INMBAZIT Fundamentals of Information Technologies

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Josef Botlík (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Josef Botlík (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D.
Department of Informatics and Mathematics – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides a basic and advanced orientation in the information and communication technologies field (ICT). In particular, it will cover the link between hardware, software and their implementation and use towards the business support.
Syllabus
  • 1. The evolution of analog and digital technologies. Babbage mechanical computer. Turing machine. Von Neumann computer architecture. Harvard architecture.
    2. Computer architecture. Actual insights into computer markets. CISC and RISC architectures.
    3. Motherboard. Processor. Harddisk. Internal and external memory. RAM memory. Graphic and network adapters. Multimedia adapters. The communication scheme of devices. Wire and wireless technologies.
    4. Processors. The evolution of a processor. The technologies of processors. The CPU. The influence of processor on a workstation and server performance.
    5. Harddisk. The harddisks technologies IDE, USB, IEEE1394, SATA, SATA II, SCSI, SSD. The structure and scheme of harddisk. Disk arrays SAN and NAS. Advanced operations.
    6. Graphic adapters. The distribution of graphics cards according to the used bus. The GPU. The core parameters. I/O interface of a graphic adapter. The description of graphic interfaces DirectX and OpenGL. Monitors. projectors.
    7. I/O devices. Printers. Scanners. Sound cards. Modems. Keyboards. Mouse. Multimedia devices.
    8. Mobile communication devices. Wireless technologies. Technologies for mobile communication devices. The use of mobile communication devices in the business management.
    9. Security. Business security politics. Autentization. Authorization. Hardware and software solutions. Coding and cryptology. Computer viruses, principals and antivirus software.
    10. Intelligent company. Hardware and software technologies for intelligent company. Integrated hardware and software solutions for optimal business running.
    11. Realization project for information system and information technology in a company. Business plan structure. Definition of needs. Hardware and software components design.
    12. Information system as a core of business informatics. Information system architectures. Support of the selling, purchasing, warehousing, etc. Cloud computing and its use in the business praxis.
    13. Intelligent technologies. Intelligent devices. Intelligent house. The basics of artificial intelligence. Social networks.
Literature
    required literature
  • ENGLANDER, I. The architecture of computer hardware, systems software, and networking: An information technology approach. New York: Willey, 2014. ISBN 978-1118322635. info
    recommended literature
  • Lawrence Snyder. Fluency With Information Technology. Pearson: London, 2014. ISBN 978-0133577396. info
  • E. Garrison Walters. The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology. Prentice Hall: New Jersey, 2000. ISBN 978-0130194695. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
A mid-term test. Attendance in seminars 70 %. Retrieval and processing of resources on the Internet. Processing of foreign-language sources.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017.
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