MGMT 3100 chapter 5

​PeroxyChem's IT staff was able to free its IT staff to spend less time on routine maintenance and more time on strategic tasks designed to grow the business through​ ________.

a managed cloud infrastructure

BYOD is one aspect of the consumerization of​ IT, in which new information technology first emerges in the​ ________ and spreads into​ ________.

consumer market; business organizations

Which of the following options is NOT part of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure​ investment?

current supply like your firm's services

Which of the following best describes the competitive forces model?

A competitive forces model can be used to determine how much to spend on IT infrastructure and where to make strategic infrastructure investments.

The size of a nanotube is about​ ________ thinner than a human hair.

10,000 times

Mainframe Era

1960's-Present CENTRALIZED processing CENTRALIZED storage Terminal access STILL UTILIZED TODAY. Detailed transactions, calculations/analysis, precision requirements

Client/Server Era

1980's-Present HYBRID processing (Centralized and Distributed) HYBRID storage Fueled internet's growth STILL USED TODAY, cisco systems' ethernet protocol

Enterprise Era

1990's - Present MULTI-TIER processing CENTRALIZED storage STILL USED TODAY. leverages "best practice" Standards CRITICAL. shared DBS/APIS/resources, Networks of services

Cloud/Mobile Era

2000-present user-customized processing and storage multi-tier architecture standards more critical enables LOCATION services (GPS and other technologies) Cloud-based software and the data it uses are hosted on powerful servers in data centers and can be accessed with an Internet connection and a standard Web browser.

Gipsi runs a manufacturing company. She recently invested in​ ________ computing devices because she wanted to improve productivity by delivering information to workers without requiring them to interrupt their tasks

wearable

​A(n) ________ is a commercially available set of software programs that eliminate the need for a firm to write its own programs for business functions.

enterprise software application

Competitor​ firms' IT services is​ a(n) ________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure.

external part

According to​ Moore's Law​ (1965), the ratio of price to performance has​ ________.

fallen

The IT infrastructure in organizations today is an outgrowth of more than 50 years of evolution in computing platforms. There have been five stages in this​ evolution, each representing a different configuration of computing power and infrastructure elements. Select the list below with the correct five eras.

general-purpose mainframe and minicomputer computing, personal computers, client/server networks, enterprise computing, and cloud and mobile computing

Infrastructure as a service​ (IaaS) provides​ ________.

processing, storage, and networking resources

A positive regarding cloud computing includes​ ________.

rapid elasticity

At some​ hospitals, doctors and nurses use​ ________ for​ hands-free access to patient records.

smart eyeware

What does scalability refer​ to?

the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking down

PC Era

DISTRIBUTED processing PORTABLE storage Inspired networking STILL USED TODAY Desktops&Laptops "Virtual" PCs at UNO

IBM DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, Apache, and Hadoop are all examples of which component?

Data management and storage

The ________ trend in computer hardware platforms explains how more and more people are using tablet devices to run enterprise wide software applications from remote locations.

cloud computing

A cloud​ ________.

can be private or public

Computer processing work that is split between a desktop computer and a more powerful computer that processes and stores shared​ data, serves up web​ pages, or manages network activities is called​ ________ .

client/server

​________ refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of computing resources over the Internet.

cloud

The typical computing configuration in 1960 was ______.

mainframe

Which of the following technology drivers is described by Moore's Law?

microprocessing power

__________ uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies permit.

nanotechnology

​________ is free software produced by a community of several hundred thousand programmers around the world.

open source

The ________ trend has profound implications for corporate software platforms because it reduces costs, improves reliability, and increases resilience

open source softward

The________ deals with the exponential decrease in the cost of storing data, stating that the number of kilobytes of data that can be stored on magnetic media for $1 roughly doubles every 15 months.

Law of Mass Digital Storage

Which of the following is an open source operating​ system?

Linux

Which list below contains all the factors you can use to answer the​ question: How much should our firm spend on IT​ infrastructure?

Market demand for your​ firm's services, your​ firm's business​ strategy, your​ firm's IT​ strategy, infrastructure and​ cost, information technology​ assessment, competitor firm​ services, and competitor firm IT infrastructure investments

Different applications can use ________ to communicate with each other in a standard way without time-consuming custom coding.

Web services

Nearly​ 90% percent of all PCs at the client level use which​ OS?

Windows

​________ is a markup language that allows for tagging selected elements of the content of documents for their meanings and is used for transferring data.

XML

__________ can be used to determine how much to spend on IT infrastructure and where to make strategic infrastructure investments.

a competitive forces model

Which of the following options is a page description language for generating Web pages​ (e.g., text, dynamic​ links)?

HTML

What does HTML stand​ for?

Hypertext Markup Language

_________ consists of a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise.

IT infrastructure

Which of the following best defines IT infrastructure?

IT infrastructure is the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm's specific information system applications.

Which of the following has been a major threat to the Wintel dominance as a computer platform in recent years?

Increasing iPhone and Android device sales

Which of the following is microprocessor to which two or more processing cores have been attached for enhanced performance?

Multicore process

Microsoft Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Chrome, Android, and iOS are all examples of which component?

Operating systems platforms

​Salesforce's ________ provides a set of development tools and IT services that enable users to build new applications and run them in the cloud on their data center infrastructure.

PaaS (platform as a service)

Which of the following types of cloud computing is owned and maintained by a cloud service provider and made available to the general public or an industry group?

Public cloud

Google G Suite is an example of:

SaaS (software as a service)

​________ services ensure that a​ firm's new infrastructure works with the​ firm's older systems and that all parts of the​ firm's infrastructure work together.

System intergration

__________ can be used to analyze direct and indirect costs to help firms determine the actual cost of specific technology implementations.

The total cost of ownership (TCO) model

Which of the following best describes virtualization

Virtualization organizes computing resources so that their use is not restricted by physical configuration or geographic location.

Java is _______

an operating system- and hardware-independent programming language that is the leading interactive programming environment for the Web

When Samsung's smartphones overheated and caught on fire, the company had to recall 2.5 million devices. This example demonstrates the ________ component of the TCO model.

downtime

The amount that firms worldwide are expected to spend in 2018 on​ ________ is​ $704 billion.

hardware devices

An IT infrastructure includes​ ________.

hardware, software, and services

​A(n) ________ is defined as the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the​ firm's specific information systems applications.

information technology infrastructure

Your​ firm's business strategy is​ a(n) ________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure.

internal part