Computer Science 1032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bell Labs, Software, Ibm 650

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Prof.a

Document Summary

Est the structure, features, and functions of is. Directly influenced by the competitive structure of the company"s industry. Need to assess industry characteristics & structure: one model used: porter"s 5 force model: Intensity of each of these- determines characteristics of the industry - profitability- Everett rogers diffusion of innovation: 5 stages of diffusion: Knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, confirmation he more common place the information technology becomes, the less competitive advantage information technology provides. If this is true about technology, it isn"t true about information systems since it includes procedures and people along with information technology. The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year certainlyovertheshort termthisratecanbeexpected to continue, if not to increase . Predicts the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every two years. Cpu: central processing unit- brains of the computer.