Chapter 5

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

• True

• False

IT strategy should be aligned with business strategy.

• True

• False

Which is NOT a major part of IT infrastructure evolution?

• mainframe

• personal computer

• client-server

• laptops

Mainframe and client/server computing no longer exist.

• True

• False

Cloud computing is so dominant that it completely replaces other computing platforms.

• True

• False

Moore's law predicts:

• computing power doubles every 18 months

• data storage doubles every year

• network grows twice as fast every year

• cost of chips double every year

Which concept is about "value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members"?

• Moor's law

• Law of massive digital storage

• Metcalfe's law

• Nanotechnology

Decline of communication costs and the Internet helps with infrastructure evolution.

• True

• False

Technology standard does not concern IT infrastructure evolution.

• True

• False

IT infrastructure components include all but:

• data management

• computing platform

• physical facilities

• application software

• IT budget