ITM 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Adaptive Server Enterprise, Ibm Global Services, Grid Computing
1 Dec 2011
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Itm chapter 5 it infrastructure and emerging technology. The shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm"s specific information system applications. Includes investment in hardware, software, and services, such as consulting, education, and training. Set of physical devices and software required to operate enterprise. Service platform perspective more accurate view of value of investments. It management, standards, education, research and development services. General-purpose mainframe and minicomputer era: 1959 to present. Moore"s law and microprocessing power has been interpreted as: The power of microprocessors doubles every 18 months. Nanotechnology uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other. The price of computing falls by half every 18 months devices. The amount of digital information is roughly doubling every year. The cost of storage is falling at an exponential rate of 100 percent per year. The value of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members.
