| According to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, "the | | | | technology, the most pragmatic solution is investing in |
| number one benefit of information technology is that | | | | one's future, particularly through education. |
| it empowers people to do what they want to do. It | | | | We are far past of the age when information had to |
| lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. | | | | travel by ship, for several months, before a single |
| It lets people learn things they didn't think they could | | | | message was conveyed. Now, one can simply be |
| learn before, and so in a sense it is all about | | | | "wired" and, with the phenomenon of the Internet, |
| potential." In accordance with this conviction, and in | | | | connect with practically anyone around the globe. The |
| the face of rapidly evolving modern times, one can | | | | marvels of this medium are even more surprising |
| be assured of the benefits of a proper education in | | | | when one considers the expeditious developments |
| the field of Information Communication Technology. | | | | that have taken place in a time period of less than 20 |
| A major in Information Communication Technology is | | | | years; from a time when the Internet was |
| essentially the key to opening doors around the | | | | nonexistent to a time when one virtually cannot exist |
| world for quicker, more efficient exchange of | | | | without access to the Internet. |
| knowledge. Today, our world is truly global; global in | | | | While the Information Communication Technology |
| its true sense, as individuals from a rural village in | | | | industry is constantly expanding, demands for |
| Sub-Saharan Africa are able to communicate with | | | | individuals well acquainted with such topics are |
| those in the commercialized city of Manhattan. In | | | | increasing, perhaps more rapidly, due to each |
| addition to communication, these technological | | | | country's desire to excel and initiate projects in this |
| advancements have assisted us in boosting | | | | field in an effort to compete in the global game of |
| commerce within underdeveloped countries, including | | | | technology. With a professional background in |
| India and Brazil. Though much of the 6 billion people | | | | Information Communication Technology, one is better |
| on this Earth are living in unacceptable conditions, with | | | | trained to predict the trends of the future as well as |
| nearly 3 billion who survive on less than two dollars a | | | | prepare for those trends. |
| day, Information Communication Technology is | | | | Every corporation in America, independent of its size, |
| enabling some of these disparities to diminish. For | | | | needs individuals qualified in the field of Information |
| example, a developing country in Asia can make up | | | | Communication Technology. A few of these |
| for several years of underdevelopment simply by | | | | professions include: network engineers, software |
| jumping ahead now with innovative ideas. By keeping | | | | developers, and data center managers. The best |
| up with the current technological trends, a country | | | | way to prepare for the future is by understanding |
| can practically leap out of devastation. Although it is | | | | the factors that influence the future, and thus |
| very unlikely that an impoverished country would | | | | predicting the necessary actions that will ease these |
| have the resources to focus on inventing such | | | | stresses. |