Introduction to Business Information Technology
Learn about the IT industry, and the skills that you need to score your first IT job.
What you'll learn
This course will give you a high level technical overview of the IT industry - its classification, how things work in organizations, core components of an infrastructure like server and services, networking, and storage. Then we'll cover the essentials of software development where you'll get to know about the most popular types of applications, languages, and platforms. The target audience of this course are people who are new to IT, want to learn about the bits and pieces of the IT industry, and want to understand the skills required to get their first job, on their way to pursue a career in IT.
Table of contents
- Agenda 2m
- Core Components of an Infrastructure 2m
- Client Server Model 3m
- Operating Systems 5m
- Servers and Services Overview - Types of Server Hardware 3m
- Directory Services Server 2m
- File and Print Servers 2m
- Web Servers 2m
- Database Servers 3m
- Email Servers 2m
- Communication Servers 2m
- Remote Desktop 2m
- Networking Overview - TCP/IP 3m
- Computer Names, IP Addresses, MAC Addresses, and Ports 2m
- Types of Networking Hardware 2m
- DHCP Servers and DNS Servers 3m
- Firewalls, Perimeter Networks, and VPNs 2m
- Storage Overview - Types of Storage Hardware 2m
- DAS, SAN, and NAS Comparison 2m
- RAID Configurations 2m
- Summary 1m
- Agenda 2m
- Core Development Domains 1m
- Product Essentials 3m
- Web Applications - Web Application Architecture 2m
- Frontend 3m
- Backend - Business Logic 2m
- Backend - Data Access 3m
- Mobile Apps - Mobile Application Basics 3m
- Mobile Platforms 1m
- Desktop Applications - Desktop Development Basics 2m
- Desktop Platforms 1m
- IDEs and SDKs 3m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Kunal D Mehta is a Microsoft and VMware certified IT Pro specializing in Core Infrastructure solutions like Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Office 365, Azure, and System Center products. He has trained about half a dozen SI partner companies in India on Server 2012 and Private Cloud solutions covering over two thousand people. When he is not doing his geeky thing, he likes to hang out with friends to play a game of snooker or bowling. He also loves watching all types of m... more