Information technology
(IT) is the acquisition, processing,
storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical
information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and
telecommunications. The term in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958
article published in the Harvard Business
Review, in which authors Leavitt and Whisler commented that "the new
technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it
information technology.
IT is the area of managing technology
and spans wide variety of areas that include but are not limited to things such
as processes, computer software, information systems, computer hardware,
programming languages, and data constructs. In short, anything that
renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any visual format
whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is considered part of
the domain space known as Information Technology (IT).
IT professionals perform a variety of functions (IT
Disciplines/Competencies) that range from installing applications to
designing complex computer networks and information databases.
A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data
management, networking, engineering computer hardware,
database and software design, as well as management and administration of
entire systems. Information technology is starting to spread farther than the
conventional personal computer and network technology, and more
into integrations of other technologies such as the use of cell phones,
televisions, automobiles, and more, which is increasing the demand for such
jobs.
In the recent past, the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology and the Association for Computing
Machinery have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum
standards[3] for degrees in Information Technology as a distinct field of study
as compared to Computer Science and Information Systems today. SIGITE (Special
Interest Group for IT Education) is the ACM working group for defining these
standards. The Worldwide IT services revenue totaled $763 billion in 2009.
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