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Five IT mega trends in the info age
Mobile devices Social media Big data Cloud computing IT first introduced to consumers before orgs
Government challenges to operating in a digital world
Political system
Regulatory
Data sharing
Standards
Geoeconomic challenges to operating in a digital world
Internet access and individual freedom Time zone difference Infrastructure related reliability Differences in welfare Expertise
Cultural challenges to operating in a digital world
Working with different cultures
Product reception
Info systems (aka IT)
Collect, create, distribute data:
Hardware
Software
Telecommunication network
Transaction processing systems
Efficient customer transaction
Data to trend customer needs
Office automation system
Ex: Microsoft office
Enable task accomplishment
Transaction
Daily business event that requires keeping a record of it
Information/business strategies
Low cost leader
Differentiation
Best cost provider
Value chain analysis
Analyze where value can be added to products/services
Application software
Helps to automate business process
System software
Programs that control the basic operations of computer hardware
Operating system
Coordinates hardware, peripherals, application software and users
Middleware
Programmers don’t have to build apps for underlying operating systems
Storage types
Operational
Backup
Archive
Computer networking
Sharing data or services
Protocols
Define procedures computers follow when they transmit/receive data
Bandwidth
Transmission capacity in bits per second …
How much binary info can be reliably transmitted over the medium w/in one sec
Network
Server to client
Peer to peer
Client-server network
Access to LANs
Access to Internet
Peer to peer network
Think skype
Internet
Worldwide collection of networks that use common protocol to communicate with each other
World Wide Web
Interlinked documents in the Internet
Hypertext document
Aka webpage
Contains hyperlinks to other documents
Hypertext markup language
Specific content w/ in codes that stipulate hoe content should appear
Hypertext transfer protocol (http)
Process users request for pages
URL
Uniform resource locator
Domain name
Ex: Google
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol
Facilitates transmission of web pages in packet form
Web browser translates HTML code contained in a web page
Cloud: infrastructure as a service
Processing, storage, networking provided
Cloud: platform as a service
Applications can be used/controlled; cloud controls infrastructure
Cloud: software as a service
Customer only uses applications via cloud
Grid computing
Combining multiple pc’s to solve problems a super computer solves
Edge computing
Moving processing/storage away from central location
Selling goods over Internet
“E-tailing”
Group buying
Reverse pricing
Menu-driven pricing
