IT Essentials & Data Recovery For Online Businesses: Setting Up Your Business Right And Protecting Your Data Plr Ebook

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
The Beginning 4
A Short History of Information Technology 4
The Hellenistic World 5
Early Programmable Devices 6
Communications and Information Storage 7
Information Technology Since 1980 8
Information Technology Today 9
Types of Information Tools and Media 10
Personal Computer 10
Storage Media 11
Internet Options and Communication 13
Chapter 2
Understanding BizIT 15
Assessing Your I.T. Needs 15
Desk and chair 16
Bookcase/Shelves 16
Table 17
Telephone (And Phone System) 17
Computer and Monitor 18
Printer, Copier, FAX Machine 20
Other I.T. Options 20
All Those Bells And Whistles; Do You Really Need Them? 21
Getting It Cheap 23
Chapter 3
Getting Organized 25
Setting Up Your Workspace 25
Organizing the Worktop 25
Peripherals and Office Supplies 26
About Wireless Technology 27
Getting Online 29
Dial-Up 29
Satellite 29
DSL 30
T1 and T3 30
A Word Of Caution 31
Networking: The Intranet 31
Sharing Printers and Programs 33
About Sharing Programs 34
Protecting Yourself And Your Business 37
E-mail Issues 38
Computer Care And Maintenance 39
Protecting The Hardware 39
Software Maintenance 41

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Chapter 1
The Beginning

When people hear the words “Information Technology,” the first things that come to mind are computers and the Internet. It may also bring up words like “network,” “intranet,” “server,” “firewall,” “security,” as well as more arcane expressions such as “router,” “T-1,” “Ethernet,” or the mysterious and exotic-sounding “VoIP” (pronounced “voyp”).

In fact, information technology is all of these things, and more. It’s hardly new, however. Information technology is as old as the brain itself, if you think of the brain as an information processor. As far as I.T. being a science, even that goes back as far as the earliest attempts to communicate and store information.

And that is essentially what information technology is: the communication and storage of information, along with the ability to process and make use of the information stored. In this chapter, we’ll begin with a brief history of I.T., what it comprises today, and the different major types of I.T. systems available today.

A Short History of Information Technology

As human societies have grown in size and complexity, so has the need to collect, store and transmit information. While it could be argued that brains represent a form of “bio-information technology,” the Greek word…