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This doesn’t imply that the IT working culture is standardized across the globe. Nijhon uses firsthand experience and points to nuances in the IT culture of cities even within the same country. For instance, the IT culture in New Delhi tends to be more business-driven rather than technologydriven, Nijhon said. On the other hand, the IT culture of Bangalore, also known as the “IT capital of India,” is client-focused. Nijhon, who was raised in India, said IT professionals in New Delhi often are more interested in the business impact than the coding behind the program. The culture of the IT sector in Bangalore, on the other hand, tends to be customized to client accounts. “[For instance], if you meet an individual who is supporting a bank in its technology needs, the person might be as aggressive as a banker and also conservative when it comes to suggesting new changes,” he said. “On the other hand, [if you speak] to a person working on a Google account, you will find an individual who is ready to take risks to implement new technology.” the capacity to blur international boundaries and cultural divides. “Information technology has shrunk the world and brought people from different walks of life together by way of e-mails, chat, weblogs, as well as community and interest portals,” Shende noted. This can be especially true for people such as Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at MessageLabs, whose career has allowed him to travel internationally for several decades. Though he is based in the U.K., Sunner claims to live out of e-mail and said that access to the Internet is increasingly important because “you never feel like you’re on your own with e-mail and Internet access.” This can be demonstrated by the fact that, as soon as a flight lands anywhere in the world, passengers reach for their cell phones or BlackBerrys to connect with people and catch up from the temporary lack of correspondence. “The ways in which people interact, not just IT people but more heavy residential Internet users, are sort of the same,” Sunner said. “They want to do the same things: search, send emails. It’s all about communication.” As the world grows more technology savvy, people expect more than modem or dial-up access, especially considering the types and quantity of documents that are sent back and forth. While interna- IT as a Communications Conduit It is an understatement to say that IT’s effects are far-reaching; they facilitate communication and have August 2008 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE 27 http://www.messagelabs.com/

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