Technology specialist job

technology specialist job

Information Technology (IT) is a business sector that deals with computing, including hardware, software, telecommunications and generally anything involved in the transmittal of information or the systems that faciliate communication. IT also includes the management of data, whether it is in the form of text, voice, image, audio or some other form. It can also involve things related to the Internet. This gives IT a whole new meaning, since the Internet is its own realm. IT involves the transfer of data, so it makes sense that the Internet would be a part of IT. IT has become a part of our everyday lives and continues to proliferate into new realms.

Information technology is the technology used to store, manipulate, distribute or create information. Now people can not imagine life without it. But still in different spheres technology plays different roles.

For example, the role of IT in organizations. The first it is communication among employees, customers, business partners and suppliers via emails, video conferencing systems, VIOP, live text and video chat services such as Skype, etc. The second, Data Management. Now, organizations have digitized most of their data. This data is stored in a database and employees access and share this information through a decentralized computing system. The third is Management Information Systems. MIS’s are systems that have information-processing responsibilities that include information through online analytical processing (OLAP) and conveying information to whoever needs it.

The role of IT in banking industry. The first is remote banking. Now banks have facilities like online banking, ATM’S and mobile banking service which enable perform banking needs at any given time of the day. The second is Centralized information. Banks can operate more than 20 branches in a specific area, but the use of information technology to centralize all the information on all these branches, makes it easy to access information both by the bank employees and the customer. The third is Credit cards or smart cards. Now banks issue out plastic cards to their customers so that they can perform transaction anytime anywhere.

The role of IT in student’s life. The first one, easy access to educational material. Today , students can access books and research notes online. The second, ability to study from anywhere. Online education has unlocked many boundaries for students. A student can now study and work from anywhere.

More areas have been impacted by information technology and in each area it plays its role.