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 * Title ** : Companies shun/hide ipv6 rollouts
 * Author(s) ** :David Braue

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 * Core ideas ** :
 * While many companies are working on ipv6 or introducing it, they are very reluctant to make it public
 * Companies do not want to appear risky and therefore do not want to change
 * The overall reluctance to publicize work on ipv6 is inhibiting the process of switching from ipv4 to ipv6

With IP adresses running out on the old internet protocol (ipv4), it is necessary that internet users, especially content providers, make sure that the shift to the newer protocol is swift and comprehensive. However, many companies are reluctant to make the move and even more so to talk about it. This is fueled by fears of appearing less secure, with companies citing security issues and damage to the perception of the company, should something be wrong with ipv6. This reluctance is quite unfortunate, as it does not allow for a comprehensive and public execution of the task. Experiences could be shared, issues could be fixed. The change is inevitable, but the timeliness and manner of the change is not.
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 * [Patrick Steinhagen, initial post on Nov. 19, 2011]


 * Title ** : Information systems infrastructure and equipment
 * Author(s) ** : Unknown. Source: ecampus

http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/de/pdf/yr_1/03.pdf
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 * Core ideas ** :
 * The relationship between the information systems and the IT infrastructure.
 * How IT infrastructure can affect the IS decisions when it comes to making decisions regarding resources.

The article is about the relationship between the Information systems and infrastructure. The author is talking about the important aspects of the infrastructure that the IS people should focus on. That's including the resources allocations as well as the usage of them. The author is implying that in order to have a successful and complete IS system the infrastructure hardware and software has to be well managed and allocated in a reasonable manner.
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 * [Mohammed Hadi Takiddin, initial post on Nov. 19, 2011]


 * Title ** : A deeper law than Moore's?
 * Author(s) ** : Unknown. **Source:** The Economist Daily Chart
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 * Core ideas ** :
 * Jonathan Koomey of Stanford University has uncovered a deeper law relating to the energy-efficiency of computers; he found that the electrical efficiency of computing has doubled every 1.6 years since the mid-1940s.
 * This trend is consistent with the rapid growth of mobile computing, sensors and controls.

Computer technology becomes more advanced every year. It’s interesting to see Moore’s law, which stood corrected for five decades, to be taken away by ‘Koomey’s Law’. Moore assumed his first prediction would likely last for a decade. In 1975, Moore refined his prediction, stating that the component density would double every two years and this has been going strong for decades now. The question is if Koomey’s Law was accurate how long will it stay true and would it have to be modified as well in a few years time.
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It is quite remarkable of how the speed of technology is increasing rapidly. While Moore's law of component density used to rule over the IT infrastructure world, now Koomey's law has taken over which is more significant in this decade. Electrical efficiency doubling every 1.6 years which is very remarkable. Now, only the future will be able to tell how long this trend of electircal efficiency doubling every 1.6 years will last, or may be another IT discipline will take over Koomey's law.
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 * Posting history ** :
 * [Maryam Al-Subaie, initial post on Nov. 8, 2011]
 * [Nahan Arif, Nov. 12, 2011]


 * Title **: The Future of IT Infrastructure
 * Author(s) **: Samuel Greengard
 * Link or reference information **: []


 * Core ideas: **
 * In the past few years, the Internet has matured and the Infrastructure has advanced, leading to a twist of new challenges which has appeared.
 * The internet has come into its fourth phase of evolution. Phase 1 was basic connectivity. Phase 2 was global interaction between people. Phase 3 was the ability to share content and the most recently unleashed 4th phase is universal shared processes.
 * Now and in the future, CIOs must change their perspectives and focus on leading the business rather than simply following.

CIOs must understand that the role of IT is not to control systems and assets, but rather to unleash new capabilities, and at the same time guiding employees to use technological resources to the maximum advantage. in this recent era, it is the employees and the customers who are increasingly dictating which technologies will be used and how it will be used in the workplace. Advanced analytics and social media streams continue to transform the way data, information and knowledge are collected, stored and applied.
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 * Entry history **:
 * [Nahan Arif, initial post on November 16, 2011]
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 * Title: ** IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies.
 * Author(s): ** Sujan Sarkar
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 * The article provides that the right definition of IT Infrastructure includes 3 main components: hardware, software and services, which generated by the first 2 components. It also gives more detail about these components in the modern IT Infrastructure.


 * The article mentions 3 major levels of IT Infrastructure: public, enterprise and business unit.


 * The article explains how the IT Infrastructure of corporate evolved over time (from Electronic Account machine era to Client/Server and Enterprise Internet Computing era) and what are the reasons of this evolution (Moore’s Law, Law of Mass Digital Storage, Metcalf’s Law, --- etc.)


