It Case Study

SECOND SEMESTER EMBA/ MBA

Subject: Information Technology

How is IT innovated? As an IT student what do IT students today need to learn to become innovators themselves?

Innovation is a new idea, more effective device or process. Innovation can be viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, in articulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products[->0], processes[->1], services[->2], technologies[->3], or ideas[->4] that are readily available to markets[->5], governments[->6] and society[->7]. The term innovation can be defined as something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society.

Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform, all aspects of our lives: commerce and finance, education, employment, energy, health care, manufacturing, government, national security, transportation, communications, entertainment, science, and engineering. IT and its impact on the U.S. economy-both directly (the IT sector itself) and indirectly (other sectors that are powered by advances in IT)--continue to grow in size and importance.

Information Technological innovation is essential for human development. From the printing press to the computer, people have devised tools for facilitating learning and communication. Technology is not inherently good or bad, the outcome depends on how it is used Information and technology (IT) involves innovations in microelectronics, computing (hardware and software), telecommunications and opto-electronics micro-processors, semiconductors, fibre optics. These innovations enable the processing and storage of enormous amounts of information, along with rapid distribution of information through communication networks.

It is accepted that telecommunication is a basic infrastructure necessary for economic and social...