SPE-10/ Corporate IT and Information Systems / Informatique Corporate et Systèmes d’Information

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims to provide students with an overview of communication practices and standards in the context of a corporate IT department. With the goal of enabling an understanding of the role of IT in an organisation, students will come to acquire the essential skills needed to excel in a contemporary IT position. Practical in focus, this course seeks to supply students with the ability to present their company, describe hardware and its servicing requirements, enquire about IT processes, answer the phone, and place an order by email. Time will be devoted to the reading of technical documents and the usage of technical vocabulary in a professional setting.

DESCRIPTION DU COURS

Ce cours vise à donner un aperçu des pratiques et des normes de communication dans le contexte d’un département d’informatique d’entreprise. Dans le but de permettre une compréhension du rôle de l’informatique dans une entreprise, les étudiants acquerront les compétences nécessaires pour réussir dans un poste d’informatique. Avec des objectifs pratiques, ce cours cherche à permettre aux étudiants de présenter leur entreprise, de décrire le matériel informatique et ses exigences d’entretien, de se renseigner sur les processus informatiques, de répondre au téléphone et de passer une commande par email. Du temps sera consacré à l’étude de documents techniques et à l’utilisation du vocabulaire technique dans un cadre professionnel.

Links to resources for presentations or summaries:

eWeek Homepage

https://www.cnet.com

IT Definition

https://whatis.techtarget.com/?_ga=2.88267027.90574120.1605855116-2102153457.1605855116

The 5 Components of an Information System – YouTube

Phil Tetlow: 8 steps to understanding information (and maybe the universe) | TED Talk
Tom Griffiths: 3 ways to make better decisions — by thinking like a computer | TED Talk
What is bimodal IT (bimodal information technology)? – Definition from WhatIs.com
What is OpenStack? – Definition from WhatIs.com
What is OpenStack? The Basics – Part One – YouTube
Why OpenStack? – YouTube

IT Architecture:

In multi-core era, per-socket pricing faces challenges | Computerworld
media.amazonwebservices.com/architecturecenter/AWS_ac_ra_games_10.pdf
Systems infrastructure for deep learning software in flux
An in-depth look at Google’s first Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) | 
Microsoft First to Bring AMD’s EPYC Processors to Its Cloud Platform
System on a chip – Wikipedia
Fog computing – Wikipedia
L’urbanisation du système d’information (par Dreamsoft)
The TOGAF® Standard, Version 9.2
What is a 3-Tier Application Architecture? – Definition from WhatIs.com
 TOGAF – Part 1 – YouTube
TOGAF – Part 2 – YouTube
Learner Reviews & Feedback for Architecture d’entreprise Course | Coursera
Enterprise Architecture – Introduction | Coursera