IT Infrastructure Management Report: Career, Data, and Cloud

This report delves into the multifaceted world of IT infrastructure management, exploring its significance in a student's career path. It emphasizes the importance of information technology, particularly in solving security issues and enhancing technical knowledge. The report highlights the achievements anticipated after studying IT, focusing on gaining a comprehensive understanding of technology and the security it provides. It outlines plans for joining the IT industry post-studies, detailing various job opportunities. Furthermore, the report discusses the main functions of data centers, including cloud service provision and IT operation centralization, while also examining different types of data centers. The importance of data quality in maintaining client relationships and effective marketing is also addressed. The report concludes by analyzing the problems associated with cloud computing, such as privacy issues, migration challenges, complexity, and data availability, providing a well-rounded overview of the subject.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Importance of IT in Career.....................................................................................................2
Achievements after Studying IT............................................................................................2
Plans after Finishing Study....................................................................................................2
Main Functions of Data Centres............................................................................................3
Importance of Data Quality....................................................................................................3
Problems with Cloud Computing...........................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Information technology is the utilization or study of systems for manipulation,
transmitting, sending and even storing information (Schwalbe, 2015). I am a student of
information technology infrastructure management.
Discussion
Importance of IT in Career
Information technology is considered as the subset of ICT or information and
communications technology. Personal computers, electronic mails, Internet connection, all of
these comprise of information technology (Holtshouse, 2013). IT is extremely important for
my career. Any type of security related issues could be easily solved with the help of IT.
Moreover, my technical knowledge can be increased with information technology.
Achievements after Studying IT
After studying information technology, I want to understand the entire concept of
technology. My technical knowledge could be easily increased once I will complete studying
IT (Cai & Zhu, 2015). Security is the most important and significant factor in any
organization or work. Information technology provides the best security to any organizational
resource or asset. I want to gain proper knowledge of technology after studying IT.
Plans after Finishing Study
I want to join the industry of information technology after completing my studies.
Various job opportunities are present in this domain (Schwalbe, 2015). Moreover, I will be
able to know about technology more precisely. My knowledge and skills will be a great help
to the organization and thus I will be satisfied with my job.

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Main Functions of Data Centres
A data centre is the facility that is utilized in a computer system and various related
components like storage system or telecommunication (Schwalbe, 2015). It involves backup
as well as redundant power supplies and several security devices. The major functions of a
data centre include providing of faster growing cloud service and centralizing any particular
organizational IT operations (Holtshouse, 2013). Furthermore, data centre helps to continue
with the daily operations of information technology.
There are three different types of data centres. They are as follows:
i) Corporate Data Centres
ii) Web Hosting Data Centres
iii) Data Centres with Web 2.0 Technology
Importance of Data Quality
Quality of data is another significant factor in information technology for any
organization (Cai & Zhu, 2015). Without the higher quality of data, it is not possible to keep
contact with the clients. Moreover, in this data driven era, it is extremely easy to search for
the major information regarding the potential and recent clients. This information helps to
enable to market more effectively and also encourage factor of loyalty (Holtshouse, 2013).
The main benefits of data quality include low mailing costs, improvised relations with
customers, consistent data and even effective marketing.
Problems with Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the easiest and the most popular mode of data transfer through the
Internet connection (Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016). It is extremely fast and can be done
cost effectively. However, in spite of having these advantages, there are some of the major

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issues or problems that make cloud computing tougher to use. The main problems of cloud
computing are as follows:
i) Privacy Issues: This is the most important issue in cloud computing (Almorsy,
Grundy & Müller, 2016). Often data is hacked and thus the confidentiality is lost.
ii) Migration: This is another significant problem in cloud computing. Data is needed
to be migrated regularly and this makes it tedious to use.
iii) Complexity: The third major issue in cloud computing is complexity. This type of
service is complex to use.
iv) Availability of Data and Services: The fourth problem of cloud computing is the
lack of availability of data and services (Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016). It is not easily
available in the market and thus it becomes a major issue for the customers of cloud
computing.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that, information technology is the most important
sector in today’s world. The above report has clearly given a brief description of information
technology and how it is important for my career. Moreover, the achievements and plans after
studying IT are given here. The final part of the report comprises of data centres, data quality
and cloud computing.

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References
Almorsy, M., Grundy, J., & Müller, I. (2016). An analysis of the cloud computing security
problem. arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01107.
Cai, L., & Zhu, Y. (2015). The challenges of data quality and data quality assessment in the
big data era. Data Science Journal, 14.
Holtshouse, D. K. (2013). Information technology for knowledge management. Springer
Science & Business Media.
Schwalbe, K. (2015). Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.