Question 1

What are the risks associated with software as a service?

Accepted Answer

The risks associated with SaaS include t

Question 2

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

With the advent of cloud computing and SaaS, smaller firms no longer have access to the kinds of sophisticated computing power they had access to in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

App developers often lament the ______________ created within apps where data is more tightly controlled by a service provider and where firms must comply to the usage policies of the platform provided.

Accepted Answer

A)  network effects. 
B)  SaaS revenues. 
C)  security vulnerabilities 
D)  walled garden. 
E)  user interface. 
A)  network effects. 
B)  SaaS revenues. 
C)  security vulnerabilities 
D)  walled garden. 
E)  user interface.

Question 5

Conventional software firms treat their intellectual property as closely guarded secrets and almost never provide the source code for their commercial software products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is virtualization? What are the benefits afforded to firms that employ virtualization?

Accepted Answer

Virtualization software allows one compu

Question 7

_____ refers to a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.

Accepted Answer

Software a

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the sources of revenue for open source vendors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Licensing OSS for incorporation into subsequent open source products 
B)  Selling open source products at prices well below commercial products 
C)  Marketing versions of open source software masked as proprietary software 
D)  Claiming royalties on software based on open source code 
E)  Selling support and consulting services 
A)  Licensing OSS for incorporation into subsequent open source products 
B)  Selling open source products at prices well below commercial products 
C)  Marketing versions of open source software masked as proprietary software 
D)  Claiming royalties on software based on open source code 
E)  Selling support and consulting services

Question 9

_____ is the flagship open source product.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is the flagship open source product....

Question 10

Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?

Accepted Answer

A)  Platform as a service 
B)  Host service vendor 
C)  Software as a service 
D)  Application service provider 
E)  Infrastructure as a service 
A)  Platform as a service 
B)  Host service vendor 
C)  Software as a service 
D)  Application service provider 
E)  Infrastructure as a service

Question 11

Most organizations do not opt for IT configurations that are purely in-house, packaged, or SaaS models.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  integrated. 
B)  virtualized. 
C)  hardened. 
D)  scalable. 
E)  white swans. 
A)  integrated. 
B)  virtualized. 
C)  hardened. 
D)  scalable. 
E)  white swans.

Question 13

The term _____ describes the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term _____ describes the use of...

Question 14

Cloud computing refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  replacing computing resources with services provided over the Internet. 
B)  a technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate computers. 
C)  designing computers with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems. 
D)  designing microprocessors with two or more calculating processor cores on the same piece of silicon. 
E)  manufacturing semiconductors as a stack of multiple, interconnected layers instead of in one flat plane. 
A)  replacing computing resources with services provided over the Internet. 
B)  a technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate computers. 
C)  designing computers with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems. 
D)  designing microprocessors with two or more calculating processor cores on the same piece of silicon. 
E)  manufacturing semiconductors as a stack of multiple, interconnected layers instead of in one flat plane.

Question 15

_____ is a term used to describe unpredictable, but highly impactful events.

Accepted Answer

A)  Straddling 
B)  Viral trojans 
C)  Black swans 
D)  Power plays 
E)  Flash outs 
A)  Straddling 
B)  Viral trojans 
C)  Black swans 
D)  Power plays 
E)  Flash outs

Question 16

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

Accepted Answer

Vendors of SaaS products benefit by:
-li

Question 17

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Accepted Answer

Software as a service (SaaS) refers to s

Question 19

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

OpenCalendar is an open source e-mail software that competes with Outlook server

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are the risks associated with software as a service?

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

With the advent of cloud computing and SaaS, smaller firms no longer have access to the kinds of sophisticated computing power they had access to in the past.

App developers often lament the ______________ created within apps where data is more tightly controlled by a service provider and where firms must comply to the usage policies of the platform provided.

Conventional software firms treat their intellectual property as closely guarded secrets and almost never provide the source code for their commercial software products.

What is virtualization? What are the benefits afforded to firms that employ virtualization?

_____ refers to a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.

Which of the following is one of the sources of revenue for open source vendors?

_____ is the flagship open source product.

Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?

Most organizations do not opt for IT configurations that are purely in-house, packaged, or SaaS models.

Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:

The term _____ describes the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand.

Cloud computing refers to:

_____ is a term used to describe unpredictable, but highly impactful events.

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

OpenCalendar is an open source e-mail software that competes with Outlook server

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Exam 14: Software in Flux: Open Source, Cloud, Vittualized and App-Driven Shifts

What are the risks associated with software as a service?

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

With the advent of cloud computing and SaaS, smaller firms no longer have access to the kinds of sophisticated computing power they had access to in the past.

App developers often lament the ______________ created within apps where data is more tightly controlled by a service provider and where firms must comply to the usage policies of the platform provided.

Conventional software firms treat their intellectual property as closely guarded secrets and almost never provide the source code for their commercial software products.

What is virtualization? What are the benefits afforded to firms that employ virtualization?

_____ refers to a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.

Which of the following is one of the sources of revenue for open source vendors?

_____ is the flagship open source product.

Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?

Most organizations do not opt for IT configurations that are purely in-house, packaged, or SaaS models.

Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:

The term _____ describes the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand.

Cloud computing refers to:

_____ is a term used to describe unpredictable, but highly impactful events.

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

OpenCalendar is an open source e-mail software that competes with Outlook server

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Amazoncom: an Empire Stretching From Cardboard Box to Kindle to Cloud

Understanding Network Effects: Strategies for Competing in a Platform-Centric, Winner-Take-All World

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The Sharing Economy, Collaborative Consumption, and Creating More Efficient Markets Through Technology

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