Information Technology Infrastructure

Defining IT Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure as the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm’s specific information system applications.

IT Infrastructure includes investment in hardware , software , & services such as consulting ,education, training that are shared across the entire firm or across entire business units in the firm.

Evolution of IT Infrastructure : 1950-2007

Electronic Accounting Machine Era :1930-1950

Sales Producing Accounting HR

Data

Client Web Server Application Server

A Multitiered Client/Server Network(N-Tier)

Technology Drivers of Infrastructure Evolution

Moore’s Law & Micro processing Power

Given by Gordon Moore in 1965 The number of components on a chip with the smallest manufacturing costs per component had doubled each year.

Later reduced the rate of growth to a doubling every two years

Nanotechnology

The Law of Mass Digital Storage

Declining Communications Costs & The Internet

Standards & Network Effects

Infrastructure Components

Hardware Platform Trends & Emerging Technologies

The Integration Of Computing & Telecommunications Platforms

Grid Computing

On-Demand Computing

Autonomic Computing & Edge Computing

Virtualization & Multicore Processors

Linux and open-source software

Java

Enterprise software

Web services and service-oriented architecture

Software Outsourcing

Software Platform Trends & Emerging Technologies

Management Issues

Dealing With Infrastructure Change

Management & Governance

Making Wise Infrastructure Investments

Total Cost Of Ownership Of Technology Assets

Hands On MIS

Improving Decision Making : Making The Rent vs Buy. Buy for Hardware & Software

Improving Decision Making : Using a Spreadsheet to Evaluate Hardware & Software Options

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