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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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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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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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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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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