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Information Technology: Evolution and Trends. Session 5. Election Process: Importance. Hardware and Software decide Information Systems Capabilities Success of Information Systems depends on this decision This is a considerable inversion that has a limited life time.
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Election Process: Importance • Hardware and Software decide Information Systems Capabilities • Success of Information Systems depends on this decision • This is a considerable inversion that has a limited life time. • Future projects are based on this topic
What do Hardware and Software are? • Hardware All the Equipment and tools that computers have (Processor, Memory, Communication Cables, Multiplexer, etc.) • Software Data and Programs that organizations own. HP IBM Microsoft Windows
Computer Standards Microcomputers Workstations Minicomputers Mainframes Supercomputers
Memory I/O Equipment Hardware Considerations Cpu Bytes Velocidad : Ghz Núcleos : n Arquitectura : Bits Printers Videos Pointers Scanners KB KiloByte MB MegaByte GB GigaByte TB TeraByte ? CD DVD Blue-Ray
Evolution (1971-1997) • 1971 Intel 4004 • 1975 Apple Computers Begins (Steve Jobs) • 1975 Microsoft Foundation (Bill Gates) • 1979 Intel 8086 16 Bits • 1979 VisiCalc First Worksheet • 1981 IBM PC • 1981 Osborne 1 First Portable Computer
Evolution (1971-1997) • 1983 Compaq comes into the PC Market • PC XT • Lotus 123 • 1984 PC AT 80286 • 1986 PC 80386 Compaq (32 Bits) • 1987 IBM PS / 2 • 1990 Windows 3.0 • 1992 Windows 3.1
Evolution (1971-1999) • 1993 Power PC • Intel Pentium • 1994 1st Internet Navigator NETSCAPE • 1995 Windows 95 • MS Internet Explorer • 1996 Windows CE • 1997 Pentium Pro and Pentium MMX • 1998 Pentium II and DVD • 1999 Pentium III
A Windows World Sales(Thousands of Millions of Dollars)
A PC on each desk and each home MicrosoftVision Thousands
Microsoft Vision Version 2 • 1975 - 1999 24 years old company • Income per employee: 257,000 Dlls • It has 2 Billion in Cash - More than any company in the U.S. • “Give the people the power to do anything they want, anywhere they want, and on any device”. Remaking Windows. Business Week. May 17, 1999
Memory I/O Equipment Hardware Considerations Cpu Intel AMD GHz 2, 4 y 8 Núcleos Blades SAN iPhone
Emerging Technologies • Business Computers • Ubiquity • NC Vs PC • Non-wired Ethernet LANs • Pocket Tools • Home Computers • Information Pot • Home Director, Web TV, Internet Phone • ISDN o DSL
Emerging Technologies • Microprocessors of the Future • 1993 Pentium 66 Mhz 100 MIPS • 1997 Pentium Pro & MMX 200 Mhz • 1998 Deschutes, Katmai and Willamette (Pentium II) • 1999 Merced (Pentium III) • 2000 ITANIUM 64 Bits • 2011 Micro 2011 10 Ghz 100,000MIPS
Emerging Technologies • Screens Technologies • Plasma Panels • Liquid Cristal Displays (LCD) • Wide CRT • Field Emission Displays (FED) • Massive Stores • Magnetic, optic and holographic technology • 1998-9 DVD-RAM • 2010 Holographic memory
1981 1992 1999 DOS requires less than 160 K Windows 3.1 requires 10 Mb for standard installation Windows 2000 requires 100 Mb for full installation O.S. Storage Demand
Storage Devices Development PC Magazine. Special Report. May 25, 1999 1956 IBM First random-access hard disk 5 Mb 24” Esta foto ocupa 53 Kb -------- VS 53,000 1,000,000,000 1980 Seagate First 5.25” hard disk 5 Mb $120/Mb 1985 First CD ROM (Read Only Memory) 650 Mb 74min 1998 First DVD Ram (Rewritable) 5” 5.2 Gb 2 Hr 1999 IBM Microdrive 1” 340 Mb 55 2Mpx 2001 Optically Assisted Winchester 20 Gb/In20.01/Mb 2005 Holographic HD 3.5” 280 Gb 1,500 1 Gb HPhotos
Emerging Technologies • Software Agents • Intelligent Software • Autonomy Agentware, Excite newstracker, ... • User Interface • Voice • Handwriting • Independence of Speaker • Kurzweil Voice 2.5
Emerging Technologies • Future Networks • 56 KBPS Modem • ISDN • Small Data Package • 1995 Fast Ethernet • 1999 Gigabit Ethernet • 2000 High level commutation • 2003 Wireless 52 Mbps • 2005 10 Gbit Ethernet
Seven Lessons • To Set Organizational Standards • To Have Discipline • To Design Security Systems • To Be responsible of software licenses • To Write Technical and User Documentation • To Make Data Backups • To Preserve Data Integrity