Intro to Information Storage
Business Drivers of Digital Transformation
100
Devices such as desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and electronic sensors generate this
What is digital data
100
A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources
What is Cloud Computing?
200
The 2 types of data
What are Structured & Unstructured?
200
Cloud Computing Characteristics
What are Measured Service, Resource Pooling, Rapid Elasticity, On-Demand Self-service & Broad Network Access?
300
Various types of volatile and non-volatile media on which information is stored
What are
Magnetic storage devices (Hard disk drive and magnetic tape drive).
Optical storage devices (Blu-ray, DVD, and CD).
Flash-based storage devices: Solid-state drive (SSD), memory card, and USB thumb drive.
300
Cloud Deployment Models
What are Public, Private, Hybrid & Multi Clouds?
400
Storage devices can be assembled within this
What is a Storage System / Storage Array?
400
The service of cloud computing in which the resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported, providing transparency for both the provider and consumer of the utilized service
What is Measured Service?
500
Why businesses are undergoing digital transformation
To innovate more quickly
Digital transformation is imperative for all businesses. Businesses of all types and sizes are changing to a more digital mindset. This digital mindset is being driven by the need to innovate more quickly. Digital transformation puts technology at the heart of an organization’s products, services, and operations.
500
This topology represents 3 characteristics of
What is Big Data?
600
Some of the key technologies that enable digital transformation
What are:
Cloud computing
Big data
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Internet of Things (IoT)
Edge computing
5G cellular telecommunications
600
This is an ecosystem where sensors, devices, and equipment are connected to a network and can transmit and receive data for tracking, analysis, and action 
What is The Internet of Things (IoT)?
700
This modern data center characteristic helps improve business agility by using a predefined workflow to automate the arrangement and coordination of various component functions
What is Orchestrated Management?
800
The characteristics of a Data Center
What are Continuous Availability, ITaaS, Software Defined, Multi-Layered Security, On-demand Scalability and Virtualization?
900
Places data centers are housed
What is In House and Third Party Site
A data center may be constructed in-house, located in an organization’s own facility.
The data center may also be outsourced, with equipment being at a third-party site.
1000
It enables the IT department to function as a utility to the business
What is ITaaS (IT as a Service)?