42 Results for information technology

One of the most vital factors that influence an improving anddynamically developing organizational system in the business sector isbusiness communications. The emergence of business communication as anessential factor in improving and organizing the activities of peopleeveryday resulted to th...
Business continuity is of great importance to organizations and continually attempt to find better ways to protect the availability of information through technology. There are three business drivers that have brought this issue to the forefront of management and boardroom discussions. They are th...
Workshop 10 Workshop 10 Averett University Workshop 10 9.1-1 Describe what yesterday would have been like if you had not used the capabilities of computers. Keep in mind that businesses with which you deal rely on computers and that many of your applian...
Computers have gone long way from its first invention to today\'s high speed machine that plays big role in mathematical modeling to the fields of medicine. Further down as the computers reduced in sizes they took on different purposes in communication, digital media (photography and now DVD), sho...
Contents PageExecutive Summary2Introduction3Background and context4Methodology5Focus issue and core situation7Analysis of main driving factors8Scenarios12Strategic Plan19Reflective learning on scenario planning practice21Summary, recommendations & conclusions23Appendix24References27 Executive Summar...
If figures must be believed, the virtual world is not exactly a safe venue for business or private affairs. In its sixth annual Computer Crime and Security Survey in 2001, the Computer Security Institute of San Francisco reported on mounting financial losses to computer crimes and ot...
Advances in telecommunications and in computer technology have brought us to the information revolution. The rapid advancement of the telephone, cable, satellite, and computer networks, combined with the help of technological breakthroughs in computer processing speed, and information storage, has ...
In the current world of computers, security has become a major source of contention among the industries leaders. Digital security, in particular, is one of the most heated topics of debate, and companies compete daily to offer the best, most cost effective and practical digital security soluti...
There are many factors that can influence the failure of certain Information Systems. Failures of these systems are often overlooked since they rarely occur. When there is failure, it is often devastating to a company's infrastructure. One of the main reasons why these systems fail are because o...
Over the past month you could not pick up a newspaper without finding an article about the recent Denial of Service (DOS) attacks on E-commerce sites over the Internet. This increase in Internet security problems and crimes, is paving the way for tougher legislation in regards to monitoring and t...
1. Introduction The computer and the Internet have become important tools used in the lives of many all around the world. Traditionally the computer and the Internet are used as an information tool, although it is beginning to be used for unlawful activities, such as a way to distribute child por...
1. Introduction The computer and the Internet have become important tools used in the lives of many all around the world. Traditionally the computer and the Internet are used as an information tool, although it is beginning to be used for unlawful activities, such as a way to distribute child pornog...
Introduction/Summary The Internet has become a greater medium of communication, data exchange, and entertainment over the past 5 years. With this widespread growth of Internet access, there come growing pains. These growing pains come in the form of people who are up to no good and want to ru...
People Skills in the Digital Age: Social Engineering and Owning the Box I once worked as a Security guard for Quebecor World in Lincoln, NE. Nothing glamorous by any means, but unique in the fact that my 5.75 an hour rent-a-cop security guard job required me to go through a 1 month background...
With advancements in technology increasing every day a new breed of crimes have surfaced. Computer crimes, which are crimes that are committed by expert use of a computer, have escalated since the introduction of modems in the 1960's. In today's computer world computer crimes are even more abun...
How many people make purchases online? What is the percentage of Americans who conduct their personal financial business over the Internet? Did he or she ever think that their credit card information could possibly be stolen? Internet security for online buyers and eMerchants has become more of a...
The field of network security is a very dynamic, and highly technical field dealing with all aspects of scanning, hacking, and securing systems against intrusions. There are many positions related to this, however, the most common would be that of a Network Security Engineer, a Security Research Ana...
ECE 180 PRODUCT CREATION IDEA To: Tom MurphyFrom: Trevor HartmanSubject: Interactive GlobeDate: 13 February 2001 This memo's purpose is to present to you my new idea on the world's first interactive globe. I wish for you to review my interactive globe idea and authorize it for p...
China and the InternetThe worldwide network of computers known as the Internet poses an interesting dilemma to the government of China. The widespread and cheap access to unrestricted information that the Internet offers could pose a serious threat to the authoritarian government of China. In cont...
Computer Hacking Precis of 'Who's reading your E-mail" by Richard Behars The article exposes the vulnerability of computer data and of corporations with the popularity of the Internet. The Internet can allow hackers access to any computer in the world, with understated ease. Break-ins can go virtu...
What comes to mind when you hear the word \'hacker\'? For most it means stealing information through the Internet, gaining illegal access to another person\'s PC, or simply - disruptive behavior using a computer. The subject of hacking is no secret to the general public. Many people have been expos...
Bidder's Edge was a content aggregator that repeatedly copied Ebay's database (through the use of bots or intelligent agent software) and aggregated Ebay content with data from competing sites to allow its users to simultaneously search multiple auction sites simultaneously. Bidder's...
Network Security As networks are growing broader and larger there needs to be a system to protect and secure the information on the net. Importance of network Networks are formed to share information, communicate, share single hardware devices like printers, scanners, etc. Businesses a...
Computers are an invaluable part of almost every financial institution and service around the world. Stock markets depend on them to make fast transactions and to support the growing economies in today¡¯s world, and in about every office you find computers. Without computers to support financia...
Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them, our electricity is run by computers, the government could not function without computers, and there are many others. Hackers are people who illegally gain access to, and sometimes tamper with, information in a computer sy...