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IT Infrastructure and Emerging

IT infrastructure consists of the physical hardware, software, networks, and services that support business operations. The document traces the evolution of IT infrastructure from mainframe computers to today's cloud and mobile computing era. It describes key components of modern infrastructure including computer platforms, operating systems, applications, data storage, networks, and consulting services. Emerging trends in hardware include mobile devices, grid computing, virtualization, cloud computing, green technologies, and more powerful processors. Major software trends include open source software, web services, and cloud-based outsourcing. Managing infrastructure effectively requires addressing technology changes, governance, and making strategic investment decisions based on total cost of ownership.

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IT Infrastructure and Emerging

IT infrastructure consists of the physical hardware, software, networks, and services that support business operations. The document traces the evolution of IT infrastructure from mainframe computers to today's cloud and mobile computing era. It describes key components of modern infrastructure including computer platforms, operating systems, applications, data storage, networks, and consulting services. Emerging trends in hardware include mobile devices, grid computing, virtualization, cloud computing, green technologies, and more powerful processors. Major software trends include open source software, web services, and cloud-based outsourcing. Managing infrastructure effectively requires addressing technology changes, governance, and making strategic investment decisions based on total cost of ownership.

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IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

IT INFRASTRUCTURE
IT infrastructure consists of a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to
operate the entire enterprise. But IT infrastructure is also a set of firm wide services budgeted by
management and comprising both human and technical capabilities. These services include the
following:
Computing platforms used to provide
Physical
facilities
management
computing
services
Telecommunications services
IT management services
Data management services
IT standards services
Application software services
IT education services
IT research and development services
EVOLUTION OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE
1. General-Purpose Mainframe and Minicomputer Era: (1959 to Present)
1959
IBM 1401 and 7090 transistorized machines marked the beginning of
widespread commercial use of mainframe computers.
1965
DEC minicomputers (PDP-11 and later the VAX machines) offered
powerful machines at far lower prices than IBM mainframes,
making possible decentralized computing.
2. Personal Computer Era: (1981 to Present)
Proliferation of PCs in the 1980s and early 1990s launched a spate of personal desktop
productivity software tools (word processors, spreadsheets, electronic presentation
software, and small data management programs) that were very valuable to both home and
corporate users.
3. Client/Server Era (1983 to Present)
Desktop clients networked to servers, with processing work split between clients
and servers
Network may be two-tiered or multitiered (N-tiered)
Various types of servers (network, application, Web)
4. Enterprise Computing Era (1992 to Present)
Move toward integrating disparate networks, applications using Internet standards and
enterprise applications.
5. Cloud and Mobile Computing Era (2000 to Present)
Cloud computing refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of
computing resources (computers, storage, applications, and services), over a network, often
the Internet.

INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS
Computer Hardware Platforms
Operating System Platforms
Enterprise Software Applications
Data Management And Storages

Networking/Telecommunications Platforms
Internet Platforms
Consulting And System Integration Services

CONTEMPORARY HARDWARE PLATFORM TRENDS


The Emerging Mobile Digital Platform
Grid Computing
Grid computing, involves connecting geographically remote computers into a single network
to create a virtual supercomputer by combining the computational power of all computers
on the grid
Virtualization
Virtualization is the process of presenting a set of computing resources (such as computing
power or data storage) so that they can all be accessed in ways that are not restricted by
physical configuration or geographic location.
Cloud Computing
Cloud infrastructure as a service
Cloud platform as a service
Cloud software as a service
Green Computing
Green computing or green IT, refers to practices and technologies for designing,
manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated devices such as
monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems to
minimize impact on the environment.
Autonomic Computing
Autonomic computing is an industry-wide effort to develop systems that can configure
themselves, optimize and tune themselves, heal themselves when broken, and protect
themselves from outside intruders and self-destruction.
High-Performance And Power-Saving Processors
CONTEMPORARY SOFTWARE PLATFORM TRENDS
There are four major themes in contemporary software platform evolution:
Linux and open source software
Web
services
and
service-oriented
Java and Ajax
architecture
Software outsourcing and cloud services
MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Creating and managing a coherent IT infrastructure raises multiple challenges: dealing with platform
and technology change (including cloud and mobile computing), management and governance, and
making wise infrastructure investments. Solution guidelines include using a competitive forces
model to determine how much to spend on IT infrastructure and where to make strategic
infrastructure investments, and establishing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of information
technology assets. The total cost of owning technology resources includes not only the original cost
of computer hardware and software but also costs for hardware and software upgrades,
maintenance, technical support, and training.

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