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IT Infrastructures & Architectures Business-Driven Technology

IT Infrastructures & Architectures Business-Driven Technology. Take Aways. Understand how an IT Infrastructure ties into the organization’s strategy and mission Understand how certain technologies enable the achievement of organizational goals

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IT Infrastructures & Architectures Business-Driven Technology

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  1. IT Infrastructures & Architectures Business-Driven Technology

  2. Take Aways • Understand how an IT Infrastructure ties into the organization’s strategy and mission • Understand how certain technologies enable the achievement of organizational goals • Learn the basics of hardware, software, and networks • Learn how and when to use certain financial functions Who is the largest employer in the world? The Indian Railway System (employs over 1,000,000 people)

  3. Enterprise ArchitecturePlans: build, deploy, use, share its data, processes and IT assets Information Infrastructure Application Architecture ArchitectureArchitecture Flexibility Web Services Backup and Recovery Scalability Open Systems Disaster Recovery Reliability Information Security Availability Performance

  4. IT Infrastructure Architecture IT infrastructure - includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provide the underlying foundation to support the organization’s goals.

  5. Cloud Computing

  6. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

  7. Software as a Service Software as a service (SaaS) • "on-demand software", is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. (BYOD) • SaaS has become a common delivery model for most business applications, including accounting, collaboration, (CRM), (MIS), (ERP), invoicing, (HRM), and service desk management.SaaS has been incorporated into the strategy of all leading enterprise software companies.

  8. The Basics of Hardware and Software Six categories of hardware: • Input device • Output device • Storage device • Central processing unit (CPU) • Telecommunications device • Connecting device

  9. The Basics of Hardware and Software Two main types of software: • Application software- software used to solve specific problems or perform specific tasks • System software- handles tasks specific to technology management and coordinates the interaction of all technology devices • Operating system software- supports the application software and manages how the hardware devices work together • Utility software- provides additional functionality to the operating system

  10. Organizational Goals and Strategies • Increase employee productivity • Enhance decision making • Improve team collaboration • Create business partnerships and alliances • Enable global reach • Facilitate organizational transformation

  11. Increase Employee Productivity • Peer-to-Peer & Client/server networks • Internet • Intranets and extranets • Wireless Technologies • Backup/recovery • Disaster recovery plan

  12. Peer-to-Peer Networks Peer-to-peer (P2P) network - any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations

  13. Increase Employee Productivity Client/Server Network

  14. Internet – Intranet - Extranet

  15. Business Drivers for Wireless Technologies Mobile and wireless are often used synonymously, but actually denote two different technologies • Mobile technology - means the technology can travel with the user, but it is not necessarily in real-time • Wireless technology - gives users a live (Internet) connection via satellite or radio transmitters • Bluetooth • RFID (radio frequency identification tags) • Satellite

  16. Enhance Decision Making • Integration • Enterprise application integration (EAI) • Enterprise application integration middleware (EAI middleware)

  17. Improve Team Collaboration • Document management system • Enterprise information portals (EIP) • Workflow systems

  18. Create Business Partnerships and Alliances • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems • Sales Force Automation (SFA) Systems • Electronic Catalog • Supply Chain Management (SCM) Systems

  19. Enable Global Reach • Internet Service Provider (ISP) • Application Service Provider (ASP) • Collocation Facilities • Server Farms • Web farm

  20. Facilitate Organizational Transformation • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Software - a suite of software that includes: • A set of common business applications. • Tools for modeling how the entire organization works. • Development tools for building applications unique to your organization. • Data Warehouse • Infrastructure Documentation

  21. Thought Question Try to imagine what a university will be like in 20 years (2032). • What types of new technological gadgets will change the lives of students in the year 2032 (your children!)? • How might student productivity be affected by the new gadgets? • What might the structure of the university be like?

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