English is important to information technology for various reasons. IT is used in businesses and is basically the backbone of the commercial world at the moment. English the the international language of trade currently, and so the two are interlinked in terms of being able to operate many systems. many programs are produced in the US or they are made in English in other countries, and so English is essential for understanding them. It is an international language of communication and so allows communication via electronic means in a single language, which avoids subsequent confusion. Also, a vast majority of information on the internet is in English and so in many ways its necessary to be able to understand English to understand a lot of that. The majority of the most visited websites on the net, were created by native English speakers as well, and so are all written in English. In addition a lot of computer 'jargon' has come from words, or is an acronym of an English expression, and so people across the board can understand these terms if they speak English. What is more, using a single language as the primary IT language, has streamlined computer processing. The commands for many programs are in English, and so a program might not respond to other language commands, unless it was specifically reprogrammed to understand those languages. Even if the user is able to use a program in another language, at the base level it may be programmed in English. Hope this helps.