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    Chapter 5 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies 7

    FIGURE 5.2 Eras in IT infrastructure evolution.

    Stages in IT Infrastructure Evolution

    Mainframe/
    Minicomputer
    (1959–present)

    Personal
    Computer
    (1981–present)

    Client/Server
    (1983–present)

    Enterprise
    Computing
    1992–present)

    Enterprise
    Server

    Internet

    Cloud Hardware

    Computing Software
    Services

    (2000–present)

    THE INTERNET

    Illustrated here are the typical computing configurations characterizing each of the five eras of IT infrastructure
    evolution.

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