IT

– Critical thinking and only own opinion.

   

– Copying or paraphrasing from the text or any other source is considered plagiarism and will not be tolerated by the instructor or the University.

Copying or paraphrasing from the text or any other source is considered
plagiarism
and will not be tolerated by the instructor or the University.

1. Give three examples of data that might be captured by a retail business and two examples of information that might be obtained from the data.

2. South Harmon College (SHC) is a small community college with about 2,000 students, 50 faculty, and 40 staff.  Name and briefly describe three ways that SHC could utilize an intranet.

3. Name five items you might find on the Digital Dashboard of an airline executive. 

4. A digital divide exists where one group of individuals does not have access to the same information technology tools as another group.  Name four potential drawbacks for job-seekers who lack IT resources.

5. Name three pros and three potential cons to a business utilizing open source software.

6. The CIO of a mid-sized car rental agency has asked you to research cloud computing for her.  Provide four reasons why the CIO should consider using cloud computing for her business.

7. The small publishing company you work for wants to create a new database for storing information about all of their author contracts. List five questions you should ask to gather information for the database.

8. Name three similarities and three differences between the security needs of a large, multinational corporation and a small firm operating from a single office.

9. Between a large, multinational corporation and a small, single-office firm, which firm would be in a better position to secure its systems, and why?

10. Name and briefly describe five pieces of hardware you would purchase to set up a computer network in a small business office.