CIO

The engine room of an enterprise is the responsibility of the CIO. To keep the engine ticking over a CIO's portfolio includes infrastructure, application development, IT governance, risk management, ITIL, enterprise software, services and human resources. Web 2.0 and green IT have also gained the close scrutiny of CIO's as methods of controlling costs as well as delivering benefits.

Convergence

Voice, data and video are all available on one network over IP. This convergence of technologies has spawned applications and systems like VoIP/IP Telephony, Unified Communications, QoS, converged handsets and the MPLS and SIP protocols.

Networking

The network is the core of an IT system. Networks are continually evolving and now include LAN, WAN, and VPN networks. Ethernet, cabling, switches and routers, virtualisation and 3G technologies can all be used in networks.

Security

An ongoing problem for enterprises, security involves detecting and stopping spam, cybercrime and malware by using technologies such as encryption, identity management, application and operating systems security, network security and intrusion prevention.

Storage

When it comes to storage, tape and disk technologies are still relevant. Different storage methods such as SAN and NAS, virtualisation and deduplication are also popular ensuring that backups, archiving, disaster recovery and data mining can all be undertaken efficiently.

Wireless

Wireless networks are proliferating providing mobility and access to the internet. WiFi, WiMAX, Broadband, Bluetooth and Satellite are just some of the choices for wireless access on the many wireless enabled devices.

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