DCIT 21 - Lesson 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services PDF

DCIT 21 – LESSON 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services Introduction 1.Personal Computers (PCs) “The technology industry, which 2.Components places significant emphasis on 3.Servers and Data Centers...

DCIT 21 – LESSON 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services Introduction 1.Personal Computers (PCs) “The technology industry, which 2.Components places significant emphasis on 3.Servers and Data Centers development, provides many job 4.Networking Devices opportunities. The hardware industry can be Companies across almost all classified into different sectors, industries aggressively seek digital each with its own dynamics and transformation to maintain advantages: competitive in the market and meet 1.Consumer Electronics client demands. 2.Hardware Computer Additionally, cloud computing tools 3.Hardware and platforms have contributed to 4.Semiconductors the increase of remote work. 5.Automotive Hardware Computer Industry 6.Industrial Hardware Computer industry encompasses 7.Networking Hardware those companies that manufacture Consumer Electronics Hardware computers and components. It is a These are electronic devices fast growing industry producing typically used for leisure purposes high value services for its or in homes, such as laptops, customers. It is also used more wearable devices, game consoles, broadly to include software mobile phones, and home publishers and peripheral device appliances like washing machines manufacturers (e.g. Apple, Dell, and dishwashers. Products: Hewlett Packard, IBM and Intel). Smartphones, laptops, tablets, Hardware Industry wearable devices, and home Hardware Industry The hardware appliances. industry includes the design, Computer Hardware manufacturing, and distribution of A collective term used to describe physical products and components any of the physical components of that are used in a variety of an analog or digital computer. 2 applications, ranging from Main Category of Computer industrial machinery to consumer Hardware electronics. Several various 1.Internal Component industries, including electronics, 2.External Component automotive, aerospace, and 3.Input Component construction, depend on this sector. 4.Output Component The computer industry can be Products: Processors (CPUs), classified into key components: memory (RAM), storage devices Lance Crucis  DCIT 21 – LESSON 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services (HDDs, SSDs), motherboards, participating in the process power supplies, and peripherals. indirectly. Including but not limited to, measurement, monitoring, and control systems. Products: Semiconductors Machinery components, heavy duty Semiconductor is a material that equipment, sensors, and control conducts electricity more than an systems. insulator but less than a pure Networking Hardware conductor. semiconductor industry Networking hardware is a set of is a hugely important sector in physical or network devices that are world economies, with essential for interaction and semiconductor components found communication between hardware in a wide range of consumer and units operational on a computer commercial products, from vehicles network. Products: Routers, to computers to mobile devices and switches, modems, cables, and personal electronics. Products: wireless access points. Microchips, Integrated circuits, and Challenges Facing the Hardware transistors Industry: Automotive Hardware 1.Supply chain disruptions refers to the design and 2.Environmental implementation of safety measures Regulations in the hardware of vehicles to 3.Innovations and Competition prevent accidents and protect 4.Cost Management occupants and other road users from Software Industry harm. This include measures such Software is differentiated from as sensors and systems to detect and hardware as the set of rules that respond to potential hazard on the allow computing services to be road. The goal of automotive conducted on the physical device hardware is to minimize the risk of (the hardware). The software accidents and injuries caused by industry is only a small part of the hardware-related issues. Products: overall computer programming Sensors, batteries, and electric activity that takes place in the vehicle components. technology industry sector. Industrial Hardware The software industry can be The industrial hardware follows the separated into four main categories: same basic principles as consumer Programming Services or commercial systems designs. The System Services equipment in industrial hardware is Open Source used for manufacturing goods or SaaS Lance Crucis  DCIT 21 – LESSON 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services Programming Service IT Industry The programming services sector Information Technology (IT) has historically been the largest Industry is used to refer to the sector and includes names such as companies that develop, produce, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), sell, or support computers, Automatic Data Processing, Inc software, and computer-related (ADP), Oracle Corporation products. It includes companies in (ORCL), and SDC Technologies, the computer industry, software Inc. publishers, communications service System Services vendors such as AT&T, information Although programming was the services such as LexisNexis online largest software sector early in law library, and service companies computer history, system services such as HP Enterprise Services. grew rapidly through the 1960s and Companies included in the IT 1970s and then exploded in the Industry: 1980s with the rise of personal 1.Equipment Manufacturers computers (PCs) and the need for 2.Chipmakers an encompassing operating system 3.Software Publishers such as Microsoft’s original disk 4.IT Service operating system (DOS) that was 5.Companies Computer Retailers launched in 1981. 6.dot-coms Company (?) Open Source Outsourcing is defined as the use Open source refers to a code base of components or labor from that was created and is free to outside suppliers. acquire. However, most businesses Offshoring is defined as relocating require changes to be made to the business processes, such as code bases to suit their needs. development and production, to Another open-source code base is lower-cost locations in other the Android operating systems. countries. Software as a Service (SaaS) Product Life Cycles This software is kept on the 1.Product Development - Create creators’ servers and client access product specifications and the software through the Internet, prototypes also referred to as the cloud. SaaS is 2.Product Announcement - a licensing model in which access Publicize information about new to software is provided on a product subscription basis. 3.Introduction - “Roll out” the product at a press conference Lance Crucis  DCIT 21 – LESSON 1 Hardware, Software and IT Services 4.Maintenance - Adjust address security vulnerabilities, manufacturing capacity to meet bugs, and performance issues. product demand Collect user feedback and maintain 5.Retirement Discontinue up-to date documentation. manufacturing product and eventually discontinue product support Software Development Life Cycle 1.Planning Phase, also called the feasibility stage, you should understand your product, target users’ needs, and customers’ demands. 2.Analysis Phase is a critical phase within the Software Development Life Cycle where the detailed requirements are gathered and analyzed to ensure clear understanding of the project’s scope and objectives. 3.Design Phase, developers will design the user interface to ensure a seamless and user friendly experience. 4.Implementation Phase bring your ideas to life. 5.Testing Phase defines a comprehensive testing strategy based on project requirements and goals. 6.Deployment Phase develop a detailed deployment plan that outlines the steps and timeline. Consider backup and rollback strategies in case of unexpected issues. 7.Maintenance Phase continuously monitor and track reported bugs and issues. Releases patch updates to Lance Crucis