Title Information Technology Infrastructure

Code 202
Instructor Name
3-0
Theory/week:
Weight 3 Cr. Hrs.
Credit Hours
Contact Hours 3 Hrs.
Lectures: 2
Duration 1.5 Hrs.
None
Prerequisite

o Students have concepts of computer science.

Prerequisite
o Students have Clear understanding of Information Tech-
Skill/Knowledge/Understanding
nology
Category IT-Core

Course Goals

Statement of Course Need

After studying this course students will be able to
answer
 What is IT infrastructure, and what are its components?
 What are the stages and technology drivers of IT infra-
structure evolution?
Learning Outcomes  What are the current trends in computer hardware plat-
forms?
 What are the current trends in software platforms?
 What are the challenges of managing IT infrastructure?
 what are management solutions?
 Definition of IT Infrastructure, Non-functional
Attributes, Availability Concepts, Sources of
Unavailability, Availability Patterns. Performance.
Security Concepts. Data centres. Servers: Availability,
Performance, Security. Networking: Building Blocks,
Availability, Performance, Security. Storage:
Availability, Performance, Security. Virtualization:
Syllabus Availability, Performance, Security. Operating Systems:
Building Blocks, Implementing Various OSs, OS
availability, OS Performance, OS Security. End User
Devises: Building Blocks, Device Availability,
Performance, Security. IT Infrastructure Management.
Service Delivery Processes. Service Support Processes.
Ethics, Trends, organizational and technical issues
related to IT infrastructure.
1. IT Infrastructure Architecture: Infrastructure building
blocks and concepts by SjaakLaan, Lulu.com
(November 5, 2011). ISBN-10: 1447881281
2. IT Infrastructure and its Management by Prof Phalguni
Text Book/s
Gupta, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited
Reference Books/Material
(October 6, 2009). ISBN-10: 0070699798
3. IT Architecture for Dummies by Kalani Kirk Hausman
and Susan Cook, For Dummies; 1st Edition (November
9, 2010). ISBN-10: 0470554231
Instructional Aids/Resources Lectures, case studies, Handouts, assignments etc
 Sessional Mid Final Total
25% 25% 50% 100%
Quizzes Paper: Paper
05 25 50
Project
Assessment Criteria
10
Assignment
and
Presentations
05
Recommendations
Week Lecture Topic Recommendations for
Source Learning Activities
(Book-Chapter
No. Section
No.)
• Definition of IT In- • Distribution of
frastructure Course Outline
• Core concepts of IT • Introductory Lecture
Infrastructure
1
• Evolution of IT in-
frastructure
1 • Stages in IT infra-
structure evolution
• Connection be-
tween the firm, IT
2 infrastructure, and
business capabili-
ties.
 • Management, orga-
nization and tech-
nology hierarchy/
relationship
3
• Technology Drivers
of infrastructure
evolution
• Nanotechnology
• Technology Stan-
dards and their sig-
nificance
• American Standard
Code for Informa-
2 tion Interchange
(ASCII) (1958)
• Common Business
Oriented
4 • Language
(COBOL) (1959)
• Unix
• TCP/IP
• Ethernet
• IBM/Microsoft/In-
tel Personal Com-
puter (1981)
• WWW
 • Infrastructure Com-
ponents
• Computer Hard-
5 ware Platforms
• Blade Servers
• IT Infrastructure
3 Ecosystem
• Operating System
Platforms
• Enterprise software
6 applications
• Data Management
and storage
• Networking
Telecommunication
platforms
• Internet Platforms
7 • Consulting and sys-
tem Integration ser-
4 vices

• Contemporary
Hardware platform
trends
• The mobile digital
8 Platform Trends
• Consumerization of
IT and BYOD
(Bring your own
device)
 • Grid Computing
9 • Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
5

10 • Types of services
• Green Computing/
Green IT
• Green Data Centers
11 • Green Data centers
good for business
• Autonomic
6
Computing
12 • Web Services and
service-oriented
Architecture
• Sources of software
7 13

Case Study
14 • Sources of software

8 15, 16 12.1 text book

• • End user devices
• Device Availability
9 17, 18 12.4
 • Service delivery
10 processes
19 • Service support
processes
• Ethics of IT infra-
20 structure
• Technical issues of
21 It infrastructure
11
• Risk Analysis Unit 6
22 • Impact Analysis

23 • Use case Modeling

• Functional at-
12 tributes of Hard-
ware/software
• Availability con-
24 cepts Unit 4
• Availability Pat-
terns
• Sources of unavail-
ability
 Implementing
25 various OS
 OS availability 11.3 text book
13  OS Performance
 OS security 11.4
26  OS Building 11.2
Blocks
  Management Issues
 Dealing with
27 platform and
infrastructure
change
14
 challenges of
managing IT
28 infrastructure and
management
solutions
 End User devices 12.1 text book
29 12.2
 Building Blocks
15  Information
technology
30 assessment
 Case study
 Future of IT
31 infrastructure
16
32  Revision