Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
This programme is designed to introduce learners to how technology supports businesses today, looking at where technology is being used and how that technology supports the operating model. It introduces the disruptive forces that are reshaping businesses and organizations in response to new technologies.
9 available topics:
| Impact on the business and operating model |
| Enterprise architecture |
| Business architecture |
| Business and IT alignment |
| Infrastructure architecture |
| Data architecture |
| Application architecture |
| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications in more detail |
| Protecting IT systems |
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Impact on the business and operating model
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7 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic describes how technology impacts the business landscape, focusing on the business model and the target operating model (TOM).
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Enterprise architecture
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic defines enterprise architecture, its components, and its impact on business goals.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Business architecture
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic defines business architecture, its components, and its impact on business goals.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Business and IT alignment
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic explores the benefits of businesses aligning its IT and business strategies, and why IT strategies are important.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Infrastructure architecture
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic defines infrastructure architecture, provides a high level over of what a network is, and provides the benefits and risks associated with them.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Data architecture
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5 mins
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Online resources
This topic defines data architecture, its layers, and also shares the current trends in data architecture development.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Application architecture
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5 mins
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Online resources
This topic defines the different types of applications that support an organization’s technology landscape.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications in more detail
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic explains what an ERP is, the benefits and constraints of using an ERP and shares some of the industry standards.
Tech Toolkit: Technology's impact on the business landscape
Protecting IT systems
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic identifies the risks to IT systems and strategies for protecting them, such as security architecture and business continuity plans.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
This programme is designed to develop knowledge in relation to emerging technologies at a fundamental level. The convergence of emerging technologies including the Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence is creating new market value and displacing existing products and services.
9 available topics:
| Trends in emerging technology |
| Emerging technology as a business driver |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Artificial intelligence: Benefits |
| Blockchain |
| Blockchain: Benefits |
| Containers and microservices |
| Internet of Things |
| Internet of Things: Benefits |
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Trends in emerging technology
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
In this introductory topic, you will identify the latest trends in emerging technology and how they are shaping the business landscape.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Emerging technology as a business driver
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic identifies what drives planning and investment in emerging technologies through the use of a digital strategy.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Artificial Intelligence
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
What is artificial intelligence? In this topic you will find out what artificial intelligence is and how it is used in businesses today.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Artificial intelligence: Benefits
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
Following on from artificial intelligence, this topic explores the benefits and impacts of artificial intelligence in the business landscape.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Blockchain
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic covers blockchain, the rise in its adoption and evolution in the business landscape.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Blockchain: Benefits
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
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Discussion
Following on from blockchain, this topic covers the benefits of blockchain and how it is enabling business transformation, as well as the risks and challenges associated with it.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Containers and microservices
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic gives an overview of containers and microservices, as well as providing the benefits, risks and challenges of using them in IT solutions.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Internet of Things
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
What is Internet of Things? This topics defines what IoT is and how it is affecting businesses today.
Tech Toolkit: Emerging Technology
Internet of Things: Benefits
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
Following on from Internet of Things, this topic covers the benefits, risks and challenges associated with implementing this technology in businesses.
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
This programme is designed to develop knowledge in relation to Data and Analytics at a fundamental level. This will include: data governance frameworks established within organizations for the effective management of data; big data, processes and tools involved with extracting value from it to gain business insight; and an oversight of common visualization tools and technologies used in reporting.
5 available topics:
| Trends and methods in analytics |
| Big data |
| Reports and visualisation |
| Enterprise data management |
| Data Migration |
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
Trends and methods in analytics
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8 mins
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Online tutorial
In this topic the different types of analytics and principles of data analysis methods and the tools used to analyze data are explored at a high level.
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
Big data
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic identifies the characteristics and sources of Big Data explores the potential benefits and challenges for an organization.
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
Reports and visualisation
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7 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic explores how reporting methods have progressed to more visual and insightful tools.
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
Enterprise data management
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7 mins
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Online tutorial
This topics explains why it is necessary to have effective data management policies and procedures. It also outlines the importance of data governance.
Tech Toolkit: Introduction to Data & Analytics
Data Migration
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5 mins
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Online tutorial
This topic explains why an organization would need to undergo data migration and provides insight into how to navigate the complex process.
Tech Toolkit: Full Suite
This programme contains the complete suite of 23 topics from Tech Toolkit including: Technology's impact on the business landscape (9 topics), Emerging Technology (9 topics), and Introduction to Data & Analytics (5 topics).
1 available topics:
| Tech Toolkit: Full Suite |
Tech Toolkit: Full Suite
Tech Toolkit: Full Suite
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2 hours
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Online tutorial
What disruptive forces are reshaping businesses and organizations? New technologies such as artificial intelligence and internet of things are creating new market value and displacing existing products and services, and customer focus is more valuable than ever before. Discover how the data we share every day is being used, and recognise the benefits and impacts of implementing these technologies into a business.
