Managing Information Technology

Index 715

Teledesic, 70

teleprocessing, 63

Telesat, 78

Telnet, 80

Ten Commandments of the Hebrew Scriptures, 578

10 GbE, 75

Tencent, 273

Tenrox Online Project Management, 41

Tera Computer Company, 34

Teradata, 53, 203, 204, 218

Data Warehouse Appliance, 203

terminal, as input /output device, 20

Tesco (www.tesco.com), 187, 263, 267

thin server, 193

ThinkSpace, 229

ThinkTank, 228, 229

third generation languages, 43–6

BASIC, 46

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language),

44–6

compiler, 44

defined, 44

FORTRAN, 46

interpreter, 44

third-party ASP, 406

third-party implementation partner, 400

3 GL program, 100

3G (third generation) network, 67

three-tier client/server systems, 193

Thrifty PayLess stores, 108

TIBCO Software, 195

PortalBuilder, 215

Spotfire Miner, 226

TIGER team, at NIBCO, 471–2

Timemagazine, 259

Time Warner Cable, 84

time zone differences, IS management, 556

timeboxing, 417

TJX Companies, 563, 567

customer data theft, 563

T-1 lines, 78

T-Mobile, 90

To-Be modeling. SeeLogical To-Be model and Physical

To-Be model

token bus design, 73

token ring design, 73, 74

Tools. See alsoCASE tools, information systems (IS)

development processes and techniques, social

analysis, of systems, 378

diagramming, 378

for user application development, 384–5

front-end analysis, 378

top-level data flow diagram, 346

Definition phase of, 339–40, 363–5
disadvantages of, 371–3
example, 339
Implementation phase of, 366–9
initiation of new, 363
life cycle process, defined, 361
management of, 371
phases of, 362–3
projects, 363, 370–1
project team, 370–1
with prototyping, 376
steps of, 362–3
when purchasing systems, phases and steps of, 392
Systems Network Architecture (SNA), 86
systems software. Seesupport software
systems tools. Seeinformation system (IS),
development processes and techniques

tablet PC, 29. See alsomicrocomputers
Tactician Corp., 233
Taobao, 273
Target, 263, 264
team-building skills, 413
technical feasibility, 363, 415
technical skills, 379, 551
technology infrastructure, of IT, 5–6. See also
information technology (IT) architecture.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), 91
IT infrastructure outsourcing, at Schaeffer Corporation,
628–41,
technology trade-off decisions, 540
telecommunications networks, 60–92
analog network, 63–4
analog signals, 63–4
country infrastructure, 555
digital networks, 64
digital signals, 63–4
exploding role of, 88–90
functions of, 63
key elements of, 63–88
modem, 64
needs for, 61–2
overview of, 62–3
protocols, 86–8
telecommunications industry, 90–1
topology, 70–2
transmission, 64–5, 65–70, 66
types of, 72–86
Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996, 90
telecommuters, 5
defined, 547
support of, 547–8
telecommuting programs, 548