New Semester
Started
Get
50% OFF
Study Help!
--h --m --s
Claim Now
Question Answers
Textbooks
Find textbooks, questions and answers
Oops, something went wrong!
Change your search query and then try again
S
Books
FREE
Study Help
Expert Questions
Accounting
General Management
Mathematics
Finance
Organizational Behaviour
Law
Physics
Operating System
Management Leadership
Sociology
Programming
Marketing
Database
Computer Network
Economics
Textbooks Solutions
Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Management Leadership
Cost Accounting
Statistics
Business Law
Corporate Finance
Finance
Economics
Auditing
Tutors
Online Tutors
Find a Tutor
Hire a Tutor
Become a Tutor
AI Tutor
AI Study Planner
NEW
Sell Books
Search
Search
Sign In
Register
study help
computer sciences
information systems
Introduction to Information Systems Supporting and Transforming Business 4th edition Kelly Rainer, Casey Cegielski - Solutions
What are the three types of software attacks?
Define alien software, and explain why it is a serious problem.
What is a SCADA system?
Describe several reasons why it is difficult to protect information resources.
Compare and contrast risk management and risk analysis.
Differentiate between authentication and authorization. Which one of these processes is always performed first?
Compare and contrast white listing and blacklisting.
What is the purpose of a disaster recovery plan?
What other actions could the University have taken to prevent the attack?
What actions should the University now perform to prevent future attacks?
Describe the implications of the precisely targeted nature of the Stuxnet attack.
Why is cross-border cyber-crime expanding rapidly? Discuss possible solutions.
Why are federal authorities so worried about SCADA attacks?
Differentiate among a threat, an exposure, and vulnerability.
Why are the skills needed to be a hacker decreasing?
A critical problem is assessing how far a company is legally obligated to go in order to secure personal data. Because there is no such thing as perfect security (i.e., there is always more that you can do), resolving this question can significantly affect cost.a. When are security measures that a
Identify and explain the major difficulties involved in managing data.
Define data governance.
Compare and contrast master data and transactional data, and provide an example of each one.
What is master data management? What does it have to do with high-quality data?
Explain why it is important to capture and manage knowledge.
Compare and contrast tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge.
It is possible to find many Web sites that provide demographic information. Access several of these sites and see what they offer. Do the sites differ in the types of demographic information they offer? How? Do the sites require a fee for the information they offer? Would demographic information be
Draw an entity-relationship diagram for a small retail store. You wish to keep track of the product name, description, unit price, and number of items of that product sold to each customer. You also wish to record customer name, mailing address, and billing address. You must track each transaction
Draw the entity-relationship diagram for this patient appointment system. The business rules of this system are the following: A doctor can be scheduled for many appointments, but may not have any appointments scheduled at all. Each appointment is scheduled with exactly one doctor. A patient can
Describe the problems in the commercial real estate market that led to Andrew Florance founding the CoStar Group.
What is a primary key? A secondary key?
What are the benefits of data dictionaries?
Differentiate between data warehouses and data marts.
Describe the characteristics of a data warehouse.
What is knowledge management?
Compare and contrast tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge, and provide examples of each type.
Identify and describe the six steps in the knowledge management system cycle.
Why did Crabby Bill's develop multiple databases for their data? Are there any advantages in this approach? Support your answer.
What are disadvantages to the multiple database approach (other than the disadvantages mentioned in this case?)
What types of problems did the cell phone database experience? Why did it experience these problems?
If you were a government official, how would you protect your citizens who registered for the database?
Why was it necessary for The Isle of Capri Casinos to develop a data warehouse?
Describe the variety of benefits that The Isle realized from its data warehouse.
Compare and contrast Quora to an organization's knowledge management system. Could a Quora-type knowledge management system be used inside an organization? Why or why not? Support your answer.
What is the difference between LANs and WANs?
Visit Web sites of companies that manufacture telepresence products for the Internet. Prepare a report. Differentiate between telepresence products and videoconferencing products.
Compare and contrast Google Sites (www.google.com/sites) and Microsoft Office Live (www.liveoffice.com). Which site would you use to create your own Web site? Explain your choice.
Access the Web site of the Recording Industry Association of America (www.riaa.com). Discuss what you find there regarding copyright infringement (that is, downloading music files). How do you feel about the RIAA's efforts to stop music downloads? Debate this issue from your point of view and from
Have each team download a free copy of Groove from www.groove.net. Install the software on the members' PCs and arrange collaborative sessions. What can the free software do for you? What are its limitations?
Each team will pick one of the following: Your Street, Platial, Topix, or Google Earth. Compare and contrast these products as to features and ease-of-use. Present each product to the class. Each group will collaborate on writing a report on its product using Google Docs.
