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North South University

Department of Management
Assignment: Information Technology
Course: Mis107 |Sec-21

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Sec:21 Department of Management
North South University

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Submission date: 18th April 2020

Table of Content
THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.................................................................................3
Characteristics of Information Technology:...........................................................................................3
There are many uses of information technology:................................................................................3
Why Information Technology needed?....................................................................................................4
 The Need of Information Technology in Society:........................................................................4
 Globalization..............................................................................................................................4
 Communication:........................................................................................................................5
 Cost-effectiveness:......................................................................................................................5
 The birth of a new job:..............................................................................................................5
 Lots of time:...............................................................................................................................5
 The Need of Information Technology in Education:...................................................................6
 The Need of Information Technology in Finance:.......................................................................7
 The Need of Information technology in Security:.......................................................................7
Challenges of Information Technology:...................................................................................................8
1. Security:.........................................................................................................................................8
2. Privacy Issues:...............................................................................................................................8
3. Cloud Computing:.........................................................................................................................8
4. Increased pressure on IT specialists:............................................................................................9
5. Hiring:............................................................................................................................................9
Recommendations:....................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES:.......................................................................................................................................11

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THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Information technology (IT) is the use of any computers, storage, networking and other physical
devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of
electronic data. Typically, IT is used in the context of enterprise operations as opposed to
personal or entertainment technologies. The commercial use of IT encompasses both computer
technology and telephony.1
Everyone knows the importance of the uses of information technology. Every sector of a
country’s development we use information technology. Information technology made everything
easy. Now a day’s people are able to handle all kinds of data and information by using IT.
Basically information technology is used to clarify business or organizational problems on a
broad scale. No matter the role, a representative of an IT department works with others to
evaluate technology problems, both big and small.

Characteristics of Information Technology:

There must be some characteristics of IT. These characteristics are:
1. IT is easy to access and high access productivity.
2. It must have great precision.
3. Fast working velocity.
4. Operate inside certain time allotment.
5. Completely extensible and adjustable to an association's needs.
6. Able to deal with all sort of information and data.
7. Less intricacy in utilizing.
8. Straightforward or easy to understand.
9. Moderate and ease.
10. Great exposure. And so on.

There are many uses of information technology:

1. The improvement of IT has made guidance system less
troublesome, more straightforward, and wide. By and by,
people of remote zones can similarly use advancement for their
adolescents' preparation and moreover benefit the upsides of
adult guidance. Dispersion of e-administration for an enormous
scope.
2. Development of rustic regions and they can get to it without
any problem.

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3. Technology that makes quick financial advancement.

4. The judges and other authoritative administrations can likewise

take the assistance of innovation to make work tranquil and
quicker.

5. Highly gainful for the average folks, as they can get to their
privileges and can make lawful move against the individual
who abuses his/her privileges.

6. It expands the joy and success of an individual, but instead the

general public in general. Moreover, there are numerous
different favorable circumstances too that can be benefited in
our regular daily existence just with the further improvement
of data innovation.

7. Companies utilize their IT to enable new business processes.

8. IT bring the Development of rural areas, and they can access it
easily.
9. Technology helps the police in nabbing the criminals and in
law

Why Information Technology needed?

Information Technology is required wherever in our current world. IT has become a noteworthy
piece of ordinary everyday presence. People in about every employment are required to have
some data on PCs and programming. Information Technology is used by a relationship for a
collection of reasons. Information development helps relationships with working even more
viably so they can improve.

 The Need of Information Technology in Society:

Since we live in the, information age,” information technology has become a piece of
our regular daily existences, which is an extraordinary effect on our society.

 Globalization: This means bringing the world closer (in terms of

communication not in the geographic map). More profound imply that we can
share information rapidly and effectively, yet we can likewise cut down
hindrances of language and geographic limits and nations can shares thoughts
and data with each other.

