BSAD 141 Final – Flashcards

Backup and recovery- provides an exact copy of a system's information and is able to get the system back up and running after a crash Disaster recovery- able to recover information or systems in the event of a catastrophic disaster Business continuity planning- a way for a company to recover and restore functions after a disaster if they were destroyed or damaged

Increased electronic waste Increased energy consumption Increased carbon emissions

Grid computing- a collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a problem Virtualized computing- creates virtual machines on a single computing device Cloud computing- the use of resources and applications hosted remotely on the Internet

Type Quality Timeliness Governance

increased flexibility, increased scalability and performance, reduced information redundancy, increased information integrity (quality), and increased information security

a logical collection of information, gathered from many different operational databases, that supports business analysis and decision making The primary value of a data warehouse is to combine strategic information throughout an organization into a single repository in such a way that the people who need that information can make decisions and undertake business analysis

Organization data include far more than simple structured data elements in a database; the set of data also includes unstructured data such as voice mail, customer phone calls, text messages, video clips, along with numerous new forms of data, such as tweets from Twitter. Managers today find themselves in the position of being data rich and information poor, and they need to implement business intelligence systems to solve this challenge

Categories- based on geographic span Providers- NSP, RSP, or ISP Access Technologies- dialup, DSL, cable, or T1 Protocols- TCP/IP Convergence- multiple services, one provider

Benefits- sharing resources, providing opportunities, and reducing travel Challenges- security, social, ethical, and political issues

Provides immediate data access, increase location and monitoring capabilities, mobile commerce opportunities, improve work flow, and an alternative to wiring Challenges include protecting against theft, protecting wireless connections, preventing viruses on mobile devices, and addressing privacy concerns with RFID and LBS

A supply chain consists of all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in obtaining raw materials or a product Benefits- Improved visibility across the supply chain and increased profitability for the firm Challenges- Costs and complexity

a means of managing all aspects of a customer's relationship with an organization to increase customer loyalty and retention and an organization's profitability

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system so employees can make decisions by viewing enterprisewide information about all business operations Benefits- Consistency Challenges- Cost

The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements The primary reasons projects fail include unclear or missing business requirements, skipped phases, changing technology, the cost of finding errors in the SDLC, and balance of the triple constraints.