Information technology infrastructure or IT infrastructure refers to components required to operate and

manage business IT environments. IT infrastructure can be used to deliver services or resources within an
organization, or externally to organization's customers. Carefully implemented IT infrastructure helps
businesses meet goals and even increase profit.

IT infrastructure offers:
The good user experience by providing smooth access to the company’s product
Real-time data exchange
Increase in employees’ productivity
Established cross-functional and interpersonal communication
Customer satisfaction and better overall performance

What Are the IT Infrastructure Components?

IT infrastructure refers to the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the
existence, operation and management of an enterprise IT environment.

IT infrastructure allows an organization to deliver IT solutions and services to its employees, partners and/or
customers and is usually internal to an organization and deployed within owned facilities.

There are lot ways to deploy , organize and integrate the components of IT infrastructure.

Hardware – Hardware refers to the physical components of IT infrastructure. There can b bunch of devices
from PCs to Servers.

- Personal Computers or Laptop

- Mobile devices ( or Tablets )
- Servers
- Data centers
- Hubs
- Routers
- Switches

Software : Software stands for all the apps used by the companies for internal purposes or to provide
services to customers. An Operating System (OS) to be the most important part of the software. The OS is
responsible for managing system resources and hardware.

- Content Management Systems ( CMS)

- Customer Relationship Management ( CRM )
- Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP)
- Operating Systems
- Web Servers
- Any other apps
 Types of Computer Hardware:

Introduction to Types of Computer Hardware

For the working of the Types of Computer Hardware, it needs both hardware and software components. For
every computer system, there can be several hardware components attached to the system as per the
requirements. The computer hardware contains mechanical elements and electronic elements of the
computer. The hardware of the computer system includes monitor, CPU, keyboard, mouse, printer, sound
system, RAM, hard disk and many more. Hardware is used for taking input data from the user, store the data
and display the output and execute the commands given by an individual.

 RAM. RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer hardware that is used to store the information
and then process that information. ...
 Hard disk. The hard disk is another type of computer hardware that is used to store the data in it. ...
 Monitor. ...
 CPU. ...
 Mouse. ...
 Keyboard. ...
 Printer.
Different Types Of Computer Hardware – I/O Devices , Memory Devices
1. RAM
RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer hardware that is used to store the information
and then process that information. The processing speed of RAM is much faster than a hard disk but
Ram is a volatile device which means when a computer system is shut down all the information
stored is wiped out from RAM whereas hard disk is non-volatile which means it stores the data
permanently in it. The data can be easily stored in RAM and can be easily fetched from RAM. The
fetch process of data is very fast in Ram compare to hard disk. There are two types of RAM SRAM
(Static Random Access Memory) and DRAM (Dynamic random access memory). The use of SRAM
is in a cache memory of CPU. And the DRAM is mostly used in modern computers.

2. Hard disk
The hard disk is another type of computer hardware that is used to store the data in it. The hard disk
can be preinstalled in CPU or can be used as an external device. The hard disk is the non-volatile
component which means the data is stored permanently in hard disk and it does not wipe out when
the system is shut down. The hard disk contains electromagnet surface which is used to store huge
chunks of data and can be accessed easily. The hard disk has the capacity to store trillions of bytes of
data in its storage. In the internal of hard disk, it has a collection of stacked disks which have
electromagnetic surface used to store data in it. Every hard disk has a certain processing speed which
varies from 4200-15000 rpm. The higher the rpm more is the processing speed of a hard disk. The
high processing speed is used in supercomputers.

3. Monitor
For the computer hardware, the hardware is another device that is used to display the output, videos
and other graphics as it is directly connected to the CPU. The video displayed by the monitor uses
the video card. The monitor can be compared to the television set but the difference is the resolution
and graphics displayed by the monitor are of much high quality compare to the television set. The
desktop is connected via a cable and gets fitted in a computer video card which is installed in the
motherboard of the computer system. For laptops, tablets the monitor is pre-built in the system and
there is no separate hardware installed in these devices. There are two types of computer monitors
which are CRT and LCD. The CRT was used as an old model of computers. The LCD is used in a
modern computer as they are thinner and lighter and easy to use compared to CRT monitors.
4. CPU
CPU (Central processing unit) is the core hardware part of the computer system which is used to
interpret and execute most of the commands using other computer parts i.e. software and hardware. 
The CPU is a core part of any PC, laptops, tablets, and notebooks. The CPU is also called the brain
of the computer as every operation is executed in the CPU only. The CPU is made of computer chip
which contains billions of small transistors installed on it. All the calculations are performed inside
these transistors. The other hardware components which are monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer,
sound system are connected o CPU.

5. Mouse
It is a hand operator input device that is used to point something on the screen. The mouse can be
wired or wireless. If the mouse is wired it is connected to the CPU directly. The mouse can uses the
laser o ball to scroll up or down on the screen. Any movement done from the mouse sends
instructions directly to the computer to move the cursor on the screen.

6. Keyboard
The keyboard is another type of computer hardware that is used to give input text, commands to the
computer. The keyboard can be wired or wireless. The keyboard contains, alphabets, numbers,
special characters and other buttons to give input to the computer. It is the input device that takes
input to the user and processes the commands.

7. Printer
The printer is a type of hardware that is used to print something which is seen on the computer and
then transfer that displayed information to paper. The printers can be differentiated based on size,
processing speed, and other factors.