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 Communication: – Before many years internet-café or making significant

distance calls or sending emails via post center is a pain in the butt Besides
slow, it truly costly. Now the technology develops significantly the
communication becomes less expensive, faster and much efficient. Internet
communications have also opened up to face communication and live update
streaming not on the computer but also in mobile phones and other gadgets.
 Cost-effectiveness: Information technology has assisted with automating the
business procedure consequently streamlining organizations to make them
incredibly cost-effective money-making machines. This thusly expands
efficiency which at last offers rise to profits that means better pay and less
strenuous working conditions.
 The birth of a new job: The era of new jobs. Computer programmers,
Systems analyzers, Hardware, and Software developers and Web designers
are just some new employment opportunities created with the help of IT. Most
likely new more occupations to come in more years.
 Lots of time: All of the online businesses are open 24 x 7 universally, implies
the vast majority of the business can be open anytime and anywhere. Buying
in various nations are helpful and simpler.

 The Need of Information Technology in Business:

 Information Systems are an essential field in the study of business
administration and management. IS and IT and Internet technologies play vital
roles in business and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of business
processes, managerial decision making, and workgroup collaboration.
The fundamental role of IS in business are:
 Support of Strategies for Competitive Advantage:
Information systems designed around the strategic objectives of the
company help create competitive advantages in the marketplace.
 Support of Business Decision Making: Just as information
systems can combine information to help run the business
better, the same information can help managers identify trends
and to evaluate the outcome of previous decisions. IS helps
managers make better, quicker, and more informed decisions.
 Support of Business Processes and Operations: From
accounting to tracking customers' orders, information systems
provide management with support in day-to-day business
operations. As quick response becomes more important, the

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ability of information systems to gather and integrate

information across business functions is become crucial.
 With the presentation of PCs, the business world was changed until the finish
of time. Using PCs and programming, associations use information
development to ensure that their claims to fame run without any problem.
They use information development in different workplaces including HR,
record, collecting, and security. Using information advancement, associations
can see changes in the overall markets far faster than they for the most part do.
They purchase programming packs and hardware that causes them complete
their action. The associations have their own information advancement office
planned to upkeep the item and gear. Data advancement has empowered
associations to remain mindful of the market enthusiasm as buyers grow
continuously nervous to have their things right away.

 The Need of Information Technology in Education:

 The universe of preparing is changing as the front line world continues
creating. With so much advancement happening, it's huge that preparation
have the alternative to show up at understudies in new habits so their
understudies are set up for what's to come. The understudies of today are the
pioneers, creators, teachers, and businessmen (and women) of tomorrow.
Without the most ideal aptitudes, these understudies won't have the game plan
expected to persevere.
 With so much spotlight put on guidance, it can to a great extent be difficult to
keep work and still get the readiness expected to give indications of progress
work. Information development expect a key activity in understudies having
the choice to keep their occupations and go to class. By and by, most schools
offer online classes that can be gotten to on PCs or workstations, tablets, and
even phones. A clamoring understudy at work can without a lot of a stretch
check in or submit assignments while on their early afternoon break.
 Teachers ought to be set up by keeping conscious to date with information
development, and this can mean more than just using advancement, instructors
can set up their understudies for a future flooded with gadgets including
tablets, mobile phones, PCs, hence generously more.
 Information development is deflecting even more optional school and school
dropouts too. Life events can happen at whatever point, and even auxiliary
schools are misusing on the web classes with the objective that understudies
can continue with their guidance rather than considering dropping out.

 The Need of Information Technology in Finance:

 With all the online purchases going on, it's critical that banks and security
screen everything to monitor everyone. Information advancement might just
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working its hardest with web trades. As more trades are done, the web
requires more frameworks, more PCs, and more prominent security ventures
to ensure its purchasers. Without information advancement, these purchases
would be unfathomable, and it would be incomprehensible for banks to keep
these purchases secure.

