[SOLVED] Fundamental Information Systems
Answer the following questions and number your answers. Upload your answers in an MS WORD document, double spaced, 12pt font, 1-inch margins. What are Michael Porters three strategies for successfully competing in the marketplace? Explain your answers. What are five generations of computer hardware? What is one characteristic of each generation? Define database management system (DBMS) including the five major components of a DBMS. Give an example of a DBMS for PCs and one for main-frame computers. What are three advantages and three disadvantages of telecommuting? What is business continuity planning? Why is it needed? What are three areas within data communication of which managers need to have a clear understanding? What are three business applications of social networking sites? What are three major components of a social media information system? What are three suggestions for making a companys Web site more appealing to a global audience? What are three reasons that an information system may fail.