 * The article shows how organization can combine hardware and/or software technologies with its IT Infrastructure successfully by getting the right components (Hardware, Software and Service) that the organization needs.


 * The article explains briefly the opportunities, challenges and solutions of IT Infrastructure.


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I really found the article useful because it explains how IT Infrastructure is important to all organizations in general. The author emphasizes that as technology advances the types of hardware and software available, it becomes more critical for the organization to focus on the services that it can provide to customers, suppliers and employees to meet its business strategy. Moreover, I think the article focuses on another fundamental point, which is that evaluating and selecting software and hardware that suits the organization's needs. The article gives a lot of detail about each of IT Infrastructure components and focuses on integrating the selected software and hardware successfully in the organization.

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 * Entry history ** :
 * [Ahmad Al-Sarraf, initial post on Nov. 18, 2011]


 * Title**: Right-Sizing Your IT Infrastructure
 * Author(s)**: Zach Nelson
 * Link or reference information**: http://www.inc.com/resources/technology/articles/20070801/nelson.html
 * Core ideas** (1, 2, or 3 bullet points that summarize the core idea presented in the article):
 * Technology historically has been expensive because it used to take the form of desk that should be installed and needs costly day-to-day maintenance and care which was the responsibility of the end user organization not the developers
 * New approaches such as Software as a Service (SaaS) alter the way technology is being maintained in organizations. SaaS makes the responsibility of the day-to-day maintenance on the suppliers of the technology.
 * Service providers or suppliers can also be responsible of designing, delivering and keeping the service or technology running all the times when being paid for that.
 * Integrating business infrastructure has to be a discipline instilled from the top (CEO) not from individual departments within an organization.


 * Commentary:**
 * This article is useful in showing how businesses can benefit from the new services provided for maintaining and sustaining their IT infrastructure. It is also helpful in showing what things (customization, maintenance and available vendors) businesses need to consider for getting the right application or software before rushing to outsourcing. What also makes the article functional is the insistence on making CEOs responsible of running the business as a unified whole especially when choosing the best and most effective IT infrastructural integration. This insistence allows CEOs to be aware of the importance of their contributions in the processes of IT infrastructural integrations and not to rely just on individual departments or technical people. **


 * Entry history**:
 * [Najla Al-Madhadi, initial post on Nov. 21, 2011]
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 * Title**: Integrating Mac Systems into a Medical IT Infrastructure.
 * Author(s)**: Stephan Ruggiero and Gerald Weisser.
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 * Core ideas** :
 * Managing the Explosion in Imaging Data to solve imagining workstation problems.
 * Means of integrating the new OS X into hospotals in general and different departments such as the radiology department.
 * Analyzing a case study that handles software integration and workstation problems in the radiology department.

For a non Mac user this article was interesting given that it showed us new ways in which a widely used software or infrastructure can be used in our daily lives. the fact that this paper starts by introducing the readers into the new OS X that Mac will use and then relate that to the main goal which is the integration into the radiology systems makes it much more easier for the reader understand and follow while reading even if they do not have any knowledge in the medical field. Other than that, the use of images to show how the system will look like makes it much more easier for the reader to relate and imagine using the system in real life.
 * Commentary**:

This article provides detailed advice for people and businesses in radiology and high quality image scanning. The research conducted is thorough and encourages hospitals to incorporate Mac computers with their existing Windows conputers. What the article does not mention however, is that before integrating Mac computers businesses should fore-see problems; such as databases and records. Businesses that integrate Mac computers may have to change the software they already use especially databases and records to ensure they work on both systems, this will require additional investment and training.
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 * Entry history**:
 * [Ayah Abujarbou, initial post on Dec. 2, 2011]
 * [Maryam Al-Thani, Dec. 13, 2011]


 * Title**: The Cloud in 2012: Maturing, but with growing pains.
 * Author(s)**: Antonio Piraino
 * Link or reference information**: []


 * Core ideas:**
 * IT budgets face a lot of pressure and will in 2012, therefore, enterprises will focus more on leveraging external service providers and cloud computing to save capital expenditures.
 * The greatest advantages of cloud computing is its ability to help organizations improve their business models and productivity.
 * As cloud computing growing difficulties continue but starts to subside in 2012, buyers will see service providers provide differentiated and resilient offerings that will benefit the enterprise IT market as a whole.

