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Are some jobs more stable than others? What type of work you want to for the next 40 years? This MIS course is important for answering those questions Over time, technology creates new jobs examples today are mobile application developers, social media analysts, information security specialists, business intelligence analysts, and data architects, to consider just a few jobs that didn’t exist 20, even 10, years ago Similarly, the best jobs 20 years from now probably don’t currently exist The trick to turning information systems to your advantage is getting ahead of their effect During your career, you will find many opportunities for the innovative application of information systems in business and government—but only if you know how to look for them Once found, those opportunities become your opportunities when you—as a skilled, creative, non-routine problem solver—apply emerging technology to facilitate your organization’s strategy This is true whether your job is in marketing, operations, sales, accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, or another discipline Using technology in innovative ways enabled superstars like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos to earn billions and revolutionize commerce You may not be such a superstar, but you can exceed beyond your expectations by applying the knowledge you learn in this class Congratulations on deciding to study business Use this course to help you obtain and then thrive in an interesting and rewarding career Learn more than just the MIS terminology—understand the ways information systems are transforming business and the many, many ways you can participate in that transformation In this endeavor, we wish you, a future business professional, the very best success! David Kroenke & Randy Boyle The Guides Each chapter includes three unique guides that focus on current issues in information systems In each chapter, one of the guides focuses on an ethical issue in business, and the second focuses on security The third guide addresses the application of the chapter’s contents to some other dimension of business The content of each guide is designed to stimulate thought, discussion, and active participation in order to help you develop your problem-solving skills and become a better business professional Chapter Chapter Ethics: Ethics and Professional Responsibility 56 Security: Passwords and Password Etiquette 60 Guide: Five-Component Careers 62 Ethics: Dialing for Dollars 300 Security: One-Stop Shopping 314 Guide: ERP and the Standard, Standard Blueprint Chapter Chapter Ethics: I Know What’s Better, Really 92 Security: Evolving Security 104 Guide: Egocentric Versus Empathetic Thinking Ethics: Synthetic Friends 344 Security: Digital Is Forever 358 Guide: Developing Your Personal Brand 106 Chapter Chapter Ethics: Yikes! Bikes 122 Security: Hacking Smart Things 136 Guide: Your Personal Competitive Advantage Ethics: Unseen Cyberazzi 384 Security: Semantic Security 406 Guide: Data Mining in the Real World 138 Chapter Ethics: Free Apps for Data 176 Security: Anatomy of a Heartbleed Guide: Keeping Up to Speed 186 316 360 408 Chapter 10 Ethics: Securing Privacy 434 Security: EMV to the Rescue 450 Guide: Phishing for Credit Cards, Identifying Numbers, Bank Accounts 452 184 Chapter Chapter 11 Ethics: Querying Inequality? 202 Security: Theft by SQL Injection 224 Guide: Immanuel Kant, Data Modeler 226 Ethics: Privacy Versus Productivity: The BYOD Dilemma? 470 Security: Selling Privacy 480 Guide: Is Outsourcing Fool’s Gold? 482 Chapter Ethics: Cloudy Profit? 244 Security: From Anthem to Anathema 270 Guide: Is It Spying or Just Good Management? Chapter 12 272 Ethics: Estimation Ethics 504 Security: Psst There’s Another Way, You Know Guide: The Final, Final Word 528 526 Learning Aids for Students We have structured this book so you can maximize the benefit from the time you spend reading it As shown in the following table, each chapter includes various learning aids to help you succeed in this course Resource Description Benefit Example Guides Each chapter includes three guides that focus on current issues in information systems One addresses ethics, one addresses security, and the third addresses other business topics Stimulate thought and discussion Address ethics and security once per chapter Help develop your problemsolving skills Chapter 5, Ethics Guide: Querying Inequality? Chapter Introduction Business Example Each chapter begins with a description of a business situation that motivates the need for the chapter’s contents We focus on two different businesses over the course of the text: Falcon Security, a provider of aerial surveillance and inspection services, and PRIDE, a cloud-based, healthcare startup opportunity Understand the relevance of the chapter’s content by applying it to a business situation Chapter 9, opening vignette: Business Intelligence Systems and PRIDE Query-Based Chapter Format Each chapter starts with a list of questions, and each major heading is a question The Active Review contains tasks for you to perform in order to demonstrate your ability to answer the questions Use the questions to manage your time, guide your study, and review for exams Chapter 1, Q1-4: How Can You Use the Five Component Model? Each chapter of this text includes an exercise called “So What?” This feature challenges the students to apply the knowledge they’ve gained from the chapter to themselves, often in a personal way The goal is to drive home the relevancy of the chapter’s contents to their future professional lives It presents a current issue in IS that is relevant to the chapter content and asks you to consider why that issue matters to you as a future business professional Understand how the material in the chapter applies to everyday situations Chapter 2, So What? Augmented Collaboration So What? Chapter 8, Security Guide: Digital Is Forever Chapter 9, Guide: Data Mining in the Real World Chapter 6, Q6-4: How Do Organizations Use the Cloud? Resource Description Benefit Example 2026? Each chapter concludes with a discussion of how the concepts, technology, and systems described in that chapter might change by 2026 Learn to anticipate changes in technology and recognize how those changes may affect the future business environment Chapter 7, 2026? discusses the future of ERP applications Active Review This review provides a set of activities for you to perform in order to demonstrate your ability to answer the primary questions addressed by the chapter After reading the chapter, use the Active Review to check your comprehension Use for class and exam preparation Chapter 9, Active Review Using Your Knowledge These exercises ask you to take your new knowledge one step further by applying it to a practice problem Test your critical-thinking skills Chapter 4, Using Your Knowledge Collaboration Exercises These exercises and cases ask you to collaborate with a group of fellow students, using collaboration tools introduced in Chapter Practice working with colleagues toward a stated goal Collaboration Exercise discusses how to tailor a high-end resort’s information system to fit its competitive strategy Case Studies Each chapter includes a case study at the end Apply newly acquired knowledge to real-world situations Case Study 6, Cloud Solutions that Test for Consumer Risk and Financial Stability Application Exercises These exercises ask you to solve situations using spreadsheet (Excel) or database (Access) applications Develop your computer skills AE10-1 builds on your knowledge from Chapter 10 by asking you to score the websites you visit using WOT International Dimension This module at the end of the text discusses international aspects of MIS It includes the importance of international IS, the localization of system components, the roles of functional and cross-functional systems, international applications, supply chain management, and challenges of international systems development Understand the international implications and applications of the chapters’ content International Dimension QID-3, How Do Interenterprise IS Facilitate Global Supply Chain Management? 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by Vivar in Malaysia To C.J., Carter, and Charlotte —David Kroenke To Courtney, Noah, Fiona, and Layla —Randy Boyle Glossary Regression analysis A type of supervised data mining that estimates the values of parameters in a linear equation Used to determine the relative influence of variables on an outcome and also to predict future values of that outcome 391 Relation A formal name for a database table 201 Relational databases Databases that store data in the form of relations (tables with certain restrictions) and that represents record relationships using foreign keys 201 Relationships Associations among entities or entity instances in an E-R model or an association among rows of a table in a relational database 213 Remote action system An information system that provides action at a distance, such as telesurgery or telelaw enforcement 268 Reporting application A business intelligence application that inputs data from one or more sources and applies reporting operations to that data to produce business intelligence 386 Repository In a business process model, a collection of something; for example, a database is a repository of data 124 Requirements analysis The second phase in the SDLC, in which developers conduct user interviews; evaluate existing systems; determine new forms/reports/queries; identify new features and functions, including security; and create the data model 502 Resources People or information system applications that are assigned to roles in business processes 495 RFM analysis A technique readily implemented with basic reporting operations to analyze and rank customers according to their purchasing patterns 386 Rich directory An employee directory