Chapter 5 - Infrastructures: Sustainable technologies. After studying this chapter you will be able to: Explain MIS infrastructure and its three primary types, identify the three primary areas associated with an information MIS infrastructure, describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure, identify the environmental impacts associated with MIS.
1 CHAPTER FIVE INFRASTRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES © 2014 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part CHAPTER OVERVIEW SECTION 5.1 – MIS INFRASTRUCTURE • The Business Benefits of a Solid MIS Infrastructure • Supporting Operations: Information MIS Infrastructure • Supporting Change: Agile MIS Infrastructure SECTION 5.2 – BUILDING SUSTAINABLE MIS INFRASTRUCTURES • MIS and the Environment • Supporting the Environment: Sustainable MIS Infrastructure SECTION 5.1 MIS Infrastructures © 2014 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part LEARNING OUTCOMES Explain MIS infrastructure and its three primary types Identify the three primary areas associated with an information MIS infrastructure Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF A SOLID MIS INFRASTRUCTURE MIS infrastructure – Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets • • • • • Hardware Software Network Client Server THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF A SOLID MIS INFRASTRUCTURE Supporting operations • Information MIS infrastructure Supporting change • Agile MIS Infrastructure Supporting the environment • Sustainable MIS infrastructure SUPPORTING OPERATIONS: INFORMATION MIS INFRASTRUCTURE Backup and recovery plan Disaster recovery plan Business continuity plan Backup and Recovery Plan Backup – An exact copy of a system’s information Recovery – The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure • Fault tolerance • Failover • Failback Backup and Recovery Plan Disaster recovery plan - A detailed process for recovering information or an IT system in the event of a catastrophic disaster such as a fire or flood Disaster recovery cost curve - Charts (1) the cost to the organization of the unavailability of information and technology and (2) the cost to the organization of recovering from a disaster over time 10 Backup and Recovery Plan 26 MIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Moore’s Law - Refers to the computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months Sustainable, or “green,” MIS - Describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment Corporate social responsibility Companies’ acknowledged responsibility to society 27 MIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Three Primary Side Effects Of Businesses’ Expanded Use Of Technology 28 Increased Electronic Waste Ewaste - Refers to discarded, obsolete or broken electronic devices Sustainable MIS disposal - Refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle 29 Increased Energy Consumption Energy consumption – The amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems Huge increases in technology use have greatly amplified energy consumption The energy consumed by a computer is estimated to produce as much as 10 percent of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by an automobile 30 Increased Carbon Emissions Carbon emissions – Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide produced by business processes and systems When left on continuously, a single desktop computer and monitor can consume at least 100 watts of power per hour 31 SUPPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT: SUSTAINABLE MIS INFRASTRUCTURE The components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure include 32 Grid Computing Grid computing - A collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem 33 Virtualized Computing Virtualization - Creates multiple “virtual” machines on a single computing device 34 Virtualized Computing Data center – A facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems Sustainable data centers • Reduces carbon emissions • Reduces required floor Space • Chooses Geographic location 35 Cloud Computing Cloud computing - A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction 36 Cloud Computing Multi-tenancy – The cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers Single-tenancy – Each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system Cloud fabric – The software that makes possible the benefits of cloud computing, such as multitenancy 37 Cloud Computing 38 Cloud Computing 39 Cloud Computing 40 LEARNING OUTCOME REVIEW Now that you have finished the chapter please review the learning outcomes in your text ... organized, timely, and effective manner 14 Business Continuity Plan 15 Business Continuity Plan Business impact analysis – Identifies all critical business functions and the effect that a specific...2 CHAPTER OVERVIEW SECTION 5. 1 – MIS INFRASTRUCTURE • The Business Benefits of a Solid MIS Infrastructure • Supporting Operations: Information MIS Infrastructure... Organizations must watch today’s business, as well as tomorrow’s, when designing and building systems Systems must be flexible enough to meet all types of business changes 20 Portability