ADMS 2511 Chapter Notes -Cash Machine, Computer Hardware, Blade Server
27 Oct 2011
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Three interrelated factors that affect decisions in regard to hard wares are: Trend in hardware: smaller, faster, cheaper and more powerful over time. Hardware is used in almost all and future functional areas in an organization. Understanding of basic hardware use, performance, problems and others. Helps in decision making with regard to organization hardware upgrades or replacement. Physical equipment used for the input, processing, output and storage activities of a computer system. Effective exploitation of computer hardware increases competitive advantage of an organization, and this is brought about by: Comparing price and performance and making a cost effective decision. Analyzing the need for the new hardware infrastructures. Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of allowing employees to work from home or from anywhere. Innovations in hardware utilization: server farms: massive data centres that contain hundreds of thousands of networked computer servers, used to facilitate management, transmission, and storage of data flow from web-based applications.
