MDP Announcement-7 2007-08

INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT, ANAND

Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Management

(September 3-8, 2007) Programme Co-ordinator: Prof. Harekrishna Misra
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is being increasingly considered as a critical infrastructure in organisations. Its role in managing business, in supporting decision making process has been recognised well. Therefore, dependency on ICT infrastructure and ICT enabled services is also increasing exponentially. Such dependency demands a sustainable service orientation for this infrastructure in organisations which should be dynamic, scalable and above all the services should be seamlessly integrated to process objectives. This seamless integration among infrastructures across functions, processes and even surpassing physical boundaries makes the scenario complex. Besides, internet technologies have paved the way for geographically independent infrastructure providing computing power to users and transferring the load to the back-end fault tolerant and scalable ICT components. Therefore, proper planning of ICT infrastructure, critical identification, evaluation of components and their deployment demands capability among ICT service providers in the organisation. A close integration between information system infrastructure dealing with functions, processes and organisations strategy and ICT infrastructure acquisition strategy is also essential for garnering long term benefits. In this management development programme (MDP), approaches to ICT infrastructure acquisition would be discussed. Insights to the underlying management principles applicable for ICT infrastructure would also be covered. Objective: To help participants understand the concept, importance of ICT as infrastructure, strategic issues of acquiring ICT in an organisation, issues related to ICT planning and deployment keeping in view the strategy of the organisation. Pedagogy: The programme will be conducted through interactive lectures, discussions, and case-studies and laboratory sessions.

Programme Modules: In this programme, participants will be exposed to management of information technology of an organisation, its requirements. Broadly, the contents are as described below: Course Contents: ICT Infrastructure Management Overview with Organisation Perspectives Components of ICT Infrastructure Acquisition Strategies Managing Architectures Components Life Cycle/Change Management Budgeting Intranet/Internet Profiling and Management Server Centric Management (DNS, Web, Mail) Network Infrastructure Management Remote Access Services Strategising Network and Component Infrastructure Virtual Private Networks ICT Security Profiling Proxy Management Firewall Setup Backup Management Case Studies Laboratory Sessions will be based on Linux (preferably SuSE) / Windows XP / Windows 2003 Platforms Who Should Attend? The programme is intended for ICT planners, ICT support and Service Providers for the organisation who intends to set up and manage ICT infrastructures. Functional managers involved in ICT planning and acquisition can also attend. Prior knowledge on programming languages like C language, network principles, and operating systems though not essential would be an added advantage. Number of participants will be limited to 15 (Fifteen). This is because of extensive laboratory sessions and to make the programme more interactive. Registration will be on First-come-Firstserved basis. Fee: Rs.20,000 per participant (inclusive of boarding & lodging, teaching material, local field trip and non-refundable registration fee of Rs.1000), which should be paid by way of demand draft drawn in favour of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, payable in Anand. Contact Address: Programmes Officer IRMA, Post Box No.60 Anand 388 001, Gujarat Phone: 91-2692-260391 / 9825367827 (Mobile) Fax: 91-2692-260188 Email: bcp@irma.ac.in URL:http://www.irma.ac.in

The last date for receiving nominations is August 20, 2007.