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IT Demystified – The IT handbook for
business professionals
Index
About IT Demystified
Delivers the
information business professionals need to understand and influence IT related
matters in a plain English and entertaining style. Most importantly it reflects
the realities of the IT Sector today. Based on the very successful Auridian seminar of the same name, it is
essential reading for those that work within IT-services or within end-user
organisations that recognise the value of IT.
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covered:
Numbers
1GL, 94
1st line support, 159
2001 A Space Odyssey, 149
2½G, 241
2GL, 95
2nd line support, 159
3G, 189, 204, 241, 242, 243, 244
3GL, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
3rd line support, 159
4GL, 98, 99, 100, 101
5¼”, 121
5GL, 100, 101
802.11b, 243
90% club, 192
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A
Ada, 96
Adabas, 108
adaptive organization, 228
advertising, 223, 224
AI. See Artificial Intelligence
air gap, 203
Air traffic control, 46, 160
AIX, 56
Alan Turing, 117
Algol, 96
algorithms, 90
Alpha server, 65
Amazon, 197, 212, 233
Amiga, 95
analogue, 50
analysis, 145, 172, 174, 178, 179, 180
Apache, 59
Apple, 36, 42, 43, 53, 61, 65, 120
application development, 85, 169, 176, 178, 207
Application management, 145
Application Service Provision, 140
applications, 69, 88, 155, 159, 160, 162
architectural framework, 200
architecture, 137, 143, 144
Ariba, 81
artificial intelligence, 100, 101, 236, 245,
253
AS/400, 199
Assembler, 94, 95, 97
AT&T, 55
Atari, 42, 95, 120
ATM, 46, 171
Auctions, 200
authentication, 209, 211, 246
Autonomic computing, 148, 149, 151
avatars, 232
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B
back-end, 38
bandwidth, 144, 199, 204, 207, 214, 224, 238
barrel organ, 49
Bartering, 200
base stations, 240
Basic, 95, 99
bathroom cabinet, 253
BEA Systems, 141
bespoke software, 73
big bang, 173, 180
Bill Gates, 53, 61
binary, 50, 58, 90, 91
Bind, 59
biometrics, 101, 210, 211, 246
bionic, 248
Black Monday, 201
blade server, 44, 230
Bletchley Park, 117
blue chip, 24, 156
Bluetooth, 243
Board, 31, 60, 77, 150, 157
Boolean, 108, 184, 230
Boroughs, 117
bot, 206
BPO, 247. See
Business Process Outsourcing
brand, 54, 196, 197, 223, 228, 242
Bridge, 124
broadband, 146, 204, 220, 221, 229, 241
Broadband Britain, 207
broadcast media, 220, 221, 224
Brouter, 124
browser, 209
bugs, 117, 177
burn rate, 190
Business analytics, 109
business change, 178
Business critical, 170
business logic, 86, 87, 88, 97, 100, 102, 111,
128
Business Process Outsourcing, 139, 247
business processes, 32
business strategy, 164, 165
business-IT alignment, 164, 166
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C
C, 55, 91, 96
C Sharp. See
C#
C#, 176, 200, 211
C++, 91, 96, 99, 176
cable, 37, 123, 147, 220, 221
CAD, 120
Campus Area Network. See CAN
CAN, 125
capacity planning, 163
carpettop, 42, 220
CASE, 89, 169
case-based reasoning, 101, 247
CBD. See
Component Based Development
CD-ROMs, 51
cellular, 240, 242, 243, 244
Centralised architecture, 119, 122
channel to market, 164, 210
Charles Bronson, 223
Chief Finance Officer, 157
Chief Information Officer. See IT Director
China, 145
chips, 171, 238
CIO. See
IT Director
circuit board, 46, 171, 230
click ass, 192
clicks and mortar, 192
client hardware, 129
client software, 129
client-server, 127
Clipper, 108
cluster, 230
coaxial cable, 124, 147
Cobol, 91, 96
code, 172
code and testing, 145
CommerceOne, 81
commodity applications, 156
Commodore64, 42, 95, 120, 220
Communication languages, 90
Compaq, 65
comparative shopping, 207, 233
competitive advantage, 21, 39, 74, 132, 156,
189, 214, 234
compiler, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 99
