Exam 2: Information Management and It Architecture

As companies move toward implementing cloud computing solutions on a wide scale, certain strategic questions need to be considered. Which of the following was not a strategic question identified in your text?

Data in databases are constantly in use or undergoing changes. As a result, it is impossible to use them for complex decision making or problem solving tasks. Which of the following was identified in your text as an appropriate solution to this problem?

________________combine data from multiple internal and public sources and publishes the results to enterprise portals, dashboards, or the cloud.

_______________ virtualization combines the available resources in a network by splitting the network load into manageable parts, each of which can be assigned or reassigned) to a particular server on the network.

A company's business architecture describes _____________________________.

Computer hardware had been designed to run a single operating system OS) and a single app, leaving most computers vastly underutilized. One solution to optimizing the use of computing resources is use one physical machine and specialized software to create multiple _____________________.

Data from sales orders, payroll, accounting, financial, marketing, purchasing, inventory control, and so forth are processed by a combination of hardware and software called ________________ Processing Systems.

A common title for the person in charge of an organization's IT is Chief Information Officer CIO)

Jared Vargas is a sales manager at a large company. He and his employees use a number of cloud based applications such as salesforce.com and Google Apps. The company decided to use these apps instead of purchasing apps that would run from their own computers or servers, reducing the cost and complexity associated with their use. Apps like these are known as:

The critical difference between a DSS and an MIS is that a DSS is often Web-based, whereas an MIS is restricted to company computers for security reasons.

Application architecture and business architecture are considered key components of ___________________.

Your textbook differentiates the terms data, information and knowledge. Imagine that a national chain of grocery stores regularly administers customer satisfaction surveys and uses these to evaluate the performance of individual store locations. Briefly give an example or description of the data, information and knowledge that would result from these surveys.

A Decision Support System DSS) is an interactive application that aids managers in making decisions that would otherwise require a great deal of time to figure out.

Telecommunications, wireless technology and collaborative tools are all key components of IT architecture.

According to a study by Forrester Research, spending on IT is expected to increase in the near future due to organizations' need to improve decision quality, improve predictions and reduce risk.

The "blueprints" that guide and govern software add-ons, upgrades, hardware, systems, networks, cloud services and other IT are known as IT architectures.

A Decision Support System DSS) is a general purpose IS designed to provide reports to managers for tracking operations, monitoring and control.

IT managers need to be forward thinking when it comes to planning for the organizations IT needs in the future. The future IT architecture that evolves in advance of it being achieved is referred to as the "target IT architecture".

______________________ solutions are growing in popularity with organizations because they reduce the burden of deploying, provisioning and updating software apps.

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". Information is data that has been processed, organized, or put into context so that it has meaning and value to the person receiving it.