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If your company lacks a robust mobile commerce platform it can recover over the next several years if it is competitive with mobile-accessible services such as delivery status and click-to-call product information.

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A number of factors are leading to a growing emphasis on collaboration in firms. Work is changing, requiring more cooperation and coordination. Professions play a larger role in firms than before, and this often requires more consultation among experts. Organizations are flatter, with many more decisions made far down in the hierarchy. Organizations are more far flung around the globe, in multiple locations. Theres an emphasis on finding and sharing ideas, which requires collaboration.

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53)

DSS can rely on either analytical models or large databases to provide valuable information. Specific vessels or aircraft could be sent to particular destinations to maximize profit, the optimal loading pattern for cargo or passengers, and the optimal rate at which vessels or aircraft should travel to maximize efficiency while still meeting schedules.

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The Internet backbone connects to regional networks, which in turn provide access to Internet service providers, large firms, and government institutions. Network access points (NAPs) and metropolitan area exchanges (MAEs) are hubs where the backbone intersects regional and local networks and where backbone owners connect with one another.

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55)

Information systems or their absence have been related to the recent financial crisis in the United States, the investment banks that have suffered heavy losses, and individuals who were able to defraud investors of millions.

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56)

In Porters competitive forces model, the strategic position of the firm and its strategies are determined not only by competition with its traditional direct competitors but also by four other forces in the industrys environment: new market entrants, substitute products, customers, and suppliers.

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A system refers to a set of components that work together (hopefully). The point of an information system is to make sense out all the confusing data in the environment and put the data into some kind of order.

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58)

Nanotubes are tiny tubes about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. They consist of rolled-up sheets of carbon hexagons and have potential use as minuscule wires or in ultrasmall electronic devices and are very powerful conductors of electrical current. In effect, Nanotechnology is used to create transistors of the tiny size previously mentioned.

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59)

The enterprise Internet graphic represents several individual networks linked together into an enterprise-wide network. The cloud computing graph represents several types of technology that are capable of connecting to the Internet and accessing applications and services through a cloud.

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60)

Which of the following best describes RFID implementation?

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RFID implementations are used only to track products and pallets.

RFID systems are frequently implemented as stand-alone systems.

RFID implementation has been rapid and widespread for security reasons.

RFID implementation has been slow due to costs, privacy, and security concerns.

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Critical business processes are those that improve employee performance and ________.

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strategic planning

commodities

profit margins

business models

62)

Which of the following statements about virtualization is false?

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Virtualization is often a key part of an enterprises disaster recovery plan.

Virtualization separates business applications and data from hardware resources to pool hardware resources.

Virtualization is primarily about cost-cutting.

Virtualization increases the flexibility of IT assets, allowing companies to consolidate IT infrastructure.

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Internet platforms are yet another area where Microsoft is featured prominently. The trend since the late 1990s has been to reduce the number of servers by increasing their size and power. Dell, HP/Compaq, and IBM have been the beneficiaries of this trend. Multi-core processors and blade servers are two ways in which server power can be radically increased without increasing the footprint or the power requirements.

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Inefficiencies in a supply chain (parts shortages, underutilized plant capacity, excessive finished goods inventory, high transportation costs) can information can result in a just-in-time strategy.

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