Integrated Professional Skills in Digital Age

This report discusses the importance of ICT and collaboration tools in the digital age, especially during the pandemic. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing and storage, and the challenges of security and privacy. It also discusses the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in terms of internet control. The report provides insights into the benefits of using tools like Slack and Conceptboard for virtual communication and collaboration.

Integrated Professional
Skills in Digital Age

ABSTRACT
ICT can be defined as a technology which helps the individuals and businesses in
collaborating with the internet. The study examines the importance of ICT and how it is evolving
into a business in current times. The pandemic has completely changed the ways in which the
work is to be done. The cloud is the reason for change in the communication and interaction
between the people. The individuals are now interact with the use of internet and other
software's. The various tools and their benefits are also contributing to the benefits of internet to
the individuals and businesses, according to the author.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Identification of collaborative tools and discussion of how they have helped companies at the
time of global pandemic .............................................................................................................4
Discussion of advantages, disadvantages, suitability and applications in regards with cloud
computing in improvised digitalised processes ..........................................................................5
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................7
Identification of the security and privacy and discussion of several challenges which may be
taken............................................................................................................................................7
In the conflicts of Russia and Ukraine, Russia is formulating the internet on their own, by
disconnecting from international internet and control the region network by self. Discussion
of the advantages and disadvantages of all the networks?..........................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
ICT is the components and infrastructure that enable modern computing. It focuses on the
role of unified communications and integration of computers and telecommunications. The
businesses gets various advantages such as cost savings, opportunities and conveniences. It
eliminates the need for face-to-face communication between the individuals by the use of
internet. This provides the methods of completing the tasks of the business within the specified
time. The businesses can also improve their designs, manufacturing and also storing of data and
information(McGarr and McDonagh, 2021). In the pandemic, the work of the businesses went
online which helped in performing the tasks easily. The report is prepared on the various
collaboration tools which can be used by the organisations in their business. The role of privacy
and security will also be discussed in the report along with advantages.
Identification of collaborative tools and discussion of how they have helped companies at
the time of global pandemic
According to Mittal, 2020 The pandemic has showed the value of collaboration in the
workplace. It has an impact on the work in which the humans work. There are variety of tools
which can be used by the businesses in order to enhance the work style and performance. These
tools will provide the individuals with virtual access and help in performing the operations of
business on a large scale. The two essential collaboration tools which help the organisations
survive the current pandemic are discussed below:
 Slack: It is an communication tool which the team members interact with each other with
the use of internet. It enable the individuals in doing large video conferencing calls and
meetings without much of an issue. It can help the businesses in connecting with other
organisations more freely during the current situation of pandemic. It allows the
employee's of the companies to send messages and important files to other users through
a private channel. It is used by million of users in the globe to communicate with each
other. This also allows entire teams to organise the chats into specific channels for any

particular project or task. It eliminates the face-to-face communication between the
employee's of the business and develops online interaction. This tool is very essential for
the business during the pandemic as it reduces the chances of overcrowding.
 Conceptboard: This is a digital whiteboard which is designed for allocating the work to
the teams with collaboration in real time. It helps the business in helping the members of
the team to present their ideas and thoughts in front of the company on a digital paper. It
assists the organisations in creating private sessions and uploading files for regular
discussion, revision and feedback. The business can use in the marketing campaigns in
the activities which are prepared by designers, copywriters and graphic designers. It is a
online tool which is in the form of a whiteboard that can be accessed by individuals
through the internet. It gives the businesses various options for business intelligence,
website development and project management. It is very benefiting for the companies as
it allows quick access to the board. It consists of more than 300 structural forms and
connectors that help in utilising the design and draw different diagrams with the help of
dragging the mouse. The individuals can also leave notes and mark their talks for the
future reference. It also gives facility of easy viewing of the pages with the help of zoom
in and zoom out option. Conceptboard has a strong reputation for being the first to be
admitted to sketching and sessions. It has a feature which digitally saves what we are
talking, which is relevant to the issue and is easy to keep a track of data. It acts as a
central issuer, which brings all the required information, allocated groups together at a
place and allows the group contributors to stay connected with their projects through
visible competencies. the use of tools in education, online clients, and businesses in all
over the world has increased the range of talents that can be acquired. This system has
been acquired by a large number of organisation and is continuing to be accepted by
more organisation because of its easy and convenient access for all team
members(Moşteanu Faccia and Cavaliere, 2020).
Discussion of advantages, disadvantages, suitability and applications in regards with cloud
computing in improvised digitalised processes