Describe the major reasons that helped the CIO of Los Angeles to decide to use Google Apps rather than upgrade the city's existing Microsoft system.
What were the reasons that delayed the city's implementation of Google Apps? What was the CIO's response to these issues?
Compare and contrast the three wire line communications channels.
Describe the various technologies that enable users to send high-volume data over any network.
Describe the Ethernet and TCP/IP protocols.
Differentiate between client/server computing and peer-to-peer processing.
Describe the various ways that you can connect to the Internet.
Identify the parts of an Internet address.
Describe the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Discuss the network applications that you studied in this section and the tools and technologies that support each one.
Identify the business conditions that have made videoconferencing more important.
Differentiate between e-learning and distance learning.
Describe virtual universities.
What is telecommuting? Do you think you would like to telecommute? Why or why not?
Describe the advantages of Qwiki over conventional search and metasearch engines.
Does Qwiki have a competitive advantage over conventional search and metasearch engines? Why or why not? Provide examples to support your answer.
Identify and discuss the disadvantages of taking online AP classes. Provide specific examples of disadvantages that are not mentioned in the case.
Apply your thoughts in Question 1 to college education by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of taking college courses online. Extend your answer here to completing entire degree programs online.
After you answer Questions 1 and 2, speculate on the future of online universities.
What are the implications of BitTorrent for the music industry, for the motion picture industry?
Discuss the pros and cons of P2P networks.
Should the Internet be regulated, if so, by whom?
Discuss the pros and cons of delivering this book over the Internet.
Explain how the Internet works. Assume you are talking with someone who has no knowledge of information technology (in other words, keep it very simple).
How is the network applications of communication and collaboration related? Do communication tools also support collaboration? Give examples.
Access this article from The Atlantic: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google). Is Google making us stupid? Support your answer.
Define e-commerce, and distinguish it from e-business.
Differentiate among B2C, B2B, C2C, and B2E electronic commerce.
Define e-government.
Discuss forward and reverse auctions.
Identify some benefits and limitations of e-commerce.
Discuss the major limitations of e-commerce. Which of these limitations are likely to disappear? Why?
In some cases, individuals engage in cyber squatting so that they can sell the domain names to companies expensively. In other cases, companies engage in cyber squatting by registering domain names that are very similar to their competitors’ domain names in order to generate traffic from people
In some cases, individuals engage in cyber squatting so that they can sell the domain names to companies expensively. In other cases, companies engage in cyber squatting by registering domain names that are very similar to their competitors' domain names in order to generate traffic from people who
Distinguish between business-to-business forward auctions and buyers' bids for RFQs.
What are the major benefits of G2C electronic commerce?
Discuss the reasons for EC failures.
Conduct a study on selling diamonds and gems online. Access such sites as www.bluenile.com, www.diamond.com, www.thaigem.com, www.tiffany.com, and www.jewelryexchange.com. a. What features are used in these sites to educate buyers about gemstones? b. How do these sites attract buyers? c. How do
Access www.nacha.org. What is NACHA? What is its role? What is the ACH? Who are the key participants in an ACH e-payment? Describe the "pilot" projects currently underway at ACH.
Access www.mint.com. Identify its revenue model. What are the risks of giving this Web site your credit and debit card numbers, as well as your bank account number?
Access various travel sites such as www.travelocity.com, www.orbitz.com, www.expedia.com, www.sidestep.com, and www.pinpoint.com. Compare these Web sites for ease of use and usefulness. Note differences among the sites. If you ask each site for the itinerary, which one gives you the best
Describe electronic storefronts and malls.
Discuss online advertising, its methods, and its benefits.
Identify the major issues relating to e-tailing.
What are spamming, permission marketing, and viral marketing?
Briefly differentiate between the sell-side marketplace and the buy-side marketplace.
Briefly differentiate among vertical exchanges, horizontal exchanges, and functional exchanges.
List the various electronic payment mechanisms. Which of these mechanisms are most often used for B2B payments?
List and explain some ethical issues in EC.
Discuss the major legal issues of EC.
Describe buyer protection and seller protection in EC.
Provide two specific examples of potential disadvantages that Person might encounter by using electronic commerce.
Provide two examples of how the technology added to the vending machines gives Treat America a competitive advantage.
What are the features provided by online luxury retailers that overcome the problems you mentioned in Question #1? In Question 1 Provide two specific examples of luxury shoppers' requirements that a Web site could not provide.
Showing 1000 - 1100
of 1599
First
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Step by Step Answers
Get 50% OFF
Claim Now
