information technology

Information Technology (IT) refers to technologies used for processing, storing and transporting information. ; Information has become ubiquitous with the merging of trends in fast computers, wireless data and smartphone proliferation, GPS, social networking, digital marketing, cloud based computing and increasing digitization of everything. ;Organizations are able to store data about people, traffic, disease, conversation, power usage, shopping behavior, and nearly everything else. ;(See attached Ziff Davis, The Not so Distant Future of Big Data, White Paper, 2012)

Think about it — Are you able to evaluate the role of IT within your organization? ;Would you consider IT as a major functional business area? ; How is IT innovation reshaping strategic choices at your place of work? ;(Alternatively, consider digital cameras.) ;Do you use or anticipate using data-driven analytics to help do your job better? ;Explain.