Technical Information  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY In today's expanding and growing environment everything is available within a short moment of time. Every scalable knowledge is available at no time. Be one in the thick jungles of Amazon or in the uninhabited Moore's Island, information is readily available. One should only know how to access such information . After Industrial Revolution, it is now time for Information Revolution. Information Techology (IT) has revolutionised society with miniaturisation of machines of industrial revolution with silicon chips. Silicon Valley situated in the US shows to the world how the technology ca be tapered to better needs of humans. Now most youngsters dream to be part of the Silicon Valley. India, at present, is an important juncture in its history, having completed the transition from an agrarian economy to a full-fledged, first-world economy, operating at he leading edge of contemporary technology. A key element in taking the country forward and maintaining its growth momentum, wil be the provision of a highly skilled and competent global workforce. This is possible with the current lead India has in Information Technology. The IT sector is one of the most promising sectors. It is growing at an unprecedented rate. Developing nations like India, the Philippines, and China are leading the undercurrent and spurt in the IT revolution. The steady growth of IT sector in India is definitely a bonus opportunityfor fresh graduates and young professionals. The number of job opportunities for these young professionals are growing at an unprecedented rate. Gone are the days when M.Tech., Ph.D's in computer streams used to lead the way. Now young energetic professionals with a high aptitude and with degrees like B.Tech. or MCAs or like simple Diploma course from different institutes with expertise in one particular domain hold the nerve of the market. According to recent NASSCOM estimate, the Indian Information, Communication and Tele-communication (ICT) industry will contribute 7 percent to the country's GDP by 2009, providing direct employment to more than 2.2 million people and indirect employment nearly twice that number. The hardware sector grew at a significant 34 percent during 2003-04, raising the revenues from US$ 3.6 billion in 2002-03 to US$ 4.8 billion. The 2004-05 revenues of this sector grew to US$ 6 billion . Domestic demand for IT hardware components grew from US$ 3.3 billion in 2003-04, with hardware systems accounting for more than half of the segment revenues during this period. Skill Sets Required :The field of computers is an applied field where one needs to have a lot of analytical skills and aptitude for problem solving. The first step towards problem solving is interaction with the client to know the nature of the problem. For this one should have oral as well as written communication skills. One should also have better negotiation skills. IT domain needs a collabrative teamwork where each individual has equal importance and is vital to the project execution and implementation. Therefore, team spirit, collabrative nature are prerequisite for the job. The pace of the project selection and execution is so much that one should be able to adapt and transform him vis-a-vis the changing surroundings. A faster response time is envisaged from individuals. At the same time one should adhere to quality standards. Analytical bent of mind Aptitude for problem solving Comprehensive communication ability, both written and oral Negotiation skills Team spirit Collaborative nature Quality conscious Hardware have additional responsibilities of not only softwares and programmes work but also make computers efficient, faster and network-oriented for better transfer of data. For a successful career in hardware should Be trained and certified to work on leading Operating Systems, like UNIX, Windows 2000, etc. Be eager to know and adopt different networking patterns. Have refined interpersonal skills. Be able to handle emergencies and unexpected situations clamly and efficiently. Courses:The domain of computers and Information Technology is so vast that it is not possible for an individual to have an indepth knowledge of all such domains. It is for this purpose that computer education is broadly divided into two streams : (i) Software (ii) Hardware India is one of the leading gaints in software development. At the same time, in recent times, it is also becoming one of the international hubs in hardware too. A number of courses are available across different universities and institutions in both the domains. Courses vary from short-term certificate course to long-term degree and post-degree courses. The short-term courses are usually of three months to one year duration and they help in the basic understanding of the computer fundamentals. Courses specialised in some particular programming language or some particular domain of computers are also offered by various institutions. Most of the courses are job-oriented and are recognised by the Industry but not by Government or AICTE. (All India Council of Technical Education). The course offered by universities and Government institutions such as C-DAC are recognised not only by the industry but also by Government bodies for the purpose of sutiable public jobs. Long-term professional courses like B.Tech. course is of four years duration; MCA of three years and PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications) is of one year duration. Eligibility :The minimum eligibility for courses vary from course to course. For short-term certificate course the minimum eligibility is 10 +2 with Mathematics at least in Standard 10. For Diploma courses of six months to one-year duration you should be either graduate or pursuing graduation course. Long term Diploma course like Post-graduate Diplomas or Advanced Diploma courses require Graduates in any discipline. For PGDCA or MCA one needs to be graduate apart from qualifying the entrance test. For M.Tech. one should be either B.Tech or MCA from recognised institution or university. One also needs to clear entrance test and or have a valid GATE score. Spheres of Study :Computer Technology is such a vast field that an individual can hardly understand or master all such technologies. Therefore, they are divided into many different subfields and domains. Web Technologies :In the application developement two web technologies lead the field. They are Java/J2EE and Microsoft. NET technologies. The Java has been in existence for ten years. And since then it has become more popular. It has remained one of the topmost web technologies. The ease of development and fast runaround time have made. NET very popular. Afterthe release of Windows Longhorn in 2006-07, .NET is set to gather further momentum. Scripting Languages : In programming domain scripting languages play a very important role. A number of scripting languages capable enough to scale down the traditional programming languages. Some of the scripting languages like Linux, Apache, MySQL, Pearl/PHP/Python, LAMP are getting more popular and as a result more number of vacancies are opening up.

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