that includes not only the standard name, email, phone, and address but also expertise, organizational relationships, and other employee data 401 Roles In a business process, collections of activities 495 Rows Also called records, groups of columns in a database table 199 Safeguard Any action, device, procedure, technique, or other measure that reduces a system’s vulnerability to a threat 423 Security 583 The state of being free from danger 448 Self-driving car A driverless car that uses a variety of sensors to navigate like a traditional car but without human intervention 157 Self-efficacy A person’s belief that he or she can successfully perform the tasks required in his or her job 310 Semantic security Also called data triangulation; concerns the unintended release of protected data through the release of a combination of reports or documents that are not protected independently 406 Server A computer that provides some type of service, such as hosting a database, running a blog, publishing a Web site, or selling goods Server computers are faster, larger, and more powerful than client computers 152 Server farm A large collection of server computers organized to share work and compensate for one another’s failures 153 Server tier In the three-tier architecture, the tier that consists of computers that run Web servers for generating Web pages and responding to requests from browsers Web servers also process application programs 252 Server virtualization The process of running two or more operating system instances on the same server The host operating system runs virtual operating system instances as applications 164 Service-oriented architecture (SOA) A design philosophy that dictates that all interactions among computing devices are defined as services in a formal, standardized way SOA makes the cloud possible 253 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (smtp) for email transmission 257 The protocol used Site license A license purchased by an organization to equip all the computers on a site with certain software 166 SLATES Acronym developed by Andrew McAfee that summarizes key characteristics of Enterprise 2.0: search, links, author, tagged, extensions, signaled 350 Small office/home office (SOHO) A business office with usually fewer than 10 employees often located in the business professional’s home 246 Schedule feasibility Whether an information system can be developed within the time available 503 Smart cards Plastic cards similar to credit cards that have microchips The microchip, which holds much more data than a magnetic strip, is loaded with identifying data Normally requires a PIN 433 Screen-sharing applications Applications that offer users the ability to view the same whiteboard, application, or other display over a network 85 Smart device A device that has processing power, memory, network connectivity, and the ability to interconnect with other devices and applications 155 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) A protocol that uses both asymmetric and symmetric encryption When SSL is in use, the browser address will begin with https:// The most recent version of SSL is called TLS 437 Sniffing A technique for intercepting computer communications With wired networks, sniffing requires a physical connection to the network With wireless networks, no such connection is required 425 584 Glossary Social capital The investment in social relations with expectation of future returns in the marketplace 336 Social CRM CRM that includes social networking elements and gives the customer much more power and control in the customer/vendor relationship 333 Social media (SM) The use of information technology to support the sharing of content among networks of users 328 Social media information system (SMIS) An information system that supports the sharing of content among networks of users 328 Social media policy A statement that delineates employees’ rights and responsibilities when generating social media content 352 Social media providers Companies that provide platforms that enable the creation of social networks Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google are all social media providers 328 Social networks The social relationships among people with common interests 328 Software Instructions for computers One of the five fundamental components of an information system 48 Software as a service (SaaS) Leasing hardware infrastructure, operating systems, and application programs to another organization 259 Source code Computer code written by humans and understandable by humans Source code must be translated into machine code before it can be processed 168 Spoofing When someone pretends to be someone else with the intent of obtaining unauthorized data If you pretend to be your professor, you are spoofing your professor 425 Spyware Programs installed on the user’s computer without the user’s knowledge or permission that reside in the background and, unknown to the user, observe the user’s actions and keystrokes, modify computer activity, and report the user’s activities to sponsoring organizations Malicious spyware captures keystrokes to obtain usernames, passwords, account numbers, and other sensitive information Other spyware is used for marketing analyses, observing what users do, Web sites visited, products examined and purchased, and so forth 439 SQL injection attack The situation that occurs when a user obtains unauthorized access to data by entering a SQL statement into a form in which one is supposed to enter a name or other data If the program is improperly designed, it will accept this statement and make it part of the SQL command that it issues to the DBMS 440 SQL Server A popular enterprise-class DBMS product licensed by Microsoft 204 Stand-up In scrum, a 15-minute meeting in which each team member states what he or she has done in the past day, what he or she will in the coming day, and any factors that are blocking his or her progress 520 Static reports Business intelligence documents that are fixed at the time of creation and not change 402 Steering committee A group of senior managers from a company’s major business functions that works with the CIO to set the IS priorities and decide among major IS projects and alternatives 469 Storage hardware Hardware that saves data and programs Magnetic disks are by far the most common storage device, although optical disks, such as CDs and DVDs, also are popular 152 Strategic decisions Decisions that concern broad-scope, organizational issues 79 Strength of a relationship In social media, the likelihood that a person or other organization in a relationship will something that will benefit the organization 339 Strong password A password with the following characteristics: at least 10 characters; does not contain the user’s username, real name, or company name; does not contain a complete dictionary word in any language; is different from the user’s previous passwords; and contains both upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters 60 Structured decisions A type of decision for which there is a formalized and accepted method for making the decision 79 Structured processes Formally defined, standardized processes that involve day-to-day operations; accepting a return, placing an order, and purchasing raw materials are common examples 286 Structured Query Language (SQL) An international standard language for processing database data Can also be used to create and modify database structure 205 Subscriptions User requests for particular business intelligence results on a stated schedule or in response to particular events 403 Success metrics Also called key performance indicators (KPI); measures that indicate when you’ve achieved your goals 347 Supervised data mining A form of data mining in which data miners develop a model prior to the analysis and apply statistical techniques to determine the validity of that model and to estimate values of the parameters of the model 391 Support In market-basket terminology, the probability that two items will be purchased together 392 Glossary Support activities In Porter’s value chain model, the activities that contribute indirectly to value creation: procurement, technology, human resources, and the firm’s infrastructure 124 Swift Apple’s new programming language for OS X and iOS applications 171 Swim-lane layout A process diagram layout similar to swim lanes in a swimming pool; each role in the process is shown in its own horizontal rectangle, or lane 499 Switching costs Business strategy of locking in customers by making it difficult or expensive to change to another product or supplier 131 Symbian A mobile client operating system popular on phones in Europe and the Far East but less so in North America 163 Symmetric encryption An encryption method whereby the same key is used to encode and to decode the message 436 Synchronous communication Information exchange that occurs when all members of a work team meet at the same time, such as face-to-face meeting or conference calls 84 System A group of components that interacts to achieve some purpose 48 System conversion The process of converting business activity from the old system to the new 509 Systems analyst IS professionals who understand both business and technology They are active throughout the systems development process and play a key role in moving the project from conception to conversion and, ultimately, maintenance Systems analysts integrate the work of the programmers, testers, and users Compare with business analyst 494 Systems development life cycle (SDLC) The classical process used to develop information systems The basic tasks of systems development are combined into the following phases: system definition, requirements analysis, component design, implementation, and system maintenance (fix or enhance) 501 Systems thinking The mental activity of making one or more models of the components of