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TPS
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TRANSACTION
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Discovery
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What is transformation?
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E-Commerce Transactions
C2C
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E-Commerce Transactions
Examples: www.ebay.com, auctions.yahoo.com
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form of satellite coverage
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confidentiality
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Informating
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recognizing that executing processes (e.g., customers accessing their accounts to make withdrawals or deposits) also creates new data and information.
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in-house development
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using its own staff
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IS Security
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Protects people, information, software, hardware, networks, and organizations from the harmful actions of others
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internet
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computer network that connects networks together. uses the TCP/IP suite of packet protocols.
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Storage
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Stores data, information, and instructions for the long run
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recovery
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process of reinstalling the backup info in the event the data is lost
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Atomicity
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_________- A transaction must be unequivocally completed. If an error causes the transaction to fail, then the entire transaction to that point should be undone, and the data reset at its previous state
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System availability
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usually measured inversely, downtime, or the average amount of time a system is down and unavailable to end users or customers
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knowledge
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created when a person combines experience and judgement regarding past experience with this client
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business process
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transform input into outputs organizations need to perform a series of steps.
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biomimicry
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concept of learning from ecosystems and adapting their characteristics to human and organizational situations
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HTML
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Hypertext Markup Language provides a language for encoding the information so a variety of IT devices can display it
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Criteria
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factors that knowledge workers think are important and relevant to solving a problem
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knowledge sharing
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Knowledge sharing is the willful explication of one person’s ideas, insights, solutions, experiences to another individual either via an intermediary or directly In many organizations, information and knowledge are not considered organizational resources to be shared but individual competitive weapons to be kept private
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Specialists
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This group handles unique aspects of the project
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Throughput
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the amount of information that can pass through a system in a given amount of time
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stakeholder analysis
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project feasibility study- list of stakeholders, what each has at stake, degree of impact each stakeholder can have on project
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business
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an organization with one or more people who:1.) decide on one or more goals to pursue 2.) work together to locate and organize resources 3.) create processes in order to achieve the desired goal or goals
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Software
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The set of instructions that direct the hardware
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analysis
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the knowledge work activity that will help you answer questions and gain understanding through a thoughtful investigation and examination of the available data, information, and knowledge
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durability
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the effects of a completed transaction should be permanent
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bit
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represent by a single binary digit represent by an on or off transistor
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support activities
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value chain activities that an organization conducts to support the creation of business value.
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Feasibility Study inolves three things:
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Technical analysisFinancial analysisOrganizational analysis
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integration testing
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verifies that separate systems can work together
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breaking down wholes into parts for better understanding
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Synthesis
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people
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people or organizations that have both an interest in and an influence on the creation, implementation, or operation of an IS
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data mart
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extracts and reorganizes specific data from a data warehouse according to the users' information needs
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Organizational Learning
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The process of capturing knowledge and making it available enterprisewide Learning skills include:Openness to new perspectivesAwareness of personal biasesExposure to unfiltered dataA sense of humility
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Outsourcing
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When a firm hires another company to develop an entirely new system
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Abandoned registration
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number of visitors who start the registration page but abandon the activity
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1. What are developing countries?
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• Same as “less developed countries”• The term is not precise • Sometimes taken as a nation which is not a member of the OECD (organization for economic cooperation and development)50 Least Developed Countries112 Developing Countries30 Developed Countries
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Utility Software
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Provides additional tools that you can use maintain and service your system. Ex. Firewall
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efficiency
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getting the most output from a given input
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a complete, self contained program, or set of programs for perfomring a specific job
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productivity sofware
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poor file management
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difficult to manage files for simultaneous use, secure files, and recover from file problems.
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deals with the client to ensure they meet their responsibilities for the project
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Methodology
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electronic check
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mechanism for sending money from your checking or savings account to another person or organization
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- modems convert digital into analog
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network connection layer
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Process
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steps used by a business to transform inputs into outputs
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Primary activities
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are directly related to the production and distribution of the organization’s products and services that create business value for the organization and its customers
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DAS security management
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for CRUD access – create, read, update, and delete
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Enterprise Resource Planning Software
(ERP)
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Another way to integrate the departments and functions across the organization
With ________ a company runs all of its applications from a single database. Each functional unit of the company still uses it's own software applications, but this software links these applications, and ensures their compatibility, via common data storage.
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Page exposures
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average number of page exposures to an individual visitor
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data warehouse
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means of storing and managing data for information access, typically composed of data from one or more transaction databases
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signal type
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a determination of how data are sent over the network as either digital or analog
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the factors that you think are important and relevant to solving the problem
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open systems model
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custom developed software
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software that is developed by a company specifically for its own use.
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mass customization
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ability of an organization to give its customers the opportunity to tailor its product or service to the customer's specifications
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transforming
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using IT to help a business acquire or continue a competitive advantage over their competitors by adjusting how the company does business
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Examples of user or personal agent
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prioritize e-mail,act as gaming partner, assemble customized news reports,fill out forms for you, "discuss" topics with you
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Megahertz
(MHz)
-Millions of Cycles per Second-
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Gigahertz
(GHz)
-Billions of Cycles per Second-
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Clock speed is the most important measure of CPU performance and is measured in what?
2 answers
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8. Besides translating language, what are some other considerations in localizing the user interface?
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• Data transmission + data encoding in case of special characters in a language (e.g., Japanese, Chinese)• Text orientation (flow)• US and most Western Countries: Left to Right• Japan: Top to Bottom• Israel, Arab Countries: Right to Left• Bidirectional Script Support (BiDi)• Acronyms and Abbreviations• Marks and spacing vary by language• “Double-Click” - English• <<cliquer deux fois>> -French• >>Dobbeltklikke<< - German• spacing after period varies• Calendar differences• Date/time formats• Numbers and currency• Paper size, address formatting, weights and measures• Gestures, symbols• Colors
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
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provides a language for encoding the information so a variety of IT devices can display it
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transaction processing
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manages data that must be left at a constant state.
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set of marketing tools that your organization will use to pursue its marketing objectives in reaching and attracting potential customers
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online ads (banner ads)
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Peer to peer network
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NO CENTRAL COMPUTERS OR SERVERS TO MANAGE THE CORRECT FUNTIONING OF A NETWORK
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knowledge creation and its 4 modes
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Knowledge creation is the generation of new insights, ideas, or routines Four modes of knowledge creation: SocializationExternalizationInternalizationCombination
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3. Is the e-business expansion of CEMEX leading them away from their core business? Why or why not? What do they need to be careful about?
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The e-business expansion was leading them away from their core business, because they started to “spread themselves too thin” by expanding into too many areas. Need to be careful about expanding into too many areas and losing focus – they should concentrate and build branding in one area.
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Advantages - lowest in cost and fastest, vendors handle maintenance and updates, does not require an IS staff
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Disadvantages - no competitive advantages, no control over features, dependence on vendors, can get a bad contract
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specialty - higher-priced, ordered ona less frequent basis and often requiring customization
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commoditylike - the same no matter where you buy it
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holds the instructions ued to control the start up processes
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contains instructions and data that only special devices can alter
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what is the order of the data hierarchy?
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bit, character, field, records, table/file, database
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A more formal expression of the problem solving method:1)Investigate: gather data and determine if there is a problem or an opportunity
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2)Analyze: examine the data to gain an understanding of the problem
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