SBM4104 IT Infrastructure Assessment 4: Components and Security

This report provides a comprehensive overview of IT infrastructure components, virtualization, and security. It identifies and classifies the hardware, software, network, and 'meatware' components essential for building an IT infrastructure. The report explores the benefits of virtualization, including reduced hardware requirements and increased employee productivity. It also addresses the role of cloud computing in providing IT infrastructure solutions, highlighting dynamic scaling of applications. Furthermore, the report delves into the security issues associated with cloud computing, emphasizing the importance of IT infrastructure manager's role and responsibilities. References to relevant literature, including research on cloud computing security, IT asset management, and infrastructure monitoring, are included to support the analysis.

Virtualization
IT Infrastructure Manager
Components Used to
Build IT
Infrastructure
IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Security Issues
References
 Hardware: Such as servers, computers,
switches, hubs and other equipment's
(Rittinghouse and Ransome 2016).
 Software: Such as application dealing
with enterprise resource planning and
productivity.
 Network: Such as the firewall, internet
connectivity, and network enablement.
 Meatware: Such as human users, the
network administrators, developers and
the end users (Hao et al., 2013).
 Helps in removing special hardware
and utility requirements.
 Helps in effective management of
resources (Dahiya and Mathew 2016).
 Increases the employees productivity.
 Reduce the risk of data loss.
Helps in managing the staff
associated with the networking
system.
Managers must have knowledge
about the server technologies.
Managers must be well trained on all
the types of physical and optical fibre
cabling.
Carlin, S. and Curran, K., 2013. Cloud
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Dahiya, D. and Mathew, S.K., 2016. IT
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Hao, F., Lakshman, T.V., Mukherjee, S.
and Song, H., Alcatel-Lucent SAS, 2013.
Method and apparatus for transparent
cloud computing with a virtualized
network infrastructure. U.S. Patent
8,369,333.
Hernantes, J., Gallardo, G. and Serrano,
N., 2015. IT infrastructure-monitoring
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Manvi, S.S. and Shyam, G.K., 2014.
Resource management for
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Rittinghouse, J.W. and Ransome, J.F.,
2016. Cloud computing:
implementation, management, and
security. CRC press.