a system and connecting the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole, one that explains the phenomenon observed One of four key skills for nonroutine cognitive thinking 44 Table Also called files, groups of similar rows or records in a database 199 Tablets Computing devices that allow interaction through a flat touch screen 152 Target The asset that is desired by a security threat 423 TCP/IP protocol architecture A protocol architecture having five layers and one or more protocols defined at each layer Programs are written to implement the rules of a particular protocol 259 585 Team surveys Forms of asynchronous communication in which one team member creates a list of questions and other team members respond Microsoft SharePoint has built-in survey capability 87 Technical feasibility Whether existing information technology will be able to meet the requirements of a new information system 503 Technical safeguards Procedures designed to protect the hardware and software components of an information system Examples include identification and authorization, encryption, firewalls, malware protection, and application design 433 Telediagnosis A remote access system used by healthcare professionals to provide expertise in rural or remote areas 256 Telelaw enforcement A remote access system that provides law enforcement capability 268 Telesurgery A remote access system that links surgeons to robotic equipment and patients at a distance 268 Terabyte (TB) 1,024 GB 154 Test plan Groups of action and usage sequences for validating the capability of new software 509 Text mining The application of statistical techniques on text streams for locating particular words and patterns of particular words and even correlating those word counts and patterns with personality profiles 268 The Internet The public collection of networks used for transmitting data, worldwide 246 The Singularity According to Ray Kurzweil, the point at which computer systems become sophisticated enough that they can create and adapt their own software and hence adapt their behavior without human assistance 405 Thick-client application A software application that requires programs other than just the browser on a user’s computer; that is, requires code on both client and server computers See also native application 161 Third-party cookie A cookie created by a site other than the one visited 413 Threat A person or organization that seeks to obtain or alter data or other IS assets illegally, without the owner’s permission and often without the owner’s knowledge 422 Three-tier architecture Architecture used by most e-commerce server applications The tiers refer to three different classes of computers The user tier consists of users’ computers that have browsers that request and process Web pages The server tier consists of computers that run Web servers and in the process generate Web pages and other data in response to requests from browsers Web servers also process application programs The third tier is the database tier, which runs the DBMS that processes the database 252 586 Glossary Trade-off In project management, a balancing of three critical factors: requirements, cost, and time 514 Train the trainer Training sessions in which vendors train the organization’s employees, called Super Users, to become in-house trainers in order to improve training quality and reduce training expenses 306 Transport Layer Security (TLS) The new name for a later version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 437 Trojan horses Viruses that masquerade as useful programs or files A typical Trojan horse appears to be a computer game, an MP3 music file, or some other useful, innocuous program 438 Value As defined by Porter, the amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for a resource, product, or service 124 Value chain A network of value-creating activities 124 Value of social capital Value determined by the number of relationships in a social network, by the strength of those relationships, and by the resources controlled by those related 336 Vanity metrics making 348 Measures that don’t improve decision Velocity In scrum, the total number of points of work that a team can accomplish in each scrum period 523 Tunnel A virtual, private pathway over a public or shared network from the VPN client to the VPN server 265 Version control The process that occurs when the collaboration tool limits and sometimes even directs user activity 94 Unified Modeling Language (UML) A series of diagramming techniques that facilitates OOP development UML has dozens of different diagrams for all phases of system development UML does not require or promote any particular development process Generally less popular that the E-R model 213 Version management Tracking of changes to documents by means of features and functions that accommodate concurrent work 89 Unix An operating system developed at Bell Labs in the 1970s It has been the workhorse of the scientific and engineering communities since then 163 Unstructured decisions A type of decision for which there is no agreed-on decision-making method 79 Unsupervised data mining A form of data mining whereby the analysts not create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis Instead, they apply the data mining technique to the data and observe the results With this method, analysts create hypotheses after the analysis to explain the patterns found 390 URL (Uniform Resource Locator) An address on the Internet Consists of a protocol followed by a domain name or public IP address 252 Use increases value The concept that the more people use a site, the more value it has, and the more people will visit Furthermore, the more value a site has, the more existing users will return 342 User-generated content (UGC) Content on an organization’s social media presence contributed by nonemployee users 353 User tier In the three-tier architecture, the tier that consists of computers, phones, and other mobile devices that have browsers and request or process Web pages and other services 252 Users Individuals and organizations that use social media sites to build social relationships 329 Usurpation Occurs when unauthorized programs invade a computer system and replace legitimate programs Such unauthorized programs typically shut down the legitimate system and substitute their own processing to spy, steal and manipulate data, or achieve other purposes 426 Vertical-market application Software that serves the needs of a specific industry Examples of such programs are those used by dental offices to schedule appointments and bill patients, those used by auto mechanics to keep track of customer data and customers’ automobile repairs, and those used by parts warehouses to track inventory, purchases, and sales 166 Videoconferencing Communication technology that enables online conferencing using video 85 Viral hook An inducement that causes someone to share an ad, link, file, picture, movie, or other resource with friends and associates over the Internet 330 Virtualization The process whereby multiple operating systems run as clients on a single host operating system Gives the appearance of many computers running on a single computer 164 Virtual machines (vm) Computer programs that present the appearance of an independent operating system within a second host operating system The host can support multiple virtual machines, possibly running different operating system programs (Windows, Linux), each of which is assigned assets such as disk space, devices, and network connections over which it has control 164 Virtual meetings Meetings in which participants not meet in the same place and possibly not at the same time 85 Virtual private cloud (VPC) A subset of a public cloud that has highly restricted, secure access 263 Virtual private network (VPN) A WAN connection alternative that uses the Internet or a private internet to create the appearance of private point-to-point connections In the IT world, the term virtual means something that appears to exist that does not exist in fact Here a VPN uses the public Internet to create the appearance of a private connection 263 Glossary Virtual reality A completely computer-generated virtual world 155 587 A computer program that replicates itself 438 Web servers Programs that run on a server-tier computer and that manage http traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients and by processing client requests 253 Volatile Data that will be lost when the computer or device is not powered 155 Wide area network (WAN) A network that connects computers at different geographic locations 246 Vulnerability An opportunity for threats to gain access to individual or organizational assets Some vulnerabilities exist because there are no safeguards or because the existing safeguards are ineffective 422 Windows 10 (mobile) A Windows operating system designed for mobile devices 161 Virus WAN wireless A communications system that provides wireless connectivity to a wide area network 249 Wardriver People who use computers with wireless connections to search for unprotected wireless networks 425 Windows Server A version of Windows specifically designed and configured for server use It has much more stringent and restrictive security procedures than other versions of Windows and is popular on servers in organizations that have made a strong commitment to Microsoft 164 Work breakdown structure (WBS) A hierarchy of the tasks required to complete a project; for a large project, it might involve hundreds or thousands of tasks 511 Waterfall method The assumption that one phase of the SDLC can be completed in its entirety and the project can progress, without any backtracking, to the next phase of the SDLC Projects seldom are that simple; backtracking is normally required 517 Workflow control Collaboration tool feature in which software manages the flow of documents approvals, rejections, and other