Week 05 – Cost of IT (I)
Online discussion questions – Feb 11
- Why does cloud computing enable experiments and facilitate innovation?
- Data in the cloud – who owns data? The vendor or the client?
- Does open source software have higher quality than closed properietary software. Why or why not?
- What would be the examples of “Wisdom of Crowds”?
Week 5 – Cost of IT (I) – class slides and videos
Week 05 – Cost of IT (color).pdf
Six Main Benefits of Cloud Computing – Amazon.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMJ75k9X5_8#!)
How Linux is Built – Linux Foundation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpbFMhOAwE)
Online discussion questions – Feb 9
- On Page 58, it reads “we’ve run closer to 5 to 6 percent of sales on IT spending. Which, by the way, Davies thought wasn’t enough to keep IT assets from degrading over time..” Why does Mr. Davies mean by degrading?
- What are the cases in which IT systems need to be maintained?
- What are the cases in which news IT systems need to be developed?
- What are the examples of IT systems that have high strategic impacts but not operational dependency?
- What are the examples of IT systems that have high operational dependence but not strategic impacts?
In-class discussion questions for Feb 11
We will discuss these questions in-class on Wed, Feb 11. Do not post comments on this.
- When would you buy your own home instead of renting? What are the advantages and disadvantages of buying a house?
- What is a cloud computing?
- Why did we just discuss about buying vs. renting?
- When does it make sense to go to cloud?
- Why would a company like to use IaaS such as Amazon Web Services? Why would be the reasons not to use IaaS?
- Is Open Source Software really free?
- Will the quality of OSS be better than proprietary software?
- Which is more secure – open-source or proprietary software?
In-class discussion questions for Feb 9
We will discuss these questions in-class on Mon, Feb 9. Do not post comments on this.
- Why does an IT system need maintenance? It does not become rusty!
- On Page 58 of the textbook, it reads “we’ve run closer to 5 to 6 percent of sales on IT spending. Which, by the way, Davies thought wasn’t enough to keep IT assets from degrading over time..” Why does Mr. Davies mean by degrading?
- If it needs to spend money in maintaining IT systems, how much does a company need to spend on it?
- What happens with too little spending in maintenance? What happens with too much?
- Spending in IT maintenance should depend on what?
Week 5 – IT Adventures Ch. 4 and 5 – Brief Guideline
Read IT Adventures Chapter 4 and 5 and write ONE reading brief (NOT two) up to 200 words that includes both chapters.
- What is the funding mechanism for IT at IVK? What is a chargeback? (Ch. 4)
- How have IT portfolio and spending at IVK evolved for the last several years? (Ch. 4)
- Describe the concepts of “Competes vs. Qualifiers” and IT Strategic Grid (Ch. 5)