Corporate IT
The company computer science concerned with the use of information and communication systems in enterprises. In addition to the development of corporate software , she also plans and controls the operation and embedding in management and business processes . The name is a translation of the English term Enterprise Computing . From the IT point of view, corporate IT is applied IT .
Area of activity and delimitation
Corporate IT specialists deal with the planning, development, security, installation and maintenance of IT infrastructures in companies. This also includes the management of relevant IT projects and training for the users of these systems.
Business informatics is a relatively young discipline and differs from business informatics through a stronger focus on the design and development of software systems for use in companies, IT management and business-IT alignment . In return, the proportion of business management topics is slightly reduced and economics is only marginally touched upon. In summary, one can also say that in corporate IT, software systems (and their development) are the focus and business administration serves as a tool to optimally design these systems and embed them in the company.
Education
The Zurich University of Applied Sciences has previously offered a bachelor's degree in business informatics at its Winterthur location.
The Mannheim University offers a bachelor's degree program at "business and economic computer science".
The ETH in Zurich maintains an Enterprise Computing Center, which deals with the research and training of computer scientists in the field of corporate IT.
In the Anglo-Saxon countries there are some bachelor's degree programs in the field of corporate IT or enterprise computing. B. at Dublin City University or DeVry University .
Career prospects for corporate IT specialists with a university degree
Because of the well-founded and deep training in software development, corporate IT specialists can be employed in the development and design of software systems as well as in IT consulting or project management .
In addition, there are various options in the industry in management positions ( CIO , chief architect, project manager , IT strategist) or in important, leading positions in IT ( enterprise architect , solutions architect , project manager , test manager, test architect, business analyst , business process modeler ) to take action.
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the term Enterprise Computing cf. also https://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/enterprise_computing.html
- ↑ cf. Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. http://www.emagister.de/unternehmensinformatik-ec180156224.htm
- ↑ cf. Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. http://www.ecc.ethz.ch/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.devry.edu/degree-programs/college-engineering-information-sciences/enterprise-computing-about.html
