CITO 1 :

Foundations of Digital Transformation

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CITO 1 : Foundations of Digital Transformation Certificate

Foundations of Digital Transformation Certificate Program is your gateway to mastering the essential digital skills needed to thrive as an IT professional in today’s fast-paced technological landscape. Designed for aspiring IT officials, this foundational program offers a comprehensive curriculum that covers the core concepts and technologies driving digital transformation across industries. Through a series of five meticulously crafted courses, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and lead in the digital age.

Program Goals:

  • Equip with Fundamental Knowledge: Provide a solid understanding of digital technologies, platforms, and their applications in modern enterprises.
  • Develop Technical Skills: Enhance practical skills in database management, AI implementation, and digital architecture design.
  • Enable Strategic Thinking: Cultivate the ability to plan and manage digital transformations effectively within any organization.
  • Foster Innovation: Encourage innovative thinking to leverage new technologies for solving complex business challenges.
  • Prepare for Leadership: Prepare participants to take on leadership roles in digital initiatives and IT management.

CITO-1 COURSES DETAILS:

This course offers the basic concepts of current, as well as emerging, digital technologies that enable and drive modern enterprises. It introduces the student to the key building blocks (enterprise applications, computing platforms, databases, and networks) of the modern IT infrastructure. The emphasis is on various computing platforms, the Internet, the web technologies, the databases and the principles of AI and their role in modern enterprises. Hands-on experiments and case studies are used for better insights.

Key Topics:

  • Identify the technology components of modern organizations.
  • Understand the role these components play in day-to-day operation of modern organizations.
  • Create simple technology plans of a medium sized organization.

Emerging technologies, such as AI and Blockchain are transforming the landscape of businesses around the globe. In particular, small to medium organizations in the developing countries will have numerous opportunities but will also face serious security and governance challenges. This short course is based on graduate level research and education in the United States, combined with practical work with the United Nations in multiple developing countries. The emphasis is on how smart organizations can systematically become smarter through gradual digital transformations that are driven by AI and other technologies. A strategic planning methodology based on a digital transformation platform is used for hands-on experiments and better insights.

Key Topics:

  • Understand what is AI, Blockchains and other technologies and how can they transform organizations.
  • Identify the key components of modern Smart Digital Enterprises.
  • Understand the role these components play in digital transformations.
  • Create simple digital transformation plans of a medium sized organization

Understand the pivotal role of databases in the digital world. This course covers the basics of database technologies, including relational and non-relational databases, data modeling, and database management systems, providing you with the skills to handle and organize data effectively.

Key Topics:

  • Basics of database technologies
  • Relational vs. non-relational databases
  • Data modeling techniques
  • Database management systems

Explore the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence and discover its innovative applications. This course introduces you to AI principles, machine learning, and real-world AI use cases, equipping you with the knowledge to leverage AI in solving complex problems.

Key Topics:

  • Fundamentals of AI
  • Introduction to machine learning
  • AI applications in various industries
  • Solving complex problems with AI

Gain insights into the architectural frameworks that support digital enterprises and the role of cloud computing in modern IT infrastructures. This course covers digital enterprise architecture principles, cloud service models, and strategies for implementing cloud solutions.

Key Topics:

  • Digital enterprise architecture principles
  • Cloud service models
  • Implementing cloud solutions
  • Supporting IT infrastructures

CITO Program Leader and NGE Solutions Team

The CITO Program has been developed by Doctor Amjad Umar, Founder and CEO of NGE Solutions, Inc, a US-based Training, Research and Consulting firm that specializes in the Next Generation Enterprises (NGE). Dr. Umar is also Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of the ISEM (Information Systems Engineering and Management) Program at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, in USA. He is also Chief Architect and Director of a United Nations Partnership (ICT4SIDS) and a Fulbright Senior Specialist on ICT. 

The NGE Solutions Team consists of IT professionals with graduate education in software and systems engineering, digital marketing, business administration and project management. This team has conceived, developed and are managing the SPACE (Strategic Planning, Architecture, Controls, and Education) eFactoy that is used in our Training, Research and Consulting Practice. 

Additional information about SPACE, our team and projects can be found at (www.space4ict.com, www.ngesolutions.com, www.ict4sids.com, and www.amjadumar.com).

Dr. Amjad Umar

CITO Program Lead

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