characteristics among a collaborating team 95 Web 2.0 A dynamic system that uses user-generated content 350 Workgroup information system An information system that supports a particular department or workgroup 287 Web application A software application that requires nothing more than a browser Also called a thin-client application 154 Workgroup process A process that exists to enable workgroups to fulfill the charter, purpose, and goals of a particular group or department 287 Webinar A virtual meeting in which attendees can view a common presentation on the computer screen of one of the attendees for formal and organized presentations 85 Web page Document encoded in html that is created, transmitted, and consumed using the World Wide Web 253 Worm A virus that propagates itself using the Internet or some other computer network Worm code is written specifically to infect another computer as quickly as possible 439 Zettabyte (ZB) 1,024 EB 154 Index Page numbers followed by f denote figures 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 247 2014 Cost of Computer Crime Study, 428 3D printing, 135, 159–160, 160f, 169 3D Systems, 160 3M, 538 A Abstract reasoning, 43–44 Access, 204 Account acknowledgement form, sample, 444f Account administration, 444–445 account management, 444 help-desk policies, 445 password management, 444–445 Account creation browser form, 210f Accounting, ethics issues and, 300–301 ACID, 222 Activity, 126 business process, 492f Acxiom Corporation, 341, 384, 481 Ad-blocking software, 342 Ad click mobility, 346 Additive manufacturing (3D Printing), 159–160 Adobe Acrobat, 88, 166 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), 426 Advertising, 342 Adware, 439 Adware, computer malware, 439–440 Agile development, 518 Alibaba, 51–52 Amazon Elastic Cloud (EC2), 144 Amazon coins, 144 Amazon DynamoDB, 262 Amazon ElastiCache, 262 Amazon Redshift, 262 Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), 262 Amazon Web Services (AWS), 144 Amazon.com, 54, 130, 265, 333, 374, 537 case study (innovation, online sales), 142–143 Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), 144 innovation, 142–143, 143f stock price and net income, 53f American Management Association, 272 Android, 163, 168, 346 Anthem health care, 270, 426 Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., 270 Antimalware programs, 439–440 Apache Foundation, 168, 396–397 Apple Computer Inc, 42, 266, 348, 524, 537 data center in Maiden, NC, 241, 241f Find My Phone application, 358 iCloud, 427 Siri, 338 588 Application software, 166, 166–167 Applications, 492 see also Computer software; Software BigData, 394, 396 computer software categories, 161f content delivery network, 260 customer relations management (CRM), 295–297 data mining, 390–394 database, 206–212 IS and business processes, 492–493 native vs web, 171–174 screen-sharing, 85 version control, 94 Ashley-Carter, Shane, 231 As-is business order process, 499–501 As-is model, 496 Asymmetric encryption, 436 Asynchronous communication, 84 AT&T, 372, 481 Attributes, 213 Audi, 157 Augmented reality (AR), 155 August Smart Lock, 169 Authentication, 433 B Baibu.com, 537 Bank accounts, phishing and, 456–458 Baseline WBS, 515 Bell Labs, 163 Bell’s Law, 40 Bentham, Jeremy, 92 BI analysis, 375 BI application, 372 BI server, 403 BigData business intelligence and, 380–383, 386 organizational use of, 394, 396 Binary digits, 153 Bing, 163f, 400, 537 Biometric authentication, 433, 436 Bitcoins, 315 Bits (Binary digits), 153f Black Hat conference, 431–432 BlackBerry OS, 163 Blockbuster, 43 Bluetooth, 247 BMW, 157, 341 Boeing, 538–539 Bounce rate, 348 BPM see Business process managment BPMN see Business process modeling notation Bring your own device (BYOD) policy, 181 Brooks, Fred, 515 Browser forms, database, 209–211 Browser report, 210f Browsers, malware and, 439–440 Brute force attack, 429 Building permit process, 320f, 321f Bullwhip effect, 544, 545f, 546f Business analyst, 494 Business fundamentals, changes in BPM and, 496 Business intelligence (BI), 372, 375–380 data acquisition, 376–377, 380–383, 386 data analysis, 377–379 data mining applications, 390–394 future of, 404–405 knowledge management systems role of, 397–402 publication of results, 379–380 publishing alternatives, 402–404 reporting applications, 386–389 Business intelligence (BI) applications, 373–374 defined, 373–374 entertainment, 374 just-in-time medical reporting, 374 purchasing patterns, changes in, 373–374 Business intelligence (BI) process, 374–380 activities in, 375f Business intelligence (BI) server, functions of, 403–404 Business intelligence (BI) systems activities in, 372f, 373f, 374–380, 404f functions of, 403–404 in organizations, 371–374, 372–373 securities trading and, 395–396 Business process, 126, 375–380, 493–494 activities in, correlating IS and, 492f competitive advantage via, 131–132 ERP and, 306 information systems (IS) and, 493f IS and, 492–493, 492f value generation and, 126–127 Business process engineering, 294–295 Business process management (BPM), 127, 496 activities, 496–497 organizational use of, 494–497, 495–496 Business process modeling notation (BPMN), 498, 498–501, 498f documenting the as-is business order process, 499–501 Business process reengineering, 295 Business processes, 126f Business processes with three activities, 286f Business school, importance of MIS in, 37–42 the digital revolution, 39–40 evolving capabilities, 40–41 Metcalfe’s Law, 41–42 Moore’s Law, 40–41 Business-to-business (B2B), 334 Business-to-consumer (B2C), 334 Index BYOD (bring your own device) organizational policy, 181 personal mobile devices, at work, 180–182 Bytes, 154, 199 C Cable line, 249 Cameron, David, 546 Capital, 335 Car components, demand for, 231 Cardinality, 215, 215–222 Careers, five-component, 62–63 Carrier, 250 Cars, driverless, 130, 169 Case studies, 365f cloud-based solution, 277 dogfooding, 110–112 Hadoop, 413–414 NPfIT interorganizational IS, 322–323, 323f PSA cruising, information system, 191–192 requirements, managing/not managing, 533–534 Sedona, 364–366, 365f Target Corporation and data theft, 456–458 value of ideas, development and, 486–487 Cassandra, 168 Caterpillar Inc., 348 Censorship issues in China, 546–547 in Iraq, 546–547 in Turkey, 546–547 Central processing unit (CPU), 152 Chapter development process, 111f Characteristics of BI publishing alternatives, 402–403 Characteristics of information systems (workgroup, enterprise, inter-enterprise), 289f Chatter, 338 Check customer credit process, 500f Chief information officer (CIO), 464 Chief information security officer (CISO), 465 Chief security officer (CSO), 465 Chief technology officer (CTO), 464 ChoicePoint, 341 Chrome, 161 Churches, Andrew, 70n6 CITOS see Computer Integrated Terminal Operation System (CITOS) Clickstream data, 346 Clicky, 349 Client, 152 Closed source, 170 Cloud, 239 Cloud-based solution, 277 Cloud computing, 82, 88 Cloud services, 259 Cloud technology, 239–241, 243, 246, 249–259 carriers and net neutrality, 250 components of a LAN, 246–248 connecting LAN to Internet, 248–249 databases, inventory, 237–282 defining, 239–241 elastic, 239–240 future of, 239–243, 266, 268–269 how it works, 249–259 in-house alternatives to, 242f in-house hosting and, 242–243, 242–243 Internet addressing, 250–252 Internet example, 249–250 networks and, 243, 246 organizational uses of, 239–243, 259–261 over the internet, 241 pooled, 240–241 private cloud, 264–265, 264f protocols supporting web services, 255–256 security and, 263–266 service-oriented architecture (SOA), 253–256 types of clouds, 261f types of services, 261f uses of, 243 web server and, 252–253 Cluster analysis, 390 CNET News, 186 COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology), 497 Collaboration, 73 Collaboration information systems (CIS), 71–115 augmented collaboration, 97–98 becoming informed, 78 characteristics of, 73–76, 75f communication/content sharing, 83 communication tools, 83–87, 84f cooperation and, 73 decision-making, 78–79 feedback, 74–75 future of, 103 IS requirements for, 82–83, 83f, 84f meaningful experience with, 77 project data, 82 project metadata, 82 purposes of, 77–82 shared content and, 87–91, 94–96 simultaneous, using whiteboard, 85f successful outcome, 76–77 task management, collaboration tools and, 96–100 team capability, growth in, 77 team, choose right tools for, 100–103 Collaboration skills, 44 Collaboration tools for sharing content, 89f Collaborative management, 309 Collaborator, characteristics of, 75f Colvin, Geoff, 36n2 Comcast, 266 Commerce, cross-border, 537f Commerce server, 252f, 253 Common SM Metrics, 348f Communication collaboration tools and, 84f collaboration tools to improve team, 83–87 content sharing, collaboration and, 83 Communication channels, 350 Communities, 328 Communities of practice, 328 Communities, social media and, 329–330, 330f Competitive advantage principles of, 129f using IS to create, 132–134 via business process, 131–132 via information systems (IS), 132–134 via products, 129 Competitive analysis, 349 Competitive strategy, 121 589 analysis of industry structure determines, 121–124 computer data, 153–155 computer hardware and, 155–160 see also Computer hardware, competitive strategy and computer software and, 161–167 determines business processes, IS structure and, 128–129 emerging global economy, change, 538 mobile systems and, 174–180 see also Mobile systems native vs web applications, 171–174 see also Native application; Web applications open source software and, 168, 170–171 personal mobile devices, at work, 180–182 Comprehensive collaboration tool set, 101, 101f Computer-based information system, 48 Computer crime, 427f phishing and, 456–458 as security threat, 424 see also Security entries Computer crime costs, 428f Computer hardware, 48, 151–155, 152f components of, 152 data, 153–155 ERP and, 305 types of, 152–153 Computer hardware, competitive strategy and, 155–160 