ABDULLAHI SHUAIBU'S JOURNALS ON SOCIOLOGY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES.

Five Tips for Choosing the Right IT Support In today's world, Information Technology (IT) plays a major role in assisting day-to-day business at virtually all levels of an organization. No matter the kind of business you are involved in, the quality of your IT support is critical to your performance. It links you to your clients, aids your business processes and pushes your organization ahead. Therefore, it is extremely important that you have the best IT Support. Here are five tips for choosing the right IT support: Identify Your Requirements You need to select an IT support service that complements your business requirements. The initial step towards achieving this is to carefully analyze what your business needs are from an IT support company. Give some careful thought to how your business is growing and how this can resonate with your needs in the months and years to come. Selecting an IT Support Company th...

Paperless Telecommuting Much has been said and written about telecommuting in the past decades, and the number of people who work from home has increased dramatically, and will continue to increase, because of the trends outlined earlier. A telecommuter replaces his/her daily commute to the workplace with electronic communication, through the phone and Internet. While many telecommuters have dedicated home offices from which they perform work tasks, some telecommuters, called nomad workers, perform work tasks from any number of locations such as cafés, bookstores and libraries. While telecommuting has been promoted by many organizations and enterprises, it is also associated with some disadvantages, both for the employer and the employee. To some degree, these criticisms have hampered the implementation of telecommuting programs. But these points of disadvantage, in many cases, can be resolved through paperless practices with Informa...

The African University Librarian In The Information Age INTRODUCTION Since their inception, libraries have maintained their sovereignty as the main storage of knowledge in society. Today, novel information technologies equipped with the computer, telecommunications and optical media are seriously affecting libraries. ICTS, for short, is used here to include computer hardware, software and telecommunication equipment. It has been an indispensable tool and has great impact globally. Of all the diversified technologies of our time, progress in information and communication technology has no doubt had, and continues to have considerable influence on the global economy. It makes it possible to collect, process and transmit information at breathtaking speed and declining cost. It increases productivity, improves quality and efficiency in all types of services. The impact is seen in diverse areas such as health-care, finance and ban...

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