What is infrastructure? In what was do hardware and system software qualify as infrastructure? What basic strategic planning questions should be addressed with respect to infrastructure? What are the advantages and disadvantages of standardization in computer hardware and systems software? What is a request for proposal? How are responses to an RFP evaluated? What problems are encountered when attempting to determine hardware and system software requirements for application software that has not been designed or developed fully? What is a monitor? List types of monitors and the information they provide. Describe authentication and authorization. Which depends on the other? How and why are these processes more complex in a modern networked organization than within an organization that supports all information processing with a single mainframe?