Manage Your IT For Profit: Teach Yourself

: 1. Hardware – Outlines the main types of computing device and peripherals2. Software: – Outlines software categories and the most popular products in each: 3.Joining it all up – Networks, the benefits and features of connecting computers together: 4.Communications – the world of phones, and wireless standards: 5.The Internet and E-Commerce – history, description, purpose and benefits of the World Wide Web: 6. Setting a Direction for Information – identifies how and why information can be used in an organisation, focusing on the human elements.: 7.Assessing Information Resources – how to analyse an organisation’s ability to use information by examining the culture, management and technology of information: 8.Information Vision and Architecture – how to develop a broad view of where an organisation is going with information: 9.Information Strategy – how a company can achieve its information goals one step at a time: 10.The medium term plan – how to create a practical, workable roadmap to move your company ahead in its use of information: 11.The short term plan – how to create the immediate environment to succeed in your use of information12. People: – recruiting a high performing IT team: 13. Business Continuity – protecting business critical systems: 14. Action! – example of strategy.: 15. Best practice – 20 ways to save money on your IT. 20 ways to add value through IT: 16.Glossary: 17. Bibliography: 18. Index