Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks‚ thieves steal employee
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“A database is a tool for collecting and organizing information ("Database Basics"‚ 2012).” This is the simplest definition of a database. A database can take many different forms‚ it can be an address book‚ a box of recipes‚ even a collection of business cards. For the purposes of this paper I will be referring to a database as the electronic version found on a computer‚ such as Microsoft Access. A database is made up of a collection of tables. These tables can be linked together to allow a user
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Tax File Memorandum To: Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home From: Whomever Date: 2/17/2013 Re: Peaceful Pastures Tax Payer Engagement Confidential I SPOKE WITH PEACEFUL TAX PAYER ABOUT THE AUDIT NOTICE THE IRS HAD SENT. IT CONTENDS THAT THE AMOUNT PREPAID UNDER PEACEFUL’S PROGRAM CONSTITUTES PREPAID INCOME THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN PEACEFUL’S INCOME (AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO TAX) IN THE YEAR IN WHICH IT IS RECEIVED. THE TAX PAYER WANTED TO KNOW IF THE IRS FINDINGS
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Databases and Data Communication BIS 320 September 16‚ 2013 Lisa Ricks Databases and Data Communication Databases are great when you want to create a model of data such as numbers for figuring out how much you can spend on a new home when you are in the buying marketing‚ you can use excel to figure out how much you can spend and a monthly payment. You can also use a database to track of shipping components from a trade show that you are in charge of. You can use a database to organize
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A. Database concepts 1 Basic SQL Command: SQL commands which are worth knowing : TRIM (for stripping spaces) LEFT (for fetching the data from left side of string) RIGHT (for fetching the data from right side of string) REPLACE (for replacement in string) CONVERT (for converting data from one type to another) LEN (for fetching length of string) STUFF (way to insert one string into another) DIFFERENCE (diff between two strings return 4 represents no diff or strong similarity)
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4V of Big Data? Imagine all the information you alone generate each time you swipe your credit card‚ post to social media‚ drive your car‚ leave a voicemail‚ or visit a doctor. Now try to imagine your data combined with the data of all humans‚ corporations‚ and organizations in the world! From healthcare to social media‚ from business to the auto industry‚ humans are now creating more data than ever before. volume‚ velocity‚ variety‚ and veracity. Volume: Scale of Data Big data is big. It’s
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Data mining is a concept that companies use to gain new customers or clients in an effort to make their business and profits grow. The ability to use data mining can result in the accrual of new customers by taking the new information and advertising to customers who are either not currently utilizing the business ’s product or also in winning additional customers that may be purchasing from the competitor. Generally‚ data are any “facts‚ numbers‚ or text that can be processed by a computer.” Today
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Data Mining Assignment 4 Shauna N. Hines Dr. Progress Mtshali Info Syst Decision-Making December 7‚ 2012 Benefits of Data Mining Data mining is defined as “a process that uses statistical‚ mathematical‚ artificial intelligence‚ and machine-learning techniques to extract and identify useful information and subsequent knowledge from large databases‚ including data warehouses” (Turban & Volonino‚ 2011). The information identified using data mining includes patterns indicating trends‚ correlations
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Database Architecture DBM/380 –Database Concepts September 9‚ 2013 Sandra Graca Database Architecture Database systems are a way to collect and store large amounts of data. Essentially‚ database are electronic filing systems that store raw data to be later retrieved as useable information (Skillport‚ ). Using such a tool simplifies the filing and storage of all sorts of information used by businesses today. A common type of database is a customer/inventory database. Different tables
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Analyzing the use of databases in the workplace University of Phoenix CIS/319 May 1‚ 2007� Analyzing the use of databases in the workplace A database stores keyed information in an organized and accessible manner. The size and capacity of databases can vary widely‚ from a small database used by an individual to file phone numbers‚ to an extremely large enterprise database that stores several gigabytes of information accessed by thousands of individuals. Databases are essential for almost every
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