1. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D, and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Instructor’s Manual Chapter 5 Understanding IT Infrastructure Key Learning Objectives for Chapter 5: Recognize the core components of modern IT infrastructure and understand the management issues associated with these components Understand the business opportunities and challenges associated with pervasive internetworked computing power

2. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure A Graphical Representation of Moore‘s Law

3. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure The Evolution of Corporate IT Infrastructure

4. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure A Graphical Illustration of Metcalfe’s Law

5. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure The Bandwidth Explosion

6. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure A Simple LAN

7. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure An Example of a WAN

8. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure Servers in a Possible E-commerce Configuration

9. Applegate, L.M., Austin, R.D., and Soule, D.L., Corporate Information Strategy and Management, 8 th edition, Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009 Chapter 5: Understanding IT Infrastructure A Modern Data Center