Trending IT Topics to be Aware of

8 top trending IT topics to be aware of

Information technology has registered a handsome growth in the past few years. This is a dynamic sector, as technology keeps on evolving. One needs to catch up with the latest to keep themselves updated with sector. Here is a list of top eight technologies one needs to be aware of:

1. Software-as-a-service: This is one of the latest technologies. It helps in hosting software on a central cloud making it accessible by clients via web browsers.

2. Cloud: Cloud technologies use network of isolated servers hosted on internet to store, manage, and process data.

3. Mobility: This is related to wireless networking for transfer of data. The next phase is having advanced feature including beam forming and multi-user MIMO.

4. Bring Your Own Device: BYOD brings freedom to employees to choose his own gadget for workplace. It helps them to be more productive and also saves cost of employers.

5. Software-defined networking: SDN lays down the tools that help to virtualize the network infrastructure. It's key role is to provide programmatic interfaces into network equipment.

6. Internet of Things: IoT represents all the gadgets that contain IP address and can transfer data with internet connectivity.

7. Big Data: This is essential for big organizations and enterprises that deals with Terabytes, Petabytes and Exabytes of data.

8. IPv6: IPv6 is the latest version of the internet protocol that cures all errors by providing an identification and location system for computers on networks.