Exam 21: Bonus A: Using Technology to Manage Information

Which of the following observations would be the strongest evidence that Kaytee Corporation has adopted knowledge technology?

Perry Black has convinced top management at his company that they can use data mining techniques to develop new marketing strategies.One of the keys to the success of Perry's suggestion is:

Many _________,which ran software at data centers and rented software services to customers,went out of business after the Web boom cooled off.

Business Intelligence (BI)changes the traditional flow of information so that the database goes to the individual rather than the individual going to the database.

A company that wanted to provide a single,unified entry point to its network that would allow different types of users access to different types of resources could do so by establishing a(n):

Lernital University is connected to Internet2,and several professors in its school of engineering are engaged in a research project that makes extremely heavy use of the bandwidth this connection provides.In fact,the engineering professors would like to get even more bandwidth.Given the way its designers set up Internet2,the researchers at Lernital:

Penny Pinchers Discount is a major discount store chain in the Southwest.The company wants to do a better job of finding sales patterns and trends that will help it customize the product offerings for different stores.Data mining is one technique that would help Penny Pinchers achieve this goal.

Identify and describe the major security issues confronting information managers.

The Internet has greatly slowed the spread of computer viruses by making it possible to share programs and files by downloading them from online sources rather than sharing diskettes.

Instant messaging is now a popular real-time business communication tool.

Mick Connors works for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.One of the major challenges Mick is likely to face is to get CIOs at major corporations to provide the type of information he needs to help his board achieve its mission.

A major trend today is a move away from desktop PCs to increasing reliance on laptop computers and wireless handheld devices.

___________ technology uses cable modems,digital subscriber lines,fixed wireless,and satellites to provide users with significantly faster Internet connections than are provided by traditional 56k modems.

Business intelligence is any variety of software applications that analyze an organization's raw data and take useful insights from it.

The use of antivirus software completely eliminates the risk of downloading infected files.

The organizations that benefit the most from an intranet are the ones that:

_________ is a new system that is designed to overcome the speed limitations of the Internet and support heavy-duty applications such as videoconferencing and distance education.

When it comes to computers and information technology,government and corporate security officials are now most worried about:

Hunter Mixon is an information management specialist for a large corporation.He believes that his company could benefit from data mining techniques,and is looking for ways to implement data mining in his company.One key to Hunter's success will be finding ways to integrate and access data from different divisions and departments of his company.

There are sites on the Internet that provide web surfers with easy access to personal information about other people.