3D printing, 159–160 Internet of Things (IoT), 155–156, 156–157 self-driving cars, 157–159 Computer Integrated Terminal Operation System (CITOS), 191 Computer Price/Performance Ration Decreases, 41f Computer software, 161–167 see also Applications; Software categories of, 161f firmware, 167 open source, 168, 170–171 own vs license, 166 sources and types, 167f virtualization, 164–167 Comstock, Beth, 338 Confidence, 392 Configuration control, 516 Connection data, 331 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 169 Content data, 331 Content delivery networks (CDN), 260, 260f, 261 Content sharing, collaboration and, 83 see also Shared content Content/storage applications, 88f Control flow, 495 Conversion rate, 346 Cookies, 413, 430 Cooperation, collaboration and, 73 Cost, 126 Moore’s Law and, 40–41 self-driving cars and, 158–159 Cost feasibility, 503 Credit cards chip-and-PIN, 456–458 Target Corporation data theft, 456–458 Credit score decision tree, 394f Crime see also Security entries phishing, computers and, 456–458 590 Index Critical path, 513 Critical path analysis, 514 Critical Skills for Nonroutine Cognition, 44f CRM see Customer relationship management (CRM) system Crockett, Lee, 70n6 Cross-border commerce, 537f Cross-selling, 391 Crowdsourcing, 334 Crow’s feet, 180 Crow’s-foot diagram, 215 Cultural norms, international IS security and, 547–548 Custom-developed software, 167 Customer life cycle, 296 Customer relationship management (CRM) software, 161 system, 295–297 Customer service, social media and, 334 Cybercrime, 359 see also Computer crime D Data, 48, 36n14 accurate, 54 characteristics, 54–55 examples of consumer data that can be purchased, 381f hierarchy of elements of, 199f incorrect modification of, 425 privacy, security and, 434–435 queries on, 207 Data acquisition, 374 Data administration, 440 Data aggregator, 384 Data broker, 384 Data, computer, 153–155 size of, 154 specifying hardware with, 154–155 Data flow, 495 Data integration, security and, 314–315 Data integrity, normalizing for, 216–217 Data integrity problems, 216, 292 Data marts, 380–383, 383f, 386 vs data warehouses, 383, 386 Data mining, 390 organizational use of, 390–394 Data models, 212–215 into database design, 212–222 defined, 212 entities, 213 entity-relationship (E-R) data model, 212–215 relationships, 213–214 student data model entities, 213f Data safeguards, 432f, 440, 440–441 Data triangulation, 406 Data warehouses, 380, 380–383, 386 components of, 381f Database ERP, 305–306 user role in development, 219–220 Database administration, 206, 440 Database administration (DBA) tasks, summary of, 207f Database applications, 206, 206–212, 206–212 application programs, 207 browser forms, reports, queries, and applications, 209–211 components of, 208f components of system, 200f forms, queries, reports, and applications, 207, 208–209 four elements of a database application, 207 multiuser processing, 211–212 queries on, 207 Database, global issues with, 540–541 Database management system (DBMS), 204–205, 206, 222 administering database, 206 creating database structure, 204 in-memory DBMS, 222 processing database, 204–206 Database tier, 252, 260 Databases, 195–206, 206f, 207–238 benefits of, 221–223 defining, 199–204 development, data models and, 206–215 development process, 212f metadata, 201, 201f, 204 purpose of, 197–199 relationships among rows, 200–201, 200–201, 200f technology, future of, 222–223 Datalogix, 384 DB2, 204 DBMS see Database management system (DBMS) Decision-making, collaboration and, 78–79, 80f collaboration systems, 79 managerial decisions, 78 operational decisions, 78 relationship decision type/process, 79 strategic decisions, 79 structured decisions, 79 unstructured decisions, 79 Decision support systems, 373 Decision trees, 393–394 Define the system, 502–503, 502–503, 506 Deliverables, 511 Deloitte & Touche, 547 Denial of service (DoS), 426 Design and implementation for the five components, 304f, 510 Desktop virtualization, 166 Digital Revolution, 39 Digital subscriber line (DSL), 248 DigitalOne, 547 Dimension, 387 Discussion forums, collaboration and, 86, 86f Diseconomies of scale, 515 Dissemination/enforcement, 443 Distributed database processing, 541 Distributed systems, 311 Document checkout, 95, 95f version control, 94 Dogfooding, 110–112 Doing phase, of project management, 82 Domain name, 251 DoubleClick, 414 Drill down, 388 Drones, 135 Dropbox, 185 Drucker, Peter, 469, 472 Dual processor, 152 Dynamic processes, 286 vs structured, 286–287f Dynamic reports, 402 E E-R Diagram for security’s database, 221f Easel Corporation, 519 eBay, 334 security breach, 427 Edge, 161 Egocentric thinking vs empathetic, 106–107 Elastic, 239 Electronic data systems (EDS), 474 Electronic Patient Record System, 323 Electronic sharing of X-rays system, 322–323 Elements of a Mobile Information system, 175f Ellison, Larry, 176 Email collaboration and, 85 malware and, 439–440 spoofing, 425 on work computers, 470–471 eMarketer, 343 Empathic thinking vs.egocentric, 106–107 Employees monitoring, 105 privacy and work computers, 470–471 resistance to change, 310 security policy for in-house, 442f social media policy and, 352–355 unethical treatment of, 122–123 use of mobile systems at work, 180–181, 180f Encapsulated, 255 Encryption, 436 end-to end encrypted email, 431 Encryption algorithms, 436 Encryption of data, 270 Enterprise 2.0, 350 Enterprise application integration (EAI), 303 Enterprise application solutions, 295 Enterprise applications, international, 541 Enterprise information systems, 288, 297, 309–310 Enterprise processes, 288, 288–289 CRM and, 294–297, 302–304 enterprise application integration (EAI), 294–297, 302–304 enterprise resource planning (ERP), 294–297, 299, 302–304 ERP elements, 304–308, 304–308 see also Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Enterprise resource planning (ERP), 297, 299, 302–303 business process procedures, 306 ERP databases, 305–306 future of, 312–313, 313f hardware, 305 industry-specific solutions, 308 major vendors of, 308 program applications, 305 standard blueprints and, 316–317 training and consulting, 306–307 Enterprise silos, 311–312 Index Enterprise social network (ESN), 349 best practices, 352f communication, changing, 350–351 defining, 349–352 deploying successful, 351–352 enterprise 2.0, 350 Entity, 213 Entity-relationship (E-R) data model, 212 Entity-relationship (E-R) diagrams, 214 Entity-relationship (E-R) data model, 212–215 ERP applications, 297f ERP information systems, 302f, 542 ERP system, elements of, 304–308 Ethernet, 41, 255 Ethics Guide accounting issues, 300–301 data aggregation, 384–385 deceptive information, 56–57 employees, treatment of, 122–123 estimation ethics, 504–505 expense reports, 244–245 free apps for data, 176–177 privacy, securing, 434–435 salary inequality, 202–203 social marketing, or lying, 344–345 utilitarianism, 92–93 work computer use policies, 470–471 Etsy, 185 Exabyte (EB), 154 Executive group, communicate IS issues to, 469 Existing order process, 499f Experiment, ability to 45 Experimentation, 45 Expert systems, 398 KM and, 398–399 Expert systems shells, 398 External sources, of inappropriate content, 353–354 F Facebook, 97, 176, 197, 327, 349, 354–365, 401 for organizations and machines, 338–339 Facebook page insights, 349 Faulty service, 425–426 FCA see Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Federal Bureau of Investigation, 547 Federal Communications Commission, 267 Feedback guidelines for giving and receiving, 74–75, 76f importance in collaboration, 74 Fields, 199 File, 199 File, databases, 199f File server, 89 File Transfer Protocol (ftp), 257 Finalizing phase, project management, 82 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 277 Firefox, 161, 168 Firewall, 437 security and, 437–438 use of multiple, 438f Firmware, 167 First Data Corporation, 323 Five-component framework, 48, 48f, 50–52 characteristics of, 50f components ordered by difficulty/ disruption, 52 high-tech vs low-tech systems, 52 scope of new, 52 self component, 50 Five forces model, 120, 120–121 Flickr, 185 Folksonomy, 350 Foreign keys, 201 databases and, 201 Foreign Policy, 536 Franklin, Benjamin, 339 Freemium, 342 Freemium revenue model, social media and, 342, 342–343 Friedman, Milton, 245 Friedman, Thomas, 536 Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), 51 Functional application, 287 Functional information systems, 287 Functional systems, advantages of global, 542 Fundamental forces changing technology, 42f G Gantt chart, 513, 514f Gartner, 371 Gates, Bill, 176 Geer, Dan, 431 General Electric (GE), 156, 338 GethuGames’ SpiroCanvas, 173f Ghemawat, Pankaj, 536–537, 537f Gigabyte (GB), 154 Glass, Philip, 528 Global components of information systems, 539–542 databases, issues with, 540–541 enterprise applications, 541 functional systems, 542 inherent processes, problems of, 542 Global economy, 536–539 competitive environment, 537–538 competitive strategy, 538 cross-border commerce, 537f value chains, business processes and, 536–539 Global information systems, security and, 546–548 Global IS management, 536–553, 548–551 operational, 550–551 project management, 549–550 setting up IS, in foreign offices, 551 why more challenging?, 548–551, 549f Global supply chain management, 542–546, 542–546 bullwhip effect and, 544–546, 545f, 546f information and, 544–546 Gmail, 176 GNU general public license (GPL) agreement, 168 GNU open source OS, 168 GoDaddy, 251 Good collaboration tool set, 101 Google, 42, 97, 157, 163, 176, 185, 266, 342, 359, 400, 537 censorship issues in China, 546–547 Project Loon, 41 Google Analytics, 349 Google Docs, 88 591 Google Drive, 45, 82, 89–91, 94, 259, 266 available types of documents on, 90f document sharing on, 91f editing a shared document on, 91f form for creating an account on, 90f sample task list on, 98f sharing task list on, 96, 98 Google Glass, 58, 97 Google Hangouts, 112f Google Plus (+), 94, 