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Information Systems
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Dec 6, 2023
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Information Technology (IT) has become a mainstay for businesses across
multiple industries, as well as for personal use. Even industries that have
historically not had much need for technology, such as restaurants, now
require more sophisticated systems and technology to compete. As you learn
about IT this week, you will explore powerful technologies and systems that
are used today.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
1.
Share the most surprising things you learned about IT this week that
you were not aware of before.
2.
Consider a company you are familiar with and explain how IT can
enhance or compromise it.
3.
Share how IT can improve your career opportunities.
During this week’s readings and findings, I have concluded that I really did not know what all went
into the IT department. I used to assist the IT department where I am currently employed and saw how
much data they must comb through to figure out a problem. With all the wires that the telephone is
connected to, how does one know where to look for a particular phone on a unit without a coding
system. That is just the room for the telephones. In the adjacent room is the server room where
everything is set up. At my job they have a server system. I asked many times what these machines were
called, and I would just get the plain answer “servers”, so I became accustomed to calling it that. Now
that I was able to read and see the difference of each server, I can know more or less what they are
talking about when it comes to the problems that they face.
IT enhances the military in a large way because their mainframes can connect with other units across
the globe to get pertinent information to each other. Without real time information units would have to
rely on personal information which can be untrustworthy or old. Most of the time it is old information.
Without the Information Technology that we have today it almost makes everyone’s job hard to do or
complete. The other side of IT is that it can be easily compromised if the right protection is not set up.
Many people who are familiar with IT or work in the IT department have the information in the palms of
their hands. Someone disgruntled can get the pertinent information and delete it or share it which
compromises mission status. Lives could come at a cost.
As far as career opportunities for myself, IT plays a vital role in what I do daily in the job that I want
to obtain. As the Director of Support Services, it is my role to ensure that everyone in the support realm
has everything that they need to accomplish their duties for the hospital. Knowing the IT portion of the
spectrum allows me to coordinate specific jobs that need to be corrected and if one of the units is down
I can troubleshoot it without having to put in a trouble ticket and wait the appropriate time for the IT
folks to correct the system.
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