{"id":10515,"date":"2020-06-19T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:06:27","slug":"information-technology-business-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/information-technology-business-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Information Technology and How it has Improved Business Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information Technology, or \u201cIT\u201d is now an essential segment of any business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We rely on technology to keep us productive, whether it\u2019s for data entry or product development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the biggest and most significant examples of IT\u2019s impact on the business world is in the communication space. IT and communication are now so intertwined, that they have their own designation: ICT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Information and Communications Technology <\/b>is a concept identifying the many components that come together to make a successful communications stack in today\u2019s business world. This includes not just networking components and systems for communication, but analytics tools as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Responsible for delivering the essentials of business communications, ICT transforms every professional conversation that we have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is information and communications technology?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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ICT, or Information Communications Technology, describes the technologies that people use to share information and conversations. Similar to IT (Information Technology), the crux of the landscape is in information. However, with ICT, the focus is on communicating that information, rather than just collecting, storing, or leveraging it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the new, digital world, ICT doesn\u2019t refer exclusively to telecommunications. Today, we have <\/span>desktop applications<\/span><\/a> and cloud-based tools that allow for communication via video, instant messaging, and even social networking. Modern business communications have created a massive landscape, where people can connect with each other in virtually any way that they choose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As companies continue to discover the importance of communications in business, the opportunities of ICT are evolving. Today, with the right systems, it\u2019s possible to build not only a better communication stack, but the tools required to understand that environment too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t

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The components of ICT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Because the communication and technology landscape is always evolving, it\u2019s difficult to directly identify ICT as a single set of tools. Instead, ICT is becoming a broad umbrella term. This concept covers everything from internet-based chats that happen over a browser, to mobile connectivity, and landline telephones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While it\u2019s easy to pair ICT and IT together as the same thing, it\u2019s important to remember that ICT focuses more heavily on components related to communication than IT. Just some of the components that might appear in an ICT stack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n