Information Technology

Information Technology (IT), means the technology involving the Networking, Hardware, Internet, Database/Storage, Software - development, maintenance - for the processing and distribution of information. Typically, IT is used in the context of enterprise operations as opposed to personal or entertainment technologies.

USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS:

Either small or big business, they will need to scale out a plan to utilize opportunities brought by “Information Technology”.

Businesses use IT in different ways to support like ->

(1) Information-processing tasks -

Computing and printing payroll checks, to creating presentations, to setting up Websites

Networking, allow departments to share information without any waste of time

(2) Decision making tasks -

To solve a complex problem by performing simple database queries, creating algorithms

(3) Shared information through decentralized computing -

Database, which is designed to support the concept of shared information.

(4) Innovation -

Internet, present us with the opportunity to make research on any subject, the information gathered during the process can be used in creative design of services or products.

USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO SOCIETY:

Society has embraced information technology in various ways like ->

(1) Online Education -

Online courses are so popular now a days that saves time and anyone can learn from anywhere

(2) Communication by Social Networking sites and smart mobile phones -

Make a world like small family

(3) Job creation -

Many IT companies like Google, create a job. So anyone can do a work from home or from anywhere like Google AdSense is the one of example.  

(4) Agriculture -

Now days a farmer can sell their products right from the farm using internet. In this case, both the farmer and the consumer benefit. The consumer gets the product at a cheap price when it is still fresh, and the farmer makes more money.

(5) Entertainment -

Music and movies can be accessed online by Internet at any time and making home entertainment better.