Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
IT-504
Environmental scanning
• External IT fundamental changes
– High computing power
– Network-oriented processing
– Wireless-oriented accessing
• Organizational behavior/structure adaptation
for searching fitness
– The computer-literate & network-centric
knowledge worker
Five eras of IT evolution
• Technological advances:
– IBM system 360 series—a modularized design ignited the
dramatic growth of computer industry and brought
consolidation of organizational computing resources
– direct-access storage devices (DASD), telecommunication,
Multiple access computing
– Beyond the function of accounting: included several
efficiency-enhanced transaction processing systems, e.g.,
inventory control, banking, airline, taxing, healthcare, etc.
Second era (Cont.)
• Computing: Distributed access to mainframes;
compatible product lines
• Applications: accounting, inventory, and business
transactions
• Management: standardized programming languages,
early database technology
• Organization: consolidation of control within the data
processing function
• Key issues: rising cost, unmet user expectations
Third era