The History About The Digital Communication Technology

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

INTRODUCTION

Business nowadays, welcoming the information technology as their medium to be success in business. It is not only in a local business but information technology can be success in global business too. Information technology can be defines as computers as well as related digital communication technology has the broad power to reduce the costs of coordination, communications, and information processing (B.Erik and Lorin M. Hitt, 2010). By having a information technology, various information can be use to make a business data, voice conservations, images, motion pictures, multimedia presentation and also create and exchange data. In addition information technology also is best describes not as a traditional capital, but as a "general purpose technology" (Bresnahan and Trajtenberg, 2005).

In Malaysia, there is has many entrepreneur who is success when applying information technology (IT) into their business. For an example, among these successful IT entrepreneur is Irwan Dahnil, Irfan Khairi, and also Zulkifli Aman. All of them are successful entrepreneur that applying IT into their business. These three entrepreneurs have the same objective on their business which is want to be rich people and change the ways of life.

Between these three entrepreneurs, I choose one of them as a successful business entrepreneur in information technology. Chosen successful entrepreneur is Dr Noor Irfan Khairi Noor Azmi or known as Irfan Khairi is a young internet entrepreneur which becomes well known among the other entrepreneur. Today, Irfan Khairi is not only an entrepreneur but he also is a consultant who organized a seminar on business through the Internet. He shares his knowledge and experience with others and teaches people how to be successful like him in conducting a business using an information technology (IT).

Irfan Khairi is graduated with a Bachelor of Multimedia Design from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom. He has an experience by working in one of the largest IT company in Birmingham, UK after his graduation. Having an experience as a multimedia system designer and consultant, he is one of the team responsible for design of Internet learning system for schools in the United Kingdom called the Learning Grid. At this point, more than 5,000 schools in the United Kingdom using the Learning Grid system. So this is become his basic and point to start his own business by applying information technology and be success like others.

OBJECTIVES

Firstly, the objective of become an internet entrepreneur is because of to generate more income without having any high commitment. By using information technology into the business and entrepreneur can generate more income with low capital or investment for their business. They only need to using their time smartly and some tool like computer and any software to help them run the business smoothly. An internet entrepreneur can work via internet as a part-timer or full-timer based on their interest and ability. Internet business also can work anytime and anywhere they like and they do not need any premises or offline location but if they having to, it is not a boundaries to them but it became an opportunity to them because it easy to the customer to access with them.

Furthermore, have some of the internet entrepreneur do not have any experience or basic on information technology but they also can be success as other millionaire. For an example is Zulkifli Aman. He does not have any basic or experience regarding information technology, but he has basic on business and very interested to having internet business in order to generate more knowledge and income. Another internet entrepreneur that has a basic of information technology is Irfan Khairi. He has an experience work at information technology company and he decides to resign and having his own company on internet business. Because of deep interested toward information technology and having own business in internet, Irfan Khairi was open his own business and applying information technology into his business. And the result is he succeeds and become a millionaire after several years he involved in this business.

Other objective of information technology applying in business is a communication. A business can communicate with the customer by having information technology and it is also will help business store the data of customers and supplier and this will help business run smoothly.

The objective here is, to become a successful entrepreneur by applying IT into the business, an entrepreneur must be having an interest toward this internet business and focus on the business that they run to become successful. In addition, having IT into the business can be a competitive advantage of the business and the business will different with other competitors.

CONTENTS

Irfan Khairi was started his own business on the internet as a part-timer in 1999 because of his interest and having a deep background in Internet and business as his experience. Irfan Khairi realize that he can generate more income from the internet business and more profitable than working income started on 9 until, so he decided to concentrate on its Internet business after one year of operation.

Since then, Irfan Khairi has worked as full-time from home by using a laptop and internet. Within 3 years of operation, one of business generated a net profit of RM1, 000,000 without workers and sophisticated computer equipment. Initial capital that he uses is only RM500 and it gives a good return and profitable to him. At the time he was only 25 years old. Irfan Khairi internert business name are registered as IdeaBuble, and until now his company has served more than 3,000 customers around the world. IdeaBuble customers are mostly from the USA, UK, European Countries, to the Middle East, Japan and Australia.

As of today, Irfan Khairi does full time work comfortably at home by using the internet as a source of income for his wife and children. Among the business that he done and success is designing E-books, web sites, graphics, SEO services (Search Engine Optimatization), sell the map, booking hotels, consultants Multimedia, E-business and Learning.

Besides that, Irfan Khairi also wrote a book which is "Rahsia Jutawan – Jutawan Internet Terbongkar" as a way of showing how other internet millionaires and himself applying an information technology as a source of income and a key to be success in business.