 Information advancement has furthermore made it snappier and more

straightforward than whenever in late memory to send or get money. It's
directly moreover less difficult to begin an online autonomous organization to
sell whatever you may require. If you would favor not to need to appeal to for
a region name, set up a website, and the different advances required for
enrolling an online business, you can use various destinations like Amazon,
eBay, and Etsy to sell things.

 Information development moreover makes it straightforward for cash to chip

away at an overall level. Right now age, your FICO rating and FICO
evaluation is available online securely. This licenses advance pros, protection
offices, and associations to run a smart credit mind you making it far less
difficult to open credit.

 The Need of Information technology in Security:

With such countless trades done on the web therefore a great deal of information
available on the web, it's basic to keep the whole of that safe. Information
development makes it plausible for your online data to stay secure until got to by
the most ideal channels. Using passwords and encryption, information
development hides your own propelled data away, and the primary way it will in
general be gotten to by associations who have approval from you. These four
important roles perform by Information Technol:

I. Protects the organization’s ability to function.

II. Enables the safe operation of applications implemented on the
organization’s IT systems.
III. Protects the data the organization collects and uses.
IV. Safeguards the technology the organization uses.

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Challenges of Information Technology:

 IT is rife with opportunities and challenges. There are plenty of options to learn new
and exciting skills, and also to earn high salaries. But new technologies have
disrupted the industry, and IT staff and management aren’t always on the same page.
There are a lots of challenges that IT needs to face:

1. Security: With gadgets like the web, developers have believed that it was
definitely not hard to hack into any PC or system as long as it is related on
web. Software engineers can without a lot of a stretch use an IP (Internet
Protocol) address to get to a customer's PC and assemble data for intolerant
reasons. In like manner the wide spread of web treats which accumulate
information at whatever point we use the web , has introduced IT customers to
high perils of distortion and conflicting interests. Various enormous
associations use these treats to make sense of which things or organization
they can announce to us. Concerning web banking, the trading of money can
without a lot of a stretch be obstructed by a software engineer and all the
money will be moved to their optimal records , which impacts both the bank
and the customers who is using electronic budgetary development.

2. Privacy Issues: As much as information development has enabled us to

share and find appropriate information on the web,. It has in like manner
abused our chance of security. Their such countless ways our security is
abused, usage of web webcams, experienced PC customers can turn on any
webcam of any PC on the web and they will move toward your private life,
various enormous names have been losses of these online stalkers. A veritable
model is Dharun Ravia past Rutgers University understudy who was watching
out for his level mate through a webcam. Scrutinize more on this story here
the uses of relational associations, the essential thought of these frameworks is
to connect with new and old allies by then offer your reality with them,
regardless, the proviso right now that at whatever point someone get to your
shared life data like photos , they can like it and send it their mates who are
not your friends, which may open you to customers with wrong desires to use
your data, in like manner a couple of associations are known for watching out
for their laborers by methods for these casual networks.
3. Cloud Computing: Cloud is the top speculation zone worldwide for IT
offices. Associations require an imbuement of cloud aptitudes to coordinate
their money related interest in cloud stages. Much like cybersecurity, cloud
experts are sought after and short stock. As indicated by IT leaders, distributed

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computing is the second most testing employing zone on the planet. The open
doors for distributed computing are difficult to overlook. Cloud is a definitive
empowering agent, opening new channels of income by utilizing innovations
like man-made reasoning (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Yet, experts
are expected to profit by this innovation, and right now, there aren't sufficient
of them. Regardless of the specialist lack, associations are in with no
reservations on cloud arrangements. Indeed, over half of associations utilize
more than one cloud provider. It's not remarkable for an association to require
cloud abilities in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Furthermore,
conventional distributed computing skill isn't sufficient, particularly in case
you're a designer or engineer. It's basic that cloud experts have current ranges
of abilities and train on the stages they draw in with routinely.

4. Increased pressure on IT specialists: Since data innovation

frameworks need to run constantly, pressure is mounted on IT specialists to
guarantee the precision and accessibility of these frameworks. Numerous large
associations which need to work 24 hours will require a backup IT group to
provide food for any issues which may emerge over the span of activity. This
weight results into pressure and work over-burden which a few times results
into Imperfection.

