2010 Keywords:
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