330 IT Infrastructure (HW, SW, Cloud)

AWS, global network

-- 22 launched regions -- 5 announced regions -- 69 availability zones -- 1 local zone -- 2x more regions -- 245 countries & territories served -- 97 direct-connect locations -- 216 points of presence

AWS, regions - global

-- 69 availability zones -- 22 geographic regions -- plans for 16 more availability zones and 5 more regions -- gartner recommended approach to running enterprise applications requiring high availability

IT Infrastructure - Key topics

-- components of IT infrasctructure -- major hw, storage, inputm and output technologies used in business and major hw trends -- major types of sw used in business and major sw trends -- principle issues in managing hw and sw technology -- how IT infrastructure is emerging towards the cloud -- aws overview

AWS web services

-- most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform -- 175 individual serivces -- orgs use AWS services to reduce costs, become more agile, and innovate faster

SW Trends

-- open source sw (linux, apache) -- cloud-based sw and tools -- -- SaaS (Google Docs) -- Mashups (zip realty use of google maps & zillow) -- Apps (mobile apps)

Web Services

-- sw components that exchange info w/ one another using web comm stds and languages -- XML (foundation of web services) -- service-oriented architecture (SOA) -- collection of services used to build org's sw systems

Operating System SW

-- sw that controls computer activities -- GUIs and multi-touch PC operating systems -- -- windows -- mac -- unix -- linux mobile os -- -- chrome -- android -- ios

AWS, pay less by using more

-- users receive volume-based discounts/savings as usage increses -- tiered pricing -- -- the more you use, the less you pay

Cloud computing platform

AWS -- -- collection of services amazon provides users of its cloud platform -- largest provider of cloud-based services in the US

AWS, saving s for reserved resources

EC2, RDS -- reserved instances can result in savings up to 75% vs on-demand resources -- larger the upfront payment, the greater the discount

Infrastructure components

HW SW Data Management Networking Services

Types of computers

client/server -- -- form of distributed computing -- splits processing between clients and servers -- clients - use point of entry -- servers -- store and process shared data and perform network management activities

Contemporary Hardware Trends

cloud computing -- -- model of computing where computing resources accessed over the internet (IaaS, cloud platform as a service, SaaS) -- public and private clouds -- utility computing, on-demand computing -- data storage security is the responsibility of the service provider

Types of Computers

different sizes with varying capabilities for processing information -- -- personal computers -- mobile devices -- workstations

AWS, pay-as-you-go model

flexible, allows easy adaption to changing business needs while ensuring only needed resources are used

Infrastructure components, platform

for supporting all IS in the business -- -- computer hardware -- computer software -- data management technology -- networking and telecom technology -- technology services

Cloud computing platform

hw & sw capabilities provided as services over the internet provides access to applications and IT infrastructure anywhere at any time, using an internet-connected device

Storage, IO Technologies

input devices -- gather data and convert them into electronic form (keyboard, mouse, touch screen, pen, ...) output devices -- display data after they have been processed (monitor, printer, audio)

Contemporary hardware trends

mobile digital platform -- -- touch screen -- mobile devices, smartphone -- netbooks, tablets -- e-book readers consumerization of IT -- -- new tech that emerges in consumer market spreads into business orgs -- byod - business use of personal mobile devices

Types of computers

on-premise based compute cloud based compute

AWS, costs/payment

pay-as-you-go save $ when reserving resources economy of scale -- pay less for using more resources

AWS / cloud computing

pricing products global infrastructure

Application SW and Desktop Productivity Tools

programming languages for business -- -- c -- c++ -- visual basic -- java/c#

Major types of services

relationships between system sw, application sw, and users system sw -- os, language translators, utility programs application sw -- programming languages, fourth-gen languages, operate through system sw users - interacts with application sw

Why cloud infrastructure matters

secure extensive reliable AWS provides cloud infrastructure when and where it is needed largest and most dynamic ecosystem use cases across industries and sizes

Types of computers

servers -- -- support computer network, sharing files, and resources -- provide hardware platform for e-commerce mainframes -- -- large capacity, high-performance computers that process large amounts of data very rapidly -- used by airlines to handle thousands of reservations per second

Types of computers

supercomputer -- -- for rapid, complex calculations with thousands of variables -- engineering, scientific simulations, military/weapons research, weather forecasting grid computing -- -- geographically remote computers connected into a single network to act as "virtual supercomputer"

Contemporary Hardware Trends

virtualization -- -- process of presenting a set of computing resources that can be accessed in ways unrestricted by physical configuration or geographic location -- enables single physical resource to appear as multiple resources -- enables companies to host multiple systems on a single machine