ITM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Storage Area Network, Outsourcing, Green Computing

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Shikui Wu

Document Summary

The shared tech resources that provide the platform for the firms specific information system applications. Includes investments in hardware, software, and services, such as consulting, educating and training. Set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise. Set of firm wide services including; computing platforms providing computer services, telecommunication services, data management services, application software service, physical facilities management system, it management, standards, education, research, and development services. The power of micro-process doubles every 18th months. The price of computing falls by half every 18th months. Nanotechnology uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and others devices. The amount of digital information is roughly doubling every year. The cost of storage is falling at an exponential rate of 100% per year. The value of a network grows exponentially as function of the number of network member. Clie(cid:374)t (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)es (cid:894) desktops, laptops a(cid:374)d pda"s(cid:895), server (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)es (cid:894)(cid:271)lade server a(cid:374)d server farms)