ITM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Altair 8800, Adaptive Server Enterprise, Ibm Global Services

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Deb Fels

Document Summary

The shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm"s specific information system applications. Includes technology components such as hardware and software, as well as services such as consulting, oversight, and training. Started with main frame computers which are the largest category of computers used for business processing. Laptops and desktop computers called clients are networked to powerful server computers. Stroing stuff online rather than buying the actual software. The observation that: computing power doubles every 18 months and the price of computing falls by half every 18 months. 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. Server machines (provides access to network-based applications and data) Mainframe systems used as giant servers for enterprise networks and corporate web sites.