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IT Infrastructure: Hardware & Software

Infrastructure Components

I T infrastructure - Platform for supporting all information systems in the business

IT

Infrastructure

Components

Contemporary Hardware Trends

Hardware

Trends

  • The mobile digital platform
  • Tablet computers
  • Netbooks
  • Consumerization of I T and B Y O D
  • Nanotechnology and quantum computing
  • Virtualization
  • Software-defined storage (S D S)
  • Cloud computing
  • Green computing
  • High-performance and power-saving processors

The Major Types of Software

Major Types

of Software

(1) Open source software - Linux, Apache

(2) Cloud-based software and tools

- SaaS (software as a service) : Google Docs

- Mashups: Zip Realty uses Google Map - Zillow.com

- Apps - Mobile apps

Software Trends

Types of Computers

  • Personal computers and mobile devices
  • Workstations
  • Servers
  • Mainframes
  • Supercomputers
  • Grid computing

Types of Computers,

Client/Server,

Storage

CLIENT - SERVER

COMPUTING

  • Form of distributed computing
  • Splits processing between “clients” & “servers”

1) Two-tiered client/server architecture

2) Multi-tiered client/server architecture (N-tier)

  • Web servers, Application servers

Client/Server Computing

  • Magnetic disk
  • SSDs
  • Optical disks
  • Magnetic tape
  • Storage networking: S A Ns
  • Input devices - E.g. keyboard
  • Output devices - E.g. monitor

Storage, Input, and Output Technology

Managing Mobile Platforms

Managing

Mobile

Platform

  • Mobile devices provide productivity gains
  • Expenses of equipping employees with devices
  • Network configuration
  • Software
  • Device security
  • Stolen or compromised devices
  • Mobile device management (M D M) software

Managing Software Localization for Global Business

Software

Localization

  • Software localization
  • Local language interfaces
  • Complex software interfaces
  • Differences in local cultures
  • Differences in business processes

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