If you were hired by the university president as an IT consultant, what would you suggest (technology, infrastructure, innovations, steps, processes, etc) in order for the internet connectivity be improved?
In this assignment ,we are asked that if ever we become a IT consultant that employed by our university president ,what would suggestion we could give in order for the internet connectivity be improved.
Assuming that I’ll be an IT consultant of our university .I should analyze the state of our university the capacity , situation to adopt IT/IS changes. There should be person that could handle for the implementation. There should be a budget before committing into changes in improving our the university
Before I could answer that question we should define first the factors for analyzing to attain ideas improving internet connectivity in our university.
IT consultant
An IT consultant works in partnership with clients, advising them how to use information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems. Consultants work to improve the structure and efficiency and of an organsiation's IT systems.
IT consultants may be involved in a variety of activities, including marketing, project management, client relationship management and systems development.
They may also be responsible for user training and feedback. In many companies, these tasks will be carried out by an IT project team. IT consultants are increasingly involved in sales and business development, as well as technical duties.
Task typically involve:
- meeting with clients to determine requirements;
- working with clients to define the scope of a project;
- planning timescales and the resources needed;
- clarifying a client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business;
- travelling to customer sites;
- liaising with staff at all levels of a client organisation;
- defining software, hardware and network requirements;
- analysing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT;
- developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems;
- presenting solutions in written or oral reports;
- helping clients with change-management activities;
- project managing the design and implementation of preferred solutions;
- purchasing systems where appropriate;
- designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems;
- preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to customers;
- organising training for users and other consultants;
- being involved in sales and support and, where appropriate, maintaining contact with client organisations;
- identifying potential clients and building and maintaining contacts.
Innovation
The term innovation refers to a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. A distinction is typically made between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied successfully. (Mckeown 2008) In many fields, something new must be substantially different to be innovative, not an insignificant change, e.g., in the arts, economics, business and government policy. In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. The goal of innovation is positive change, to make someone or something better. Innovation leading to increased productivity is the fundamental source of increasing wealth in an economy.
Innovation is an important topic in the study of economics, business, design, technology, sociology, and engineering. Colloquially, the word "innovation" is often synonymous with the output of the process. However, economists tend to focus on the process itself, from the origination of an idea to its transformation into something useful, to its implementation; and on the system within which the process of innovation unfolds. Since innovation is also considered a major driver of the economy, especially when it leads to increasing productivity, the factors that lead to innovation are also considered to be critical to policy makers. In particular, followers of innovation economics stress using public policy to spur innovation and growth.
Those who are directly responsible for application of the innovation are often called pioneers in their field, whether they are individuals or organisations.
Infrastructure
can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. [2] The term typically refers to the technical structures that support a society, such as roads, water supply, sewers, power grids, telecommunications, and so forth. Viewed functionally, infrastructure facilitates the production of goods and services; for example, roads enable the transport of raw materials to a factory, and also for the distribution of finished products to markets. In some contexts, the term may also include basic social services such as schools and hospitals [3]. In military parlance, the term refers to the buildings and permanent installations necessary for the support, redeployment, and operation of military forces
In this article, infrastructure will be used in the sense of technical structures or physical networks that support society, unless specified otherwise.
Technology
Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. Technology is a term with origins in the Greek "technologia", "τεχνολογία" — "techne", "τέχνη" ("craft") and "logia", "λογία" ("saying").[1] However, a strict definition is elusive; "technology" can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines, hardware or utensils, but can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include "construction technology", "medical technology", or "state-of-the-art technology".
The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and similar movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.
These are some suggestions:
Connectiviy
Hardware/Software
Accessible Electricity
Electricity
Policies
Connectiviy
There should be an enough internet connectivity (WiFi) to our university , not only in engineering building but also in other colleges . In order for the other student that could access the net at a comfortable time they want. It is good for the student , since internet connection help everyone to gain much knowledge specially using computers, accessing sites, For us to be improved and for us not be left behing.
For better and comfortable to all student having there laptops ,the university should give a room or a place that student can easy spend time with there laptops.
Hardware/Software
Putting and changing hardware should be the prior of the university. We all know that we have many computers but then few of them are usable . It is good job by the university that they change the monitor in an LCD monitor in a lab1 of our college (
Network services
Enhancement of network services . having computer laboratories in each colleges that accessible by the student So that they could not find hard time spending on our library just for waiting for an hour before accessing the net . It would help to accommodate all student for us not to spend much money in the internet café in doing projects. University should provide those things because much student enrolled here doesn’t have much money spending time on internet cafes.
Electricity
All student should have the right to used electricity .These could help student to used laptops and other important matter that is involved electricity and learnings.
Policies
There should be a policies for student to follow and for the implementation could not be destroyed easily. Student should used it well in order it would last for many years.
Others
It would be good that our Obrero Campus Student (CouncilOCSC) has a network connection to every Local Council(LC)to every colleges. For monitoring the cash flows, budgets , works and implementation of the LC . It should be accessible also for the student to know some implementation and other things that student should know.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology
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