Experiencing MIS 7th by m kronenke chapter 04
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Chapter 4
Hardware, Software,
and Mobile Systems
“. . . If We Do a Native App, We Have to Do iOS and
an Android Version and Maybe a Win 8 Version . . .”
• This sort of team, exploration, and result is common in
business.
• AllRoad would need to develop processes and systems it
didn’t already have.
• AllRoad will need parts designs manufacturers and rights to
sell them.
• Simulation in which customer does not have a part number is
real.
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Study Questions
Q1: What do business professionals need to know about computer
hardware?
Q2: What do business professionals need to know about software?
Q3: Is open source software a viable alternative?
Q4: What are the differences between native and thin-client applications?
Q5: Why are mobile systems increasingly important?
Q6: What characterizes quality mobile user experiences?
Q7: What are the challenges of personal mobile devices at work?
Q8: 2024?
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Q1: What Do Business Professionals Need to Know
About Computer Hardware?
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Central processing unit (CPU) - “the brain”.
Dual-processor and Quad-processor computers.
CPUs vary in speed, function, and cost.
CPU works in conjunction with main memory (RAM).
CPU reads data and instructions from memory, and stores
results of computation in memory.
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Storage
• Storage hardware used to save data and programs
common storage devices.
• CD/DVD.
• Hard disk.
• Thumb drives.
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Basic Types of Hardware
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Server farm
Large
collection of
coordinated
servers
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Computer Data: Binary Digits (Bits)
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Important Storage Capacity Terminology
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Specifying Hardware with Computer Data Sizes
• Computer disk capacities are specified according to the
amount of data they can contain.
• CPU speed is expressed in cycles called hertz.
– Slow personal computer speed of 1.5 Gigahertz.
– Fast PC 3+ Gigahertz, with dual processors.
• CPUs classified as 32-bit or 64-bit.
– Need a 64-bit processor to effectively use more than 4GB
of memory.
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Q2: What Do Business Professionals Need to Know
About Operating Systems Software?
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Major Operating Systems
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Major Operating Systems (cont'd)
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Example of the Modern Interface
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Windows Server Computer Hosting Two Virtual
Machines
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Three Types of Virtualization
• PC virtualization.
• Server virtualization.
• Desktop virtualization.
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How Virtual Machine Example
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Own Versus License
• License
– Right to use specified number of copies.
– Limits vendor’s liability.
• Site License
– Flat fee to install software product on all company
computers or all computers at a specific site.
• Open Source
– No license fee.
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What Types of Applications Exist, and How Do
Organizations Obtain Them?
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What Is Firmware?
• Computer software installed on read-only memory
Printers, print servers, communication devices.
Coded like other software.
Can be changed and upgraded.
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Using MIS InClass Exercise 4: Place Your Bets Now!
• Microsoft Surface, a tablet device to compete with iPad and
Kindle.
• Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.
• 150 million Android phones in use, largest market share of
mobile phone operating systems.
• Android phones manufactured by 39 different vendors.
• No single Android phone matched iPhone in popularity.
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Industry
Information
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Using MIS InClass Exercise 4: Place Your Bets Now!
(cont’d)
• Confounded channel: 38 other Android phone
manufacturers fear acquisition gives Google phones an
unfair advantage.
• Android open source operating system.
• Motorola Mobility 17,000 patents with 7,000 in pipeline.
– Patents protect Google from patent infringement lawsuits
from Microsoft, Apple, and others.
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Using MIS InClass Exercise 4: Place Your Bets Now!
(cont’d)
• Motorola market leader in home devices and video solutions
business. What does that mean?
• Form a group to discuss and formulate answers to Exercise
questions.
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Q3: Is Open Source Software a Viable Alternative?
GNU general public license agreement
• Open Office (a Microsoft Office look-alike)
• Firefox (a browser)
• MySQL (a DBMS, see Chapter 5)
• Apache (a Web server, see Chapter 6)
• Ubuntu (a Windows-like desktop operating system)
• Android (a mobile-device operating system)
• Cassandra (a NoSQL DBMS, see Chapter 5)
• Hadoop (a BigData processing system, see Chapter 9)
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