Top 10 IT Tools of 2011 @ itprosasia.com

The year 2011 was a fruitful year for IT professionals as more and more companies took the initiative in modernizing their information and database systems with the sudden need for cutting-edge technological must-haves like web conferencing, cloud computing and mobile applications. As we conclude the final days of the year 2011, we look back at the trending IT tools used and specialized by our 1,764 tech professionals here at itprosasia.com

It’s no surprise that tools from the Business Operations skills category like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop are among the widely used as these are essential applications for everyday operations. We can all attest that despite custom designed client management software attempting to simplify the office workload, we still go back to use reliable MS Excel for our reports, graphs and monitoring. While folks at Marketing, Sales, or promotions know how life-saving the importance of Adobe Photoshop is.

HTML know-how is a strong 10% evidenced by the increased interest of companies to have internet visibility and branding not to mention the popularity of Facebook created the need for companies to have its own social networking account.

Java, Visual Basic and C++ Language are at close percentages, these traditional programming languages still remain a dependable tool in our tech professional’s arsenal.

With the coming of 2012, challenges are quite in store for our I.T. practitioners: the looming retirement of Windows XP, the advent of more and more mobile-based systems, and the constant need of companies to innovate the most cost-efficient technological breakthrough that could be their recipe for success.