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Operations- ICT Environment

Leadership Essentials

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The 3 Things you should know about your ICT environment are:
  • Move your applications to the cloud
  • Standardize your various hardware devices
  • Focus on your needs and not on the features of products

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In this video, we will learn what are the key drivers of information, communications and technology happening in organizations.
ICT is an indispensable tool for running any business since it provides a way to connect your talent, clients, suppliers and increases productivity within your organization.
3 Important aspects that you need to take into account when evaluating ICT setups:
  1. If you can move your applicationsto the cloud it would be better since it would save you maintenance, backing up data, paying up front for licenses
  2. Standardize your various hardware devices so that it would become easier for you to manage and maintain
  3. Focus on your needs and not on the features of products. Don’t get distracted by the bells and whistles
Innovations are continuously taking place in the ICT space so you need to stay aware of tools and applications that could be of use to you.
Remember, ICT should be used to help you become more productive so keep it simple!

Quotes

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. John von Neumann