Experiencing MIS 8th 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 . . .”
• AllRoad Parts would need to develop manufacturing processes and systems.
• Would need parts designs manufacturers and rights to sell them.
• Could sell part designs to large customers.
• Create app to allow customers to search for vehicles they want to service, then click on
system, drill down for part needed.
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Study Questions
Q1:
What do business professionals need to know about computer hardware?
Q2:
How can new hardware affect competitive strategies?
Q3:
What do business professionals need to know about software?
Q4:
Is open source software a viable alternative?
Q5:
What are the differences between native and Web applications?
Q6:
Why are mobile systems increasingly important?
Q7:
What are the challenges of personal mobile devices at work?
Q8:
2025?
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Q1: What Do Business Professionals Need to Know About Computer Hardware?
• 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 specified according to amount of data storage.
• CPU speed 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 64-bit processor to effectively use more than 4GB of memory.
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Q2:
How Can New Hardware Affect Competitive Strategies?
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Internet of Things
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Impact of the Internet of Things
• Internet of Things (ToT)
• Self-Driving Cars
– Easier
– Cheaper
– Safer
• 3D Printing
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Self-driving Cars by 2019
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3D Printer
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Q3: What Do Business Professionals Need to Know About Software?
• Native applications
• Thin- vs thick-client applications
• Web applications
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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
Windows 8 modernstyle applications
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Linux Mint Virtual Machine Running in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
• PC virtualization
• Server virtualization
• Desktop virtualization
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Windows Server Computer Hosting Two Virtual Machines
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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?
• Special software installed on read-only memory (ROM)
– Printers, print servers, communication devices.
– As if program’s logic is designed into device’s circuitry.
– Can be changed and upgraded like other software, but normally a task for IS
professionals.
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