Elevator Pitch 2

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft said "Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other." This is so true as IT has become the backbone of nearly all businesses of today, especially now with the explosion of the world wide web.

Throughout the second half of the subject, my studies have helped to reinforce the importance of IT as a strategic partner in delivering what is needed for organisations to be more efficient and effective. XML and web services are some of the core components being utilised to bring together systems and organisations together communicating and sharing data real-time.

As the internet expands and grows, security and privacy is of key importance to all e-businesses, as these concerns must be rectified before any real adoption of online shopping, transferring critical data can take place. RSA, SET, SSL are some of the key mechanisms learnt during ICT594 that can be put in place to ensure the security of electronic payments and data being transferred for e-Systems.

Although the Online Taxi Booking System application was never completed. These workshops allowed me to grasp a better understand of the importance of web application frameworks, guided me in the practices of using established patterns such as MVC, and showed me the substantial benefits of Ruby on Rails.

I have found the subject incredibly interesting and look forward to using the knowledge gained in my future endeavours in IT, and i believe that the tools and information gained will be of great benefit to me now and into the future.