You work in an office or an organization? The environment in which we work would have been much supported by IT devices such as computer networks, operating systems, data centers, servers, etc.. The equipment is not selected haphazardly or function but must be well planned in order to deliver ideal results.
A good IT infrastructure support will contribute to the acceleration of the achievement of organizational goals, otherwise if the infrastructure is not good it could hinder the achievement of goals. Even more than that, with good IT infrastructure can be a key enabler for the development of the organization.
What is a key enabler and how we organize and plan a good IT infrastructure needs knowledge which includes:
I. Planning application infrastructure companies:
Identify the components of an enterprise IT infrastructure and standardization.
Integrate the organization's strategic needs, technology trends, and industry standards (best practices).
Oriented enterprise application architecture.
II. Management of service level (service level) IT companies:
Focus on a company's IT infrastructure lifecycle.
Aspects of service level: capacity & scalability, availability & reliability, and security.
Infrastructure capacity planning and measurement.
Infrastructure management procedures based on best practices.
But before discussing further I want to describe in advance about the definition of infrastructure. When we hear the word infrastructure what is imagined? Roads, electricity, bridges, PAM channels, cable networks Telkom and everything that is physical and the basis for the use of the other equipment (the superstructure).
There are some general characteristics of the infrastructure include:
Wider use than the structure above it (it supports).
More permanent / static compared to the structure above it.
Physically connected with the structure above it.
Often counted as a service / support services.
Owned and managed by a different party than the structure it supports.
A good IT infrastructure support will contribute to the acceleration of the achievement of organizational goals, otherwise if the infrastructure is not good it could hinder the achievement of goals. Even more than that, with good IT infrastructure can be a key enabler for the development of the organization.
What is a key enabler and how we organize and plan a good IT infrastructure needs knowledge which includes:
I. Planning application infrastructure companies:
Identify the components of an enterprise IT infrastructure and standardization.
Integrate the organization's strategic needs, technology trends, and industry standards (best practices).
Oriented enterprise application architecture.
II. Management of service level (service level) IT companies:
Focus on a company's IT infrastructure lifecycle.
Aspects of service level: capacity & scalability, availability & reliability, and security.
Infrastructure capacity planning and measurement.
Infrastructure management procedures based on best practices.
But before discussing further I want to describe in advance about the definition of infrastructure. When we hear the word infrastructure what is imagined? Roads, electricity, bridges, PAM channels, cable networks Telkom and everything that is physical and the basis for the use of the other equipment (the superstructure).
There are some general characteristics of the infrastructure include:
Wider use than the structure above it (it supports).
More permanent / static compared to the structure above it.
Physically connected with the structure above it.
Often counted as a service / support services.
Owned and managed by a different party than the structure it supports.
Then what is meant by the IT infrastructure can be seen from the image below:
So the IT infrastructure running on public infrastructure such as electricity, buildings, etc.. In the IT infrastructure can be seen not only consist of perngakta hard but also consists of software such as OS, middleware and database applications.
The trend of infrastructure is increasingly creeping up. More and more software components that form the basis for other software components to be working. An example is a library of programming languages. Template design template (theme) that can be used by many applications.
Even now there is a trend called SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), which provides her (applications) to be used jointly by other applications. Understanding of the IT infrastructure is no longer mean something static (hardware) but it has become something more flexible (software).
Now as to what the ideal IT infrastructure?
Today's business world is increasingly pervasive, which means its business activities without IT is not able to go as banking database instance, or a university academic information systems. IT has become a key not only operational but also has become a competitive advantage. Banks for example, if the network ATMnya often die, the Bank will be unable to compete with the Bank ATMnya network more stable and more widespread.
The entry of IT in this strategic region make IT a key enabler for these companies. Key enablers enabling it meant to be a key to something new business opportunities. For example a large company who wants to acquire or merge with rival companies IT systems are different then if their IT systems can not be reconciled in order to work together then the acquisition / merger can not be done which means the loss of business opportunities.
This is where the importance of planning for a flexible IT infrastructure that IT can be obstacles at the same time can also be an opportunity. There are several motivations why we should have the ideal IT infrastructure:
Motivation: key enabler
Information Technology (IT) is key enablerperusahaan to realize its business strategy.
Business strategy is something that is dynamic: subject to change.
IT must be able to adapt to the changing strategic needs of the company:
New business unit or service
The new branch office
Organizational restructuring, etc..
Motivation: adaptiveness
The speed of implementing change is a strategic requirement.
IT must be flexible to accommodate changes quickly and efficiently.
Keywords: adaptive IT infrastructure.
Why is infrastructure?
Infrastructure can be an obstacle or an opportunity to open a business initiative.
We see the company's mobile telephone operators competing race to adopt advanced electronic technology such as 3G, 3.5G and so on. Though not yet ready to market new technologies that take advantage of this because they want to have an adaptive IT infrastructure in order to seize opportunities ahead of new business opportunities, can pass the content or other innovations in the future.
Adaptiveness of an IT infrastructure can be measured from:
Time to Market: the speed of implementation of new services.
Scalability: able to accommodate increased usage / load.
Extensibility: the ease of adding new components.
