1.What is information architecture and what is information infrastructure and how do they differ and how do they relate to each other?
Information Architecture is a general plan of how IT is going to be used within the organisation and Information infrastructure is the actual implementation of the systems which the organisation will be using.(Baltzan P, Phillips A, Lynch K, Blakey P, 2010 Business Driven Information Systems, 1st edn, McGraw-Hill Australia)
2.Describe how an organisation can implement a solid information architecture
Implementing a solid information architecture within the organisation should focus on the following:
Backup and recovery, Disaster recovery & Information security and how and where they can be accessed properly.(Baltzan P, Phillips A, Lynch K, Blakey P, 2010 Business Driven Information Systems, 1st edn, McGraw-Hill Australia)
3.List and describe the five requirement characteristics of infrastructure architecture.
Reliability - Refers to how systems function and ensures that they are functioning correctly and are providing accurate information.
Scalability- Refers to the systems ability to adopt growth requirements
Flexibility- Refers to the changing demands of business
Availability- Refers to how systems can be accessed by all involved (i.e - employees and customers).
Performance- Refers to how fast a system can perform a certain task.
(Baltzan P, Phillips A, Lynch K, Blakey P, 2010 Business Driven Information Systems, 1st edn, McGraw-Hill)
5.What is an event?
An event detects threats and opportunities and alerts those who can act on the information.(Baltzan P, Phillips A, Lynch K, Blakey P, 2010 Business Driven Information Systems, 1st edn, McGraw-Hill Australia)
6.What is a service?
Services are more like software products in that they must appeal to a broad audience and need to be reusable if they are going to have an impact on productivity.(Baltzan P, Phillips A, Lynch K, Blakey P, 2010 Business Driven Information Systems, 1st edn, McGraw-Hill Australia)
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