One of the most challenging IT-related roles is the design,
development and deployment of multi-tiered enterprise applications.
Large organisations rely on these systems for the most important
parts of their operations - so it's vital that application
architects know their tools and craft quite literally inside
out.
Today's sophisticated application development languages provide
a level of programming power that is unprecedented. Organisations
select programming technologies perhaps because they are best of
breed, or a strategic platform or offer the most suitable framework
for the required application.
The nervous system of today's enterprise is the network of
desktop computers running the powerful business applications that
undertake the organisation's daily work.
A key part of the success of any larger organisation is the use
of high-end business process, line-of-business and financial
applications. Tight management of the business is made possible by
up-to-the-minute business intelligence and highly efficient
systems.
With organisations focusing more on lowering the cost of
ownership, increasing reliability/redundancy and minimising
in-house infrastructure, cloud computing is a concept that is being
readily embraced.
One of the most compelling advantages of using information
technology is the sheer wealth of information that's available at
the touch of a button - information that can help steer a business
with greater accuracy. And yet, this information often remains
locked away - as unused transactional data, left behind from the
day-to-day business.
Organisations select the hardware on which to run their powerful
business systems with care - at every point from the desktop to the
data centre.
Perhaps one of the most important areas of investment for
organisations is that of information security. As technology has
become more ubiquitous and interconnected, the information
processed by technology has been increasingly at risk.
The Internet has become most organisations' key route to market
- providing new and efficient ways to interact with customers and
partners. But with this opportunity comes many challenges - the
rapid pace of technological change, the rise of social media/Web
2.0, security and more.
Electronic communications and collaboration has become so
commonplace that it is almost overlooked - yet organisations rely
on these technologies each and every day, communicating and
collaborating internally, with customers, partners and
suppliers.
In many ways, the network is the business - it's what
carries the countless thousands of pieces of important information
around the organisation and enables it to communicate with
customers and partners.
At the heart of an organisation's IT infrastructure lies the
operating system - either the network operating system or the
desktop operating system.
One of the most important ongoing tasks for an IT department is
the management of the organisation's desktop and server
systems.
With organisations keen to reduce the cost of ownership of their
IT infrastructure - especially power costs - and become more
environmentally responsible, virtualisation and low-footprint
storage have become key cost-effective tools.
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