Emerging Information Technology Resources

Peculiarly perplexing, this is how I regard our mundane world to be. Thanks for all the technological advancements that help us get through our everyday struggle in our lives, particularly at work.

I have worked for MERALCO for a little over three years now. It’s a relatively large company operating in the country for a long time already. We have been using different information technology resources for a more efficient and effective operation. Using new and advanced IT resources developed today can enhance our performance in the service of our customers.

I have researched on emerging information technology resources that can be used in our organization. These are:

1. MapReduce

This programming framework has the ability to crunch petabytes of data in a fraction of time it would normally take – on commodity hardware, no less. MapReduce is also being incorporated into mainstream solutions from IBM, Oracle, and others.

Since MERALCO has a huge database for millions of customers and other important data, this can help in keeping and accessing these files. We normally do database extracts; this would surely help in the process.

(http://www.infoworld.com/d/infoworld/2009s-top-10-emerging-enterprise-technologies-467&current=11&last=1#slideshowTop)

2. Data deduplication

This data deduplication solution manages ballooning data in businesses, which typically yields dramatic results. (Ex. Data Domain DD660 Appliance)

We keep so much data in the office and so much data are redundant, from email attachments to backup sets. This data deduplication will place a very important role in the coming years.

(http://www.infoworld.com/d/infoworld/2009s-top-10-emerging-enterprise-technologies-467&current=9&last=11#slideshowTop)

3. Whitelisting

Whitelisting software adopts the reverse approach of dealing with malwares. These products take a snapshot of a known good system to create whitelisting rules and, thereafter, onitor systems for unapproved applications and even prevent unapproved programs from running.

This software can help in protecting important business data MERALCO has from viruses, worms and other pervasive malware pandemic.

(http://www.infoworld.com/d/infoworld/2009s-top-10-emerging-enterprise-technologies-467&current=2&last=9#slideshowTop)

All these can bring a great impact to the company’s efficiency and effectiveness in operations, but all these come with costs. First of all, you will need a huge amount of monetary resources to be able to invest in these items. Second, you will also have to train the people who will use these new technologies competently. Lastly, you will have to consider the opportunity costs imputed in buying these technologies like investing in other resources.