This essay is a reflection on the progress of a career in the Information Technology field with a focus on personal experiences, education and past work. Information Technology has infiltrated our lives in the last 30 years in ways we never thought possible. I grew up in a world where having a landline and one television set per household were considered luxuries. Today, it’s hard to imagine a day without our latest smartphones that provide us access to the latest news, emails, and multimedia…
- Telecommuting. Through this technology, workers in service-based firms are no longer tied to a physical location, as they can work from their homes. Services that fall in this category include accounting, legal advice, education, insurance, investments, data analysis, computer programming, and consulting. Any service provider with the appropriate telecommunications systems can be located anywhere and still performs her job. Working at home has two main advantages (1) decreased costs through…
findings before humans were sick and cured before there was any type of technology (internet , books, medicine) they began to heal their diseases through herbal remedies that were passing by generation to…
environment and significantly improved technologies, information management has become more dynamic and changeable. It demands more flexible approach to a strategic business management from organizations, and also it requires carrying out periodic goals and tasks corrections, organizational structure improvement, revision of centralization extent of key functions, and also change of personnel involvement and motivation system (Krivtsov, 2016). Information management (IM) is an emerging field…
YAMMER NETWORK Guidelines and Best Practices Find what you need, right when you need it. Yammer seamlessly enables connections to people and information across your organization that you never knew existed, making it easier to move your work forward. 1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..2 1.1 Purpose Of The Guidelines and Best Practices document……………………………………2 1.2 Lennar IT Communication Policies ……………………………………………………………………………2 2 HELPFUL TIPS FOR USING…
Information Management and Information Technology in an MCI or Disaster Serious emergencies, disasters and crises have become increasingly frequent in the recent years. In the past several decades, natural and man-made disasters have taken over 3 million innocent lives and badly affected millions more. When a disaster strikes, many lives may be saved by emergency crisis response. In fact, mass-casualty incident and disaster response is considered to be one of the biggest challenges for an…
Business and IT is critical to Vair’s future success. It requires us to strategically align change initiatives in a way that supports a cross organizational partnership. To accomplish this, I recommend the adoption and integration of BB&W’s 5 New Information Economics (NIE) Practices. NIE Practices 1. Strategic Demand/Supply Planning 2. Innovations 3. Prioritizations 4. Alignment 5. Performance Measurement The NIE practices will benefit our goals of moving ACES forward to organize the IT…
What is a Mousetrap Car: “A small vehicle having its only source of motive power to be a mousetrap” (Mousetrap Car, Wikipedia) http://cdn.instructables.com/FGF/JUQF/F8J7C2ZW/FGFJUQFF8J7C2ZW.MEDIUM.jpg How a Mousetrap Car Works: http://mesa.sdsu.edu/Projectofthemonth/mousetrapcars6[1].jpg A mousetrap car doesn’t need batteries or fuel. It is powered by simply setting the trap and letting it lose. The power from the spring propels the car. A rod, or lever, (typically used to snap…
To be a successful information technology manager there are a few traits that are essential to possess to sustain prolonged success. Most of them are industry driven, such as maintaining a proficiency in technology, understanding industry trends. Another would be professional traits like understanding your company’s strategic vision, and exceling in project management. Lastly, success in business can be attributed to traits that are more interpersonal rather than technologically driven,…
1. Introduction Information can be considered as the new currency of the current digital era, and it’s highly imperative for organizations to safeguard their information from falling into the wrong hands. The existing technology landscape provides multiple platforms through which information can be aggregated, propagated, and used for varied purposes. Educational Institutions have started using these technology platforms to aggregate a diverse range of student information like personal…