327, 329 Google search, 176 Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act, 434 Granularity, 382 Graphical queries, 210, 211f Green computing, 486 Greer, Dan, 431 Guide (feature) Data mining in the real world, 408–409 egocentric vs empathic thinking, 106–107 ERP, standard blueprints and, 316–317 keeping up to speed, 186–187 monitoring employees, 272–273 outsourcing, issues with, 482–483 personal brand, developing, 360–361 personal competitive advantage, 138–139 phishing and, 452–453 using your knowledge, 528–529 H Hacking, 425 cars and, 137 Hackman, J Richard, 76, 77 Hadoop (BigData processing system), 168, 396–397, 413–414 Halamka, John, 298 Hardening, 444 Harvard Business Review, 519 Harvard Medical School and Group Health System, 298 Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 160 Harvard University, 356 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 434 Heartbleed vulnerability, 184–185 Hewlett-Packard, 427 Hiring, security safeguards for, 442 Hlatshwayo, Sandile, 45, 36n8 HoloLens aka “Project Baraboo,” 97 augmented collaboration and, 97 Home Depot, security breach, 427, 450 Honeypots, 446 Hop, 249 Horizontal-market application, 166, 167f Host operating system, 164 House of Cards, 374 https, 257, 437 https (SSL or TLS), 437f Human capital, 335 Human error, threat, 423 Human safeguards, security threats and, 432f, 441, 441–443, 441–447 account administration, 444–445, 444–445 dissemination/enforcement, 443 for employees, 441–443 592 Index Human safeguards (Continued) hiring/screening, 442 for non-employee personnel, 443–444 position definitions, 441 safeguards, 441 security monitoring, 446–447 systems procedures, 445–446 termination, 443 Hybrid model, 312 Hyper-social KM alternative media, 401–402 Hyper-social KM media, 402f Hyper-social knowledge management, 401 Hyper-social knowledge sharing, resistance to, 402 Hyper-social organizations, knowledge management, 401 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http), 257 I IaaS (infrastructure as a service), 259, 261f, 262 IBM, 42, 166, 265 Watson, 338 Watson learns Japanese, 540 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 250 iCloud, 266 Identification, 433 Identifier, 213 IEEE 802.11 protocol, 247 IEEE 802.3 protocol, 247 If/Then rules, 398, 398f Implementation, 508 In-memory DBMS, 222 Inbound logistics, social media and, 334 Incident response plan, 447, 447f Incorrect data modification, 425 Increasing value of networks, 41f Industry-specific solutions, ERP and, 308 Influencer, 337 Information, 53 defined, 53, 53–54 ethics of, 56–57 Information age, 39 Information silos, IS and, 291–294, 293f enterprise system, patient discharge, 293–294 organizations and problems with, 291–293 PRIDE and, 311–312 problems with, 292f without PRIDE, 311f Information system (IS), 461–487, 463–467 business processes and applications vs, 492–493 competitive advantages and, 129, 131–135 defined, 47 department organization, 463–467, 464–465 five components of, for collaboration, 82–83 future of, 135–136, 478–479 information silos and, 291–294 international components of, 539–542 interorganizational ISs, 322–323, 323f jobs in, 465–467, 466f organizations plan use of, 467–469 outsourcing and, 469, 472–476 process quality, improving and, 289–291 strategy and, 117–146 two roles for, regarding products, 131f user rights and responsibilities, 477–478, 477–478 Information system (IS) management, 417 Information system (IS) security, 422–427 data safeguards, 440–441 goal of, 426–427 security officers, 465 threat/loss scenario, 422–423, 423f types of loss, 424–426 Information systems development, 489–536 business process management (BPM) and, 494–497 business processes and applications, 491–494 future of, 523–525 successful SDLC projects, 511–517 Information systems (IS) business processes and applications, 491–494 Information systems (IS) security threats organizations and, 447 responding to, 428–430, 432 sources of, 423–424 Information technology (IT), defined vs IS, 47 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), 259, 261f, 262 Infrastructure, loss of, 426 Inherent processes, 542 Instagram, 185, 344, 348–349, 355 Intel Corporation, 40, 353f Intel Rules of Social Media Engagement, 353f Inter-enterprise information systems, 289 enterprise silos and, 311–312 global supply chain management, 542–546 Inter-enterprise PRIDE system, 312f Inter-enterprise processes, 289 Internal firewalls, 438 International MIS see Global entries Internet, 246 hotel reservations and, 250f world economy supported by, 537–538 Internet addressing, 250–252 private addresses, 251–252 public IP and domain names, 251 Internet of Things (IoT), 155, 155–156, 313 Internet protocols, 257f Internet service provider (ISP), 248 Intranet, 246 Intrusion detection systems (IDS), 104, 429 iOS, 163 IP address, 250 IP spoofing, 425 iPad, 163 iPhone, 163 IPv4, 251 IPv6, 251 IS see Information system (IS) IS/IT Outsourcing alternatives, 474f J Jacob, Beth, 457 Jasc Corporation, 166 Java, 171 Job(s) see also Careers five components for, 62–63 growth by sector 1989-2009, 46f MIS and, 45–46 salaries fo information systems jobs, 467f Jobs, Steve, 197, 259 JPMorgan, security breach, 427 JSON document (example), 258f JSON (Javascript Object Notation), 257, 257f Jukes, Ian, 36n6 Just-in-time data, 179 Just-time design, 519 K Kant, Immanuel, 56–57, 245 as data modeler, 226–227 Key, 436 database, 200 encryption, 436 Key escrow, 441 Key loggers, 439 Key performance indicators (KPI), 347 Khoshnevis, Behrokh, 160 Kilobyte (KB), 154 Kindle, 144 Kindle Fire, 36n2 King, Rocky, 323 KISSmetrics, 349 Knowledge management (KM) systems, 398 organizational role of, 400–401 Kroft, Steve, 472, 481 Kryder, Mark, 42 Kryder’s Law, 42, 42f, 43 Kurzweil, Ray, 524 L L L Bean, 141 LAN, configuring to the Internet, 248–249 Cable line, 249 Digital subscriber line (DSL), 248–249 WAN Wireless Connection, 249 LAN networks, 248f Language, computer Pig, Hadoop query, 397 structured query language (SQL), 205 Unified Modeling Language (UML), 213 Languages, spoken world, 541f Laping, Chris, 351 Legal environment, global information systems, 546–547 LG, 169 Libraries, SharePoint, 94 LibreOffice, 87, 88, 168 License, 166 License software, own vs., 166 Lift, 393 Lightbeam, 414 Lin, Nan, 336 Linkages, value chain, 124, 125–126 LinkedIn, 197, 337, 342, 348, 349 Linux, 163, 166 Linux Mint Virtual Machine, 165f Local area network (LAN), 246 Localizing, 539–540, 540f Logistics, inbound/outbound, social media and, 334 Logitech, 169 Index Loss, types of, 424–426 denial of service (DoS), 426 faulty service, 425–426 incorrect data modification, 425 infrastructure, 426 unauthorized data disclosure, 424–425 Lost-update problem, 211 M M-commerce, 175 Ma, Jack, 51 Mac OS, 162 Machine code, 170 Mahr Group, 551 Main memory, 152 Maintenance, 510 MakerBot, 160, 169–170 Malware, 438 definitions, 439 protection/safeguards, 438–439, 439–440 Target Corporation, data theft and, 456–458 Management information systems (MIS), 47, 48–49 abstract reasoning skills, 44 achieving strategies and, 49 collaboration skills and, 44 experiment skills, 45 five-component model and, 48, 50–52 importance of, 37–38 jobs and, 43, 45–46 skills, nonroutine and, 43–44 systems thinking skills, 44 Managerial decisions, 78 Manufacturing, social media and, 334–335 Many-to-many (N:M) relationships, 214, 220f MapReduce, 394, 396–397, 396f Marescaux, Jacques, 267 Margin, 124 Marin Software, 343 Market-basket analysis, 391, 392f Marketing ethics and, 344–345 social media and, 333 Marx, Karl, 335 Mashable, 184 Matzner, Ryan, 486 Mayer, Marissa, 58 Mayo Clinic, 63 McAfee, Andrew, 350 McAfee’s SLATES Model, 350f McDonald’s, 354 McKenna, Jeff, 519 Measure, 387 Megabyte (MB), 154 Mercedes-Benz, 157 Mercedes-Benz F015, 169 Merck, 374 Metadata, 201, 201f, 204 Metcalf, Robert, 41 Metcalfe’s Law, 41, 42f, 43 Metrics, 347 Microsoft, 156–157, 400, 537 HoloLens, 58 Microsoft Access, 42, 196, 201f Microsoft Corporation, 157f Microsoft Excel, 45, 166 Microsoft Office, 176 MIcrosoft Office Online, 88 Microsoft Outlook, 84 Microsoft PowerPoint, 166 Microsoft SharePoint, 94, 98–99, 99f, 113f Microsoft Windows, 161–163, 163 Microsoft Word, 166, 538 Microsoft.com Surface announcement, 400f Migdal, Alexander, 395 Mill, John Stuart, 92 Miller, Charlie, 431 Mindbody, 524 Minimal collaboration tool set, 100 Minimum cardinalities, 215 Mobile ad spending, 343f Mobile change and opportunity, five components of, 178f Mobile client operating systems, 163–164 Mobile device, 175 Mobile device management (MDM) software, 181 Mobile systems, 174–180 data, 179 future of, 182–183 hardware, 178 people/workers and use of, 179–180 procedures, 179 software, 178 Modern-style application, 162 Modules, 297 Molina, Jesus, 431 Monetize, 341 MongoDB, 196, 221, 262 Moore, Gordon, 40 Moore’s Law, 40–41, 42f, 43 Motorola, 163 Mt Gox, 315 Multiuser processing, 211 MySQL, 168, 204 N National Health Service (NHS), 322 National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT), 322 National Security Agency (NSA), 448 Native applications, 161 characteristics of, 172f developing, 171–172 web app vs., 171–174 Natural events/disasters, threats, 424 Nest Labs, 169 Nestlé, 354 Net neutrality, 250 Netflix, 267, 374 Network, 243 Network types, 243f Neural network, 391 NewSQL databases, 222 NHS see National Health Service (NHS) Nielson, Jakob, 42 Nielson’s Law, 42, 42f Nike, 159 Nissan, 157 N:M (many to many relationships), 220f Nonaka, Ikujiro, 520 Nonmobile client operating systems, 161–163 Nonroutine cognition, skills for, 43–44, 44f skills, nonroutine and, 43–44 Nonvolatile, 155 Normal forms, 217 593 Normalization, database, 216–217 representing relationships, 217–218 Normalized tables, 217f Normalizing for data integrity, 217 NoSQL databases, 195 Database Management System (DBMS), 222 NPfIT see National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) NPfIT Interorganizational IS, 322–323, 323f O Obamacare, 