The Technology Tree

Presented by

Syed Tanvir HaiderM.Sc. (Maths.); MBA-IT

What Technology do I need?

Five C’s of Information Responsibility

Responsibility DescriptionCAPTURING Obtaining information CONVEYING Presenting informationCREATING Processing informationCRADLING Storing informationCOMUNICATING Sending information

INFORMATION

CAPTURE CONVEY CREATE CRADLE COMMUNICATE

INPUTTechnologies

OUTPUTTechnologies

SOFTWARETechnologies

STORAGETechnologies

TELECOMMUNICATIONSTechnologies

Capturing Information(Input Technologies)

Am I trying to capture information, commands, or both?

Information, Commands, or Both?

InformationSound Input

Bar Code readerOMRMICROCR

Image ScanningLight Pen

CommandsMouse

TrackballPen Mouse

Pointing Stick

BothKeyboard

Touch-ToneASR

Touch Screen‘Point-of-Sale

System’Glove

HeadsetWalker

In what form is the information and / or Commands I’m trying to capture?

Forms?

AudioSound Input

ASRTouch-Tone

DirectKeyboard

‘Point- of-SaleSystem’

Screen DepictionMouse

TrackballPen Mouse

Pointing StickTouch Screen

Light Pen

Formatted Text &Image

Bar Code ReaderOMRMICROCR

Unformatted Text & ImageOCR

Image ScanningMotionGlove

HeadsetWalker

Conveying Information(Output Technologies)

What form do I need to convey information?

Forms?

AudioSound Output

Speech Synthesis

On-ScreenScreenMonitor Printed

PrinterPlotter

Creating Information(Software Technologies)

Are the information-processing tasks specific to me and my Business functions

or to Technology management?

Me or Technology Management?

Operating systemsoftware

Application Software

UtilitySoftware

What specific information-processing tasksAm I trying to perform?

Processing task?

General business functionIndustry-specific

Task specific to your businessEducation

Personal ProductivityGroup work

Specialized applications

What tasks am I trying to perform that I could probably otherwise do manually?

Personal Productivity Task?

Word ProcessingDesktop Publishing

SpreadsheetDatabase Management System

Presentation GraphicsCommunication

Personal Information Management

Cradling Information(Storage Technologies)

Will I need to update my information later?

Update Later?

Easy UpdatingMagnetic Floppy DisksMagneto-Optical Disks

DVDFlash Memory

Slow & Difficult Updating

Magnetic Tape

No UpdatingCD-ROM

How much information do I need to store?

How Much?

Limited Magnetic Floppy Disks

Flash Memory

MassiveMagnetic Hard Disk

Magnetic TapeCD-ROM

Magneto-Optical DisksDVD

Magneto-optical disks 10 (10 GB each)

CD-ROMs 154 (650 MB each)

Internal Hard Disks 100 (1GB each)

Floppy Disks 70,000 (1.44 MB each)

Sheets of Paper 50,000,000

(30,000 pounds)

Let,s Add a Little Perspective

Communicating Information(Telecommunications Technologies)

How tightly do I need to control processing on a network?

Amount of Control?

Centralized

Distributed

Hybrid

What is the geographic distanceThat I’m trying to cover?

Geographic Distance?

Local Area Network Wide Area Network

Who should have ownership of thetelecommunications technologies?

Ownership?

PublicPrivate

The Foundation of the Technology Tree

The Central Processing Unit

F-100 microprocessor, only 0.6 cm square

Climb Technology Tree in the Following Way

Go to the software technologies branch to choose application software.

Go to the input technologies branch. Go to the output technologies branch. Go to the telecommunications branch. Go back to the software technologies

branch to choose operating system. Go to the storage technologies branch. Finally, climb down the tree to find CPU

PEOPLE

EXPERTISE

MONEY

Information Technology Require Information Technology Require