The document presents a "Technology Tree" that outlines different technology options across five categories - capturing, conveying, creating, cradling, and communicating information. It provides examples of specific technologies that fall under each category and questions to consider to determine the appropriate technologies based on needs and constraints. The tree is meant to help systematically choose the necessary technologies by moving through the branches in a specified order.

1. The Technology Tree Presented by Syed Tanvir Haider M.Sc. (Maths.); MBA-IT

2. What Technology do I need?

3. Five C’s of Information Responsibility Responsibility Description CAPTURING Obtaining information CONVEYING Presenting information CREATING Processing information CRADLING Storing information COMUNICATING Sending information

4. INFORMATION CAPTURE CONVEY CREATE CRADLE COMMUNICATE INPUT Technologies OUTPUT Technologies SOFTWARE Technologies STORAGE Technologies TELECOMMUNICATIONS Technologies

5. Capturing Information (Input Technologies)

6. Am I trying to capture information, commands, or both?

7. Information, Commands, or Both? Information Sound Input Bar Code reader OMR MICR OCR Image Scanning Light Pen Commands Mouse Trackball Pen Mouse Pointing Stick Both Keyboard Touch-Tone ASR Touch Screen ‘ Point-of-Sale System’ Glove Headset Walker

8. In what form is the information and / or Commands I’m trying to capture?

9. Forms? Audio Sound Input ASR Touch-Tone Direct Keyboard ‘ Point- of-Sale System’ Screen Depiction Mouse Trackball Pen Mouse Pointing Stick Touch Screen Light Pen Formatted Text & Image Bar Code Reader OMR MICR OCR Unformatted Text & Image OCR Image Scanning Motion Glove Headset Walker

11. Conveying Information (Output Technologies)

12. What form do I need to convey information?

13. Forms? Audio Sound Output Speech Synthesis On-Screen Screen Monitor Printed Printer Plotter

15. Creating Information (Software Technologies)

16. Are the information-processing tasks specific to me and my Business functions or to Technology management?

17. Me or Technology Management? Operating system software Application Software Utility Software

18. What specific information-processing tasks Am I trying to perform?

19. Processing task? General business function Industry-specific Task specific to your business Education Personal Productivity Group work Specialized applications

20. What tasks am I trying to perform that I could probably otherwise do manually?

21. Personal Productivity Task? Word Processing Desktop Publishing Spreadsheet Database Management System Presentation Graphics Communication Personal Information Management

32. Cradling Information (Storage Technologies)

33. Will I need to update my information later?

34. Update Later? Easy Updating Magnetic Floppy Disks Magneto-Optical Disks DVD Flash Memory Slow & Difficult Updating Magnetic Tape No Updating CD-ROM

35. How much information do I need to store?

36. How Much? Limited Magnetic Floppy Disks Flash Memory Massive Magnetic Hard Disk Magnetic Tape CD-ROM Magneto-Optical Disks DVD

37. Let,s Add a Little Perspective 50,000,000 (30,000 pounds) Sheets of Paper 70,000 (1.44 MB each) Floppy Disks 100 (1GB each) Internal Hard Disks 154 (650 MB each) CD-ROMs 10 (10 GB each) Magneto-optical disks

39. Communicating Information (Telecommunications Technologies)

40. How tightly do I need to control processing on a network?

41. Amount of Control? Centralized Distributed Hybrid

42. What is the geographic distance That I’m trying to cover?

43. Geographic Distance? Local Area Network Wide Area Network

45. Who should have ownership of the telecommunications technologies?

46. Ownership? Public Private

49. The Foundation of the Technology Tree The Central Processing Unit

54. PEOPLE EXPERTISE MONEY Information Technology Require