U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999

Rank Industry 1998 2008

Total 140,515 160,795 1.4

Most rapid growth

1 Computer and DP services 1,599 3,472 8.1

2 Health services 1,209 2,018 5.3

4 Management and public relations 1,034 1,500 3.8

10 Security and commodity brokers 645 900 3.4

12 Offices of health practitioners 2,949 4,098 3.3

19 Job training and related services 369 484 2.7

24 Commercial sports 127 160 2.4

25 Engineering and architectural services 905 1,140 2.3

Most rapid decline

1 Crude petroleum, natural gas 143 77 -6.0

2 Apparel 547 350 -4.4

3 Coal mining 92 59 -4.2

8 Tabacco products 41 30 -3.1

12 Petroleum refining 96 75 -2.5

22 Engines and turbines 84 69 -1.9

23 Household appliances 117 96 -1.9

Employment (1,000)Employment Projections by Industry: 1998 to 2008

Annual rate of change

Occupation 1998 2008Fastest growing

1 Computer engineers 299 622 323 108 1

2 Computer support specialists 429 869 440 102 1

3 Systems analysts 617 1,194 577 94 1

4 Database administrators 87 155 68 77 1

5 Desktop publishing specialists 26 44 18 73 2

6 Paralegals and legal assistants 136 220 84 62 2

7 Personal care and home health aides 746 1,179 433 58 4

8 Medical assistants 252 398 146 58 3

9 Social and human service assistants 268 410 142 53 3

10 Physician assistants 66 98 32 48 1

20Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

303 427 124 41 1

Employment (1,000)

Employment Projections by Occupation: 1998 and 2008

# Change (1,000)

Percent change

Quartile rank bymedian

earningsRank

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999

Occupation 1998 2008

Largest job growth

1 Systems analysts 617 1,194 577 94 1

2 Retail salespersons 4,056 4,620 564 14 4

3 Cashiers 3,198 3,754 556 17 4

4 General managers and top executives 3,362 3,913 551 16 1

7 Registered nurses 2,079 2,530 451 22 1

8 Computer support specialists 429 869 440 102 1

13 Computer engineers 299 622 323 108 1

14 Teachers, secondary school 1,426 1,749 323 23 1

15Office and administrative support supervisors and managers

1,611 1,924 313 19 2

19 Marketing and sales worker supervisors 2,584 2,847 263 10 2

25 Teachers, elementary school 1,754 1,959 205 12 1

26 Blue-collar worker supervisors 2,198 2,394 196 9 1

27 College faculty 865 1,061 196 23 1

Employment (1,000)

Employment Projections by Occupation: 1998 and 2008

# Change (1,000)

Percent change

Quartile rank bymedian

earningsRank

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999

A Brief History of PCs• 1977

– TRS-80 (a.k.a. Trash-80)– Apple II (1st color computer)

• 1981– Osborne I (1st portable, 25 lbs)– IBM PC (Intel chip + MS-DOS)

• 1982– Commodore 64, a top seller

• 1983– Compaq (1st PC Clone)

• 1984– Macintosh (1st mouse driven)

• 1987– IBM PS/2

• 1995– a low-cost, limited-function

“network computer”• 1998

– iMac (easy access to the Internet)

Killer PC Applications

• VisiCalc (1979)– This spreadsheet

draws many to Apple II

• WordStar (1979)– A commercially

successful word processors

• Adobe PageMaker (1985)– Helps spur Mac

sales

• E-Mail (1988)– The Net’s first killer

app• Browsers: Mosaic,

Netscape (1993)– Open the Web to

everyone• Search engines:

Google (1994)– To instantly locate

information

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Pentium 4 has more than55 million transistors

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Test Your Digital IQ

Spam; Spyware

Wi-Fi; 802.11g; Bluetooth

DIMM; DDR SDRAM

2.3 GhZ; Intel Centrino

800 x 600 resolution; MP3

2400 x 1200 dpi; MPEG

VGA; QXGA; LCD monitor

32 bit; 120 GB; DVD+RW

Drivers; Jump Drive; USB

http; Ethernet; Peer-to-peer

• Do you know how to send an attachment?

• Have you ever written a spreadsheet macro?

• Can you prepare a PowerPoint presentation?

• Can you burn a CD or DVD?

• When you meet new people, do you google them?

Test Your Digital IQ II

SAP; ERP; CRM

Prototyping; RAD; JAD

ASP; Outsourcing

MS Project; DBMS; SQL

Data Warehousing; OLAP

Visual Basic; Java

B2B; B2C; E-Commerce

.Net; J2EE; php

Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle

• Do you know how to install an anti-spyware software?

• Can you develop a DSS application that uses PivotTable, Goal Seek, Solver, or Scenario Manager?

• Can you prepare an information security plan?

24 million households in the US hadbroadband connections in 2003

According to eMarketer,the global Internet population wasover 633 million in 2003