1. Information Technology
Infrastructure

2. Defining IT Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure as the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm’s specific information system applications.
IT Infrastructure includes investment in hardware , software ,
& services such as consulting ,education, training that are shared across
the entire firm or across entire business units in the firm.

3. Evolution of IT Infrastructure : 1950-2007
Electronic Accounting Machine Era :

5. A Multitiered Client/Server Network(N-Tier)
Sales Producing Accounting HR
Web Server
Client
Application Server
Data
A Multitiered Client/Server Network(N-Tier)

7. Technology Drivers of Infrastructure Evolution
Moore’s Law & Micro processing Power
Given by Gordon Moore in 1965
The number of components on a chip with the smallest manufacturing costs per component had doubled each year.
Later reduced the rate of growth to a doubling every two years
Nanotechnology

8. The Law of Mass Digital Storage

9. Declining Communications Costs & The Internet
Standards & Network Effects

10. Infrastructure Components

11. Hardware Platform Trends & Emerging Technologies
The Integration Of Computing & Telecommunications Platforms
Grid Computing
On-Demand Computing
Autonomic Computing & Edge Computing
Virtualization & Multicore Processors

12. Software Platform Trends & Emerging Technologies
Linux and open-source software
Java
Enterprise software
Web services and service-oriented architecture
Software Outsourcing

13. Management Issues Dealing With Infrastructure Change
Management & Governance
Making Wise Infrastructure Investments

14. Total Cost Of Ownership Of Technology Assets

15. Hands On MIS Improving Decision Making : Making The Rent vs Buy.
Buy for Hardware & Software
Improving Decision Making : Using a Spreadsheet to Evaluate Hardware
& Software Options

16. Thank-You