Component Based Development, 185
Computer Aided Design. See CAD
Computer Aided Software Engineering. See CASE
computer programme, 50
computer-telephony integration, 124
connectivity, 125, 181
Construction, 172, 176
consumer segmentation, 223
content, 220, 224
content providers, 224
contract, 210
Convergence, 220
copyleft, 58
corporate coma, 144
corporate governance, 166
Cosmopolitan, 223, 242
cost management, 214
CPU, 94
Cranium, 246
credit card readers, 42
CRM, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 206, 237
CRUD, 105, 110
CUI, 52, 121
customer experience, 228
Customised software, 73
CxO, 157
cyber sourcing, 145
cyborg, 248
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D
Darpa, 194
data, 181, 220, 225
data bureau, 138
Data General, 56
data management, 87, 88, 111, 123, 128, 130,
137, 226
Data mining, 109
Data warehousing, 109
database, 88, 98, 104, 109, 163
DB2, 108
dBase, 99, 108
dead cat bounce, 192
Death critical, 170
DEC. See
Digital Equipment Corporation
delivery, 172, 177, 179
delivery channel, 222
Dell, 42, 120
Delphi, 99
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing. See DWDM
Department of Defense, 135, 194
design, 145, 172, 175, 179, 180
desktops, 143, 162, 220
developers, 57, 70, 161, 176
Development, 160
Development Lifecycle. See Waterfall model
dial-up, 193, 204, 207
digital clothing, 251
digital dashboard, 76
digital dating, 251
digital divide, 208, 252
Digital Equipment Corporation, 64
digital technology, 50, 90
digital war, 250
digital wellness, 250
disintermediation, 192
disk drives, 42
diskettes, 51
distributed computing, 127
documentation, 179
DoD. See
Department of Defense
DOS, 61, 121
dotcom, 80, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 201,
204, 205, 210, 211, 213, 214, 234, 235, 242
dotnet, 141, 200
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 201
Dr Ted Codd, 107
DR-DOS, 121
Due diligence, 190
dumb terminal, 118, 130
DVD, 221
DWDM, 238
Dynix, 56
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E
e, 193
EAI, 213
eBay, 197
e-business, 194, 195, 202, 214
e-commerce, 193, 194, 214
e-documentation, 212
EDS, 132
e-Government, 198
e-learning, 242
electron microscopes, 235
electronic, 193
electronics, 147, 204, 235, 238
emacs, 57
email, 163, 210
Embedded, 46
enhancements, 177
Eniac, 117
Enterprise Application Integration. See EAI
enterprise applications, 75, 185
Enterprise Profit Optimisation, 80
e-paperwork, 210
ERP, 75, 76, 81, 142, 206
Exchanges, 200, 201, 202, 212
executable file, 58, 91
expert systems, 101, 246, 247
Extensibility, 184
eXtensible Markup Language. See XML
extranet, 198, 202
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F
factory automation, 247
fat-client, 129
Feasibility, 172, 173, 174
feedback, 178, 179, 180, 181
feudal, 227
fibre optic, 36, 124, 147, 204, 238, 239
file storage, 127
files, 50
fingerprint, 210, 246
firewall, 124, 202, 203
firmware, 171
flow-charts, 103
foldable screens, 232, 241
Formatting languages, 90
Fortran, 96, 97
Foxpro, 99, 108
framework, 162
frictionless business, 201, 205, 209
Friends, 223
front-end, 38
Fujitsu, 65
Fuzzy logic, 101
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G
Games, 160
Gartner, 78, 157, 192
Gateway, 42, 120, 124
GEC. See
Marconi
Google, 196, 245
Gordon Moore. See Moore's Law
governments, 58, 231, 242
GQ, 223
Great Plains, 74
Greater Fool Theory, 191
green screen, 52, 118
grid computing, 135, 137, 138, 150
GUI, 52, 61, 86, 98, 121
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H
haptics, 233
hardware, 35, 37, 41, 170, 178
Harvard University, 117
head up displays, 162, 232, 241
help desk, 158
Hewlett Packard, 56, 65
hex. See
Hexadecimal
Hexadecimal, 93
hierarchical database, 107
High risk development, 180
holographic, 205, 233, 238
Hotmail, 62
