Information Technology (IT)

for Managers
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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION
 Data
• Raw facts and figures
• Not meaningful for us
Example 1:
Student Name: John
Example 2:
University: California
 Information
• Organized & meaningful form of data
e.g.
John California University

• An electric power company keeps information

of 45,000,00 consumers of electricity in their
computer i.e. consumers number, name,
address, meter readings etc
 Information Technology (I.T.)

Anything related to computer

technology, such as
information, hardware,
software, networking, and the
people who work with these
technologies
 Information Technology (IT) cont...
• Information
already defined
• Hardware
A computer &its tangible (touchable) devices
e.g. keyboard, printer etc
• Software
Program for a computer
e.g. a program to print mark sheet of a
student
 Information Technology (IT) cont...
• Networking
Computers are linked (connected) to one
another and information can be sent from one
computer to another
• People
Manpower, who run computes
 IT Departments

Many companies now have IT

departments for managing the
computers, software, networks,
and other technical areas of their
businesses
 IT Jobs
• Computer Engineering / Technical
Support
• Computer Programming / Software
Engineering / Software Development
• Software Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• System Programming
• Game Development
• Data Communication/ Network
Administration
 IT Jobs cont...
• Web Engineering (Web Development)
• Database Administration / Data
Warehousing / Data Mining
• Data / Network Security
• Computer Graphics
• Mobile Applications
• Systems Analysis & Design
• Information System (IS) Audit
 Importance of IT

Since we live in the "information

age", IT has become a part of our
everyday lives and businesses