Mobile Technology Opening Doors For Baltimore IT Professionals
Mobile technology is the wave of the future, and according to cnn.com, "By striking deals with telecommunications companies in emerging markets, Internet.org plans to get basic web services - weather reports, Wikipedia, messaging and Facebook (naturally,) to people at no cost, in the hope that it will inspire them to explore the rest of the web and reap the benefits that it can provide." This kind of global access to mobile technology will open doors wide open for those interested in a career in this field.
Eusebio Scornavacca, a professor of management information systems at Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore, offers some insight into the emergence of employment opportunities for those in mobile technology.
What inspired you to be interested in the field of mobile technology?
"I have always been interested in disruptive technologies - how certain technologies are able to set the world on a new course. In the late 1990s I was conducting research on e-commerce, specifically on information inter-mediation. At that point, I became intrigued about the idea that the fusion of cell phones and the internet could potentially break the temporal and spatial boundaries of information access. For the last 15 years, I have investigated the ways mobile technology affects individuals, businesses and society. My work looks at the different ways this innovation has disrupted how we live, work and play."
What advice can you offer others looking to go into IT?
"IT is a vast, dynamic and diverse field. When thinking about technology, don't limit yourself by considering only the technical side. Learning to understand the impact of technologies is as important as learning to design or operate them. Management information systems looks at the intersection of people, business and IT."
How has mobile technology changed the field in terms of obtaining education?
"The extinction of the mobile phone and emergence of the Smartphone not only signals a change of how mobile devices are categorized, but it also represents a remarkable shift in the fundamental nature of this type of technology. Now our mobile devices are complex, multi-purpose, multi-context ubiquitous media systems that encapsulate various functions and provide a steady flow of information. This fluid, digital ecosystem has already permeated classrooms and will certainly continue to impact the way we teach and learn."
Sara Lugardo is a professional writer out of Chicago, Illinois. She has a bachelor's in communication and is currently working on her master's. Her work can be found on Examiner.com.