hotspots, 244
HP-UX, 56, 65
HR, 22, 58, 75, 76, 128, 157, 166, 203, 247,
248, 249
HTML, 90
Hub, 124
hybrid software, 73
hyperlinking, 222
hypermedia, 222
hyperspace, 222
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I
i2, 81
IBM, 42, 43, 56, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 107, 110,
117, 120, 136, 137, 138, 141, 144, 148, 149, 191, 199, 200, 247
ICL, 65
ICT, 157
identity theft, 246
Incremental delivery, 180
indexed files, 107
India, 145
information management, 226
information superavenue, 229
information superhighway, 208, 229
Informix, 108
infrastructure, 45, 131, 133, 138, 148, 156,
162, 220, 221, 224, 237
Ingres, 108
Intel, 42, 44, 120, 129
intellectual capital, 226, 227
interactive television, 189, 219, 220, 222
Internet, 193, 194, 195, 222, 241, 243
Internet plumbing, 196
Internet Service Providers, 195
interoperability, 206, 211
intranet, 198, 199, 202, 227
IPO, 192
iris, 210
Irix, 56
Isaac Asimov, 247
ISP, 229. See
Internet Service Provider
IT, 220, 224
IT architecture, 117
IT assets, 131, 136, 140
IT Demystified, 22, 271, 273
IT department, 22, 26, 31, 37, 38, 78, 104,
119, 122, 123, 126, 130, 131, 133, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 153,
155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 175, 177, 180, 185, 199,
200, 214, 224, 228, 229, 234, 237, 239, 245, 249, 251
IT Department, 153
IT Director, 157, 199
IT governance, 166
IT industry, 41, 69, 92, 104, 111, 117, 144,
169, 184, 226, 238, 271
IT investment, 85, 115, 117, 148, 166, 271
IT leadership, 166
IT management, 119, 184
IT staff, 131, 165, 166, 183
IT strategy, 76, 164, 165
IT support, 148
IT systems, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 45, 46,
47, 49, 87, 115, 146, 169, 170, 171, 172, 178, 180, 181, 183, 193, 200, 206,
234
IT-centric, 157, 271
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J
J2EE, 141, 200
Jackson, 182
James Bond, 222
Java, 25, 99, 100, 165, 183, 199, 200, 211, 225
Java Version 2 Enterprise Edition. See J2EE
Jovial, 96
joy sticks, 42
jukeboxes, 222, 223
just-in-time, 242
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K
killer app, 242
Kiosk, 232
knowledge management, 198, 225, 226, 227, 228,
242, 244
knowledge worker, 32, 252
Korn, 57
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L
LAN, 125, 163, 229
laptops, 42, 220
last mile, 239
Leased lines, 193
legacy systems, 76, 193, 211
legal framework, 210
Licence management, 130
life critical, 170, 179
lifecycle, 181
lifestyle, 223
Linus Torvalds. See Linux
Linux, 57, 58, 59, 66, 120
Lisp, 95, 101
load balancing, 230
Local Area Network, 147, 163. See LAN
LogicaCMG, 24, 191
Logo, 95
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M
Machine code, 92, 94
MacOS, 65
mainframe, 43, 47, 64, 118, 119, 121, 122, 147
Maintainability, 184
maintenance, 172, 177, 178, 183
MAN, 125
Manugistics, 81
Marconi, 24, 65
Mark 1, 117
master-slave, 126
McDonalds, 244
Metropolitan Area Network. See MAN
microbe, 251
Microsoft, 42, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63,
72, 74, 92, 99, 106, 110, 120, 121, 123, 129, 131, 145, 148, 189, 191, 200, 243
Mid range, 44
Middleware, 213
Military, 250
mini computer, 64
Miniaturization, 235
minicomputers, 43
mission critical, 170, 179
mobile phone, 221, 232, 240
Moore’s Law, 44
MP3, 250
MS Access, 108
MS Office, 71, 72, 159
MSN, 62, 196
multi-media, 222
Multitasking, 121
Mumps, 65
MVS, 63
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N
nano-management, 251
Nano-medicine, 236
nano-robot, 235
nano-technology, 102, 235, 237
nano-warfare, 237
narrowband, 204
NAS, 42, 147
NASA, 72, 73
Nasdaq, 213
natural language, 230, 231
Navision, 74
NCR, 117
Near VOD, 222
network, 123, 163
Network Computer, 130
Network engineers, 164
Network Interface Device, 123
