Information Technology

Information Technology

Introduction

Computer is the great invention of this century and with the help of its application and it completely change the way of working in organizations. Information systems include the transmission, reception, and storage of data in an organization. The use of information technology make easy the transferring and storage of data with proper security protocols. The advancement in the technology has completely revolutionized the world. Information technology is divided into many categories out of which networking is the most important and common use of information technology. An airline is the most unit of the country and high precision of equipments and devices are required in this department.

American Airline Inc., is a subsidiary of the corporation (AMR). It was founded in the year 1934, but initially the idea was proposed in 1920s. The American connection, American Eagle, and American Airlines carrier provide service in 260 landing field in above 50 countries with an average of 33 thousands daily flight. This organization needs strong networking and telecommunication system.

Networking in an organization provides support to the entire unit of the airline (Bishop, 2013). In an Airline, many units working simultaneously and to connect these units, the organization needs proper networking solution. The networking needs a medium, and a medium can be wired or wireless depends upon the structure of an organization. Networking involves programmed circuits for the purpose of receiving and transmitting the data. The data of an organization is important and carries intelligence information's which have to be protected from terrorist organizations. It provides the facility of storage of large amount of data and sharing facility to share the data within the organization. Organizations compete with other organizations on the foundation of knowledge. The work in an organization is mostly plunge in computing ambience. The knowledge management contributes in performing of the organization and business strategies which lead the organization towards success. The use of information technology in an organization is the part of knowledge management in an organization.

Discussion

Information Technology

IT industry is booming nowadays, and almost all the leading organizations and airline companies are using information technology to improve their production. It includes data transmission, reception and sharing of data all over the world. The airline maintains their data by means of servers, which can store bulk amount of data. Online booking of tickets, schedule of flights, passengers facilitates, flight details, and the information about the cost and distance are necessary for the people travelling through American Airlines. In order to manage these facilities and departments of an organization, the assistance of information technology is required.

Networking

In IT technology the role of networks are important because it connects the organization all over the world. Networking use different devices like router, switches, servers etc (Fryling et.al, 2012). This device works as an interconnection between the departments of the organization and manage the data by means of servers.

Functions

It provides the connection among the departments of the organization and all over the world by means of ...