INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Contents
:
Introduction
History of IT
Present role of IT
Hardware and Software
Advantages & Disadvantages of IT
Benefits from IT
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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Information technology is
a contemporary term that
describes the combination of computer technology
(hardware and software) with telecommunications
technology (data, image, and voice networks).
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In
some companies, this
is referred to as
Management Information Services (or MIS) or
simply as Information Services (or IS).
These innovations enable the processing and
storage of enormous amounts of information, along
with rapid distribution of information through
communication networks
IT has enabled the globalisation of the economy and
competition, and caused large-scale changes in
many industries
IT is also bringing a major shift in the job market;
resulting in a more polarised occupational structure,
consisting of