BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Infrastructure
- the basic elements that together support something, for example, the network and systems that support computing or the public services and facilities that support business activity
Wiktionary Definition for: Infrastructure
- #An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
- #The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Additional Resources
- Could Financing Infrastructure Be the Next Big Thing?
- Taking a page out of John Maynard Keynes, president-elect Barack Obama wants to put together a stimulus package that could create 2.5 million jobs by 2010. One area of focus involves rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, namely its airports, seaports, bridges, highways, electrical power systems and waste water treatment plants. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- The Significance Of Infrastructure In Investment Portfolios
- Infrastructure has taken on increased investment importance in last few years with the growth in listed and unlisted infrastructure funds, and increased interest in infrastructure as an asset class by superannuation funds. This includes both economic infrastructure (eg: transport, utilities and communications) and social infrastructure. The purpose of this paper...
- White papers 2007-01-21
- Opportunities In Private Infrastructure Investments In The US
- An increasing number of opportunities in private infrastructure investments are emerging across the US. This paper will discuss these issues in detail and is organized as follows: What is Infrastructure?; The Physical Size and State of US; Infrastructure State Infrastructure Needs; Examples of Infrastructure Privatization in the US; The Market...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- How Failing Infrastructure Hurts Your Company
- One issue that is sure to come up during the Democratic and Republican conventions over the next two weeks involves fixing the nation's sagging network of roads, bridges, ports, airports and other parts of the vital infrastructure. Money, if course, is key, but it is in short...
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Responding to Today's Demands with a Dynamic Infrastructure
- As the world becomes more instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected, the demands on your infrastructure continue to grow. IBM continues to chart a strategy to help you deliver a new kind of infrastructure. One that helps you reduce costs, manage risks and improve service. A dynamic infrastructure — designed for a...
- Webcasts 2009-10-01
- Investing in Infrastructure
- Jeffrey Lin submits: digg_skin = 'compact'; As readers of this site know, I am all about the infrastructure boom. Both for infrastructure growth to support the lighting speed growth in China, India, Mid East…and infrastructure repairs needed in the U.S. I am so...
- External links 2008-08-01
- Macquarie forms JV with China Everbright to raise $1.8 billion for infrastructure funds
- Reuters SHANGHAI - Macquarie Group Ltd has formed a joint venture with China Everbright Ltd to launch two funds targeting infrastructure which aim to raise a combined $US1.5 billion ($A1.8 billion), joining a growing list of foreign players expanding private equity investments in China. The funds – one open to...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Critical Infrastructure Protections: The 9/11 Commission Report and Congressional Response
- Federal efforts to protect the nation?s critical infrastructure pre-date the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Since the attacks, critical infrastructure protection has evolved to include countering that type of an attack. Most of the recommendations made in the 9/11 Commission?s report deal indirectly...
- White papers 2005-01-11
- Formulating an Organizational Knowledge Strategy: The Influence of Existing It Infrastructure
- This paper questions the influence of a pre-existing information technology IT infrastructure on the formulation of an organizational knowledge strategy. The author's draw on a classification of four different strategic views of IT infrastructure and explore how the historic investment in IT infrastructure enables and constrains the formulation of knowledge...
- White papers 2004-04-08
- Contact Center Infrastructure Outsourcing
- Contact center infrastructure outsourcing is a topic of interest to any company that wants to lower costs and risk levels, while at the same time maintaining excellence in customer service. Despite sharing some similarities with full outsourcing and contact center hosting, infrastructure outsourcing offers a larger degree of operational flexibility....
- White papers 2004-06-01
- IT Infrastructure: Structure, Properties And Processes
- Studies related to IT infrastructure emphasize its changing and different roles, functions and forms. This paper reviews the literature related to IT infrastructure and combines its different elements into one holistic model. The model is further elaborated by using the concepts of structure, properties and processes. The model will help...
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Did someone here say 'infrastructure?' (Digital Equipment Corp. claims that infrastructure needed to implement multimedia telecommunications is already in place)
- Did Someone Here Say 'Infrastructure'? Digital Equipment Corp. is claiming that the infrastructure the country needs to implement the multimedia telecommunications dream world is already in place. All that's required, says the Massachusett Did Someone...
- Research articles 1991-06-17
- Nokia to supply 3G to 3G Infrastructure.
- HELSINKI, Finland--Nokia Corp. said it has signed a contract to supply third-generation infrastructure equipment to 3G Infrastructure Services AB, which includes UMTS ... HELSINKI, Finland--Nokia Corp. said it has signed a contract to supply third-generation infrastructure equipment to 3G Infrastructure Services AB, which...
- Research articles 2001-10-29
- IDC Releases Top 10 Predictions for Worldwide System Infrastructure Software, 2007
- FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDC today released its worldwide system infrastructure software predictions for 2007. IDC defines system infrastructure software as software that controls the operation and management of computing infrastructure resources, and is a key element of any IT infrastructure deployment. Operating systems, enterprise virtualization software, and enterprise systems management...
- Research articles 2006-12-13
- August 3 Deadline Approaching for Computerworld's "Best Practices in Infrastructure Management" Awards Program; Sector's Top Awards Recognize Excellence in Users of Infrastructure Management Technology.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2007-COMPUTERWORLD: August 3 Deadline Approaching for Computerworld's "Best Practices in Infrastructure Management" Awards Program; Sector's Top Awards Recognize Excellence in Users of Infrastructure Management TechnologyC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30072007 FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-- Computerworld's Infrastructure Management World IMW...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- Philippines: consistent policy implementation and a few key steps can lead to infrastructure breakthrough; Draft World Bank Infra report presented during Philippine Infrastructure Conference 2005.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2005-WORLD BANK: Philippines: consistent policy implementation and a few key steps can lead to infrastructure breakthrough; Draft World Bank Infra report presented during Philippine Infrastructure Conference 2005C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23052005 MANILA - The World Bank today presented...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Offshore Management of IT Infrastructure Hot, Traditional Outsourcing Still Dominates Market, According to Everest Annual Report
- Everest's IT Infrastructure Outsourcing ITO Annual Report Provides In-Depth Analysis of Fundamental Changes in Infrastructure Outsourcing Market DALLAS -- Remote Infrastructure Management Outsourcing RIMO continues to be the darling model of the sluggish Infrastructure Outsourcing IO market, according to the Everest Research Institute's IT Infrastructure Outsourcing ITO Annual Report....
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- PANDUIT Unveils Vision to Revolutionize Physical Infrastructure Design, Deployment, and Management
- TINLEY PARK, Ill. -- PANDUIT introduces a new approach that will revolutionize design, deployment and management of the physical infrastructure. PANDUIT debuted the Unified Physical Infrastructure UPI vision at the live eBroadcast event on July 17, 2008. The event, titled Unified Physical Infrastructure: The Need to Better Understand Your Infrastructure...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (the "Partnership") (NYSE: BIP) today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 for Brookfield Infrastructure L.P. (together with its subsidiaries, "Brookfield Infrastructure"). The Partnership's sole material asset is its 60% limited partnership interest in Brookfield Infrastructure, which the Partnership accounts for using...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- Infrastructure ETFs: Roadblocks Ahead?
- Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits: The infrastructure sector should have been a shoo-in, but debt assessments may hinder infrastructure projects and related ETFs. Despite global infrastructure promises, deals aren’t materializing and the infrastructure industry is discovering that money is still hard to come by, writes Richard Barley for The...
- External links 2009-09-27
