To start, cloud computing is when companies share their network on remote servers so that the company has its data store on the internet rather than on a local server. This allows employees and members of the organization to be able to access the network/data any where at any time. One pro of cloud computing is reducing the infrastructure costs because in-house data storage can cost a lot of money and there needs to be a team to ensure the storage is well maintained and function properly. Another pro is the simple convenience of people in the organization being able to access the server at any time from any where. A third pro of cloud computing is protection against data breaches because the cloud based storage is a lot more secure than on-site storage center. However there are some cons that come along with cloud computing as well. One con is that you have limited control because the cloud infrastructure is usually owned by a third party, which means you are not in complete control of your data. Another con is that back ups and restores take longer for larger back ups and it could disrupt server speed depending on the amount of data. A final con is that you are reliant upon the internet for all back ups so if your internet is down you cannot access any data and work you have done is now gone. Overall, cloud computing is definitely the way to go for convenience in this new digital era and more and more companies will continue to join the trend as time goes on.
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The Dangers of Ransomware and the Importance of Cybersecurity
Nowadays, pretty much everything that we know is online. It has made life as we know it so much more convenient. We pay bills, shop, talk to our friends, and so much more online. Essentially, our entire lives have become stored somewhere in our phones and computers. While that is glorious, it is also quite dangerous. It only takes one experienced hacker to get into your systems and collect all of your important information. Ransomware is where hackers hack into systems and hold information, hostage. Hospitals and healthcare are largely impacted by ransomware, which is a very scary thing. Considering everything that hospitals do is based on a system when someone hacks into that, it puts so many lives on the line. Healthcare workers cannot access important patient information, life-saving machines may not work, ambulances may be diverted from ERs, and those in the ER may not be able to get the care that they need. Therefore, having excellent cybersecurity is of the utmost importance nowadays. An important way to protect yourself is to ensure that you have strong passwords. Do not create passwords that someone could easily guess. Also, be careful about the attachments that you open, enable ad blockers, install a good antivirus program, and ensure that you have backup files. In doing all of those things, you help protect yourself against any attempts of someone trying to hack your most important information. I believe that educating people on the dangers of hackers and the importance of cybersecurity is more important today now than ever before.
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Why Should We Care About Product Managers?
Product managers are essential to businesses, as they link all of the functions that revolve around a product together. They are influential in the process of building and launching products. What’s even more interesting is that product managers have evolved from their past roles. They used to center their focus on the execution of a product but now are considered “mini-CEOs”. In order to be a product manager, you must be a knowledgeable person that wears many hats. This person must know the ins and outs of the product that is being created. Product managers must have an advanced technological background, along with the ability to do some interacting with customers. As the role continues to develop, product managers are also working with APIs. Product managers are the people that are road mapping the goals of the business in terms of product and ensuring that they can lead the team to success. They come up with game plans on how to achieve business goals. Overall, having a product manager is key to having a successful business.
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5b Questions
Weekly questions to consider when creating your posts. These questions are a jumping off point to asking your own questions, pose new ideas, and provide explanations and examples backed by careful analysis. Apply class concepts, terms, and theories too. Refer to Assignment 12 for additional details.
- What is a function in JavaScript, and what do all functions have?
- What does calling a function do?
- What does it mean to pass a function arguments, and what does that do?
- What is the purpose of the return keyword in functions?
5a Questions
Weekly questions to consider when creating your posts. These questions are a jumping off point to asking your own questions, pose new ideas, and provide explanations and examples backed by careful analysis. Apply class concepts, terms, and theories too. Refer to Assignment 12 for additional details.
- What is a variable in JavaScript, and how do you create one?
- How do you initialize a variable?
- What is the difference between initialized and declared?
- What are the rules associated with naming a variable?
- What are the arithmetic operators in JavaScript, and what do they all do?
- What is concatenation, and what are the concatenation operators?
- What is the line of code used to prompt a user for a response?
Salesforce- Connecting Companies to Customers (1b)
Salesforce is a company that helps various businesses to connect to their customers. This company has various different ways that a company is able to share information like sales, potential customers and vendors, and more. After being able to use Salesforce ourselves and really go behind the wall and see what it takes to create users, services, potential clients, and more it’s interesting to see what really goes on in a company and what processes they can use. When going to the Salesforce website, I think the website is laid out in the perfect fashion to show all it can provide to a company. They show how businesses are able to see so many different factors that impact the company. For example, marketing techniques and leads, analytics and other topics that are pertinent to the business. Something interesting I learned from their website that I think is pretty neat is “Customer 360” which is what they call their ‘complete suite of products’ and as a marketing student I thought it was clever! Salesforce is a great tool that, in my opinion, companies should use to truly market and connect with their customers.
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Systems Analysis in our Day-to Day Jobs (1a)
System analysis is “the process of studying a procedure to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them.” The use of system analysis is all over the workforce, even if it’s something we do not always notice within our own jobs as well! The use of system analysis is to help ensure that any process a company is using will go smoothly with little to no errors. Starbucks recently had a study around their system analysis within the past couple of years in regards to their queue when making drinks. A case study was performed due to the long wait time due to one cashier also making drinks as well. The company tried to re-do its analysis to have a better and more efficient system in place with reduced times. Below is the system problem Starbucks used to help with creating a more time-efficient process:
This whole case study that I found online is a really interesting read, especially for MIS. The case concluded that Starbucks does in fact have an inefficient current system and by using the First In First Out method to help reduce wait and queu times can help the company improve their customer satisfaction. This article really helped me understand the analysis process and how to put it in a real life situation.
Here is the Starbucks Case Study used as well: http://ieomsociety.org/proceedings/2021indonesia/361.pdf
What is business intelligence, and how does it help companies?
To start, Business Intelligence is the strategies, procedures and technologies companies use to analyze their data and information about their business. When companies analyze their data they are looking at their processes and how they are affecting other processes in addition to how effective their processes are. They also use the data to help come to conclusions about their performance, why their performance is at the level that it is at right now and to help predict future outcomes as well. This helps companies appropriately take actions for future plans and to make their business better while also learning from their mistakes and actions they capitalized on as well.
What is the purpose of a CRM?
The purpose of a CRM is to help you store data on customers and to utilize that data about your customers in an effective and efficient manner. The main goal of a CRM is to optimize your customer data in order to create better sales and achieve better lifetime customer value. CRMs essentially automate this portion of customer management and presents solutions to management in an easier way to interpret. A popular CRM example is Salesforce which is used by many corporations because of its vast capabilities.
What’s the Big Deal about Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence is a set of strategies and technologies that are set to analyze business information and then transform it into actionables that will help business decisions. So, what does that really mean? Well, this is a tool that businesses use to analyze groups of data. This data is then presented in a chart, dashboard, graph, map, etc. These results are then supposed to help influence those decision-makers to make the best choice for the business. Therefore, I’d say this is a pretty important tool to invest in. There are many advantages to applying this tool to your business, like increased employee satisfaction, improved customer experience, and the ability to more efficiently make more data-driven business decisions. One of our assigned readings this week was an article about how companies are failing to become data-driven. With that being said, I think all companies should look into using a BI and having BI analysts on the team. This is a great tool that companies can use to start incorporating data into their business decisions. Overall, BI comes in quite handy when attempting to make data-driven business decisions.
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