According to Phelps and Vlachopoulos, 2020 The internet has changes the engagement
of individuals with each other significantly. The businesses uses various internet tools and
equipments to communicate and interact with each other. This has made a positive impact on the
digital globalisation through the flow of products, services and money. The e-commerce market
has also increased which has resulted in enhanced contribution of businesses to the economy.
Cloud computing can be defined as a framework which is used by businesses in hosting the
various servers. This help in properly managing the large data sets in an effective and efficient
manner. It also help in protecting the data and information from any cyber fraud. It plays a very
crucial role in continuos planning of business strategies and policies. The organisations easily
assess the data in a systematic manner which assists in smooth functioning of operations. This
ultimately leads to reduction in downtime and improved productivity of the business. The
employee's can also do their work in a flexible manner with the help of virtual workplace.
Cloud storage is a computing tool which is used for keeping information in a proper
manner. This help the companies in uploading and retrieving the data sets when it is needed. The
evaluation of advantages, disadvantages, suitability and application for cloud computing and
storage are discussed below:
Basis of
Difference
Cloud Computing Cloud Storage
Meaning Cloud computing offers various
services with the help of internet such
as networking, servers and
software(Pirolli, 2018).
Cloud storage is basically a part of
cloud computing which assists the
business in storing large data sets in
a systematic manner for future use.
Benefits Cloud computing is very beneficial as it
helps in upgrading the systems and
software's through an automation
process. For example – E-commerce
system of Boohoo Group Plc is updated
on a regular basis. The organisation can
It is very essential for the business
as it helps in effective managing of
the information and data in the
organisation. It also provides
advantages of syncing of data on a
constant basis. For example, the

use this to perform collaborative
practises which will help in improving
the process of communication and
interaction.
management of Deliveroo share the
data and other documents of its
customer's through the help of
cloud storage facility(Prasad and et,
al., 2020).
Limitations There are some drawbacks also which
the businesses must consider. The main
issues are data loss, account hijack and
technological vulnerabilities. For
example, companies has faced the
problems of loosing their clients data
while saving it on the cloud through a
cyber attack.
The problems which are associated
with cloud storage are privacy and
security. There are various software
which require connectivity of the
internet while sharing information.
The organisation's face problems of
security and maintenance of
personal data of the customer's and
clients.
Suitability It is best suited for the companies
which have large amount of
information with regards to the
customer's and employee's. These
businesses require this tool of cloud
computing for organising data in a
systematic manner.
It is considered suitable for the
organisation which require large
sets of data in an proper manner.
Application With the aid of cloud computing,
organisational managers offer use of
infrastructure for their clients for
hosting services in an effective manner.
This cloud storage should be
adopted in organisational setting
for storing the data for longer
period of time or lifetime(Quinton
and Reynolds, 2018).

MAIN BODY
Identification of the security and privacy and discussion of several challenges which may
be taken
The technological machines and things sets which is used for the storing, transmission,
creation and trading of the information is known as the Information Technology(Bridgstock and
Tippett, 2019). Various Information Technology Communication applications like the
efficiency enhancement, cutting of costs and time spend reduction and many others. In the
previous year the whole world was suffering but the business firm had to keep the control of
activities and all this was fulfilled by the Information Technology Communication as every
business enterprise in their firms gave permissions to the employees for completing the office
work by working at home, by not coming to the office, meanwhile business firms must achieve
all the pre set objectives and goal. All this can be possible by the Information Technology
Communication which owns a big and large network for connecting the employees and is very
easy and simple for business enterprises to employees for work and connect with firm, but stills
there are many challenged because of global covid 19 pandemic where employees had to do the
office work at the homes which is not suitable. For manipulating according to routines of
employees, employers get the office work at the home, advised for employees and agency both
but still employees are noticing many challenges for balancing the work with the routines of
homes. As every thing has its pros and cons Information Technology Communication also has.
In the global covid 19 pandemic Information Technology Communication is facing cyber
attacks who hacks the business firms systems and get the all personal information and data. No
employer will not need to expose the information of the business organisation as it the most
essential thing of the firm by which the business operations functions(Cho, Mansfield and
Claughton, 2020).
Several agencies have got the lesson of the security of cyber space in the year 2020 and
first learn lesson is the protection of self in the firm internally. Many of the business
organisations believes about the attack on cyber space is done by the outside people, but in
covid 19 pandemic it is done by the employees itself. As the domain of users receiving all

