Service Oriented Architecture benefits healthcare systems {1}

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is one of the ways to innovate a company. It is defined as a business driven IT architectural approach that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable tasks or services. (Baltzan) SOA helps collect data basis so they all can come together into one source. The article I chose is titled [...]

Chapter 5.2 Virtualization {0}

VMware is in the process of creating a new product set which they are currently calling Project Horizon in order to beat its competitor, Citrix.  VMware plans to develop a product that will connect virtual applications and virtual desktops to desktop computers and handheld devices.  VMware is taking a different approach to its product.  It [...]

Chapter 5, Section 5.2 Grid computing {0}

The article from Businessweek magazine talks about a still premature but cost saving technology called grid computing.  “Grids allow processing jobs to be split up and farmed out over a network to many computers so the work can be done fast on any machine that’s available”.  Companies like IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems offer computing [...]

Chapter 5.2 Architecture Trends {0}

Virtualization has become an indispensable part of server technology, and most major companies, corporations and businesses depend on a good IT department to implement a good virtualization server system to process business transactions, order supplies and materials needed for production, facilitate warehouse shipping and deliveries, and showcase product on the internet, while servicing customer and [...]

Chapter 5.2, Virtualization {0}

The article that I used is titled “Dell Virtual Lab Solution Allows Students to Access Labs Anytime, Anywhere and from Any Device” from www.virtualization.net website stating that Dell has created a way to have virtual labs.  This form of virtualization does not target businesses but rather students in higher education.  This form of virtualization is [...]

Chapter 5 Section 2, Virtualization {0}

My article which is titled “Red Bend Software Enters Mobile Virtualization Market with Acquisition of VirtualLogix,” is about the upcoming growth of mobile virtualization. Red Band Software, the market leader in mobile software management is taking over VirtualLogix who is a leading provider of Real-Time Virtualization technology for mobile devices.  The Mobile industry is one [...]

5.Service Oriented Architecture {0}

This article is how the company can use easily, and quickly of service oriented architecture programs. SOA is a business-driven IT architectural approach that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable tasks or services. SOA helps today’s businesses innovate by ensuring that IT systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economically to support rapidly changing business [...]

Chapter 5, section 2, Virtualization {0}

     This article is about how Microsoft plans to bring virtualization and virtual machines to the public mainstream. The server 2008 R2 has the Hyper-V technology which allows multiple computers via there operating system to be run on one computer at the same time. The use of virtual machines has been a quiet innovation that [...]

Chapter 4.1 Ethics- Lauren Hebert {0}

Lauren Hebert IS 130 Blog Presentation Chapter 4.1 Ethics Article: CNN Netiquette section “Be polite and put your smartphone down” Aug. 27,2010 by: Andrea Bartz and Breanna Ehrlich This article was an overview of how cell phones used to be in the past. A quick beep to inform the person that they had a call [...]

IBM acquires Netezza {0}

September 21, 2010 IBM is swooping up yet another anayltical player in the field of business. After just buying out NewPages they have now got their sights set on Netezza. Netezza is a company that provides high speed analytics in data warehousing. They claim to acquire data 100 times faster than the standard system. This [...]

Section 5.1 Managing Enterprise Architectures {0}

On September 14, 2010 JP Morgan Chase & Co. Bank suffered an online outage. This caused frustration among millions of customers because they could not access their bank accounts. The website kept on displaying “Our website is temporary unavailable”. Many people missed their payment deadlines, some probably accrued fees for over drafting because not having [...]

Section 5.1 Managing Enterprise Architectures {0}

 The article I chose was “Facebook outage was biggest ever” by Doug Gross.  Last thursday Facebook’s website faced a software problem and was shut down for about 2 1/2 hours.  Facebook has a program that automatically fixes software problems when they arise.  The program ended up making the software problems worse instead of better, making [...]

Earthquake Disaster Drill Test {0}

The article that I chose is ” Fake earthquake disaster drill tests facebook, twitter”.  This article was about a drill test set up by San Diego State University to see how social media could be used in case of a disaster.  What they did was they sent out messages of a tsunami and an oil [...]

Chapter 5 – Enterprise Architectures {0}

Managing Enterprise Architectures – Virginia disrupted by IT Outage On Wednesday, August 25 Virginia was affected by an information technology outage. The Virginia Information Technology Agencies (VITA) works together with the Northrop Grumman Corporations to oversee and maintain the State’s IT operations. When a storage area network (SAN) went down on Wednesday, about 13 percent [...]

Putting a price on privacy {0}

Putting a Price on Privacy. This article related to chapter 4 because it talked about information and information privacy .Because of new technologies and things like online file sharing information has been very easily accessible. The down side is both kinds of information is very easily accessible, personal and non personal. What drew me to [...]

Section 4.1 Ethics {0}

The article I chose relating to chapter 4.1 was titled,”Ipad Email Hackers Claim they haven’t Broken the Law” by Gregg Keizer. In this article, hackers from the group Goatse Security collected about 11400 Apple Ipad owner’s email addresses. They justified their actions as being “ethical” because nothing illegal was done. The group found a loop hole [...]

Ethics and Information securities {0}

MEGADEAL, ACADEMIC UNIVERSE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FRESNO LIBRARY FRESNO, CA Terms: (information privacy) Source: Major World Publications Project ID: 5 of 989 DOCUMENTS The International Herald Tribune July 21, 2010 Wednesday Putting a price on privacy; In the Blogs: Bits BYLINE: BY STEVE LOHR SECTION: FINANCE; Pg. 17 LENGTH: 488 words ABSTRACT A paper by three [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

ASP.NET is a widely used web application framework that allows programmers to make web sites, web applications, and web services. The article, “Hacking tool exploits faulty AES cookie encryption implementations” by Robert Westervelt points out the weakness of the ASP.NET web applications. In the article, Westervelt talks about Padding Orcale Exploit Tool (POET) that is [...]

Section 4.1- Ethics {0}

Technology impacts the way we do business. The article, “Business Ethics: Steering Clear of Scandal” explores the world of ethics and how it relates to IT. The increase in technology has forced businesses to take a hard look at how technology is affecting ethical behavior. Everyday business is threatened by people who use information and [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

Sony has been the lucky company so far that there very popular game console has yet to be jail broken until well skilled hackers have now made system software to mod the Sony Playstation 3 and make it hackable. Microsoft and Nintendo know this feeling all to well. Since 2008 they have been dealing with [...]