Don Bosco Institute of Technology

Technology for the Young

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 AGENDA TIMELINE
PART ONEPART TWO PART FOURFUTUTRE IS YOU
What is Java ? Java: Now ! Java Growth!!!

START FINISH

PART THREE
Sun Vision - The Participation Age !
PART FIVE
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Career Opportunities in
Information Technology
Industry
 Common 10 Myths About IT
Careers in India
 A degree in computer science means you’re
going to be rich immediately
 Everyone in IT is a Developer and talks
only Java
 Only Engineers have a career in IT
 Mathematically impaired people need not
apply
 Academic Marks don’t matter for getting IT
Jobs

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 Common 10 Myths About IT
Careers in India
 You’ve got three professional
certifications . . . you’re ready to work
 Everyone in IT works for IT companies
- TCS, INFY & WIPRO
 All core work in IT is done in United
States
 IT Career is not for Women
 People skills don’t matter in IT jobs
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 Top 4 IT Industry Myths
 India is software superpower; China is
hardware superpower
 China has taken away the manufacturing
cake; we can do nothing about it
 No high tech product design happens in
India
 The productivity of Indian IT industry is low

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 What Realm of IT Should You
Work In?
 Planning & Development
 Technical Services
 Support Services

More…

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 IT Industry needs are beyond IT
 Obvious:
 Management

 Human Resources

 Finance and Accounting

 Advertisement / Marketing / Sales

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 IT Industry needs are beyond IT
 Important but Non obvious:
 Legal: Especially Cyber Law

 Design – Visualizing, Identifying needs,

Dreaming, Creative
 Documentation / Writing

 Consultants – Vertical Specialists - Banking,

Insurance, Defense, Aerodynamics, Retail, etc.

 Ancillary Services:
 Food, Infrastructure, Administration, etc.

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 Information
Technology Jobs/Roles
 Systems Integration and
Software Development
 Systems Analyst

 Software Manager

 Software Engineer

 Programmer

 Webmaster

 Network Specialist

 Systems Administrator

 Database Administrator

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 Systems Analyst Analyzes requirements for
an application, may also do
business case analysis
(economic analysis)
Software Architect Designs the overall
structure of
the application
Software Network LAN/WAN Network design,
installation, maintenance
Specialist
Software Programmer Implements the design
using software
development tools, COTS
software products, and
computer languages

Software Systems Administers user accounts,

technology refreshment,
Administrator software deployment to
users, software problem
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 Software Database Administers the database
(installation, maintenance,
Administrator backup, refreshment)
Webmaster Designs, implements, and
maintains a web site

Software Security Identification, authorization,

authentication, data protection,
Engineer data integrity, CERT)
Software Project Plan, organize, direct,
coordinate, control a software
Manager project (emphasis on risk
management)

Software Change control, status

accounting, audits and reviews
Conf/Quality Engineer – software reliability
Manager modeling, statistical quality
control, defect analysis
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 Hot Software Skills: Today and Tomorrow
 Visual Basic -- Programming Language
 Microsoft Access – Relational Database (small
applications)
 PowerBuilder application development tools – RAD
Database Tool
 Cobol programming (in demand because of the "year
2000" problem)
 C and C++ programming -- Programming Languages
 SAP – Enterprise Wide Application Software (financial,
manufacturing, product data management)

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 Hot Software Skills: Today and Tomorrow

 MVS, Unix and Windows NT – Host Operating Systems

(IBM, Sun, HP, Microsoft)
 Microsoft Exchange – E-Mail Server
 Lotus Notes – Web Based Publishing/Management
Application Software
 Database management, administration and development
-Oracle and Sybase to a lesser extent. – Oracle dominates
the DBMS market
 Internet/World Wide Web: Web-related skills; e.g., Java,
ActiveX, CGI and Internet Security – Definitely – look at
explosion in web and e-commerce
 Object-oriented skills -- Analysis, design, development
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 What is Java ?

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Java is a Programming Language!

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 Java Language

 Object oriented
 Platform independent

 Robust

 Secure

 Programmer Friendly

 Automatic Memory Management (GC)

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Java is a Platform!

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 Java is a Brand!
Compatibility is Guaranteed!

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 Java: 10+ yrs

May 23rd, 1995

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 Java: Now !

Java
Enterprise Java
Edition Standard
Edition Java Micro Edition
Java Platform

HotSpot Classic VM KVM Card VM

Memory: 10MB 1MB 500kB 10kB

Operating System: 64-bit 30-bit 16-bit 8-bit
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 Java: Application Development
SERVER
-Distributed Programming
-Web Component using Java
CLIENT

Database App prog

Enterprise JavaBeans

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 Sun Community Involvement
Sun Initiated and Sponsored

NFS Jini.org
WBEM Services

Open Source Standards and Industry Groups

* Not a complete listing

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 It’s about
Participation
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 How Pervasive Is Java?
2.8B Java devices worldwide
1.07B Java powered phones*
700M Java powered PCs
1.25B Java Cards deployed
4.5M Java developers

*Source: Ovum
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 Java is being used by everyone!

Printers Game Consoles

Robots TVs PDAs

Webcams

Consumer Electronics Cash Registers

Medical Equipment
STBs
Telescopes Lottery Terminals
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 How large is the Java
Economy?
We estimate that it is
driving more than
$100 Billion
of business annually.

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 Java creates opportunity

$5B 2008

$5 Billion Java
Mobile Game Market
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 Java drives ubiquity

1B

1 Billion
Java Powered Phones
"7 out of 10 wireless applications
currently under construction will use a
Java technology runtime environment."
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(Source: Evans)
 Java card secures opportunity

1.45+ B

1.45+ Billion Java Cards

Shipped to Date
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 Powerful Brand!

86% Brand Awareness

Top 10
Technology Brand

Source: Momentum Research

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 Java on Traditional Computing
Platforms

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 However The Network is
Growing...

Appliances/Toys
11,000M
Handhelds
2,600M
Entertainment
1,300M
Computers
1,080M
Industrial/Automotive
400M

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 Java: New Economic Frontiers

Mobile RFID Remote Next

Solutions Devices Generation
Devices
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 Space Exploration

The Java technology-powered Mars Rover (Spirit)

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Java Gaming

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 Java on Wheels

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 Tommy

 Java-powered autonomous unmanned

vehicle.
 Hardware-based Java Virtual Machine

(JVM) running Java Platform, Micro

Edition (Java ME)

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 Demo: Looking Glass

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 What's
in it for
me ?

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Successful organizations understand
the complete IT picture:

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 Biggest challenge today

Growing Skills Gap

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Plug the gap!

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THE END
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