networked database, 107
Neural networks, 102
neuroscience, 245
neurosystems, 248
new economics, 191
new technologies, 167, 187, 208, 209, 211, 214,
219
Nuclear power, 46
NVOD. See
Near VOD
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O
object file, 91
object orientation. See OO
object oriented database, 108
Object oriented methods, 183
off the shelf, 45, 70, 162, 171, 172, 203
off-shoring, 145, 155
OLAP, 109
online exchanges, 201
OO, 99, 108, 109, 183, 184, 185
open, 52
Open Source Movement, The, 58
OpenVMS, 65
operating system, 37, 51, 70, 92, 163, 178
operator, 148
opted in, 223
Oracle, 59, 75, 106, 108, 130, 131, 141, 175,
176, 189, 200
OS/2, 61
OS/400, 63
OSF/1, 65
outsourcing, 131, 138, 142, 144, 149, 155, 156
Overture, 196
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P
P2P. See
peer-to-peer
packaged software, 70, 71, 161
paddle tennis, 220
palmtops, 42, 162, 204, 220, 232
Paradox, 108
Pascal, 95
password, 210
pay as you go. See Utility Computing
pay per view, 223
PC, 42, 118, 120, 121, 137, 143, 144, 147, 162,
164, 171, 178, 207, 220, 221, 229, 252
PC Support, 162
PDA, 207, 241
PDP-11, 64
peer-to-peer, 126, 136
PeopleSoft, 75
performance, 162, 181, 190, 228, 271
Peripherals, 42
Perl, 96
Philippines, 145
phishing, 209
photonics, 107, 147, 204, 238, 239
Pick, 65
PKI, 209, 210
platform, 37, 69, 162
platform independent, 199
plotters, 42
point of sale, 45, 222
Portal, 196
Post relational, 109
PowerBuilder, 99
PR, 166
preventative maintenance, 162, 163
Prime, 65
printers, 42, 123
privacy, 209, 246
Private exchanges, 201
Processing, 181
programmers, 70, 89, 91, 92, 95, 98, 101, 102,
103, 172, 176, 177, 199, 222, 225
programming languages, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92,
95, 97, 99, 100, 104, 199, 211, 236
Progress, 108
project, 180, 181
Project management, 145
Prolog, 101
Proprietary, 52
prototype, 178, 179, 181
Pseudocode, 102, 103
public exchanges, 201
Public Key Infrastructure. See PKI
Public Sector, 198
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Q
QDOS. See
DOS
quantum computing, 107
Querying languages, 89
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R
Rand, 117
Rapid Application Development, 178, 179, 180
RDBMS, 110
real-time, 24, 35, 80, 87, 90, 95, 106, 146,
173, 201, 221, 228, 230, 243
relational database, 107, 108, 109, 110
requirements, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183
Reusability, 184
reusable objects, 184
Reverse auctions, 200
RFID, 81
risks, 181
robot, 248
robot laws, 247
robots, 32, 101, 235, 236, 237, 245, 247, 248,
249
router, 124, 238
RPG, 199
ruggedisation, 45, 171
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S
SAP, 59, 75, 189
Satellite, 46
Satellite Area Network, 125
scanners, 42
SCM, 76, 79, 80, 81
SCO, 56
screen shots, 178
Sealed bids, 200
search engine, 231, 233
Seattle Computer Products, 61
security, 125, 130, 137, 193, 203, 208, 209,
214, 222, 245, 246, 251
security architectures, 209
security chip, 210
Security Policy, 211
server, 36, 38, 43, 126, 129, 136, 163
service-level agreement, 133
Set Theory, 107
share of wallet, 142, 144
shareholders, 58, 226
shipping documents, 210
Short Messaging Service. See SMS
shrink wrapped, 70, 160
SI. See
Systems Integration
Sinclair ZX80, 42
Sinclair ZX81, 95
Smalltalk, 96
smart clothing, 249, 250, 251, 252
Smart phones, 42
SME, 156
SMS, 241
sneakernet, 122
social consequences, 252
social implications, 253
software, 34, 35, 37, 49, 161, 170, 172
software agents, 206
software development, 181, 182
software engineering, 50, 170, 174, 181, 185
software engineers, 70, 173
software house, 160, 173, 180
software industry, 58, 66, 170, 171
Solaris, 56
source code, 57, 58, 91
source file, 91
South Sea Bubble, 192
Sperry, 117
Spinning Jenny, 164
SQL, 110
SQL Server, 108, 176
