Mis 589 discussion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Test Bank For Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 16th Edition Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon Brief Contents PART ONE Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterp rise 29 Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 30 Chapter 2 Global E-business and Collaboration 68 Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy 106 Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 150 PART TWO Information Technology Infrastructure 191 Chapter 5 IT...

Test Bank For Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 15th Edition Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon Brief Contents PART ONE Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterp rise 29 Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 30 Chapter 2 Global E-business and Collaboration 68 Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy 106 Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 150 PART TWO Information Technology Infrastructure 191 Chapter 5 IT...

MIS 589 Week 1 Discussion - Networks and Protocols

Sally’s Shoes (mini case): Sally Smith runs a shoe store in the mall that is about 30 feet by 50 feet in size, including a small office and a storage area in the rear. The store has one inventory co mputer in the storage area and one computer in the office. She is replacing the two cash registers with computers that will act as cash registers but will also … able to communicate with the inventory computer. Sally wants to network the computers with a LAN. What sort of LAN design would you rec...

Week 1: Introduction and the Application Layer ­ Discussion Networks and Protocols (graded) Atlas advertising: Atlas advertising is a regional advertising agency with offices in Boston, New York, Providence, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. 1. Describe what types of networks you think they would have (e.g., LANs, BNs, WANs) and where they are likely to be located? 2. What types of standard protocols and technologies do you think they are using at each layer (e.g., please see textbook Figure 1...

==== This Week’s Discussion Topic ===== Eureka! is a telephone- and Internet-based concierge service that specializes in obtaining things that are hard to find (e.g., Super Bowl tickets, first-ed ition books from the 1500s, Fabergé eggs). It currently employees 60 staff members who work 24 hours per day (over three shifts). Staff members answer phone calls and respond to requests entered on the Eureka! website. Currently, each staff member has a desktop PC with two monitors and a twisted pair...

==== This Week’s Discussion Topic ===== Computer dynamics is a microcomputer software development company that has a 300-computer network. The company is … in three adjacent five-story building s in an office park with about 100 computers in each building. The LANs in each building are similar, but one building has the data center in the second floor. There are no other office locations. Please refer to the network architecture components in Figure 6-1 of the textbook, and identify the key n...

Biometric System: Explain how biometric systems can improve security? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using biometric systems? Are there privacy issues with biometric systems?

Explain one reason why you might experience long response times in getting a web page from a server in your own city? How would you check the Internet connection speed from your computer? Show Less