Memo

Part 1: 

Prior to beginning work on this interactive assignment, read Chapters 1 and 2 of your textbook as well as the Relational Databases 101: Looking at the Whole Picture Online Resources, (Links to an external site.) and review any relevant information in this week’s lecture.

In an attempt to manage their data, small to midsized organizations use Excel spreadsheets or file sharing systems. This may be sufficient when the company is small, but as companies grow these methods exhibit some major shortcomings and limitations.  For this interactive assignment, you will take on the role of a consultant who has been employed by a growing business to evaluate whether or not Excel is still a viable solution. For several years, the company has opted to use Microsoft Excel to track its inventory due to its ease of use and flexibility. However, the current Excel inventory spreadsheet includes over 20,000 records and the company has recognized that searching for specific inventory records or generating reports is difficult. As part of your position, you must generate a memo to the executive board that explains the following elements and suggests a course of action for the company. Be sure to support the views presented in your memo with statements from your required resources. (Information on Writing a Business Memo, as well as a Business Memo Template, and a Sample Business Memo are provided for your convenience.)

In your memo, describe at least three limitations associated with the use of Excel and explain in general how they might affect business operations for a growing company. Describe how databases can help address these limitations, particularly with the search and reporting capability. Explain how databases can help the organization better manage its data than the current Excel solution. Describe some of the different database functions that would be involved in this data management. Use your required resources to support your statements.

A minimum of 250 words .

 
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Cloud computing

There are a varied opinions among experts as to whether Facebook is a SaaS or a PaaS. Justify your position on which type of cloud computing solution you think Facebook uses.

Analyze the SaaS characteristics and present your argument for which type of solution you believe it is. Include a description of what you believe to be the most appropriate deployment model for a social media site such as Facebook or LinkedIn.

 Consider other deployment models (including combined models) that might be more appropriate for that type of business.

*please remember to include at least one credible scholarly reference with your initial post! 

 
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Leveraging Technology to Drive Competitive Advantage

Assignment Content

  1. For this assignment, you’re a senior IT manager. Reynolds Tool & Die has decided on a set of competitive advantages it would like to pursue. The company has asked you to provide a 2-page executive summary outlining how you believe the company can leverage IT to achieve as many of these advantages as possible.


    Carefully read the Course Scenario.


    Read and complete the Week 1 Assignment Instructions.

    Save your executive summary as a Microsoft® Word document.

    Format any sources you include according to APA guidelines.

    Submit your assignment.
 
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Networking and Social Capital

Part 1: Networking and Social Capital

Review 4 academically reviewed articles on the use of Networking and Social Capital to manage the external dynamics of a team

Part 2: Discuss your learning outcomes

Present a discussion of your learning outcomes from the article review 

IMPORTANT NOTES

Use APA format throughout.

 
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Writing Assignment

Assignment: 1

Read the following case and answer all questions. 

The National Audit Office (NAO) scrutinizes public spending in the United Kingdom. Its memorandum on the BBC’s DMI project reported on several key findings. First, the in-house team was severely challenged by the fact that the project was already 18 months behind schedule when they began work on the project. Second, the technology team issued releases throughout the project that did not meet end-user expectations and eroded confidence in the project. Third, the BBC focused more on the technological development rather than on encouraging organization-wide changes in workflow that would encourage adoption. Finally, the NAO concluded, the DMI lacked governance arrangements for the scale, risk, and complexity of the project.  

Do research online to identify the capabilities of digital asset management software. What are the top rated digital asset management software products? Who uses this software? 

Given the NAO’s findings and what you discover about available off-the-shelf products, would it have been wiser for the BBC to adopt a collection of these existing products? What actions would be necessary to gain the cooperation of the business units to incorporate this collection of products into their work processes?

Discussion 1

How would one define business intelligence (BI)? Identify and briefly discuss a real-world application of BI? 

Discussion 2

Provide a real-world example or describe a hypothetical situation in which a legitimate organization used spam in an effective and nonintrusive manner to promote a product or service. 

Instructions:

Assignment in 400 words

Discussion in 250 words

2 References each

APA FORMAT

 
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Establishing an effective Information Technology Security Policy

Establishing an effective Information Technology Security Policy Framework is critical in the development of a comprehensive security program. Additionally, there are many security frameworks that organizations commonly reference when developing their security programs.

Review the security frameworks provided by NIST (SP 800-53), ISO / IEC 27000 series, and COBIT. Assume that you have been hired as a consultant by a medium-sized insurance organization and have been asked to draft an IT Security Policy Framework.

You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Select a security framework, describe the framework selected, and design an IT Security Policy Framework for the organization.

Describe the importance of and method of establishing compliance of IT security controls with U.S. laws and regulations, and how organizations can align their policies and controls with the applicable regulations.

Analyze the business challenges within each of the seven (7) domains in developing an effective IT Security Policy Framework.

Describe your IT Security Policy Framework implementation issues and challenges and provide recommendations for overcoming these implementation issues and challenges.

Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Use the APA format.

 
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Information security

Describe the basic elements of human nature and how they affect information security policy development and impact information security policy implementation issues.

Propose at least three ways that organizations can overcome this policy development and implementation issues.

 
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Information Governance

 Chapter 4 discusses in details on risk planning and management. Should any identified risk be mitigated, or there could be some criteria that governs that? Discuss this matter and provide examples to support your argument. 

 
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Cloud computing

Write at least a 500 word essay comparing  and contrasting  IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Give an example application where each would be best applied. Highlight at least three public cloud providers(AWS,AZURE,GCP..) and whether they offer IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

 
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Topic relevant to Risk Management Strategies

Pick a topic relevant to Risk Management Strategies and write a 10 page paper.  The format of your paper will need to follow the following outline in APA format (include title page, abstract page, content pages, and reference page):

INTRODUCTION

  • State the topic you are attempting to cover
  • State the issues involved
  • State why we should be concerned with resolving whatever issues are involved
  • State how answering the issues will help us
  • State the implications and consequences of dealing with or resolving the issues involved

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (5 sources minimal, at least 3 needs to be peer-reviewed)
Identify who has tried to answer the question before by doing the following:

  • Summarize how each of the sources presents and deals with the subject
  • Explain how each source presents and deals with its findings or results
  • Explain the relevancy of each source to your topic
  • State what you learned from each of your sources
  • State in what way(s) each source contributes to answering your issues

DISCUSSION

  • State your answer to your issue
  • State how and elaborate on how, explain how, illustrate how each of the sources you previously reviewed help you answer your issue
  • State what questions about your topic you still have that your sources may not have answered

CONCLUSIONS

  • Indicate how each of the sources have contributed to your conclusions (and clearly, accurately, correctly document those sources within your text)
  • State the implications of your conclusions
  • State what might be the possible consequences of your conclusions
  • State the significance these implications and consequences might have in the information technology / information security realm 

DOCUMENTATION

  • On a separate page, include a section labeled References which provides the full publication information for all the sources you used in your paper
  • You should have a MINIMUM of five (5) sources for your paper, at least 3 source needs to be peer-reviewed
  • Not meeting this minimum requirement of five (5) sources will lead to a lower evaluation of your paper for each missing source
  • Use APA format for documenting your sources

-For APA help: Purdue OWL
-For more details on journal types, refer to this link:  Rutgers Library

 
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