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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 6 months ago
Please post your multiple choice questions here.
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Web Research: Go to http://www.temple.edu/gartner and look for an article titled “When to Consider Building an Expert System”. What factors should you consider that favor building an Expert System? When should you not build one? What factors in the article apply specifically to Expert Systems? What factors apply in general to any project associated with building new […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Amazon has made components of its technology infrastructure available as Web Services. In this video, Jeff Bezos, the chairman of Amazon, discusses the services and the business rationale behind them. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/417
I suggest you start viewing the video about 10 minutes after the start. He covers the key ideas in approximately 30 minutes.
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
I have added an Additional Readings section to the Blackboard Course Documents area. The section will be used to post articles related to the topics we cover in class. It currently includes: A CIO Magazine article about the use of Business Intelligence in determining whether Hardee’s should market the Monster Thickburger. An article about Obama’s use of […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
If you are logged on to this blog site, you should be able to view the gradebook by selecting the link in the column on the right of this blog. As of Thursday, Feb 4, no grades have been posted. But the gradebook should be visible. If you cannot view the gradebook, check to see […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
The Monster Thickburger is a 1400+ calorie menu item at Hardee’s restaurants. Business Intelligence systems played a key role in helping Hardee’s determine whether they should introduce the burger. There is an article about this posted on Blackboard. Go to Course Documents/Additional Reading. Here’s a video about the burger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a68SrzBiHhY
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Pick one or more of the following topics to discuss: Topics for web research: What is the World Wide Web consortium? Who belongs to it? What role does it play in making the Internet work? Lookup Web Services on http://www.temple.edu/gartner. What actions can companies take to assure that they will be successful implementing Web Services? What are the […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Go to the Week 2 category. I have posted several discussion topics.
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Pick one or more of the following topics to discuss: Topics for web research: In-sourcing. Are there definitions for insourcing that are different from Freidman’s? What types of services work well? What does the logistics section http://www.ups.com say about their in-sourcing services? How does Wikipedia define interoperability? Which industries are interoperable? Which are not? What are the barriers to […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
You can now setup RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds of the Announcements and Cool Stuff categories of this blog. Click on the icons on the left side of the blog next to Announcements or Cool Stuff. You can use these feeds to update My Yahoo and other RSS readers as well as Outlook when new announcements […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Checkout the following videos: A video posted by Apple http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video Steve Job’s announcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zI21XEo0Q A comparison of the iPad and the Microsoft Courier tablet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58fxzRV5HY And an article in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/technology/companies/28apple.html?hp (You may need to setup a free New York Times account to read the article.) Would you buy an iPad? Do you think the Courier is […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
The Globalization PowerPoint has been posted in the Course Documents area of Blackboard.
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
The date for completion of the ERP project was incorrect in the syllabus. A corrected syllabus is now posted in the Course Information category
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
I resolved the problem we had today accessing http://www.temple.edu/gartner. When you set Firefox to use a proxy, you will neet setup the proxy server for both http (normal web browsing) and ssl (secure web browsing). Select Tools/Options from the Firefox menu Select Advanced and the Network tab Select the Connection Settings button On the Connection Settings Window, click the manual proxy settings […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
The cost of a gallon of HP printer ink is $8000 making it more expensive than a first growth Bordeaux wine! A gallon of Chateau Lafite Rothschild costs about $2000 to $4000 depending on the vintage. The article states that HP’s profit margin on supplies is 14-16%. If this is correct, some of the cost is […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Tom Friedman returned to MIT in 2007 and presented an update to The World is Flat. You can view the video at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/519
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 7 months ago
Grace Hopper, the person most responsible for modern programming languages, appeared on 60 minutes in the 80s. The interview included her famous nanosecond lecture. You can view the interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sUT7gFQEsY
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 8 months ago
Manoj Chacko chacko@temple.edu
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 8 months ago
An SAP program has been installed in Speakman labs 6, 26, and 27 and Alter 602. SAP will not work in other labs including the Tech Center. You will need an SAP account to do this exercise. Accounts and information about SAP tutoring can be found at http://community.mis.temple.edu/sapsupport/ Start with “How to use SAP in a lab”. […]
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weinberg wrote a new post on the site Honors Information Systems in Organizations 14 years, 8 months ago
The syllabus includes information on the textbook, supplies, grading, assignments, readings, and the overall course schedule.
Be sure to check the blog categories for each week for the specific schedule associated with that week. The schedule will probably change as the term progresses.
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