MIS Chapter 5
the size of a nanotube is about _______________ thinner than a human hair
10,000 times
setting up a system so that it is not restricted by physical configuration or geographic location is an example of
virtualization
competitor firms' IT services is an _________________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure
external part
according to Moore's Law (1965), the ratio of price to performance has
fallen
Salesforce.com's Force.com is an example of
platform as a service (PaaS)
a cloud can be
private or public
a positive regarding cloud computing includes
rapid elasticity
google apps are an example of
software as a service (SaaS)
the law of mass digital storage suggests
the amount of digital information doubles each year
________________ computing emerged in 1983
client/server
your firm's IT strategy is an __________________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure
internal part
your firm's business strategy is an __________________________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure
internal part
the typical computing configuration in 1960 was
mainframe
regarding the IT infrastructure ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X are examples of
operating systems platforms
_______ is the most well-known open source operating system
Linux
regarding the IT infrastructure ecosystem, Internet platforms include
Apache and Microsoft IIS
____ is a page description language for generating Web pages (text, dynamic links)
HTML
regarding the IT infrastructure ecosystem, data management includes
Oracle, SQL server, and MySQL
enterprise software applications represent a
hundreds of billions of dollars per year industry