MIS3101 W4A3 - Storage Alternatives Plan

Assignment 3: Storage Alternatives Plan

 You are the MIS manager of a company in the U.S. You need to design a disaster recovery plan that will help restore business operations after a disaster such as a tornado, flood, or terrorist attack. You are considering various types of secondary storage devices that can easily be transported to offsite locations after performing regular backups to the company's critical systems. Determine the access methods, the capacities, and the portability of the following:

• Magnetic Tapes
• Magnetic Disks
• Optical Disks

 

Decide the storage alternative you will recommend to your organization. Use the Microsoft Word template to submit your answer.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria and Respective Point Value	Maximum Points
Applied analysis to each of the storage alternatives like magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, and optical disks.	20
Justified reasons for recommended storage alternative.	20
Total:	40

 

MIS 3101 W5 A3 -DSS

For the W5A3 Dropbox assignment, you are doing a feasibility report that will ultimately lead to the purchase of a Decision Support System (DSS). The template file is more about the structure and grading of this assignment rather that a template. You will be creating an APA formatted report as your work product for this assignment rather than using a template. The new Template file provides the following:

1.     Provides background from the text on Decision Stages, DSS Architecture, and a DSS Example

2.     Provides the basic requirements that your report must address, which in turn suggests a structure for your report (headings, subheadings, etc.)

Assignment Clarification

 

Remember that the focus of this assignment is to:

1.      Identify the key DSS characteristics that will meet the needs of the decisions making that must be performed by the Procurement VP.

2.      You are NOT trying to solve the 3 power plant and 80 supplier proposals problem. The DSS will do that for you. You are trying to detail how a DSS would behave, be constructed, and be architected for use by the Procurement VP to help solve this multivariable problem.

3.      You should assume the role of the chief information officer for the presented scenario. As the chief information officer, it is your responsibility to provide a decision support system (DSS) to assist the company's procurement officer in finding the best way to supply the company's three power plants with a sufficient quantity of coal to operate for the next twelve months. You realize that a single supplier cannot provide the quantity of coal needed. Hence the DSS will have to review the proposals of eighty suppliers to establish the correct logistics to insure the plants will have an ample supply of coal to operate for this period.

 

Requirements for your DSS Report:

 

1.      To understand how a DSS would help our company, we need to first understand the decision that the company& DSS will first need to make. Discuss this decision process using the Four Stages in Decision Making and show how a DSS can address each stage (5 points)

2.      Regarding the DSS Architecture, discuss each of the architecture components in the context of this specific situation (7 points)

3.      Discuss the DSS Architecture Model that will be used for this system:  Data-Driven DSS or Model-Driven DSS (see the RESOURCES section below) (7 points)

4.      Identify the Inputs and Outputs (Results) in detail for this DDS (6 points)

5.      Discuss how Sensitivity Analysis would be used in this situation. Provide at least 3 scenario examples (5 points)

6.      Select3 Quality Dimensions from Table 10-2 in Laudon. Discuss what you would do (processes, procedures, measurements, benchmarking, governance, etc.) to ensure that your DSS addressed each of these 3 Quality Dimensions. (5 points)

7.      Provide an APA formatted report (5 points)

 

MIS 3101- W3A3 -Broadband Network Services

ASSIGNMENT:  W3A3 - Broadband Network Services

MIS3101 - South University

 

Network Technology	ATTRIBUTES	PROS	CONS
T1	Replace this text with at least 4 attributes
DSL	Replace this text with at least 4 attributes
ADLS	Replace this text with at least 4 attributes
Cable	Replace this text with at least 4 attributes

 

DSL and ADLS are very similar and are part of the same Rubric Table Grading Requirement (10 points total). However, you must complete one row in the table above for DSL and one row for ADSL.

 

ATTRIBUTES COLUMN

Attributes are inherent characteristics of the technology and are not Pros (advantages) or Cons (disadvantages) related to the technology.Typically an attribute is a numeric value that represents a measurement of that technology's characteristic. You must address at least 4 attributes for each communications technology listed in the table above. Typical Attributes you might address are the following (you should use the textbook to understand these terms below):

 

• Speed (raw bandwidth -typically quoted by vendor)
• Performance (e.g. percentage up-time)
• Type of medium used
• Geographic Availability (cities, rural, etc.)
• Market Share (size of market)
• Customer Satisfaction (percentage)
• Cost (dollar figure per month)
• Ease-of-Installation
• MTTR - Mean Time To Repair (reliability measurement, not opinion but a numeric value)
• Packet Loss Factors (susceptible to line noise, congestion, etc.)
• Distance Limitations (distance in kilometers or miles)

 

PROS AND CONS COLUMN

You should address issues that result from the characteristics of the technology. Typically Pros and Cons are supported (cited) opinions. For example:

 

• Cost as compared to other options
• Downloading Speeds as compared to other options
• Uploading Speeds as compared to other options
• Reliability as compared to other options
• Downtime as compared to other options
• Voice (VoIP) capabilities
• Availability as compared to other options
• Distance Limitation as compared to other options
• Security Risks

 

MIS 3101 Assignmnet-1 DQ-1

Question 4: Describe the application of executive support systems (ESS) in enabling senior managers to oversee more people with fewer resources.

MIS 3101 Assignment-1 DQ- DSS and OLAP

Question 5: Discuss ways in which DSS can be used with OLAP data mining techniques to predict the outcomes of events such as the probability of the number of times a customer will respond to an offer or purchase of a specific product.

MGT1 short questions

Q1.What are the major threats to doing business in global markets?

Q2.What key challenges must India and Russia face before becoming global economic leaders?

Q3.What does the acronym BRIC stand for, and why is it important to know this term?

Q4.What are the two primary concerns associated with offshore outsourcing?

MGMT305 Week-3 DB -System Development Lifcycle

• Explain the life cycle of an information systems
• Apply the steps of the life cycle to the scenario listed below

Imagine that you run a photography printing store. Your employees have been using punch cards for time entry since you started the business. This has lead to many problems including lost cards, inaccurate hours, and employees punching in other employees. Because of these problems you are considering implementing a computerized time entry system. Describe each step of the life cycle, and apply it to your problem in your business.