Irfan Khairi was success by achieving RM1 million through business income internet in a very young age has propelled his name to known as internet millionaire. All the entrepreneurs that do business on the internet have made ​​him an icon and an inspiration to excel in business. Go to any internet business seminar invitation either conventional or 'networking,' name Irfan Khairi certainly touted as examples of individuals who are successful in the internet business.

However, before creating his success, he admits failure in the early stages of working on the internet business. For a year he had trouble getting clients, causing the business carried on not achieved. [i] 

Experienced from the failure causing Irfan Khairi started learning the ropes of the business on the internet. Result from his research on his failure, Irfan Khairi found that there are two major flaws that cause the failure of inaccurate methods of promotion and lack of focus. Strong interest in the internet business has prompted Irfan Khairi relearn many things about marketing via the Internet, as well as making some experts in the field of internet marketing for example.

In a second attempt to rise from failure, Irfan Khairi smarter chooses a more appropriate method of promotion to featured products. For example, the promotion of he has focused on the Arab market to sell maps of Malaysia, to find that the product is in high demand there. Irfan Khairi finally managed to pick up business on the right track, when the income of the business through increased many folds of income from permanent employment. This has led his to making internet business as a full-time career.

Recalling his memorable experience when working on internet business while living abroad is meet with a famous real estate tycoon, Azizi Ali. Azizi Ali has become his mentor in doing this business thought information technology whereby Azizi Ali give a guideline be success like him.

Regarding to Irfan Khairi, he said that to be successful, we have to focus. This is because internet business even if the market is too large, we do not think that we need to sell a lot of new products can be successful. But do lower the concentration of internet focus on the strengths that we have. For example, Irfan Khairi did not do all forms of design. He just designs a book cover and logo only.

After the pursuit of knowledge and self development investigate the thousands of people and a successful business, he established Irfan Khairi Sdn Bhd which has produced thousands of live human conduct happier and richer.

On inspiration that has been shown, Irfan Khairi was awarded the Young Innovation Award 2006 from Oxford Association of Management, United Kingdom. It is awarded for his efforts in educating and inspiring as Malaysia's new generation in Internet and Success.

DISCUSSION

Applying information technology into the business was lead an entrepreneur which is Irfan Khairi become success into his business and become a millionaire and well known among the businessman by be their role model. Applying information into business has several advantages and it is good to adapt for new entrepreneur who interested to become like millionaire Irfan Khairi.

First of all, advantage of applying information technology into business is a networking. IT for business will include the availability to network with other business people and organizations. Internet business people can create organization with other in their field in which they can talk about the challenges and reward of internet business. This interchange of encouragement often helps new business experience growth.

Next advantage of applying IT into business is IT can protect company valuable records and data by creating electronic storage. According to the Graziadio Business Report, published by Pepperdine University, secure maintenance of customer and patient files is vital to business integrity. Storage systems, such as virtual vaults, keep information safe by only allowing certain users within your company to access, withdraw, add or change the documents. According to an article in Science Daily, IT security engineering systems protect your electronic information from being hacked, or wiped out during a technological disaster. Electronic security engineering means your valuable records will remain untouchable.

Furthermore, a millionaire like Irfan Khairi gets an advantage while applying IT into his business which is work remotely. IT systems give you remote access to your company’s electronic network, so that you can work from home or on the road. This accessibility allows you to increase your productivity because you can still get work done, even when you aren’t physically in the office.

Last but not least, competitive advantage also one of the advantage by applying IT into the business. This is because, by having competitive advantage our business will become more different than other competitors and it easy to customer recognizes and remembers our business.

CONCLUSION

As for conclusion, information technology can drive an entrepreneur become successfully while applied it into their business. An entrepreneur who is successfully applied IT into his business is Dr. Noor Irfan Khairi Noor Azmi. He was doing a full time internet business because he believes that he can generate more income. It was proof that business internet is more profitable whereby Irfan Khairi was generate an income RM1 billion and become a millionaire at the early age.

As like other people, Irfan Khairi also was not become successful easily. He facing a failure at the starting of doing this internet business but he find another ways whereby keep learning to generate more knowledge and experience and also focusing in what he does. By that, it is work and Irfan Khairi succeeds in his career until now.

Regarding to Irfan Khairi, to be successful in internet business we must be focus on what we are doing. When we are focusing we will know our strengths and with keep focusing it can improve the productivity of the work.

So here, Irfan Khairi has show a proof to all that by using an information technology he can develop his own business using an internet and be a millionaire too. Even though, he has failure on the starting but the failure has become a focal point to him to be success like other millionaire and he never fear to failure. It is because the failure will teach us to be success in future and the failure experience gives a good spirit to us to be success like Irfan Khairi one day.