IT Infrastructure

From IS Curriculum

The core subtopics within IT Infrastructure are as follows:

• Hardware
  • E.g., utility, grid, on-demand, etc.
• Software
  • E.g., open source, web services, custom, packaged, license management, etc.
• Communications
  • E.g., LAN, WAN, network management, wireless
• Data and Knowledge
  • E.g., transaction support, data warehouses, data mining, business intelligence
• Facilities
  • E.g., business continuity, security
• Infrastructure management
  • E.g., human resources, expertise, outsourcing, consultants, ITIL, COBIT
• Services
  • E.g. outsourcing, SLAs, etc.
• Risk management
  • E.g., compliance, sourcing, disaster planning, auditing, controls, standards, etc.