This is a company that works with young clients to increase their popularity on various social networks. After all, likes, follows, friends, and retweets are the social currency of the 21st century. This company also negotiates to have their clients wear, advertise or use a product or a brand, or even interact with a celebrity to increase their online visibility. The company collects as much data as possible from its clients fans. This data is generated when a fan retweets, clicks Like, or creates a comment thus creating a demographic profile of that fan. For example, The company has clients Collins, Acadia, and Julia. When Collins fans like his profile picture, Facebook tracks his most popular fans, and their friends and family. Those persons in turn like products, services and celebrities - information that would be valuable to those advertisers. Also, when Acadia likes dozens of brands on Facebook, those brands can learn more about potential customers - all of her friends. This is where the currency of likes and retweets, and searches turns into actual currency. The selfies each client takes so that others will like them on Instagram helped that company sell for a billion dollars.

Questions:

The company is planning to produce a movie trailer starring one of its clients. A report on the scheduling, budgets, sponsors and stage personnel is to be submitted by 4:30 pm on July 1.

1. (a) (i) State two functional areas that would be involved in this production.

(ii) Explain how a cross-functional business process can support this activity.

(iii) Detailed description of the type of Information System most suited for working with the movie trailer

(b) Associates in Puerto Rico, United Kingdom and Japan will be uploading the trailer. Each group has their schedules and budget for their portion of the production.

(i) Give detailed description of three challenges that may arise when compiling an interim report by the associates.

(ii) Detailed explanation of two safety measures to be considered when so many persons from different countries have access to the same online storage containing different levels of sensitive information.