Then the characteristics of an adaptive IT infrastructure:
Efficient: With the availability of components that can be used together by a variety of application systems (old & new).
Effective: With the components are easily combined (interoperable) and integrated.
Flexible (agile): The components are easily overhauled, upgraded, or replaced
In addition to the above features can be seen from:
The complexity minimization
Minimizing management costs, including the provision of human resources.
Strategy: comprehensive planning, modular architecture, uniformity, avoiding duplication.
Utility maximization (Value)
Maximizing return on investment.
Strategy: re-use / joint, application of open standards.
After knowing the ideal infrastructure and how to get the ideal IT infrastructure?
In the past we know that the applications are usually monolithic, single source code to handle all kinds of functions. This is not a good strategy for the development will be difficult because it is not flexible. Yan strategy either by breaking large applications into a modular system perlayanan function. As such systems become more adaptive.
Strategies to achieve adaptiveness:
Complexity Partitioning: partition the application architecture into components that can be managed separately (modular).
Reusability: reuse / cross-infrastructure components by a variety of IT services companies.
Integration: the utilization of open technology standards that enable integration between infrastructure components.
The problems that often arise when we will plan a infrstrusktur IT in an organization are:
Infrastructure is often not well planned
No part of business strategy planning.
CEOs rarely go to plan infrstruktur, this is where the role of CIO is required.
Also not involved in designing applications from the beginning.
Ad-hoc nature: in accordance with the requirements of new applications, without standardization.
The result: infrastructure with high complexity, not focused, with high operating and maintenance costs.
The solution of these problems can be described in a number of points:
Infrastructure plan as a whole (holistic)
Covering the entire company.
Include various levels of structure.
Also consider the need for future infrastructure
Accommodate change and growth.
Maximize reuse and cross (reuse) infrastructure components (including infrastructure, human resources).
Choosing the right technology
Applying open-standardsuntuk ensure interoperability and freedom from attachment to the vendor.
See fit with business needs and readiness / ability of the organization to adopt it.
Applying the standard procedure in the planning and management infrastructure.
Platform: Category basic components of infrastructure.
Pattern: The structure of application systems involving platforms.
Service: IT Services that provide common functions (can be used together).
Using these patterns as templates in the design of infrastructure, with more quickly and efficiently.
Facilitate the identification of a pattern-based design of components that can be shared
Based on the pattern similarity between applications.
Even now there is a trend called SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), which provides her (applications) to be used jointly by other applications. Understanding of the IT infrastructure is no longer mean something static (hardware) but it has become something more flexible (software).
Now as to what the ideal IT infrastructure?
Today's business world is increasingly pervasive, which means its business activities without IT is not able to go as banking database instance, or a university academic information systems. IT has become a key not only operational but also has become a competitive advantage. Banks for example, if the network ATMnya often die, the Bank will be unable to compete with the Bank ATMnya network more stable and more widespread.
The entry of IT in this strategic region make IT a key enabler for these companies. Key enablers enabling it meant to be a key to something new business opportunities. For example a large company who wants to acquire or merge with rival companies IT systems are different then if their IT systems can not be reconciled in order to work together then the acquisition / merger can not be done which means the loss of business opportunities.
This is where the importance of planning for a flexible IT infrastructure that IT can be obstacles at the same time can also be an opportunity. There are several motivations why we should have the ideal IT infrastructure:
Motivation: key enabler
Information Technology (IT) is key enablerperusahaan to realize its business strategy.
Business strategy is something that is dynamic: subject to change.
IT must be able to adapt to the changing strategic needs of the company:
New business unit or service
The new branch office
Organizational restructuring, etc..
Motivation: adaptiveness
The speed of implementing change is a strategic requirement.
IT must be flexible to accommodate changes quickly and efficiently.
Keywords: adaptive IT infrastructure.
Why is infrastructure?
Infrastructure can be an obstacle or an opportunity to open a business initiative.
We see the company's mobile telephone operators competing race to adopt advanced electronic technology such as 3G, 3.5G and so on. Though not yet ready to market new technologies that take advantage of this because they want to have an adaptive IT infrastructure in order to seize opportunities ahead of new business opportunities, can pass the content or other innovations in the future.
Adaptiveness of an IT infrastructure can be measured from:
Time to Market: the speed of implementation of new services.
Scalability: able to accommodate increased usage / load.
Extensibility: the ease of adding new components.
Then the characteristics of an adaptive IT infrastructure:
Efficient: With the availability of components that can be used together by a variety of application systems (old & new).
Effective: With the components are easily combined (interoperable) and integrated.
Flexible (agile): The components are easily overhauled, upgraded, or replaced
In addition to the above features can be seen from:
The complexity minimization
Minimizing management costs, including the provision of human resources.
Strategy: comprehensive planning, modular architecture, uniformity, avoiding duplication.
Utility maximization (Value)
Maximizing return on investment.
Strategy: re-use / joint, application of open standards.
After knowing the ideal infrastructure and how to get the ideal IT infrastructure?
