What are the major copyright issues faced by the entertainment industry, and how has technology impacted these? Discuss risks and benefits for those creating technologies such as Napster and BitTorrent, the development of standards and who creates them, and the role of the legal system in your response.
You have been tasked with reconfiguring the network for your company, which has grown considerably over the past year. You have used only static routing in the past, but you do not wish to spend the administrative time required to maintain the routing tables now that the network has grown. You have recently experienced numerous
For each of the following small businesses, describe the best form of business ownership: sole proprietor, partnership, or corporation. The small businesses include the following: Retail electronics Software developer Advertising Justify and explain why it is the best form of ownership for each particular business. Be sure
What factors shape the profitability of the mobile wireless provider industry? How do these economics compare with the cable and wire line industry? Who are the major players and which would you invest in? Why?
Please comment on the following question. Provide at least 200 words and include references as part of the solution. How big is Facebook compared to Netflix? Do you think that Facebook presents a credible threat to Netflix? Why or why not?
Please help with some more ideas of how pharmacies today differ from 20 years ago and compare and contrast the differences of information systems then and now. Please include any reference you use for information obtained.
Describe your thoughts about the different visions of technology in the future. How well the futurist visions match the forecast for technology Hint: use http://www.techcast.org/
Insurance Insurance, a multi million-dollar life insurance firm, has asked you to help troubleshoot the network at its corporate headquarters. The network manager admits that he has not kept very close tabs on the network's growth over the last year, and he thinks this omission has something to do with the congestion problems.
Your company, HLR Inc., is about to implement a major initiative that will impact many aspects of the organization and that will have a significant cost. This is the largest project ever undertaken by the company, and it must be completed within 18 months. It will involve the people at headquarters, as well as two remote sites,
Based on Classic Airlines scenario, please answer the following questions: How would you collect information from potential customers and frequent flyer members? What tools would you use? What information would you want to collect and why?
You are the IT manager of an Elementary School. The school is adding computers that have been donated by a local company. An extended star topology has been suggested, using some hubs that are available. The school agrees with your idea of adding a switch working as a backbone switch, as shown in the figure below. The plan is to
I need help with the following assignment, any suggestions as to what will have the most imapact will be greatly appreciated: The following resources may be helpful in completing this assignment: Goode, E. (2011, August 15). Sending the police before there's a crime. Retrievable here. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/
Task: Research 3 well-known companies. Use your own words to describe what at least 3 different types of employees do in each business. Also discuss what information each of the employees you listed need in his or her job? Could the employee's job be replaced by an information system?
Please include at least one reference for each question APA format DQ1: Network Convergence Do you think that the Internet, LAN, and extranets fully converge in your department? Why or why not? What would be the benefits of such a convergence for the department? DQ2 Ungoverned Networks How does the ungoverned web add val
You are a chief information officer (CIO) who is employed by a corporation that generates electricity with three coal burning electric power plants located in various parts of the country. Your company's procurement VP tells you that he is in the process of reviewing 80 proposals from coal suppliers located in various parts of t
You work on the IT team at a local college. You are currently on a project that is enhancing the registration system. You have a student intern who is inexperienced and untrained. The intern has only taken one Information Systems course. Your team lead has asked you to prepare a report about the project. - What features d
Do you think computer crime is on the rise? If so, why? Identify three different computer crimes that you are aware of. What are some suggestions as to how to track down offenders of these crimes you've identified?
A small bank is seeking your expertise to help automate its operations. The bank has about 12,000 employees. The bank intends to upgrade its computers and desktop operating systems as well as some business applications. Develop a business case that details the benefits advantages of automating the business. -Would the emp
Some electronic auction Web sites allow sellers to put almost anything up for auction, even though an auction item may offend some people Can you help me get started on the following questions: - What role do these types of information systems have? - In your opinion, do you believe sellers should be able to post whatever
Discuss specifically how information technology is helping Sunsweet Growers meet their logistics needs. Upton, Harold, Harpal Singh. (2007, Mar.) Balanced S&OP: Sunsweet Growers' Story, Supply Chain Management Review. New York: Vol.11. Issues 2; pg 51.
For this assignment you will need to read the information provided in Exercise 5.8 of the textbook. This exercise relates to a company that manufactures three types of refrigerators. As the management accountant for this business, you have been asked by your boss to compute two separate costs for each line of refrigerator and th
What recent trends in Information Technology (IT) impact competition and ways to work? Provide an example.
1. What might be some of the major inhibitors to the vision of full interconnectivity among everyone on earth? 2. What are your thoughts as to whether or not people and the knowledge they possess are the most important asset in an enterprise? 3. Why might it be that knowledge-based intellectual assets are the only so
Navigate to the Agile Manifesto website and answer the following questions: - What does agile methodology value? - How could the 12 guiding principles be applied to other management areas in an organization? - Would this be an effective management method for distributed organizations?
Discuss knowledge and information that might be lost to organizations as baby boomers retire. Do you feel organizations have prepared for this loss of knowledge? How would you describe the organizational readiness for this baby boomer exodus within an organization
Please help with the following problem. Provide detailed definitions and explanations of key terms: assumption, forecast, and decision as used in Crystal Ball.
What are some ways that financial information will be changed in the way the information is processed, gathered, and communicated because of changing information technology?
Review one of the blogs from a Fortune 500 company described at the Socialtext website (http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs) and answer the following questions: - What is the purpose of a blog? How is a blog different from an advertisement? - What value may a blog provide to an organization? - Who was the blog writ
The web is a great source to gain knowledge about system implementation failures/disastrous ones even. Summarize a system and implementation failure that you found on the web.
What are at least three data sources a company can rely on? Discuss the effectiveness of each data source and suggest how at least one of the data sources might be improved in terms of data quality, data access, data timeliness, and data availability.