Central everything in one spot… server… then decentralization… everyone having their own pc

Methods of allocating costs to end user departments based on the information services rendered and information system resources utilized.

Chief Information officer

            A senior management position that oversees all information technology for a firm concentrating on long-range information system planning and strategy.

            The use of computer-based information systems and telecommunications networks using a variety of information technologies to support global business operations and management.

            A relocation of an organization's business processes to a lower cost location overseas.

            Turning over all or part of an organization's information systems operation to outside contractors, known as systems integrators or service providers.

            Software that helps monitor and control computer systems in a data center

            Global telecommunications networks like the internet move data across national boundaries

            A management approach in which an organization integrates its global business activities through close cooperation and interdependence among its headquarters, operations, and international subsidiaries, and its use of appropriate global information technologies.