284–285 Object management group (OMG), 498 Object-oriented language, 171 Oculus Rift, 97 Off-the-shelf software, 167 Office 365, 101f, 266 OLAP cube, 388 One-of-a-kind application, 167, 167f One-to-many (1:N) relationships, 214 OneDrive, 176, 259 Online analytical processing (OLAP), 387–390, 388f, 389f Open Office, 88 Open source software, 168, 170–171 OpenSSL Library, 184 Opera, 161 Operating systems (OS) major, 161–164, 162f mobile client, 163–164 nonmobile client, 161–163 server, 164 Operational data, problems with, 381–383 Operational decisions, 78 Operations, social media and, 334–335 Oracle, 161, 176, 265, 308 Oracle Database, 204 Oregon Health Authority (OHA), 323, 533 Organizational feasibility, 503 Organizational strategy, information systems and, 537f five forces model of industry strategy, 120–121 value chain structure, 124–126, 124–126, 126–127, 126–127 Organizations, 396 application software use and, 166–167 BigData applications and, 394, 396 business intelligence (BI) and see Business intelligence (BI) entries cloud technology and, 239–243, 259–261, 263–266 data acquisition and, 380–383 incident response plan, 447, 447f internal risks, from social media, 352–355 Map Reduce, 394, 396 privacy, security and, 434–435 SMIS security and, 352–355, 355–357 Organizations, data mining applications and, 393–394 decision trees, 393–394 market-basket analysis, 391–393 supervised data mining, 391 unsupervised data mining, 390 Organizations, data reporting applications and, 387–390 basic reporting operations, 386 online analytical processing (OLAP), 387–390 RFM analysis, 386–387 594 Index Organizations, effective SMIS and, 346–349 gather and analyze data, 349 goals and, 347, 347f personal connections and, 349 success metrics and, 347–348 target audience and, 348 values and, 348–349 Organizations, IS planning and, 467–469 align IS with organizational strategy, 467–468 communicate Issues to the executive group, 469 develop priorities in IS department, 469 steering committee sponsor, 469–470 Organizations, knowledge management (KM) role in, 399, 400–401 content management application alternatives, 400–401 content management challenges of, 399–400 content management systems, 399 expert systems, 398–399 hyper-social KM alternative media, 401–402 hyper-social knowledge sharing, 402 hyper-social organizations, 401 Organizations, social media and inappropriate content, 352–355 revenue from social media, 342–343, 346 Ostroumow, Sergej, 547 O’Toole, Quentin, 547 Outbound logistics, social media and, 334 Outsourcing information systems, 469, 472–476 alternatives to, 474 cost reduction, 472–473 international, 473–474 management advantages, 472 reasons for, 472f risk reduction, 473 risks of, 474–475, 475f Over the Internet, 241 P PaaS, platform as a service, 261f, 262 PAC see Picture Archive and Communications system (PAC) Packet, 250 Packet-filtering firewall, 438 Packet sniffers, 272 Page, Larry, 176 PageMaker, 166 Paint Shop Pro, 166 Paired programming, 520 Pandora, 374 Parallel installation, 509 Partitioned database, 541 Pay per click, 342 Payload, 438 PC virtualization, 164 Peering, 250 People, component-framework and, 48 People’s Republic of China (PRC), 546–547 Peoplesoft, 474 Perimeter firewall, 438 Permission-limited activity, version control, 94 Personal area network (PAN), 246 Personal connections, social media and, 349 Personal identification number (PIN), 433 Personal mobile devices, at work, 180–182 employee use, 180–181 Survey of organizational BYOD policy (bring your own device), 181 Personal security safeguards, 429f Petabyte (PB), 154 Pew Research Center, 185, 359 Pfizer, 138 Phased installation, 509 Phisher, 425 Phishing, 453f, 456–458 Photoshop, 88, 166 Physical security, international IS and, 547 Picture Archive and Communications system (PAC), 322 Pig (Hadoop query language), 397 Pilot installation, 509 Pinterest, 185, 348 PixelSense, 190 Pizza Hut, 58, 341 Planning see Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Planning phase, of project management, 81 Planning the use of IS/IT, 467f Platform as a service (PaaS), 259, 261f, 474 Plunge installation, 509 PMBOK® Guide, 549 Ponemon Institute, 427 Pooled, 240 Porter, Michael, 119, 121, 125 Porter’s Five Forces Model, 120, 120f Porter’s Four Competitive Strategies, 121f Position definitions, employee security safeguards, 441 Possible problems with source data, 382f Power curve, 101, 102f Pozadzides, John, 429 Practice Fusion Inc., 374 Pre-ERP information systems, 299f Pretexting, 425 PricewaterhouseCoopers, 371 PRIDE systems, 282, 283, 325–327, 372, 419, 468 information silos and, 311–312 Primary activities, of value chain, 124–125 Primary drivers of systems development, 515f Primary key, database, 200 Priorities, IS department, 469 PRISM, 448 Privacy, 448 employee, on work computers, 470–471 international, Internet and, 547 Privacy Act of 1974, 434 Private IP address, 250 Problem, 80 Problem-solving, collaboration and, 80–81, 80f, 81f Procedures, 48 Process activity, IS, quality and, 290–291 Process blueprints, 306 Process effectiveness, 289 Process flow, controlling data quality, 291 Process structure, changing, 290 Processes, basic types of, 285–289 enterprise processes, 288–289 Inter-enterprise processes, 289 structured vs dynamic, 286 workgroup, 287–288, 288f Processes, management of improve process quality, 495 technology, change in, 496 Processing, on web server, 252–253 three-tier architecture, 252, 253 Product page, 254f Project data, 82 Project management, collaboration and, 80–81, 81f doing phase, 82 planning phase, 81 starting phase, 81 task, 81f Project metadata, 82 Protocol, 246 Protocols supporting web services, 255–256 TCP/IP protocol architecture, 255 Prototype, role of, 507 PSA see Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) PSA cruising, information system, 191–192 Public IP address, 250 Public key encryption, 436 Publish results, 375 Pull publishing, 375 Purchasing patterns, 373–374 Push publishing, 375 Putin, Vladimir, 547 Q Quad processor, 152 Qualifying parts query design, 379f Query form, sample, 209f Query results, sample, 209f Quick Launch, 112 QuickBooks, 166 R RAM, 152 RAND Corporation, 43 Ransomware, 439 Records, 199 Red Robin, 351 Regression analysis, 391 Reich, Robert, 43, 269, 528 Relation, 201 Relational databases, 201 Relationships, 213, 214f representing, in databases, 217–218 social media and, 337–340 Remote access, 263f, 264f Remote action system, 268 Replicated database, 541 Reporting applications, 376 basic reporting operations, 386 RFM analysis, 386–387 Reporting relationships, typical senior level, 464f Reports, database, 208f reports, 207 Repository, 126 Representing a 1:N relationships, 218f Requirement gaps, 309–310 Requirements determine, 506–508 prototype, role of, 507 sources of, 506–507 Requirements analysis, 502 Index Resources, 495 changing process, 290 connect to, social media and, 340–341 Revenue models, social media and, 342–343 advertising, 342 freemium, 342–343 mobility reducing online ad revenue?, 346 RFM analysis, organizational use of, 386–387 RFM scores (example), 387 Rich directory, 401 Risk, managing employee communication and, 352–353 Risks, of outsourcing, 474–475, 476–477 benefits vs long-term costs, 476 loss of control, 475–476 no easy exit, 476–477 Role of development personnel, 494f Roles, 495 Rolls-Royce, 538 Rows, databases, 199 S SaaS (software as a service), 261–262, 261f Sacco, Justine, 353 Safeguard, 423 Sales Dashboard, 303 Sales History for Selected Parts, 379f Salesforce.com, 338 SAP, 307f, 308, 308f, 316, 334 Schedule feasibility, 503 Schneier, Bruce, 184 Scope of development processes, 494f Screen-sharing applications, 85 Scrum, SDLC and, 517–523, 520f, 521f committing to finish tasks, 523 essentials, 520–521 principles of agile (scrum) development, 517–518, 519f requirement tasks, 522, 522f requirements and process of, 521–523 scheduling tasks, 522–523 scrum process, 519–521, 519–521 summary of estimation techniques, 523f Scumniotales, John, 519 SDLC see Systems development life cycle (SDLC) SDLC Component design phase, 508f SDLC Implementation phase, 509f SDLC system maintenance phase, 510f Seagate Corp., 42 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 437 Securities trading, 395–396 Security, 448 cloud technology and, 263–266 problems and sources, 424f SMIS, organizations and, 352–355, 352–355 Security, global IS and, 546–548 cultural norms, 547–548 legal environment, 546–547 physical security, 547 Security Guide (feature), 104 cloud technology and, 270–271 collaboration, securing, 104–105 data integration and, 314–315 employee monitoring, 105 EMV, credit cards and, 450–451 hacking smart things, 136 Heartbleed vulnerability, 184–185 industrial espionage, 526–527 Internet of threats, 136–137 IS security, 480–481 passwords and etiquette of, 60–61 privacy and data, 358, 358–359 semantic security, 406–407 taking back-seat driver to a whole new level, 137 theft by SQL Injection, 224–225 vetting insiders, 104–105 Security officers, IS department, 465 Security threats, safeguards against, 433, 436 biometric authentication, 433, 436 design, for secure applications, 440 encryption, 436–437 firewalls, 437–438 identification, authentication and, 433 malware protection/safeguards, 438–439 single sign-on for multiple systems, 436 smart cards, 433 Sedona, Arizona, social media and, 364–366, 365f, 366f Self-driving cars, 135, 157–158, 158f Self-efficacy, 310 Semantic security, 406 Server, 152 Server farm, 153, 153f Server operating systems, 164 Server tier, 252 Server virtualization, 164 Servers used in a typical CDN service, 260 Service-oriented architecture (SOA), 253–256 SOA analogy, 253–254 for three-tier architecture, 255–256 Shared content, collaboration tools and, 87–91, 94–96 version control, 94 version management, Google Drive, 89–91, 89–91 Shared content with no control, 88–89 SharePoint example email from, 113f share task list using, 98–99, 