Information Technology

Information Technology (IT) is an evolving interdisciplinary field that is driven and shaped by the rapid development of computing. Communication and Internet based technologies and their tremendous impact on our daily lives. In contrast to the more traditional information systems discipline, information technology deals with development, utilization, inter-relation and confluence of computers, networking, telecommunication, business and technology management in the context of the global Internet. As we enter the information Age of the 21st century, society will be increasingly dependent on information technology and demand IT professionals will remain high throughout the decades to come.

In particular, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information. For that reason, computer professionals are often called IT specialists and the division of a company or university that deals with software technology is often called the IT department. Other names for the latter are information services (IS) or management information services (MIS), managed service providers (MSP).

When computer and communications technologies are combined, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. Presumably, when speaking of Information Technology (IT) as a whole, it is noted that the use of computers and information are associated.

Information Technology (IT) or Information and communication(s) technology (ICT) is a broad subject concerned with technology and other aspects of managing and processing information, especially in large organizations.