This book is based on the premise that knowledge of Information Technology (IT) is essential today for people in every walk of life and all types of profession. It is designed to impart a unified body of knowledge and practice in IT to its readers. Readers can apply this knowledge in innovative ways for various strategic advantages such as increasing productivity, improving quality of products and services, problem solving, decision making, and improving their own and others living standards.

The textbook takes a practical approach to introduce the various components of IT to its readers. While doing so, it demonstrates how IT is being used in modern enterprises by various departments to carry out their activities with greater ease, speed, and accuracy than before. It also introduces several new business models and practices made possible due to IT that enterprises are now using for better profitability. In the process, the book provides to its readers a sound foundation of various components and aspects of IT. It also introduces to its readers several latest concepts and technologies in IT such as Wearable computers, Green computing, Cloud computing, Speech recognition and voice response systems, 4G and 5G networks, Big data analytics, Data science, Web 3.0, IPv6, 3D printing, Enterprise 2.0 organization, etc.

Complete with numerous illustrative diagrams, practical examples, chapter summaries, end-of-chapter questions, glossary of important terms, the book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses on IT, IS, MIS, Business Computing, and other similar courses taught in various education programs.

The instructors manual is also available for instructors.

About the Author

PRADEEP K. SINHA, PhD, is the Vice Chancellor and Director of the International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR). Before joining IIIT-NR, Dr. Sinha was with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), where he coordinated and mentored several high-technology R&D groups.

A researcher, scientist, inventor, and internationally acclaimed author of computer textbooks, with more than twenty-five years of professional experience, he has authored several books that are popular internationally. Indian, American, and other universities across the globe cite his books as textbooks for their courses. On public demand, his books have also been translated in local languages such as Japanese and Hindi.|PRITI SINHA has been largely involved in the area of Computer Applications. During the period 1988 to 1996 in Japan, she was associated with Professor Mamoru Maekawa’s research laboratory in the Information Science department, University of Tokyo, and Nichi Denko Gyo, a construction company in Tokyo. At Nichi Denko Gyo, she was involved primarily in the area of Computer Aided Design (CAD). She is actively involved in writing textbooks and their translations.