Information Technology for Small Business

Before start the discussion of how IT behave in small business, let us look at the definition of IT. IT ,short for "information technology", is a term that includes all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in its various forms such as business data, voice conversations, still images, motion pictures, multimedia presentations, and other forms, including those not yet conceived. It's a convenient term for including both telephony and computer technology in the same word (Applegate). Technology, as the most powerful tool recently, driving "the information revolution." in the world.

The Internet, which is an important part of the information technology, can be dated to July 1961, when Leonard Kleinrock at MIT published the first paper on packet switching theory, and the first book on the subject in 1964. In late 1966 Roberts went to DARPA to develop the computer network concept and quickly put together his plan for the "ARPANET", publishing it in 1967. Then the APRANET grow to the Internet (Opfer). Now Internet are most used in communication, research, education, and financial transactions.

Information technology appeared in several subjects, such as science, architecture, security, and so on. Information technology can help solve complex problems is computing for business, medicine, science, and other fields. Information technology also offers more jobs to people. The computer support specialists is a job that provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. Database administrators use specialized software to store and organize data, such as financial information and customer shipping records. Software developers are the creative minds behind computer pr...

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