ITM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Information Technology Management, Chrome Os, Networking Hardware

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Bharat Shah

Document Summary

Set of physical devices & software required to operate an enterprise. More accurate view of value of investments. General purpose mainframe & minicomputer era: 1959-present. The amount of data being stored each year doubles. Value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members. Exponential growth in size of the internet. Specifications that establish the compatibility of products & the ability to communicate in a network. Unleash powerful economies of scale & result in price declines. Components of it infrastructure: computer hardware platforms, operating system platforms, enterprise software applications, data management & storage, networking/telecommunications platforms, internet platforms, consulting system integration services, computer hardware platforms. Digital workhorse for banking & telecommunications networks: operating system platforms. Google"s chrome os (cloud computing: enterprise software applications. In 2016, firms spent billion on software for enterprise applications. Middleware providers: ibm, oracle: data management & storage. Telecommunications, cable, telephone company charges for voice lines &