Intro to Business IS W1-6

• Introduction to MIS


  Important because it gives background needed to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information systems technology to business
• MIS affects you


  Technological change is accelerating, and successful businesses can become bankrupt quickly if they don't adapt to technology changes
• MIS-related jobs


  In high demand because 69% of college graduates need additional training or education, and 46% are working in jobs not requiring their degree
• MIS


  The management and use of information systems to achieve business strategies
• Components of an Information System

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Data
  • Procedures
  • People
• Your cognitive skills are the most important component of an information system
• Information Technology (IT)


  Products, methods, inventions, and standards that drive the development of new information systems
• Difference between IS and IT

  IS = IT + Procedures + People
• Password etiquette


  • Never write down your password
  • Never ask someone for their password
  • Never give your password to someone
  • Move away so another person can enter password privately
• The knowledge in this chapter helps you realize the future belongs to those who creatively envision new applications of information systems and technology, and learn important skills like abstraction, systems thinking, collaboration, and experimentation
• "3D printing our own drones isn't going to save us enough money."
• Investigating 3D-printing parts to make drones in-house


  • Cost-savings, greater flexibility updating current fleet of drones
• Passive recharging platform using 3D-printed parts a huge success
• Cutting edge frustrating, costly
• How does the knowledge in this chapter help you?
• Hardware


  • desktop
  • laptop
  • server
  • tablet
  • smartphone
• Hardware Component Category


  • Input
  • Output
  • Process
  • Storage
• Central Processing Unit (CPU)


  Selects and processes instructions, performs arithmetic and logical comparisons, stores results of operations in memory
• Common storage devices


  • Magnetic disks (Hard drive)
  • Solid-state storage (SSD)
  • Thumb drives
  • Optical disks (CD/DVD)
  • Cache and main memory
• Server Farm is a collection of servers often placed in large truck trailers with 5,000 servers or more
• Server is a computer designed to support processing requests from remote computers and users
• Computer Data: Binary Digits (Bits)


  Magnetic spot, Reflective pit
• Data Storage Capacity Terminology

  • Byte
  • Kilobyte
  • Megabyte
  • Gigabyte
  • Terabyte
  • Petabyte
• Walmart has 30 PB of customer data
• Specifying Hardware


  Computer disk capacities specified by bytes of data storage, CPU speed expressed in cycles called hertz, 12GB+ RAM for large applications
• Competitive Strategy, Technology and Business
• New Hardware Developments


  • Smart device
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Self-driving vehicles
  • 3D printing
• Internet of Things (IoT)

  • Everyday objects embedded with hardware capable of sensing, processing, transmitting, Connect to a network to share data with any other devices, applications, services
• Impact of the Internet of Things

  • General Electric's (GE) Industrial Internet, Smart buildings (Microsoft)
• Self-Driving Cars


  • Make life easier, cheaper, safer, Reduce human error, Eliminate need for multiple cars
• Impact of Self-Driving Cars
• 3D Printing


  • Plastics, metals, ceramics, foods, biological material, Opportunities in aerospace, defense, automotive, entertainment, healthcare industries
• 3D Printing: Examples


  • ChefJet, culinary artists and novices can produce intricate, beautiful, and fully customized deserts, Living cells (organs, bones, heart valves, skin), Houses, buildings
• Operating System (OS)


  Controls computer's resources - read and write data, allocate main memory, perform memory swapping, start and stop programs, respond to error conditions, facilitate backup and recovery, create and manage user interface
• Computer Software Categories


  • Native applications
  • Web applications
  • Thin-client vs. thick-client applications
• Major Operating Systems


  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • iOS
  • Android
• Falcon Security stores sequentially numbered digital video files in separated directories for each client
• Virtualization is the process by which one computer hosts the appearance of many computers
• Tracking down exact footage of when equipment stolen is time consuming
• Need database


  To track specific video files