In the past we know that the applications are usually monolithic, single source code to handle all kinds of functions. This is not a good strategy for the development will be difficult because it is not flexible. Yan strategy either by breaking large applications into a modular system perlayanan function. As such systems become more adaptive.
Strategies to achieve adaptiveness:
Complexity Partitioning: partition the application architecture into components that can be managed separately (modular).
Reusability: reuse / cross-infrastructure components by a variety of IT services companies.
Integration: the utilization of open technology standards that enable integration between infrastructure components.
The problems that often arise when we will plan a infrstrusktur IT in an organization are:
Infrastructure is often not well planned
No part of business strategy planning.
CEOs rarely go to plan infrstruktur, this is where the role of CIO is required.
Also not involved in designing applications from the beginning.
Ad-hoc nature: in accordance with the requirements of new applications, without standardization.
The result: infrastructure with high complexity, not focused, with high operating and maintenance costs.
The solution of these problems can be described in a number of points:
Infrastructure plan as a whole (holistic)
Covering the entire company.
Include various levels of structure.
Also consider the need for future infrastructure
Accommodate change and growth.
Maximize reuse and cross (reuse) infrastructure components (including infrastructure, human resources).
Choosing the right technology
Applying open-standardsuntuk ensure interoperability and freedom from attachment to the vendor.
See fit with business needs and readiness / ability of the organization to adopt it.
Applying the standard procedure in the planning and management infrastructure.
Platform: Category basic components of infrastructure.
Pattern: The structure of application systems involving platforms.
Service: IT Services that provide common functions (can be used together).
Using these patterns as templates in the design of infrastructure, with more quickly and efficiently.
Facilitate the identification of a pattern-based design of components that can be shared
Based on the pattern similarity between applications.
Notice the top (stovepipes) in which each each application has its own infrastructure itself while the bottom (pattern-based) of all applications using the same infrastructure.
According to Robertson & Sribar infrastructure components can be grouped into three central concepts:
In pattern-based approach can be identified several patterns of common applications that can be used as a reference in designing a variety of enterprise applications.
To be able to create a shared infrastructure in the pattern-based, Robertson-Sribar using the following methodology:
According to Robertson & Sribar infrastructure components can be grouped into three central concepts:
In pattern-based approach can be identified several patterns of common applications that can be used as a reference in designing a variety of enterprise applications.
To be able to create a shared infrastructure in the pattern-based, Robertson-Sribar using the following methodology:
IT infrastructure planning methodology.
Inventory / data collection technology
Based on the category system layer (see image above):
Identification and development of pattern-pattern (pattern) architecture
Standard configurations are widely applied (best practice) for various system applications.
Each pattern is generally mempersyarat of a single set of infrastructure technologies.
Become a reference for the development of new applications or services.
Identification and development of service infrastructure
Identify the system functions of a general nature.
Make facility providers such functions as a service to the public.
The transfer of duties / responsibilities of the facilities management TSB application to the infrastructure.
Portfolio management infrastructure
Organize platforms, patterns, and services in a standard portfolio companies.
As a center of information for planning (costing, capacity planning, quality assurance).
Periodically conducted reviewatas standards are selected, both in the long term (strategic planning) and short-term (tactical planning: per-project).
Institutionalization of infrastructure planning
Establishment of the role of IT Infrastructure Manager or Planner
Separate from the application development project implementing organization.
Selects and sets the standards the company's IT infrastructure.
Develop interfaces (eg middleware) for reuse / cross-infrastructure resources.
Management infrastructure as solution packages.
Mengkemas infrastructure services as a package of products
Complete with information about benefits, capacity, performance requirements (service level), and costing.
Facilitate the business management to evaluate and make decisions about infrastructure investments.
Can be developed into a profit center.
By following the above methodology in planning IT infrastructure according to Robertson & Sribar obtained an adaptive infrastructure and organization into a strategic asset.
Based on the category system layer (see image above):
Identification and development of pattern-pattern (pattern) architecture
Standard configurations are widely applied (best practice) for various system applications.
Each pattern is generally mempersyarat of a single set of infrastructure technologies.
Become a reference for the development of new applications or services.
Identification and development of service infrastructure
Identify the system functions of a general nature.
Make facility providers such functions as a service to the public.
The transfer of duties / responsibilities of the facilities management TSB application to the infrastructure.
Portfolio management infrastructure
Organize platforms, patterns, and services in a standard portfolio companies.
As a center of information for planning (costing, capacity planning, quality assurance).
Periodically conducted reviewatas standards are selected, both in the long term (strategic planning) and short-term (tactical planning: per-project).
Institutionalization of infrastructure planning
Establishment of the role of IT Infrastructure Manager or Planner
Separate from the application development project implementing organization.
Selects and sets the standards the company's IT infrastructure.
Develop interfaces (eg middleware) for reuse / cross-infrastructure resources.
Management infrastructure as solution packages.
Mengkemas infrastructure services as a package of products
Complete with information about benefits, capacity, performance requirements (service level), and costing.
Facilitate the business management to evaluate and make decisions about infrastructure investments.
Can be developed into a profit center.
By following the above methodology in planning IT infrastructure according to Robertson & Sribar obtained an adaptive infrastructure and organization into a strategic asset.
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