IS545 Grantham Week 8 Information System & Data Mining Discussion

1. List and describe the four basic functions of an information system. List and describe three types of enterprise systems.

2. There are two fundamental requirements for managing business performance: being able to measure and knowing that your indicator is measuring the right thing. Explain each of these requirements and why they are challenging.

3. What is an advantage of virtualization? List and explain one type of virtualization.

4. What are three of the major data functions performed by a DBMS? Briefly explain the functions.

5. Why are internal threats a major challenge for organizations? How can internal threats be minimized?

6. Why do social networks and cloud computing increase IT security risks? How can those risks be reduced?

7. Implementing security programs raises many ethical issues. Identify two of these ethical issues.

8. List and define 4 of the basic types of e-business transactions. Explain

9. Identify and explain the three major types of BI. Explain data mining. List three characteristics or objectives of data mining

10. What are the four main points of IT strategic plans? Define them.

A minimum of 750 words with sources per question