SSADM, 182
SSP. See
Storage Service Provision
staged payments, 180
Standards, 54, 55
Starbucks, 244
stickiness, 197
stock market, 191, 192
Storage, 119, 146
Storage Area Network, 125, 147, 148
Storage Service Provision, 144
Straight Through Processing, 80
Strategy, 164
Stratus, 65
Structured methods, 181, 185
Structured Query Language. See SQL
subsystem testing, 176
subsystems, 182
Sun Microsystems, 99, 100, 135, 141, 200
Sun workstations, 120
supercomputer, 135
supply chain, 80, 164, 201, 209
Supply Chain Execution, 80
Supply Chain Management. See SCM
Supply Chain Planning, 80
Switch, 124
Sybase, 108
system administrator, 56, 148, 164
system testing, 176
systems integration, 211
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T
Tamagotchi, 101, 242
Tandem, 65
Tandy, 95
tape, 51, 146
TCP/IP, 90, 194, 195
techie, 110, 158, 159, 199, 244
technical architect, 176
technical specification, 176
technology androgynous, 189
technology nuclear winter, 192
Technology Sector, 24, 192, 213
technology-on-tap. See Utility computing
telcos, 205, 239
telecom provider, 164
telecoms, 138, 164, 204, 207, 220, 224, 241
telephony, 204, 221, 244
teletype terminal, 64
television. See
TV
television banking, 220
test plan, 176
test report, 176
The Fundamental Framework, 37
The Open Group, 54
thick-client, 129, 130
thin-client, 130, 143, 150, 245
third party, 131, 138, 144, 155, 161, 174, 177,
239
Thomas Watson, 117
thought driven computers, 248
Total Cost of Ownership, 143, 148
Trade, 212
Trading system, 160, 170
traditional development. See Waterfall model
Trekkies, 64
trust, 209
Tulipmania, 192
TV, 42, 204, 207, 220, 221, 223, 224, 230, 232,
253
twisted pair, 147, 239
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U
UAT, 177, 179
Ultrix, 56, 65
Univac, 117
Unix, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64,
65, 76
user, 185
user acceptance testing. See UAT
user experience, 21, 86, 123, 231, 233
user interface, 86, 97, 171, 179, 230
User-access device, 162
users, 178, 179, 180
Utility computing, 138, 139, 149
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V
Value Added Network, 125
VAN. See
Value Added Network
Vanity Fair, 223
Vax, 64
vendor lock-in, 54, 175
Venture capitalists, 190
vi, 57
video, 204, 221, 222, 241
video games, 220
Video on demand, 222
virtual girlfriend, 242
Virtual Private Network, 125, 193
virtual reality, 207
virtual server, 136
Visual Basic, 91, 99, 176, 236
Visual C++, 99
visual languages, 98
VME, 65
VMS, 64, 65
VOD. See
Video on demand
Vodafone, 240
voice, 204, 210, 220, 231, 246
voice and data traffic, 164
VPN. See
Virtual Private Network
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W
W3C. See
World Wide Web Consortium
WAN, 125, 163
Wap, 189, 241
Warp, 64
Waterfall model, 173, 180, 181, 184
web. See
WWW
web based technologies, 189
web commerce, 209
Web law, 212
web pages, 195
web servers, 195
Web services, 140, 141, 149, 150
web surfing, 220
web-commerce, 193
Wide Area Network. See WAN
Wi-Fi, 189, 243, 244
WIMP, 86, 96
Windows, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62,
63, 65, 76, 92, 120, 121, 148, 200
Windows 2000, 62
Windows 2003, 62
Windows 95, 61, 121
Windows 98, 62
Windows CE, 63
Windows for Workgroups, 61
Windows ME, 62
Windows NT, 61
Windows XP, 62
Wintel axis, 129
wireless, 124, 204, 220, 221, 241, 250
wisdom, 198, 225, 226, 227
WLAN, 243
World Wide Web Consortium, 206
WWW, 193, 195, 196, 203, 206, 207, 214, 222,
224, 229, 230, 232, 241
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X
Xenix, 56
Xerox, 53
XML, 205, 206, 212, 214, 233, 234
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Y
Y2K, 76
Yahoo!, 196
Yourdon, 182
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Z
zeroth law, 248
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