99f Siemens, 185 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (smtp), 257 Single sign-on, for multiple systems, 436 Singularity, the, 405 Siri, 180 Site license, 166 Six Common BYOD Policies, 181f Skills job security and, 43 nonroutine, MIS and, 43–44, 44f Skype, 85f, 259 SLATES, 350 Small office/home office (SOHO), 246 Small office/home office (SOHO) LAN, 247f Smart cards, security and, 433 Smart device, 155 Smart home, 183f Smart things, hacking, 431 Smartphones ad clicks and, 346 development of, 156f SMIS see social media information system 595 Smith, Vernon, 332 Snapchat, 197, 349 Sniffing, 425 Snowden, Edward, 104, 448 SOA see Service-oriented architecture (SOA) SOAP, 257f Social capital, 336 Social CRM, 333 Social media as convergence of disciplines, 328f enterprise social network (ESN) and, 349–352 internal risks from, 352–355 redesigning enterprises for, 356f revenue from, 341–346 social capital and, 336 work computers, use of on, 470–471 Social media information system (SMIS), 325–370, 328–332 add value to business, 337 communities and, 329–330, 330f components of, 330–332, 331f connect with resources using, 340–341 customer service and, 334 data, 331–332 defining, 328–332 future of, 355–357 hardware components, 331 human resources and, 335 inappropriate content, 352–355, 353–355, 354–355 inbound/outbound logistics, 334 manufacturing and operations, 334–335 organizational strategy, 332–335, 332–335 organizations develop, 346–349 people and, 332 procedures, 332 sales/marketing activities and, 333 social capital and, 335–337, 339–341 social media providers, 328 software components, 331 strengthen, increase relationships, 337, 339, 339–340 users, 328–329, 329f value chain activities and, 333f Social media plan development, 346f Social media policy, 352 Social media providers, 328 Social media (SM), 328 Social networks, 328 Softbank, 540 Software, 48, 161–167 see also Applications; Computer software categories of, 161f database, 204–206 future of, 182–183 Heartbleed vulnerability, 184–185 localizing, 539–540, 540f updates, malware and, 439–440 Software as a service (SaaS), 261–262, 261f, 474 Sony, 312 source code, 168 Source Code Sample, 170f Source disciplines of data mining, 390f Spence, Michael, 45, 70n8 596 Index Spoofing, 425 Spotify, 374 Spreadsheet example, 198f Spyware, 439 Spyware and adware symptoms, 439f SQL injection attack, 224–225, 440 SQL Server, 204 Squarespace.com, 51 Stamos, Alex, 431 Stand-up, 520 Standard blueprint, ERP and, 316–317 Starbucks, 62, 356 Starting phase, of project management, 81 Static reports, 402 Steering committee, organizations sponsor, 469–470 Steinhafel, Gregg, 457 Storage-capacity terminology, 154f Storage hardware, 152 Stored procedure, 306 Strategic decisions, 79 Strength of a relationship, 339 Strong password, 60 Structured decisions, 79 Structured processes, 286, 286–287f Structured query language (SQL), 205, 205f Structured vs dynamic processes, 287f Subscriptions, 403 Success metrics, 347, 347–348 Supervised data mining, 391 Supply chain, 542 global, 542–546 relationships/example, 544f Supply chain example, 543f Supply chain relationships, 543f Support, 392 Support activities, 124 Support activities, of value chain, 124–126, 125 Surface, 400f Survey report, sample, 87f SurveyMonkey, 87 Sutherland, Jeff, 519 Swift, 171 Swim-lane layout, 499 Switching costs, 131 Symbian, 163 Symmetric encryption, 436 Synchronous communication, 84 System conversion, 509, 509–510 System, defined, 48 System implementation, 508–510 system conversion, 509–510, 509–510 testing, 509 Systems analyst, 494 Systems development life cycle (SDLC), 501, 511–517 adjust plan via trade-offs, 514–515 approve requirements, 507–508 assess feasibility, 503 challenges, manage development, 515–517 components design phase, 508 define the system goals/scope, 506 definition phase, 502–503, 503f five phases of, 502f Gantt chart of project definition phase, 513f, 514f implementation phase, 508–510 keys for successful, 511–517, 511–517 phases of, 501–511 project plan, create, 512–514 project team, form, 503, 506 requirements analysis phase, 506–508, 507f scrum and, 517–523, 517–523 system maintenance phase, 510–511 time and costs, estimate, 511–512 work breakdown structure, 511 Systems procedures, 445f Systems thinking, 44 Systems thinking skills, 44 T Table, 199 Tablets, 152 Takeuchi, Hirotaka, 520 Target, 423 Target audience, 348, 440 Target Corporation data theft, 456–457, 465 Task descriptions for primary activities of the value chain, 125f Task management, collaboration tools and, 96, 97–100 Google Drive, sharing task list on, 96, 98, 98f SharePoint, sharing task list using, 98–99, 99f Taylor, Paul, 105 TCP/IP protocol architecture, 256 Team, collaboration tools for, 100–103, 100f assessing, 101 comprehensive collaboration tool set, 101, 101f good collaboration tool set, 101 minimal collaboration tool set, 100 people components, 102–103 Team survey, collaboration and, 87 Technical feasibility, 503 Technical safeguards, security threats and, 432f, 433, 433f, 438–439 Technology, change in, BPM and, 496 Telediagnosis, 268 Telelaw enforcement, 268 Telesurgery, 268 Terabyte (TB), 154 Termination, employee, security safeguards and, 443 Test plan, 509 Text mining, 272 Theft by SQL Injection, 224–225 Thick-client application, 161 Third-party cookie, 413, 414f Threat, 422 Threat/loss, 423f Threats, 423–424 computer crime, 424 human error, 423 natural events/disasters, 424 Three fundamental cloud types, 259f Three-tier architecture, 252–253, 253f, 263 Torvalds, Linus, 168 Town, Laura, 112 Toyota, 399 Trade-offs, adjust plan via, 514–515 Train the trainer, 306 Transition problems, enterprise systems and, 310 Transport Layer Security (TLS), 437 Traveler’s Insurance, 159 Trigger, computer program, 306 Trojan horses, 438, 438–439 Tumblr, 185, 348, 355 Tunnel, 263 Twitter, 197, 327, 336–337, 340, 349, 354–355, 401, 547 U Über, 130 Ubuntu, 168 Unauthorized data disclosure, 424–425 Unified modeling language (UML), 213 University of Southern California, 160 Unix, 163 Unstructured decisions, 79 Unsupervised data mining, 390 URL (Uniform Resource Locator), 252 U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 62, 422 U.S Department of Commerce, 251 U.S Department of Defense, 167, 493, 501 U.S Department of Justice, 426 U.S Intelligence Community, 431 U.S Social Security Administration, 466 User-generated content (UGC), 353 User interface, modern-style, 163f User tier, 252 User(s), 329f IS, rights and responsibilities, 477–478, 477f role in database development, 219–220 social media, 328–329 Usurpation, 426 V Valasek, Chris, 431 Valentine, Brian, 110 Value, 124 increased by use, 342 Value, business processes and, 126–127 Value chain, 124 for Bicycle Rental Companies, 128f business processes, global economy and, 538–539 drone manufacturers, 124f primary activities in, 125f Value chain structure, 124–126 business processes and, 126–127 linkages, 125–126 Value of social capital, 336 Vanity metrics, 348 Velocity, 523 Version control, shared content and, 94 document checkout, 94, 95f permission-limited activity, 94 version history, 114f workflow control, 95–96 Version management, 89 Version management, Google Drive, 89–91 Vertical-market application, 166, 167f Video banner ad customer (example), 240f Videoconferencing, 85, 86f Viral hook, 330 Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Index Virtual machines (vm), 164 Virtual meetings, 85 Virtual private clouds (VPC), 265, 265–266, 266f Virtual private networks (VPNs), 263, 263–264, 263–264, 263–264 Virtual reality, 97, 155 Virtualization, 164 computer software and, 164–167 Virus, 438–439 Volatile, 155 VPNs, virtual private networks, 263f, 264f Vulnerability, 422 W The Wall Street Journal, 186, 342 Walmart, 544, 544f bribery scandal, 547 WAN wireless, 249 Wardrivers, 425 Waterfall method, 517 Web 2.0, 350 Web ads, 346 Web application, 161 developing, 172–174 developing native applications, 171–172 native app vs., 171–174 Web page, 253 Web server computer, applications on, 209f Web servers, 253 Web services, organizational internal use of, 261 Web services, protocols supporting, 257f Internet protocols: http, https, smtp, and ftp, 257f WSDL, SOAP, XML, and JSON, 257f Webinar, 85 What’sApp, 349 Whirlpool, 169 “Why the World Isn’t Flat” (Ghemawat), 536 Wide area network (WAN), 246 Wikileaks, 424 Wikipedia, 185 Windows, 537 Windows 10 (mobile), 163, 164 Windows Server, 164 hosting two virtual machines, 165f Winklevoss, Cameron, 336 Winklevoss, Tyler, 336 Work breakdown structure (WBS), 511, 512f The Work of Nations (Reich), 269 Workflow control, version management, 95–96 Workflow problems, 296 Workgroup information system, 287 Workgroup processes, 287, 288f Worm, 439 Worm, as computer malware, 439 www.Ebook777.com 597 WSDL (Web Services Description Language), 257, 257f X XML document (example), 258f XML (eXtensible Markup language), 257, 257f Y Yahoo!, 58, 185 Yahoo! Mail, 431 Yammer, 338, 351 YouTube, 42, 185, 335, 340–341, 547 top channels, 340f You’ve Got Mail (movie), 182 Z Zachary, Raven, 486 ZDNet, 186 Zettabyte (ZB), 154 Zipf ’s Law, 36n3 Zuckerberg, Mark, 176, 178, 336 zulily, 67–69, 252, 254f business model, 67–68 growth-management problems, 68 how they did it, 68 learning from, 69 merchandise variety, 67f performance, 68f technology use, 68 ... adaptation from the United States edition, entitled Using MIS, ninth edition, ISBN 978-0-13-410678-6 by David Kroenke and Randall J Boyle, published by Pearson Education © 2016 All rights reserved No... InforMaTIon SySTeMS Q8-1 What Is a Social Media Information System (SMIS)? 325 328 Three SMIS Roles 328 SMIS Components 330 Q8-2 How Do SMIS Advance Organizational Strategy? Social Media and the Sales... This Book Differ from Experiencing MIS and from Processes, Systems, and Information? In addition to Using MIS, we’ve written an MIS text titled Experiencing MIS These two texts provide different