Information Technology (IT)

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Online IT Degree: An Overview Information technology refers to computing systems used to collect, record, organize and access data. Many career paths are available in this broad field. Some professionals specialize in developing computerized databases, networks and other programs; these individuals are known as architects. Other IT professionals serve as the administrators for these programs. Additional job titles include software and web developers, computer programmers, systems analysts and computer support specialists. High salaries, low unemployment rates and the possibility of working from home are some of the biggest draws for these careers. Due to the widespread use of computer technology – and the growing complexity of data-storing systems – IT professionals are found in virtually every industry. According to the Cyberstates 2016 survey published by CompTia, there are roughly 6.7 million people employed in...

Cognizant is planning to expand its workforce in the United States, along with the rising number of its delivery locations in the country, said Francisco D'Souza, CEO of the New-Jersey-based IT services company during an interview with The Hindu. "We have always been big hirers in the US. Last year, we hired 4,000 people in the US. We continue to be active in ramping up and hiring in the US because the skills and talents we need in the new digital world, like design talent, latest science, is available there," D'Souza said. This recruitment drive is necessitated by the increase in regional bases run by Cognizant in the US. "We are also bringing in more regional delivery locations in the US. We are hiring more people in the US as we need to set up regional centres which are close to our clients. ... We are ramping up in the US. We had 47,500 people in the US at the end of June," he said during the interview. Cognizant has expanded i...

Donald Trump has proposed a merit-based immigration system that could benefit highly-skilled Indian workers but prevents them from sponsoring their extended families, as part-of an aggressive plan which the US president said will serve national interest. However, there was no reference to the H-1B visas, the most sought after by Indian IT professionals, in the proposal which Trump sent to Congress yesterday. Besides overhauling the country's green-card system, the Trump administration's wish list also includes the funding of a controversial border wall along the US-Mexico border and a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country. The move to establish a merit-based immigration system could benefit highly-skilled Indian immigrants especially those from the IT sector. However, the new policies would badly impact those thousands of Indian-Americans who want to bring in their family members to the US particularly their aged parents. The dem...

Social media trends and data analytics will be used for the first time in ensuring and monitoring the security at the countrys most vital assets such as airports and nuclear and aerospace installations. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the national agency tasked to secure these important assets, has created a maiden media lab and social media monitoring control room -- the Pattern Research For Institutional Social Media (PRISM) analytics -- at its base in Arakkonam near Chennai. A special team of CISF agents has been trained in the job of tracking social media trends, news, reports and indicators across various platforms, collate them and dish them out as vital pieces of "actionable intelligence" to its various airports and other vital units. Platforms like Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube and Flickr will be used by the paramilitary force to check any suspicious and sabotage-like activity against the assets it guards. The platform, developed by...

About 7 lakh low skilled workers in IT and BPO industry in India are likely to lose their jobs to automation and artificial intelligence by 2022, says a report by US-based research firm HfS Research. However, it is not a bad news for everyone, as the report predicts that medium and high skilled jobs will see a rise during the said period. Due to a rise in adoption of automation and artificial intelligence, the number of low skilled workers in India's IT and BPO service sectors could fall from 2.4 million in 2016 to 1.7 million in 2022, it said. However, the number of medium skilled jobs in IT/BPO industry in India could rise from 900,000 to 1 million by 2022, while the number of high skilled jobs could rise to 510,000 in 2022 from 320,000 in 2016. The trend in India reflects the global scenario, as globally low skilled IT/BPO jobs are expected to fall by 31 per cent, while medium skilled jobs may increase by 13 per cent and high skilled jobs may rise by 5...