1. What problems does multitouch technology solve? Its solve using one or more fingers to perform special gestures that manipulate lists or objects on screen without moving a mouse‚ pressing buttons‚ turning scroll wheels or striking keys. Also it can take different actions depending on how many fingers they detect and which gestures a user performs. 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of multitouch interfaces? How useful are they? Explain Advantages | Disadvantages | *
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1. Linux plays a major role in back office operations‚ with about ________ of the U.S. server market. 25 percent 2. Which of the following is not an example of system software? Supply chain management software 3. To analyze the direct and indirect costs and determine the actual cost of specific technology implementations‚ you would use a: Total cost of ownership model. 4. Microsoft Word is an example of: Word-processing software. 5. All of the following place strain on system capacity
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3. (TCO C) List at least three conditions that contribute to data redundancy and inconsistency. 1) Data Duplication- this casuse not only redundancy‚ but inconsistency. If the data appears in different places this can create unreliable information‚ becuase you can’t know which one is right or wrong. 2)Poor Security- If there is a lack in data security‚ corruption can occure caused by malware‚ or by someone who simpley doesn’t know what they’re doing. Causing data to be false‚ or corrupted
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Northern Caribbean University Department of Business and Hospitality Management MGMT485: Management Information Systems Quiz # 1 Instructor: M. Senior‚ MBA Date: ______________ Score: /50 Marks Student’s Name: ________________________________ Student’s ID # ___________________ Instruction: This paper consists of fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Highlight the best response (highlights must not be in red colour). 1) Which of the following best describes how new information systems
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How much do How much do credit card companies know about you? 1. What competitive strategy are the credit card companies pursuing? How do information systems support that strategy? Credit card company keep tracks of their cardholder‘s credit usage and classified them into different category. This allows credit card companies to learn a great deal about each of its customers at a glance. Overall‚ the credit card company uses various methods to understand all of the cardholder’s spending habits
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[pic] [pic] [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO 1. AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL STRATEGY 03 • SOLUTION 07 2. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE 10 • SOLUTION 14 3. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING 16 • SOLUTION 20 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 25
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) relies on information systems to operate 19 hospitals‚ a network of other care sites‚ and international and commercial ventures. Demand for additional servers and storage technology was growing by 20 per-cent each year. UPMC was setting up a separate server for every application‚ and its servers and other computers were running a number of different operating systems‚ including several versions of Unix and Windows. UPMC had to manage technologies
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“Importance and Role of Computers in Teaching and Learning Process” A Research Paper in College English II Submitted by: Submitted to: Mahatheer M. Dalandas Prof.Pernia Wilvena Second Semester (S.Y 2011-2012) Instructor
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Introduction Banking is an important institution in the economy and plays a very important role in the economic life and economic growth of any society. While it is of common understanding that banking is not “The Economy”‚ it is agreed that the health of the country’s economy is closely related to the soundness of its banking system which can be sustained through strict regulations and supervision in order to monitor and control business risks such as Capital Risks‚ Liquidity Risks‚ Credit Risks
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Case Study on Information Technology Management: Frito-Lay’s Long-Term IT Plan Because the rate of technological change is so rapid‚ most people see IT through the narrow lens of short-term‚ silver-bullet solutions. IT vendors want you to believe that their important new technologies will blow away what has come before. You can’t blame a salesperson for trying to sell‚ or CIOs for having a queasy buy-or-lose feeling‚ but this attitude is precisely the opposite of the one companies should be
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