information technology
noun
: the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data
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Joseph Fuller, the Harvard Business School professor who co-founded the school’s Managing the Future of Work project, states that AI is not an information technology but a general-purpose technology.
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Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Declan Coady enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 as an Army information technology specialist.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
And while they’re spread across a couple dozen industries, FDUS leans heavily into information technology service firms, which make up more than a third of the portfolio at cost.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
UnityPoint's announcement on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, site lists the effective date of the new layoff as July 24, the same as for its April announcement of 207 job cuts around the state resulting from outsourcing its information technology functions.
—Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register, 21 May 2026
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Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Declan Coady enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 as an Army information technology specialist.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
And while they’re spread across a couple dozen industries, FDUS leans heavily into information technology service firms, which make up more than a third of the portfolio at cost.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
UnityPoint's announcement on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, site lists the effective date of the new layoff as July 24, the same as for its April announcement of 207 job cuts around the state resulting from outsourcing its information technology functions.
—Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register, 21 May 2026
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“Information technology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20technology. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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