Nov 19, 2009
Chapter 12 – Globalization, Innovation, and 21st Century Organizational Trends Article: Microsoft told to stop some Windows Sales in China One of the hardest things to deal with when operating on a global scale is copyright. Intellectual property is very difficult to defend – and many times “pirating” can become the norm rather than the [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Chapter 11 – Systems Development and Project Management Article: Why Apple Leaves Low-End Computers to Competition There are three important constraints when it comes to planning a project – or even an entire company as a whole: Time, Expenses, and Scope. Many people will usually be familiar with the first two, since dead lines and [...]
Nov 5, 2009
Chapter 10 – Enterprise Information Systems Article: Flexible, Open-Source Telephony Resources This chapter, we discussed groupware software. One of the most important function of any groupware software is communication. Of course, communication can be done in a variety of ways; in the same location, in different places, at the same time or not. The type [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 9 – Enterprise Information Systems Article: Google and Bing Race to Search Social Media. In the latest chapter, the book discussed Customer Relationship Management; in other words, the management of how a business handles its customers, both taking preemptive action and reacting appropriately as the situation calls for it. In this article, Google and [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 8 – Operations Management and Supply Chain Management Article: Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs This article by Julia Hanna discusses the findings and the conclusion of an assistant professor at Harvard Business School’s Technology and OPerations Management unit, Zeynep Ton. Specifically, it deals with the labor force in the supply chain, and how managers [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 7 – Networks, Telecommunications, and Mobile Technology Article: What is WiMAX? The textbook’s chapter talked about a variety of mobile technologies. Voice over Internet Protocol, for example, is about phone calls made over the internet. Another topic is Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags, which have quite a number of practical uses. WiMAX, however, is what [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 6 – Databases and Data Ware houses Article: Green Rankings 2009: Methodology Databases have a variety of uses. Being able to record large volumes of data, and being able to keep it in context with other data is a very powerful tool. In forums, it allows a website to keep track of its users, [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 5 – Enterprise Architecture Article: Burton Group Identifies Trends Transforming IT in 2010 In Reuters article, there are five main trends identified by the Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) that will affect IT as a whole by 2010. They are: 1. Externalization, Consumerization, Globalization 2. Cloud Computing 3. Data Center Transformation 4. Social Computing 5. Wireless [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 4: Ethics and Information Security Article: Software Crackdown Information Security is a serious issue. Hackers can break into computers and servers, getting past all of the countermeasures a person or company can put up into place. However, stealing information isn’t the only thing that a hacker can do. As Werth reports, earlier in the [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 3 – Ebusiness Article: The Gmail Crash: Is the Internet Broken? The Internet is very important to many modern day businesses. However, it is not without its own fair share of problems. For example, as McIntire points out, Google’s servers went down on September 1st, and before the Twitter website went down in the [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 2: Strategic Decision Making Article: Jobs: Lessons from the Great Recession For the second chapter, I decided to find an article about reengineering. I’m not talking about the kind of engineering that deals with buildings or cars – though it has plenty to do with a certain brand of mechanics. In this case, I’m [...]
Oct 22, 2009
Chapter 1 – Information Systems in Business Article: Medical Records: We Need a National System If you’re reading this, you’re probably part of my IS 130 Class – which would be completely appropriate, since this blog was made specifically for some of the assignments there. In case you aren’t, however, and somehow managed to stumble [...]
