how is the information technology market ?
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The information technology market is doin' just fine.  And how about yourself?
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The Bachelor's Degree in IT is very marketable. That's a good one. \n\nI know it's a trend now to specialise down to the level of "E-Business Entrepreneurship", but that's awfully narrow. Worse, there's a danger that it's a bit trendy - that specialising in something this narrow and "current" might cause you problems in the future, when you try to find a job - especially if the employer isn't looking for "E-Business Entrepreneurship" specifically. \n\nWhat will your diploma actually read? Will it simply say "Information Technology"? If so, then that's perfect. If not, and it says "E-Business Entrepreneurship", then I'd be a bit wary, too.
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In The BeginningIt was 1991, and the ruthless agonies of the cold war was gradually coming to an end. There was an air of peace and tranquility that prevailed in the horizon. In the field of computing, a great future seemed to be in the offing, as powerful hardware pushed the limits of the computers beyond what anyone expected. \nBut still, something was missing. \nAnd it was the none other than the Operating Systems, where a great void seemed to have appeared. \nFor one thing, DOS was still reigning supreme in its vast empire of personal computers. Bought by Bill Gates from a Seattle hacker for $50,000, the bare bones operating system had sneaked into every corner of the world by virtue of a clever marketing strategy. PC users had no other choice. Apple Macs were better, but with astronomical prices that nobody could afford, they remained a horizon away from the eager millions. \nThe other dedicated camp of computing was the Unix world. But Unix itself was far more expensive. In quest of big money, the Unix vendors priced it high enough to ensure small PC users stayed away from it. The source code of Unix, once taught in universities courtesy of Bell Labs, was now cautiously guarded and not published publicly. To add to the frustration of PC users worldwide, the big players in the software market failed to provide an efficient solution to this problem. .....\n\nhttp://linux.co.uk/Pages/aboutlinux\n\n\nLooking into the future of Linux\n\nby Tom Adelstein\n\n\nAdvances in desktop Linux are developing along two trend lines -- one for adoption and the other for innovation. The rate of adoption for Linux shows steady growth at a constant rate. However, technological advances can have an unpredictable impact on adoption -- and cause exponential growth.\n\nAnalysts agree on the current rate of adoption within the enterprise and among consumers and predict a minor dent in market share. Some analysts forecast that now that Linux has surpassed Apple's market share, it will take a six percent share over the next two years. Given conventional wisdom, those predictions seem reasonable\n\nThe disruptive nature of technological innovation throws these estimates out the window. While analysts can reliably make predictions from trade shows and vendor presentations, they are merely reporting proprietary trends in a closed environment. Taking into account open development projects bourne out of IBM, HP, Sun and the community, the world of open source quickly can take on a different hue.\n\nAmong the many innovations currently evolving in the GNU/Linux space, significant advances in interoperability among platforms such a single logon to Active Directory and even applications as mail and calendaring applications such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange interoperate with Linux. File managers can now visually detect Windows and UNIX hosts on a network. Device management to enhance hardware driver support, too, allows Linux to become a more supportive hardware platform than rivals.\n\nAnother key area of advancement in open source is visual. As digital convergence comes to fruition, the move toward an open environment for entertainment took a major leap when Sun Microsystems released Project Looking Glass under the GPL. The Santa Clara-based company's three-dimensional desktop environment has received great praise and attention for modernizing the look of the desktop. \n\nIn just a few short weeks, Project Looking Glass (lg3d) went from a fascinating trade show demo to something developers could bring to mass consumption. \n\nToday, the open source project runs on Fedora, Red Hat, SuSE and Sun's Java Desktop System. It works in 64 bit and 32 bit environments. Time to market is on a fast track as new developers have migrated to the project.\n\nOne of the major contributors and proponents of Project Looking Glass, Ricardo Wagemaker of GCCLinux.com, supports its use in manufacturing, medicine and biometrics, however his world revolves ar
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Information Technology (IT) or Information and Communication(s) Technology (ICT) is a broad subject concerned with technology and other aspects of managing and processing information, especially in large organizations.\n\nIn particular, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information. For that reason, computer professionals are often called IT specialists, and the division of a company or university that deals with software technology is often called the IT department. Other names for the latter are Information Services (IS) or Management Information Services (MIS).
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IT = information technology
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Information technology, in particular, Software design...think of things like video games and programs.  They just released a list recently...either in Money, Fortune or Forbes...of the best occupations now and in the near future.