5. Hiring: Ability enrollment and maintenance is a significant test for IT

pioneers—half are right now battling in the zone. Just seven percent of IT
chiefs state that contracting has been simple. Administrators wanting to
contract out of an abilities hole issue have been managed a portion of the real
world, as key positions like distributed computing and cybersecurity are the
hardest to fill. One potential answer for this bind is degree flattening, which is
an upright exertion to concentrate on abilities as opposed to an advanced
education during the employing procedure. A four-year certification isn’t
really a marker of capacities, particularly in tech. Ongoing preparing and
confirmations better delineate what an expert is able to do at the present time.

Recommendations:

 The present cloud-based applications require high data throughput which is more
noticeable than the basic web affiliation sellers have presented. Those venders that
have not adequately thought to be switching over or climbing to a fiber optics
affiliation should consider doing so now. This will oblige the speed or faithful quality
for all the data to process. Bringing fiber won't simply contemplate a dynamically
ground-breaking relationship for data throughput, it will moreover help your business
gainfulness by having speedier techniques.
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 There are a couple of various methods for ensuring about your seller data and
establishment. The broadest is setting up your delegates on these suspicious risks and
how to manage any potential messages that ought to traverse your framework. Having
a recorded security process technique is an undeniable necessity in giving your
laborers rules of what is allowed and not to ensure the prosperity of your business
assets. Sellers should moreover have firewalls set up with significant programming
for interference contravention. This will set up wellbeing endeavors from a hardware
perspective and will monitor most outside threats. A formed and detailed security
expectation plan may even decrease the first rate cost of IT Security Insurance.
 Most dealers today are being engaged for surveys by Microsoft alone. Those dealers
that are not in consistence are being hit with gigantic fines by the Business Software
Alliance. To keep up a key good ways from these fines, sellers need to ensure that
their laborers are not using unlicensed programming. A couple of various methods for
keeping up a key good ways from this is through suitable getting ready of the agent
on the "do's and don'ts" of programming downloads. Another way is to suitably
"lockdown" the PC and approvals of the end customer to not allow downloads of any
".exe" report. The fines related to a potential programming audit can be in the
millions. Sellers can't remain to disturb this. Without the most ideal trustworthiness
and strategies set up, this is basically one more risk your business could drive
forward. Best to be as cautious as could be expected under the circumstances, ensure
your business is secured by these potential perils to your essential concern.

Conclusion: In conclusion, information technology plays a big role in our life. However, if
you’re not in the field of information technology yourself, you might not know just how
information technology touches your life. Every sector in our life, IT helps us to bring innovative
things. Progress in huge numbers of the fundamental processing and Information Technologies
has been quick as of late, and the board doesn't anticipate that the pace of progress should back
off within a reasonable time-frame. While a few innovations are arriving at the development
now, numerous significant advancements have gigantic future potential. As a greater amount of
the world's data is digitized and more individuals and things are organized, the financial aspects
of the advanced, arranged economy will turn out to be always significant. This incorporates the
capacity to make duplicates of products and ventures at right around zero cost and convey them
anyplace on the planet quickly. Moreover, digitization of items, administrations, procedures, and
associations makes it conceivable to gauge and oversee work with unquestionably more
exactness. Information driven dynamic and AI give huge chances to improving profitability,
productivity, precision, and advancement.

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REFERENCES:
1. https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/resources/resource-library/articles/12-
challenges-facing-it-professionals/
2. https://khaitanpublicschool.com/blog/information-technology-in-education/
3. https://www.techfunnel.com/fintech/the-role-of-information-technology-in-financial-
services/
4. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-
opinion/articles/2015/01/patient-safety-and-health-information-technology
5. https://www.udemy.com/blog/importance-of-information-technology/
6. Lecture slides

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