Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition - Communication Technology

Control the flow of information
security, accessibility, data control
Centralize resources
save cost on local work stations and peripherals
Simplify data / software management
Backups, IS maintenance
Share information with multiple users
Distribute tasks
reduce local need CPU power

Master / Slave
(Similar to the teacher- student relationship)


Peer to Peer
(Similar to the workgroup concept)

Client / Server
(Similar to an automated teller transaction)