Exam 22: Using Technology to Manage Information

Companies such as Cisco Systems that produce cloud computing network capabilities are constantly working to improve ________________.Cisco knows that its customers approve of the value cloud computing provides,but would like to better manage the risks of investing in this service.

Enterprise portals have the ability to identify users and give them access to specific areas of an organization's intranet depending on their relationship to the organization.

From the 1970s to the present time,the primary role of business technology has:

A firm would be most likely to establish an enterprise portal if it wanted to:

Wi-Fi refers to a new type of computer processor technology that enables more than one instruction to be processed at the same time.

Joan Carlson is a marketing manager for a chain of clothing stores.She recently received a newsletter that contained some timely and reliable information about trends in men's clothing for next season.Unfortunately,Joan's store sells only women's clothes.The information in the newsletter was not useful to Joan because it lacked:

The _____________ was created as a part of the Office of Homeland Security and given the responsibility to devise a plan for improving the security of America's critical infrastructure.

When spyware is inadvertently downloaded to a user's computer the software tracks the user's online behavior.Spyware is installed without the users knowledge and can infect the computer with a virus.

A major problem with the rapid expansion in the amount of information available to managers is that:

Software Central is a small new company that allows firms to rent access to a variety of popular business productivity software programs and business services via the Internet.Recent evidence suggests that Software Central is likely to grow rapidly as it finds widespread acceptance for its services.

Virtual private networks are quick and easy to set up,but they are less secure than extranets.

One reason many firms rely on a network computing system is the low cost of maintaining the system once it is up and running.

In the area of electronic communications,the main focus of corporate and government security officials today is the prevention of credit card fraud.

Shareware is distributed to potential users at no charge,but the users are asked to send a specified fee to the software's developer if the program meets their needs and they decide to use it.

One of the most common reasons firms make use of an extranet is to:

Data and information are two different names for essentially the same thing.

The amount of information managers receive each day:

Cy is excited about the ability of customers to obtain access to information on Qwikbilt's network so that the company can provide them with better service.This suggests that Qwikbilt is making use of an):

Because computer hardware is so much more expensive than software,businesses should first decide what type of hardware to buy;then purchase software that is compatible with the hardware.

__________ refers to a variety of software applications that analyze an organization's raw data and obtain useful insights from it.