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
- 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