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The answer for your question will be a long one, but you will find in it what I love everyday ( Besides my wife and my son ).\n\nAn IT ( Information Technology ) person is the one that could work directly into one or many branches of technology itself:\n\nHardware ( Physical objects such as a laptop, PC, Mac, printer or PDA, etc. ).\n\nSoftware ( Windows, Minesearch, Linux and all applications that resides in your computer, etc. ).\n\nTelecommunications ( Telephones, Wireless Nets, Mobile Hardware, etc. )\n\nBasically these are the main branches that IT possess. From the one you choose, there are many positions such as Programmer, Analyst, Project Leader, Project Manager, IT Director, CTO, CIO and many more.\n\nTo detail each one would be sending me into oblivion, instead I will give you an insight of a monster.com article I just read and the web page that will help you.\n\n***\n\nTen Up-and-Coming Technologies for Careers\nby Allan Hoffman\nMonster Tech Jobs Expert\n\n\nTechies often need to focus on the problem directly in front of them, but they also love to peer into the future and ask, "What's next?"\n\nThat's the question as we head into 2005 and consider what technologies and trends will affect technology professionals in coming years. Some have already begun making a mark while others are still evolving, but all these technologies hold promise -- not just for companies looking to make a buck, but also for eager, entrepreneurial software engineers, project managers and CIOs seeking new challenges and opportunities.\n\nThe common thread is the convergence of industries and companies. Communication services, software development and hardware manufacturing are no longer clearly separated. The 2004 annual MIT Venture Capital Conference noted this trend. "The recent histories of leading technology companies are proof that technology is actively blurring the boundaries between industries, resulting in new opportunities and new threats," pronounced the conference organizers. "Convergence has arrived."\n\nHere are some examples:\n\n1. VoIP\n\nVoice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is taking telecom by storm. Network hardware makers, telecommunications firms and other companies are seeking sales engineers, system designers and testers.\n\nResource: Internet Telephony Magazine Online.\n\n2. Social Networking\n\nBeyond much-hyped services like Friendster, social networks likely will play a role in connecting everyone from dealmakers to gamers. Social gaming in particular is expected to take off, as gamers connect with other users via PCs, game consoles and cell phones.\n\nResource: The Social Software Weblog.\n\n3. Nanotechnology\n\nFrom electronics to pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology is expected to revolutionize the manufacture of any number of products -- and generate new ones. Still mostly in the research stage, opportunities are cropping up in academia, government and even some commercial enterprises.\n\nResource: National Nanotechnology Initiative.\n\n4. WiMAX\n\nImagine high-speed wireless Internet access deployed over miles and miles via networks based on the IEEE 802.16 standard know as WiMAX. Companies from Intel and beyond want to see it happen. Who may get caught in the headlights? Traditional wired telcos and ISPs.\n\nResource: WiMAX Forum.\n\n5. Desktop Linux\n\nIs it ready yet? Fans think so, and enterprises concerned with security and cost savings may too. Don't expect the masses to shut down their Windows, but consider this headline from News.com: "Intel more active in desktop Linux." Linux-savvy tech support staffers, network engineers and systems administrators will surely benefit.\n\nResource: Desktop Linux.\n\n6. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)\n\nAs a software development approach, SOA emphasizes flexibility and interoperability. Companies working on SOA projects are eager to hire software architects with Web services know-how and systems-integration experien
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Usually Information Technology is developed to do things more efficiently (at least that is the goal!). For example, webpages and email systems allow companies to more efficiently market their products to customers and even process orders. And internal systems allow companies to more efficiently track inventory, cash flow, personnel, etc.\n\nThe thing most people miss when implementing IT is the human component. The people who will be using the technology must be deeply involved in the implementation to ensure that they are not implementing technology for the sake of technology, but are making current (and/or future) processes easier, faster, better, and cheaper.\n\nI hope that answers your question.
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i believe career opportunities will always be large for IT Networking and telecom.\n\nAs the world and technology advances, so do jobs pertaining to it.
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Internet Services  and consumer/market trends
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From what I have seen, the market is glutted right now in IT. You might be better off finding a firm that is looking for an IT specialist and hiring directly on. Consulting requires usually a good insurance policy. In the nuclear world (where I work), you need at least $1 million in liability.\n\nBest of luck.
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Information Technology--Computers\nMany different schools have excellent programs\nRIT and MIT to name two\n\nStrong math skills are a plus along with computer skills
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why productivity is not directly correlated with IT investment
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With every new technology comes good and bad.\n\nFor instance, I'm a trainer for a living, so having mobile technology such as a laptop with wireless and remote access is great for my job, but I'm always at work now. Even my RDO's are spent putting out spot fires before they become raging inferno's to deal with on my return.\n\nHowever that being said, they probably wouldn't be raging inferno's, it's just a perception oh no something to do, deal with it. \n\nThat being said, Imagine if you had to fax all your letters, or send via snail mail. Data transfer and communication is a great asset that has been bought to us by technology. \n\nWe can send an email off and mark it as waiting on someone else on our to do lists instantly. \n\nWe can prepare macros and programs to remove mundane and pointless repetitive labour from our lives. Mail merges mean one letter, one list of names and addresses, two clicks, and bang, merged and printed.\n\nDepending on the Job technology can be a nuisance, handy, or an outright neccessity as some industries have grown to depend heavily on it.\n\nThe greatest benefit by far of computers is Databases.\n\nYou can either file your clients in a filing cabinet, search for them, add to them, re-file them. Or you can build a database, build a front end for that database, and once down, that time and money pays for itself, as repetitive and manual mundane filing is dead.\n\nI've worked with databases with millions and millions of entries, and I could not even imagine manually filing such an incredible amount of hard copy information.\n\nThe one neccessity for implementing technology as such, is a disaster recovery plan. You MUST be able to recover from a crash before becoming dependant on technology.
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Information technology is technology that is involved in the storage, management, manipulation, and communication of information.\n\nOne hundred years ago, if you wanted to remember something, you had to write it down.  You had to file it in a system so that you could remember it.  If anyone else wanted a copy, you had to reproduce it by hand.  If you knew something, like how much weight horses gained when you fed them different ways, you would have to compile the data by hand from several sources.  Interpreting data was difficult for this reason.  And if you wanted to learn something that had to be hands on, like surgery, you often had to travel very far very slowly to see it done in person.\n\nThese days it is possible to store inforation so that it is readily retrievable by many people.  You can examine data more easily.  It is easier to learn things and easier to share what you know.
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I don't think Hardware has a good future in the market\n\nWeb technologies are emerging and the I.T. Industry has once again BOOMED because of Web Technologies so I prefer you must take courses of Microsoft .NET technology, XML and databases