Systems Architecture

by Stephen Burd

Systems Architecture, Fifth Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to information systems hardware and software in business. This new edition remains an indispensable tool for IS students. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changing nature of new technologies, and all of the end-of-chapter material has been enhanced and expanded.

Genres: School

646 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 1994

Reviews

[Ingrid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Currently an IS major, read this for my Software & Hardware concepts class. Utterly disappointed. I spent more time looking at external resources on the web and youtube videos that helped me gage the concepts better than this book ever did. The chapters are long-winded. The images/pictures in the book are muddled and confusing comprehend. Doesn’t really help you understand the inner workings of a computer. Each chapter is about 30-40 pages long, so we're talking over 400 pages of text that could have been pared down to 1/2 that, yet still wasn't clear enough. Do not take a professor who only uses this book to teach. Luckily my professor actually knew his stuff and was kind and patient with all of us, and spent 50/50 time on the book and lectures. But this book will not make you a computer prodigy. On the contrary, you'll be spending more time using outside resources to break down the mess of a book this is.

[Kaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Without good lectures by my professor, this textbook was not really good one. Writing was often not clear enough and hit the very narrow range, not for a beginner but not for an intermediate either. At least, that's what I felt.

[Daniel]

Reading this for a college course. Sucked. ;)

[Melissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible text.

[Steven van Doorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worked for me, seemed jolly thorough but I'm no expert.

[Ninjaertle]

bible at work

[magnolia neri Falin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Difficult to read. No clear in concepts. Confusing language.