Exam 8: RFID, business Intelligence BI, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud

Software as a service (SaaS)is a software delivery model in which a software product is hosted by a company on its servers and is accessed by customers via a Web browser.

What is software as a service (SaaS)?

Walmart has been on the leading edge of the move to integrate RFID technology into the supply chain.The major opportunity at this time for RFID technology is to reduce out-of-stock situations ____.

Figure 8.1: SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework -In the accompanying SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework figure,the center section represents the analytical capabilities of BI.In SAP's framework,analytic applications are ____.

What is known as the combination of software tools that lets various programs within an organization communicate with other applications?

Business intelligence (BI)is a term used to describe a range of different applications and technologies used to extract and analyze large amounts of data to aid in decision making.

The combination of software tools that enables an organization's various systems and applications to communicate with other applications over the Internet is called Web services.

SAP's NetWeaver platform is a collection of modules.Which module gives users complete access to all their work on a single screen,using links to connect users to all the major applications needed to perform their jobs?

Radio frequency identification device (RFID)tags can degrade in bad weather,and an employee must point an RFID reader directly at a RFID tag to read it.

Business intelligence (BI)is a term used to describe a range of different applications and technologies used to extract and analyze large amounts of data to aid in decision making,is also referred to as ______________________,

Figure 8.1: SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework -In the accompanying SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework figure,the center section represents the analytical capabilities of BI.In SAP's framework,enterprise information management is a relatively new term that describes ____.

Which type of mobile device is being used more frequently to provide traffic information services that may use static sensors or traffic cameras to augment built-in maps (to avoid accidents and rush-hour traffic)?

Both SAP's and Oracle's in-memory solutions are designed to analyze what is now being termed "big data." What is "big data" and what are the needs of "big data?"

Figure 8.1: SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework -In the accompanying SAP Business Intelligence (BI)Framework figure,the center section represents the analytical capabilities of BI.In SAP's framework,enterprise performance management is ____.

A radio frequency identification device (RFID),which can be attached to products,is a small package (or tag)made up of a microprocessor and an antenna.

SAP is not the only ERP provider with in-memory capability.In February 2012,Oracle released its in-memory solution for business analytics called ____.

What is defined as the delivery of a software product to a user via the Internet?

What is the advantage of using RFID technology over barcode labels and barcode readers?

SAP's Web services platform is DreamWeaver,which is a collection of components that support business transactions over the Internet by providing seamless connectivity of diverse applications through the Internet.