Management Information System

• Foundations of Information System

• Phase I
– Information Technologies
• Hardware & Software
• Phase II
– Electronic Business Systems
– Enterprise Business Systems
– e Commerce & m Commerce
• Phase III
– System Development Life Cycle
– Management Challenges
 Lesson # 2
Computer Hardware & Software

This Lesson contains

– Computer Hardware
• Concepts of Computer Hardware Systems
• Type of Computer Hardware Systems
– Computer Software
• Type of Computer Software
• Software Practices
• System Management & System Development
Do You Know ? ? ?
 Hard Disk in 1956 by IBM

with 5 MB storage capacity

Named: 305 RAMAC

 What is Hardware …

What is Computer Hardware ?

 Computer Systems

• End User Concept

– Standard stand alone PC. A desktop or a laptop computer may be with some
accessories like Printer, Scanner and a multi media system

• Enterprise / Organizational Computing

– Computer machines used at Organizational level. Consists of cost efficient
solutions ranging from high end computing machines to mid and lower range of
computer systems
 Type of Computer Systems

• Micro Computer Systems

Day to day computer systems in office use of individuals

– Corporate PC Criteria
• Performance at Reasonable Price
• Ready Operating Systems
• Licensed Software Loaded (e.g. laptops, Inbox etc in
Pakistan)
• Connectivity
• Graphics & Multimedia (If required)
 Type of Computer Systems
– Computer Terminals (ATMs, POS etc)
– Dumb VS Intelligent Terminals

– Network Computers

– Information Appliances
• PDA, iPod, Black Berry etc
 Type of Computer Systems
• Midrange Systems

– High end network servers and other machines that

can handle large and bulk processing of heavy
business application, usually more than one at a time

– Also known as Mini Computers for Scientific

Research, Industrial Process use etc
 Type of Computer Systems
• Mainframe Computer Systems

– Supercomputer Systems

– Major usage is in Global Weather Forecasting,

Satellites and Space stations, Defense agencies etc
mini computers
main frame
super computers
….. Yesterday

TODAY
&

Tomorrow .. .. . .

Is computer hardware a SYSTEM ? ? ?

 Tech beyond 2010

• Gigabit Internet (2012): Dogged by the speed of your home broadband

service? With a gigabit Internet connection over a fiber-optic line, you'll be
able to download the latest movies in less than a minute at speeds up to 1
gbps.

• Mobile fuel cells (2013): Now in development, hydrogen fuel cells will
power your laptop for a week at a time using store-bought fuel cartridges.

• Smart homes (2014): We've heard for years about the smart home--a
house chock-full of computer-driven appliances that cater to your every
need. As homes with built-in ethernet wiring become more common in
several years, central home PCs will control everything from the thermostat
to the lighting to the security system.
 Tech beyond 2010
• Probe storage (2015): Code-named Millipede, the probe storage system
being developed by IBM will use atomic force microscopy (think itsy-bitsy
dots) to store more than a terabyte of data per square inch on a polymer
surface. An array of thousands of little probes will be able to read and write
large amounts of that data far more quickly than today's drives can.

• Nano lightning systems (2015): It has "lightning" right in the name, so

you know it's cool, but it's really about cooling off your hardware.
Microscopic nanotubes will use an electrical charge to generate tiny wind
currents on the surface of your chips to cool them down without the aid of
fans
 What is Software …

What is Computer Software ?