Understanding IT Infrastructure
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Understanding IT Infrastructure
Lecture 9
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Announcements• Business Case due Thursday
• Business Analysis teams have been formed
• Business Analysis Proposals will be due next week – details to come
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Module 2: The Business of IT
IT increasingly embedded in business model Advancing technologies drive new
products, processes, & industriesIT capability critical to business model
executionOperational results affect business
value creationRequires sound IT management
We need to explore how:Changing infrastructure affects businessManagement priorities must shiftTo exploit opportunities and reduce
operational risks
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Overview of Module 2 Chapters• Chapter 5
– Introduces elements of modern IT infrastructure and core IT management issues
• Chapter 6– Addresses the robustness of IT capabilities; system availability and
security• Chapter 7
– Explores contemporary IT service models and their management requirements
• Chapter 8– Examines IT project management
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CareGroup• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
– Widely known as leader in the use of IT– Three-day network outage
• What can we learn from this case– IT is vital to modern organizations– Network redundancy important– Challenges arise from infrastructure complexity– IT leadership is important
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The iPremier Company• Luxury goods retailer
– Under attack from an unknown hacker– Case covers events as they unfold
• What can we learn from this case– IT infrastructure must be secured – Decisions involved, however technical, must be addressed by
business and IT executives
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Ford Motor Company / The Power of Virtual Integration
• Century-old U.S. manufacturer– Trying to determine whether to model operations on acclaimed young
company (Dell)– Complex questions regarding how IT supports business operations
• What can we learn from this case– How Dell leverages information technologies to advantage– Potential of an Industrial Economy firm to adopt Network Economy IT
and business designs – How Ford’s legacies (systems, organizations, relationships) influence
the opportunities the company can pursue
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Cisco Systems, Inc.: Implementing ERP
• Young, rapidly growing company– Urgent need to replace IT systems supporting core operations– Legacy too difficult to tackle on functional basis
• Implementation of an ERP– Goal: one-shot, minimal customization– Budget of $15million and 9 months– Elements of implementation:
• People and partners, roles and structures, processes and infrastructure
• What can we learn from this case?– The importance of IT in building a operating platform for growth– An implementation approach to high-risk, high-reward IT initiatives
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Understanding IT Infrastructure
Key Learning Objectives1. Recognize the core components of modern IT infrastructure and
understand the management issues associated with these components
2. Understand the business opportunities and challenges associated with pervasive internetworked computing power
“75% of all IT dollars to go Infrastructure. Isn’t it time you learned what it is?”
IBM ad campaign
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Key trends• More reliance on IT infrastructure• New services• Distributed Processing• New business models
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Challenges• Poor IT decisions lead to
– Products with insufficient support– Relying on outdated protocols/systems
• Technology / management divide– Who makes decisions?
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Fig. 5.1 Moore’s Law
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1980’s• PC released• People moved jobs to computers• No longer needed staff for computing/data
processing• LANs allowed people to share files, printers etc.• IT services provided over distributed servers
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1990’s• Internet boom• TCP/IP provided robust standard for messages
between all computers on web• Network resources available to individuals
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Fig 5.2 Evolution of Corporate IT Infrastructure
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Fig 5.3 Metcalfe’s Law“The usefulness of a network increases with the
square of the number of users connected to the network”
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Fig 5.4 Bandwidth ExplosionGrowth faster than computer chips
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Components of Internetworking Infrastructure
• Network– Hardware/software that permit exchange of information
between processing units and organizations• Processing Systems
– Hardware/software providing ability to handle business transactions
• Facilities– Physical systems that house and protect devices
• Trend: Increasing freedom to manage resources• See table 5.1
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Table 5.1: Fundamental components of internetworking infrastructure
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Networks• Local Area Networks (LANs)• Hubs, switches, wireless access points,
network adapters• Wide Area networks (WANs)• Routers• Firewalls, Security Systems• Caching, Content Acceleration
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Fig 5.5 LAN
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An Example of a WAN
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Processing Systems• Client Devices and Systems• Server Devices and Systems• Mainframe Devices and Systems• Middleware• Infrastructure Management Systems• Business Applications
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Fig 5.7 Servers in possible E-commerce configuration
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Facilities• Buildings, physical space• Network Conduits, connections• Power• Environmental Controls• Security
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Fig 5.8 Modern Data Center
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Discussion• How much does a typical manager understand
of computing networks?
• What educational opportunities are there?
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Operational Characteristics if Internetworking
• Internetworking Technologies are Based on Open Standards
• Internetworking Technologies operate asynchronously
• Internetworking communications have inherent latency
• Internetworking technologies are naturally decentralized
• Internetworking technologies are scalable• See tables 5.2, 5.3
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Table 5.2: Measuring Network Bandwidth
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Table 5.3: Communication Technology, Bandwidths and User Groups
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Business Implications• Quicker communications leads to efficiency• More data leads to better-informed decisions• Progress of processes become transparent• Processes more efficient• Make and sell becomes sense and respond
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Threats• Automation can lead to chain reaction,
cascading failures• Outside attacks• See table 5.4
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Table 5.4: Denial of Service Attacks
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New service models• Physical location of computers less important• Economies of scale for particular services• New capabilities must be integrated into
existing systems– Deal with legacy technology
• Reliability must improve– See next case!
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Discussion: Outsourcing• What about outsourcing of infrastructure?
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Case Thursday• iPremier
• Made-up case of IT failure