IT Infrastructure
Objectives:
The subject introduces managerial-level technical knowledge and terminology on matters concerning communications and computer networks in order to qualify managers to effectively interact with telecommunication technicians. Students are expected to comprehend and apply the notions of data communications in business environments. Another course objective is to provide the students with an understanding of database technologies and the application of such technologies in data management.
a) Familiarization with innovative information technology infrastructures for the support of business activities, b) Computer network services and technology study, c) Design techniques and and processes utilization, network management and evaluation oriented towards business applications, d) Relational database design based on the requirements analysis of an application, and database normalization with decomposition, e) database implementation is some relational, f) management of the contents of a database with SQL and g) OLAP-like processing.
Skills:
Students will acquire knowledge and practical experience on issues regarding the basic principles of telecommunications (concepts, models, architectures, services and management of digital networks) as well as on issues such as the design, implementation and use of relational databases. Ability to effectively interact with technically oriented human resources. Fluency in decision making on platforms, services and architectures of information technology infrastructures.
Prerequisites:
Content:
The following subjects will be covered:
• Networks and Internet – Reference models.
• Communication networks' functional analysis.
• Network infrastructure unification.
• Computer networking technologies and services.
• Alternative routing protocols in business environments.
• Development of special infrastructure for the provision and transmission of data.
• Network services cost estimation and management.
• Infrastructure as a services – Internet services.
• Relational model, normalization with decomposition, CASE tools for database synchronization and reverse engineering, SQL, forms, reports, OLAP
Textbooks:
• Business Data Communications and Networking, Jerry FitzGerald, Wiley
• Business Data Communications, 6/E, William Stallings, Prentice Hall
• Database Management Systems (3rd edition), by Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
• Database Systems: The Complete Book (2nd Edition), by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, and Jennifer Widom, Prentice Hall, 2008.
Assessment:
4 Homework Assignments (50%)
Final Written Examination (50%)