This is a very interesting article which explicitly points out the difficulties cloud computing will face in the near future. As almost all top enterprises adopted cloud computing as a source of differentiation and increase in productivity, it have become a commodity and therefore business will be facing cut-through competition. There will be price wars and a need for business to find a niche in the market to exploit customer demand. IT analytic play a crucial role in cloud computing as well as ensuring security breaches do not take place since privacy can be a matter in cloud computing.
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 * Entry history**:
 * [Nahan Arif, initial post on Dec. 3, 2011]
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 * Title**: Google Cloud Computing is the way to go!
 * Author(s)**: [Not specified]
 * Link or reference information**: []
 * Core ideas:**
 * Today, almost all businesses irrespective of the size are relying on cloud computing for getting reliable tools to help them grow and expand in a sustainable manner.
 * Google Cloud Computing is considered the best not for one but many reasons, out of all the providers out there in the market.
 * The primary reason for people’s preference of Google’s applications is that many of them have been integrated together in a very seamless and flawless manner making things really easy for getting the job done.

Gmail, Google Docs, AdWords, Maps, Picassa all can be accessed easily using one email id. This makes the entire operation easier and also highly affordable for the google team. nowadays, users want services which are very user-friendly and are easy to use. GMail is The most commonly used service of Google. Though it does not come directly under the purview of cloud computing, one needs to have a Gmail account in order to use the other services. Google Docs in simple words is Microsoft Office online. Using Google’s Analytics tool you can monitor the entire traffic come on to your website with data being updated hourly. For those who intend to sell physical products online, Picasa is a great way of uploading photographs and images of your products and exhibit them to clients.
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 * Entry history**:
 * [Nahan Arif, initial post on Dec. 3, 2011]
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This is a very interesting piece of article on HowStuffWorks. Apple would make an inexpensive piece of hardware users could carry around. This would leverage the computing power of the vast data centers Google has been building to hold the applications and the data for millions of users. Together they will come up with an effective yet efficently piece of cloud computing technology which would completely change the ways business operate. The biggest question is though, will anyone use it? and will it be a success?
 * Title**: How the Google-Apple Cloud Computer Will Work
 * Author(s)**: Chris Pollette
 * Link or reference information**: []
 * Core ideas:**
 * Nicholas G. Carr discusses the changes he sees in the future of computing.
 * One of the more dramatic changes is a shift to cloud computing, where applications and files are stored on a large, centralized supercomputer or network.
 * Google and Apple said they are on the verge of a partnership.
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 * Entry history**:
 * [Nahan Arif, initial post on Dec. 3, 2011]
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 * Title ** : The Evolution of the Desktop GUI
 * Author(s) ** : Shane O'Neill
 * Link or reference information ** : [|http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/20097/The-Evolution-of-the-Desktop-GUI#slide1]


 * Core ideas ** :
 * The Graphical User Interface (GUI), first developed by Xerox in 1981, has a four-decade history of incremental improvements done by various vendors including Apple, Microsoft, NeXT, Linux and many others.
 * The GUIs help users to easily access and configure the various features in the desktop environment (icons, windows, folders, toolbars etc).
 * The drastic changes that are portrayed demonstrate the achievements of desktop technology over the years.

The slideshow takes a trip down the GUI memory lane; starting from the first graphical user interface developed by Xerox to today’s touch-screen interfaces created by Apple and Microsoft. Xerox’s Star GUI was incredibly influential because it set the standards for the GUIs that came afterwards. The second refinement made by Apple in the Macintosh Desktop was what brought the GUI to its masses as it was more commercially successful – it made windows and icons easier to use with a mouse. It also added features like copying and/or dragging files to specific locations. Looking at the GUI timeline is very compelling mainly because many of us are unaware of how today’s highly advanced and highly used GUIs were built.
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 * Posting history ** :
 * [Maryam Al-Subaie, initial post on Dec. 3, 2011]
 * [<>, < >]

**Title **: Government At Risk: Protecting Your IT Infrastructure **Author(s) **: NASCIOmedia **Link or reference information**: []

**Core ideas** **Commentary **: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">This video tells us the importance of good IT infrastructure because today we are heavily dependent on IT. The good thing is that the video first went and described the situation if communication went down due to natural disasters or an attack. To ensure that the government continues running in the state of emergency, it is crucial to have a good IT infrastructure, making sure that data centers and communication networks run smoothly during emergency. Some procedures have been taken such as having redundant mainframe data centers, consolidating server centers to have better control and continuity planning. Although a lot have been made, experts say that it is not enough.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When a disaster occurs, and if the lines of communication go down, the government and the state will not be able to function
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">States should identify key risks- natural and manmade, and determine whether they are centralized of dispersed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">States must prioritize critical activities, and establish which services should be brought online first
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">States must think of these activities as good risk management or as an insurance policy

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">**Posting history**:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[Mohammed Al-Rawahi, initial post on Dec. 6, 2011]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[<<next person who added commentary>>, < >]