business organisations movement and access , domain once hacked and corruption of the
statistics. Beside from this different frauds were done in the period of covid 19 pandemic like the
frauds of cryptocurrency, where many agencies in covid 19 pandemic which got success in cyber
space attack control and for saving employers they have developed the easy access for managing
the equipments in the organisation. Security of data there are many hindrances which the firm
had to solve in terms of the security and privacy, the growth rate is record breaking and its
outcome, agencies secures the consumers information and the highly sensitive data which they
give.
In the conflicts of Russia and Ukraine, Russia is formulating the internet on their own, by
disconnecting from international internet and control the region network by self.
Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of all the networks?
World is worried about the crimes of cyber space as the outcome of conflicts among the
Ukraine and Russia. Attacks on cyber space are the common characteristic of contemporary war
styles and they are used for demoralising the globe spread wrong information in war of Russia
and Ukraine(Gokhale and Machina, 2018). Crimes of cyber space on the international scale after
the war starting. War has enhanced potential of the attacks of cyber in whole the globe. World of
cyber has become the second field of battle as the hostilities are taking place on the primary war
field.
As the outcome Russia has choose for constructing the network by itself instead of
depending on the global internet network. Here are some pros of developing a local area
network-
Pros
 Security- If the community is small in size then it very easy to keep the documents
secure. Russia debates on whether to make self network in nation for protecting the data
of the nation. For protecting the private network protocols of security are very easy and
simple in implementation. It saves the data from getting stolen(Graham, 2020).
 Privacy- US uses the self developed local network instead of global networks data does
not circulates from others. Transactions of online, data records and others are altered
from US to other and has no use in world.

 Private ownership- Local area network of Russia will give the ownership of the nations
network. Russia will the only nation which will give access to the networks. Russia will
control the access, goods and protection. Autonomous and self-sufficient- Russia will become the self fulfils as the outcome for
connecting and exchange of information in the nation. By the aid of independence
Russia non public neighbours will help the use of getting prices in the world. Opportunities of employment- The self communication network will help the US in
recruiting the employees in IT. Its not significant change but will encourage Russia to
acknowledge the administration of the nation(Johnston, MacNeill and Smyth, 2019) .
 Speed improvement- Private network will aid Russia in connecting the internet at more
fast speeds which is not seen in the international connections. The key reason for it is that
the international network of internet will get accessible to whole population of the
globe, whereas nations private network will be accessible to the rural areas.
Cons Implementation charges- Local network saves the money by resource sharing with other
nations, but establishment cost is not still reasonable. Server building for dedicated
services and the tools and buying the essential machines and gears like switches, routers,
cables and other which cost a lot. Cost of labour is also very high Russia should give
them wages for maintaining the network in the nation. Internationally detached- There are many challenges after the implementation of local
area network. No information of global activities, laws, developments and others will be
known to Russia. And due to this the decisions will be impacted, people will have to face
issues and not get info about the other nations.
 Maintenance- Russia will have to face the issues of internet consisting the system and
breakdowns of the hardware's which will require recruiting of the administrators having
experience. They will have to work full time for inspecting, renovatting and updating
networks on continuos basis.
 Connection problems- As the war is ongoing among the Ukraine and Russia there is no
supply so individuals living there have to face many challenges.

 Troubleshooting – Its a hard task which takes more time in completing due to the
network covers the wide areas and it is hard for pinpointing where is problem. Cables
flowing in the sea in construction of the network and should be maintained regularly.
 Options of the security- As Russia is having its own network it is hard for nation for
understanding what is happening in the nation. For knowing about Russia there are
hackers which hacks the data and attacks and to counter it Russia will have to install the
antivirus software's(Blake, 2019).

CONCLUSION
The above report concludes that Information Communication Technology refers to the
science which makes individuals and businesses for working online by the use of Internet. It
assists the business firm in developing , production and data storing between the other things.
By using the advances technology is very helpful in several ways, consisting the times saving
and reducing the communication of private networks. Completing the work by the aid of online
data is very great. It has been that vast use of smart phones, video conferencing , internet and
clouds after the covid 19 pandemic. Record of Information Communication Technology
including the fast interaction and better network etc. In the end Information Communication
Technology cost discusses the hindrances of Information Communication Technology uses face
consisting if access limits and technical help etc.

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