Discussion Questions Why did PepsiCo Russia invest in a new portal with social network capabilities? To learn what users expect of social sites, the project team looked at Facebook, Linkedln, Google+ we studied the user experience of the world’s best social networking sites, and combined it with the concepts of enterprise portals. 2 How can intranets help companies achieve their business objectives? Many can receive important company communication. It also, can improve daily tasks. Also…
A penetration test or “pentesting” is an attack on a computer system, network or Web application without actually harming it and with the owner’s permission in order to identify vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit with the intention of finding security weaknesses and potentially gaining access to its functionality and data. Why Penetration Testing Nine out of 10 businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, marking a 21% increase from 2015, according to a…
Introduction: Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage, discipline, dominance, and sadism, masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an eBook and a…
industries didn’t like that people were able to access their music for free. At the end Napster did survive even though they were purchased by another company. Napster wasn’t the only ones in the market for file sharing, there was still Hotline and UseNet. The difference with Napster and the other sites was that they were user friendly and had easier ways of accessing music and files from other people. Napster had about 80 million registered users. What the intention of Napster was to have…
Further, it discusses the competitive forces using Porter’s model and the strategies to overcome these forces. In the end it explains the most commonly used Internet tools with relation to practical examples of their possible use as tools to gain a competitive advantage. INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information system is a set of interrelated components that work collectively to carry out input, processing, output, storage and control actions in order to convert data into information products that…
with it with out dated time management practices. -Data security: protecting a database from destructive forces and the unwanted actions of unauthorized users. -Information privacy: the relationship between collection and dissemination of data. -Usenet: users’ network. -Multimedia: integration of animation, audio, graphics, text, and full-motion video through computer hardware and soft ware for education, entertainment, or training. -Spam: mass mailing over the internet by sending…
When using information systems, it is essential to ask, “What is the ethical and socially responsible course of action?” A MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES Ethical, social, and political issues are closely linked. The ethical dilemma you may face as a manager of information systems typically is reflected in social and political debate. One way to think about these relationships is given in Figure 4-1. Imagine society as a more or less calm pond on a summer…