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Title: Managed IT infrastructure and services. Author(s): Author not mentioned Link or reference information [] Core ideas: Commentary: The article talks about the most important impacts of a company that provides IT infrastructure services. I agree that companies can improve their business and reduce the cost by having an efficient infrastructure; however, a company can’t be successful unless the IT infrastructure is managed in an efficient way. Posting history:
 * The article is promoting a company’s products.
 * Thos products are related to IT infrastructure.
 * It talks about the effects that the IT infrastructure can have on the business.
 * IT infrastructure increases the efficiency of the business performance.
 * IT infrastructure makes the company control its cost.
 * [Mohammed Hadi Takiddin, initial post on Dec. 10, 2011]
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Title: IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Definition and Solutions Author(s): Author not mentioned Link or reference information http://www.cio.com/article/40341/IT_Infrastructure_Library_ITIL_Definition_and_Solutions Core ideas: Commentary: The article focuses on the scientific terms of IT infrastructure and it does not actually tell us anything about its impact on the performance of the company and the most appropriate way to manage it. Posting history:
 * The article talks about the IT infrastructure library.
 * It talks about its definition and the most appropriate solutions for IT infrastructure problems and its management related issues.
 * The article talks about a lot of scientific terms of IT infrastructure.
 * [Dalia Saleh Hassan initial post on Dec. 10, 2011]
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Title: Transforming Today's IT infrastructure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EPY7g9kR4
 * Author(s) ** :Robert Moffat
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 * Core ideas ** :
 * Current economic prices are going to change the world forever.
 * The world is becoming more instrumented: the transistor, which is the basic building block.
 * The world is becoming more interconnected, because of internet.
 * The amount of information we can produce with this connection is huge.
 * Things have to become more intelligent; a new computing model has to handle all the legacy systems we all know and operate.

I believe this is a great video to raise awareness in what is currently happening with the world in terms of how economical issues can affect IT infrastructure. People should use this connection and all the resources that we have nowadays to go through all the issues and go into a larger level of good IT infrastructure.
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 * Posting history ** :
 * [Hamsa M Al-Massri, initial post on Dec. 13, 2011]


 * Title**: SOLVING THE SMB IT INFRASTRUCTURE DILEMMA


 * Author(s)**: Sanjeev Aggrawal, Laurie McCabe


 * Link or reference information**: []


 * Core ideas** (1, 2, or 3 bullet points that summarize the core idea presented in the article):
 * Managed services provide remote on site IT management services.
 * Services providers and the actual service/product have a distinct relationship.
 * SMB's are becoming more reliant on IT based solutions. And IT itself is becoming more complex.


 * Commentary**:

Managed services offered by Dell promise to improve and enhance the objectivity of IT, SMB's and other IT related troubleshooting. Dell keeps separate records for different products and services to differentiate. The NOC's have shaped and delivered many IT solutions in the past. However, Dell is always looking for improved and better methods to increase efficiency. They believe having to focus your IT staff on higher value projects yields benefits to the business. It emphasizes a lot on reducing business risks by avoiding many technology problems in the first place.


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 * [MUGHEES AHMED, initial post on Dec. 13, 2011]
 * [<<next person who added commentary>>, < >]

Through studies of business process redesign, there is increasing knowledge of the importance of information technology infrastructure. Businesses are beginning to realize that a more flexible and capable infrastructure helps greatly in the future when planning for changes.This paper conducts a study on four companies (CostCo, StockCo, LeapCo, MergeCo) and looks at their business process redesign and information technology infrastructure. The study finds that firms with stronger infrastructure and more capabilities, faced less problems in their business process redesign. It essentially affects the speed and efficiency of change. A good IT infrastructure has "boundary-crossing services and range-enabling complex transactions across multisite business units" as the paper argues. All in all, I believe that this study presents an excellent in-field example of the importance of information technology infrastructure.
 * Title **: The Implications of Information Technology Infrastructure for Business Process Redesign
 * Author(s) **: Marianne Broadbent, Peter Weill, Don St. Clair
 * Link or reference information **: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/249750.pdf?acceptTC=true
 * Core ideas ** (1, 2, or 3 bullet points that summarize the core idea presented in the article):
 * Information technology infrastructure greatly contributes to successful business process redesign. It can help create innovative new systems and processes since the business will have a solid infrastructure that can handle complex change.
 * When information technology infrastructure is inflexible and/or inappropriate, it acts as a constraint and a blockage towards change. Thus businesses will find it difficult to improve and change their processes for the better and they may lose their competitive advantage.
 * The definition of IT infrastructure: Information technology represents the base foundation of the information technology portfolio which is used throughout the firm and managed by the information systems team.
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 * Entry history **:
 * [Fatima Fikree, initial post on Dec. 13, 2011]
 * [<<next person who added commentary>>, < >]

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 * [Bob Monroe, initial post on Oct. 1, 2011]
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