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IT INFRASTRUCTURE - Coggle Diagram
IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Layer #2: App Architecture
Has irreversible operational and strategic consequences
Three building blocks
App logic
App’s core work
Most business
innovation here
Data storage
that app uses
& produces
Interaction
Inputs
Display
App architecture = choosing where to locate the three pieces
Three Arrangements of App Architectures
Client-server architecture
Peer-to-peer architecture
Cloud architecture
Layer #3: Data Architecture
Integrated firmwide data is the foundation for
automations
analytics
Widespread problem
Proliferation of duplicated
Inconsistent data
Where is your firm’s data stored?
Two causes
Fragmented across apps
to determine
how a firm’s data assets are organized
where they are located
Data warehouses assemble copies of data to integrate siloed data
Geographic dispersion
non-IT managers must decide
What data should be centralized firmwide for executing your core
business processes or for analytics?
What data must be shared across your markets?
consists of three classes of IT assets
Layer #2: App Architecture
Layer #3: Data Architecture
Layer #1: IT Infrastructure Architecture
definition
A blueprint of IT assets in your IT portfolio describing what they do and how they interact
Describes how they fit together
Layer #1: IT Infrastructure Architecture
digital plumbing used by all line functions and apps
Relatively stable
Rarely a competitive differentiator
But underperformance liability
IT infrastructure architecture is their firmwide arrangement
Generic commodity
Consumes over 50% of corporate IT budgets
Must be reliable but economical
Level of centralization
Centralized
Cheaper to run
Costlier to build
Decentralized
Cheaper to build
Costlier to run
