This course explores the design, selection, implementation and management of enterpriseIT solutions. The focus is on applications and infrastructure and their fit with thebusiness. Students learn frameworks and strategies for infrastructure management,system administration, data/information architecture, content management, distributedcomputing, middleware, legacy system integration, system consolidation, softwareselection, total cost of ownership calculation IT investment analysis, and emergingtechnologies. These topics are addressed both within and beyond the organization, withattention paid to managing risk and security within audit and compliance standards.Students also hone their ability to communicate technology architecture strategiesconcisely to a general business audience.
