Talk:Information technology
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Shouldn't the Internet be on the list of topics,
[edit] not
Ĉ the World Wide Web? Do people still think the WWW is a synonym for the 'net? --Steinsky 20:30, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- They are two different things. WWW is a medium. The Internet is a signal infrastructure and can be considered a medium, if one is really thinking about all the devices hooked up to it (although it is hard to distinguish this medium from all of modern technological civilization, given how many things now have IP numbers and respond on IP ports). EofT
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- Yes, but which one (or both?) should be here? I'd have put the Internet here, the WWW is just a part of that... -- Steinsky 01:52, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Computer security
Should we show Computer security under Information security?
[edit] History
Is anyone able to provide a history of the field and/or the term? FelixKaiser
- Thats what came here to ask. That information should really be added to this pathetic article--Greasysteve13 04:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
I am surprised that there is no origin stated for this term. I had not noticed the term being used prior to 1985, and then only marginally used in 1989. Did this term originate in some marketing think tank? I think these questions do need to be answered to give this article a more authoritative basis--Narara (talk) 09:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] We need more on the practice and profession of IT
While the history of IT is interesting, the content in the history is not balanced with any discussion of current practices. There is an entire science of managing information technology within organizations (commercial, government, non-profit). Why is none of the high-level content from that science present in this article? To whit, I'm thinking that we need to describe notions of portfolio management, technology management, support management, organizational structures, legal and ethical issues, and even well-understood roles within the profession. It is embarrassing to think that the profession in which I've devoted my career is represented through such a shoddy article!
I also question whether it is rational to set aside a section just for ICT. While I believe ICT to be an interesting article in its own right, I do not believe that the formation and history of educational curriculum in the UK to be core to the topic of Information Technology. It doesn't do either topic justice. --Nickmalik 16:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Types table should not be under External Links
At the moment, there is comprehensive table that lists the types of IT and provides links to the corresponding Wikipedia articles. It appears under the External Links'\ section. However, External Links is understood to mean links to content outside the Wikipedia. Therefore, this table should be moved. --Epl 04:41, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ICT : C stands for communication : singular or plural
What does letter "C" in ICT stand for ? Communication (singular) or communications (plural). For instance, it's singular in United Nations site but plural in the United Nations Development Program. Which form is more accurate?
- probably singular is more correct. -- bohan
BULL
The History of Information Technology
I am actually more concerned that ICT appears to be subsumed by IT. In fact each are fundamentally distinct and should be treated seperately.
In the global work that we did in this regard on DOT Force (The Digital Opportunity Task Force established by the G8 in Okinawa 2001) meant that we agreed that ICT stood for Information Communications Technologies, and therefore the acronym ICT is plural. As a result, the misleading and incorrect acronym ICTs should never be used. A common error which should be wiped out by education.
Furthermore, ICT actually requires a separate reference page in Wikipedia. Subjects related to ICT include ICT for development etc.
I would be happy to discuss this further. == Atenyi 21:37, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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- I think that ICT (Information Communications Technologies) should not redirect to IT (Information Technology) page. This is incorrect. it should redirect to [1], perhaps with a header which disambiguates. ICT has a somewhat different meaning in it's most common usage.. I have been reading about what we call "Learning Technologies" in the US - In the UK, and possibly elsewhere in europe, ICT apparently refers to: The use of computer technologies in the classroom, the study of how to effectively search for and find information (research skills), and studies of how to best integrate Computer-based resources into education. Take a look at
[2] [3] [4] [5] and [6] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.182.34.36 (talk) 17:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Titles and article quality
Considering that most people who work in information technology (and, I assume, most people who write articles about it) are highly intelligent, it's strange how the quality of IT-related articles seems so poor. There's a huge amount of information, but many of the articles provide little context and are need a good amount of wikification.
I'm going to move "IT" to "Information technology" whenever it appears in an article title, and perform minor cleanup in the articles; someone who is more of an expert than I would need to undertake larger cleanup efforts. Paul 16:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Wow, this article is pretty weak for a major category. What is an appropriate tag to use to flag this for improvement? maybe cleanup?
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I just (partially) patched some seriously messed up formatting and removed a comment randomly inserted in the middle. The section on organizations has a suspiciously plagiarized sound to it... that should be looked into. --DKEdwards 00:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- This article is the first entry under: WP:VITAL#Information technology. This article is not only "major," but vital. The people who thought up the list of vital articles would like to see all the vital articles reaching featured article status. However, Information technology is a long way even from good article status. I see a few things I can improve, such as by adding links from the sketchy history section to the extensive articles relating to History of computing and so on. --Teratornis 02:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
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- This article is indeed very weak, so let's see what we can do to improve it. --Malleus Fatuarum 20:20, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
mark arjon cajilig —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.131.152.78 (talk) 03:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
What are really the applications of IT in the above named industries?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.199.3.84 (talk • contribs) uly
- See Numerical analysis, Scientific computing, and all the links under Scientific computing#Related fields. As computers have steadily improved in performance-to-price ratio (see: Moore's Law), almost every field of science and engineering has become increasingly computerized. Almost all scientists and engineers have at least one personal computer or workstation. Almost all technical organizations of medium size and up have their own data center. You might also pose your question on WP:RD#Computing. --Teratornis 01:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] added content
I have added some content from elsewhere in WP to provide a starting point for further editing improvement. Hmains 01:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MDP Solutions
MDP Solutions is a company based in Atlanta Georgia that provides various Information Technology services to small to medium sized businesses. The organization was started and is currently managed by Marlon Rodgers, Derrius Daise, and Paul Manning. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ddaise32 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Introduction
The "especially in large organizations." should be removed. The sentence it suffixes is relevant enough to all organisations to make this phrase misleading.
For some unknown reason the link to Joe Lyons redirects to Joseph Lyons, the Australian Prime Minister rather than the Joe Lyons of the coffe houses... The Australian Prime Minister pre-deceased the production of the Leo... Merlin-UK 20:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
I have done a basic simplification/cleanup for this article. Most unnecessary info has been removed. The “duties” section needs to be improved and expanded and the entire article could be longer and more detailed, but it’s a start. -- Mcoff 17:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
== Defining Information Technology == lol hehehe
Shouldn't IT definition explicity mention use of internet? Also should it not have base line of amount of information/data being handled?
--Sanpo123 03:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] bill
I would like to know more about the importance of billing system
[edit] How IT related to the Philosophy?
In studying Philisophy we have a lot of things to be considered and one of it is the Information Technology. How IT related to the Philisophy?
Indian IT Business is fast enlarging around the Globe.
[edit] Information is not data
In this definition, the term "information" can usually be replaced by "data" without loss of meaning.
I've removed this statement from the lead. Information is to data as knowledge is to facts, the terms are not equivalent. --Malleus Fatuarum 22:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] IT Specialist term
I would like to create an article on the term "IT Specialist" if possible and correlate it the term IT Professional as well. Can anyone help me get started on how to do it. I find some of the Wikipedia process for creating an article nebulous to say the least. :-)
Just a quick backgrounder, I'm an IT professional that's been in IT services industry and I have published several guides on Microsoft technology and certification.
Sincerely,
Will Jeansonne (talk) 00:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)William Jeansonne, MBA/MS
