ITM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antivirus Software, Mysql, Ibm Websphere

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

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. It management, standards, education, research and development services. General-purpose mainframe and minicomputer era: 1959 to present. Cloud computing and mobile computing era: 2000 to present. The power of microprocessors doubles every 18 months. The price of computing falls by half every 18 months. Nanotechnology uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices. The amount of digital information is roughly doubling every. The cost of storage is falling at an exponential rate of 100 year percent per year. The value of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members. Mainframes systems used as giant servers for enterprise networks and corporate web sites. Microsoft windows dominates the market of client machine software.