Nov 9, 2009
This week’s reading in the chapter ten textbook talks about enterprise resource planning and collaboration systems. According to the textbook, enterprise resource planning (ERP) “integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise-wide information on all [...]
By UeYang Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 9, 2009
This week’s reading on chapter nine talks about customer relationship management and business intelligence. As technology is developing more and more each day, as a business student or business owner, we must also learn to move along with the change and utilize it as an asset to the company. One of the focuses in the [...]
By UeYang Category: Customer Relationship Management and Business Intelligence
Nov 9, 2009
In the article that I found, RIM and Adobe are going to team up to what it seems like an attempt to be bigger and better than apple’s iphone. They are talking about adding Flash and many other applications to the new black berry devices. They explained it to be good for the business person [...]
By VeronicaEsquivel Category: Systems Development and Project Management
Nov 9, 2009
Researchers in London are working on a breakthrough technology called limb technology, which is a prosthetic hand that can actually feel. There are many different techniques for artificial limbs, but the smart hand so far is the most advanced at our time of age. The smart hand gives more control than any other system in [...]
By adam sulenta Category: Systems Development and Project Management
Nov 8, 2009
This week’s chapter 12 discussed globalization and the 21st century organization trends and how each of these concepts is important to society today. A major technology that has taken off is the virtual world and Second Life is one of the new well-known worlds that have people and organizations participating in it. According to CNN.com, [...]
By LaurenMayfohrt Category: Globalization, Innovation, and future trends
Nov 8, 2009
“How Does the Waterfall Development Methodology Play in the Enterprise?” By Tom Mochal July 16, 2001 The text describes the waterfall methodology as a sequence of phases where each output becomes the input for the next. It’s described as an activity based process where each phase of the System development life cycle (SDLC) is performed [...]
By TiffanyHart Category: Systems Development and Project Management
Nov 7, 2009
Chapter 10. Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems I found this article that talks about the virtual world Second Life being used for business meetings and conferences. With companies traveling budgets being cut, they are looking for less expensive ways to hold conferences and meeting between employees at different locations. Many companies are turning [...]
By Stephanie Hamilton Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
Chapter 10 of the textbook focuses on the ways in which companies employ resources with the help of information systems. Resources range from physical objects such as inventory, to intellectual intangibles such as business ideas, conceptual thoughts, and creative thinking/ingenuity. In order for information systems to be effective in accurately and responsibly distributing resources and [...]
By MattMcCort Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
As Google grows in the internet world thoughts of bettering the organization become a serious issue. The serious issue is concerning Customer Service. Many users that contact Google for customer service related issue more times than none get feedback from something that resembles a robot. Human interactions between customers and Google’s Customer Service are absent [...]
By Jacob Gonzalez Category: Systems Development and Project Management
Nov 6, 2009
Beginning June 1, 2009,entry to the United States through neighboring borders by land and sea requires a passport, which includes a RFID chip in it. Since January 2007, the law requires that re-entry to the United States through air travel must use a passport. All new passport are chipped with RFID chips. This new law [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: Networks, Telecom and Mobile Technology
Nov 6, 2009
It is very common for a business to encounter some type of disaster in their lifetime. This article presents a guide to an effective disaster recovery plan. Many companies feel it is overwhelming and time consuming to have a disaster recovery plan so they go without one. One other option is to hire an outsider [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: Enterprise Architectures
Nov 6, 2009
The internet has brought many advantages like a broader customer-base, but it has also brought risks. An important risk that is overlooked is the security of information. According to Robert O’ Brien, the biggest threat to information security is people. O’ Brien is the chief executive of Barons-court, a company that specializes in IT and [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: Ethics and Information Security
Nov 6, 2009
An associated risk of using Ebusiness is e-commerce fraud. One common type is identity fraud. There are three warning signs of fraud. First, the order velocities should be monitored. Second, look for risky street address and investigate them; this process can be aided with Google maps. Third, avoid using free or anonymous email accounts. The [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: E-Business
Nov 6, 2009
We have all seen the movies. Humans are co-existing with machines and everyone is happy, until the machines join forces with one another and try to wipe mankind of the face of the earth. Many have thought about the possibility of machines outsmart humans. In Monterey Bay, CA, artificial intelligence researchers, leading computer scientists, and [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: Strategic Decision Making
Nov 6, 2009
Steve Rice is a consultant and implementer of Information Systems. He has fifteen years of experience and he has worked with organizations with revenues from five million dollars to sixteen billion dollars. In conjuction with chapter one, Steve believes that organizations that understand technology thoroughly are more successful than organizations that don’t. In particular, Steve [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: IS in Business
Nov 6, 2009
In this article found on pcworld.com it talks about how instant messaging increase the probability of theft danger. Zeus Trojans are responsible for hacking into bank accounts and stealing account information. There are some programs that can be able to block this Zeus Trojan. Zeus sends information to a remote server and then the information [...]
By Gregory Mizuno Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
Similar to businesses, local governments are struggling with data surplus. Diverse information such as building permits, Medicaid cases and foster-care placement are gathered by different government agencies. This can be extremely difficult to determine which data can be used for improvements. Technology can be very useful tool to sort through the information and decipher a [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: Customer Relationship Management and Business Intelligence
Nov 6, 2009
I read an article entitled Modern medicine: How tech will transform healthcare delivery. It was talking about how technology like mobile devices and new wireless networks will change the way that we do medicine. The term ‘mHealth’ is used to describe how mobile health systems can help healthcare providers take care of their [...]
By PhillipHuber Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 5, 2009
The biggest challenge of knowledge management is getting tacit information out of people’s heads and into a database. One possible solution is social computing tools such as social networking or group communication tools like wikis or keyword tagging. Social computing aids in knowledge management as a tool for companies to create, track and share intellectual [...]
By sounthonesiharath Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 5, 2009
Instant Messaging Is Growing Up, Going to Work Instant messaging is catching on in the workplace per recent surveys and analysts predict that IM will soon takeover email as the No. 1 form of electronic communication. Instant messaging software allow people to text messages over the internet and have them appear almost instantly to friends [...]
By Laura Aldama Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems, Uncategorized