Information System

Prepare a paper discussing the advantages and disadvantages of being on a team.The paper needs to be 4-6 pages (excluding title, abstract and references), utilizing a minimum of 5 academic sources and adhering to APA format.

You had recommended a variable interest rate product with an offset account to your client and they emailed you and said they did not want to take up the product as it was too expensive. A cheaper product exists but you believe it doesn’t meet their needs as it does not have the features they need. Write an email in response (referred to a sales response) designed to overcome their reluctance. Ensure you sign off with your name and provide your mobile phone so they can contact you.Short Answer Question 2(a) Which software applications would you use to calculate a client’s financial position?(b) All brokers are required to pass the So Sweet credit guide to their clients. Devise an item on an audit program to prove she does it.(c) So Sweet requires all new brokers to email a summary of their efforts each week to their mentor. Devise an internal monitoring program to ensure they do it.(d) Keeping up with new regulations is vital. Devise a mechanism to ensure the currency of regulatory literature is distributed in a timely fashion in accordance with organisational policy.(e) How would you ensure operational procedure is updated to reflect changes to regulation and legislation, including the identification of implications for product and services?(f) Research and calculate the cost of implementing triple bottom line principles in an office with no eco policies.(g) Via email ask if any staff would like to undertake the triple bottom line implementation process as a business opportunity.

Be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling. Do not just answer the questions. You should be able to explain the logic behind your answer and point to a credible source to support your position, even if it is just the textbook. You are expected to spend at least 6 hours studying the questions, finding and studying good sources, and understanding the nature of the answers and at least an additional 6 hours answering these questions and polishing your writing, so the answers are compelling. Invest your time wisely, giving more time to the complex answers in order to ensure that you demonstrate that you truly understand the answer. Answer questions in 350 to 400 words each question using 5 credible references.1. Explain the concept of ubiquitous computing.2. What is unified messaging?3. Explain Pervasion, the fifth stage of Intranet development.4. Summarize your learning of the IntranetProvide a one-page summary of the key concepts learnt in an Intranet course separate from the questions, but same document.

As the CIO of a company engaged in business today, one of the main areas of focus is data protection. Discuss the key data protection points that must be taken into consideration prior to a strategy plan and policy being established for a company that has large data repositories and numerous external partners.Assess the value that the International Standards Organization (ISO) provides CIOs, regardless of the industry in which the company is engaged. Explain whether adherence to the standards is essential to overall security management

Organizational performance is the fifth aspect of the model, reflect on the question, do certain leadership behaviors improve and sustain performance at the individual, group, and organizational level? Please explain your response.There were two types of innovation addressed this week (product and process innovation), please note your own personal definition of these concepts and offer an example of both.Please be sure to answer all of the questions above in the initial post.At least three – four scholarly (peer-reviewed) resource should be used in the initial discussion thread. Please ensure to use information from your readings and other sources. Use APA references and in-text citations.

Income statements are presented in the table below for the Elf Corporation for the years ending December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008. Write a one-paragraph analysis of Elf Corporation’s profit performance for the period. Create a common-sized income statement for the three years. What conclusions can you draw from the different parts of the statement? What are the causes and effects of Elf’s performance for those three years?Elf Corporation Income Statements for the Years Ending December 31(in millions)201020092008Sales$700$650$550Cost of goods sold350325275Gross profit350325275Operating Expenses:Administrative100100100Advertising and marketing507575Operating profit$200$150$100Interest expense705030Earnings before tax$130$100$ 70Tax expense (50%)65503Net income$ 65$ 50$ 35

In a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), explain the purpose of an income statement and how it reflects the firm’s financial status. Include important points that an analyst would use in assessing the financial condition of the company. Also, analyze Ford Motor Company’s income statement from its Ford Motor Company 2012 Annual Report

All posts must be a minimum of 250 words. APA reference. 100% original work. no plagiarism.1. Identify two specific ways in which security for enterprise computing is different from personal computing.2. Describe two techniques to help reduce the insider threat.3. Explain the difference between passive and active attacks on a network. Give an example of each.

All posts must be a minimum of 250 words. APA reference. 100% original work. no plagiarism.Indicate what you consider the best type of firewall is and why? In your write-up provide the following:1. List the type. You can be as specific as naming a brand, but no more general than saying “commercial hardware firewall”.2. List the reasons you believe this is the best type of firewall.3. Briefly explain the features, and why these features are important from a security standpoint.

An important element in a lawsuit is “discovery” where the par4es are required to share with each other documents relevant to the dispute. Excluded from such disclosure obliga4on are documents in which a claim of solicitor-client privilege are claimed.BackgroundIn a lawsuit, the Office of the Informa4on and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) ordered the produc4on of records over which the University of Calgary had claimed solicitor-client privilege. The University provided a list of documents indica4ng solicitor-client privilege had been asserted over the records. The OIPC issued a No4ce to Produce Records under s. 56(3) of the Freedom of Informa,on and Protec,on of Privacy Act which requires a public body must produce required records to the Commissioner “[d]espite . . . any privilege of the law of evidence”. The University disputed the release of the privileged documents.Ques(onPlease advise what the Supreme Court of Canada decided about S. 56(3) of the Freedom ofInformation and Protection of Privacy Act and whether it applied to the privileged documents.