Submitted by: Submitted by fafik
Views: 386
Words: 10701
Pages: 43
Category: English Composition
Date Submitted: 03/01/2012 07:46 AM
Chapter 4
IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software
Student Objectives
1. Identify and describe the components of IT infrastructure.
2. Identify and describe the major types of computer hardware, data storage, and input and output technology.
3. Identify and describe the major types of computer software used in business.
4. Assess the most important contemporary hardware and software trends.
5. Evaluate the principal issues in managing hardware and software technology.
Chapter Outline
4.1 IT Infrastructure: Computer Hardware
Infrastructure Components
Types of Computers
Storage, Input and Output Technology
Contemporary Hardware Trends
4.2 IT Infrastructure: Computer Software
Operating System Software
Application Software and Desktop Productivity Tools
Software for the Web: Java, Ajax, and HTML
Web Services
Software Trends
4.3 Managing Hardware and Software Technology
Capacity Planning and Scalability
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Technology Assets
Using Technology Service Providers
Managing Software Localization for Global Business
4.4 Hands-On MIS
Key Terms
The following alphabetical list identifies the key terms discussed in this chapter. The page number for each key term is provided.
|Ajax, 138 |Object, 132 |
|Application server, 122 |Office 2007, 135 |
|Application software, 118 |Offshore software outsourcing, 143 |
|Autonomic computing, 127 |On-demand computing, 144 |
|Batch processing, 125 |Online processing, 125...