Kelly's Salon Stage 3
Venessa Larbi
University of Maryland University College
Abstract: This is a detailed overview of proposed information technology considerations for modernizing; ultimately bringing Kelly’s Salon into the 21st Century. Each recommended individual IT solutions are detailed on what their specific role, level of importance, and how this will dramatically improve your daily business process.
I. Introduction
To further understand the information technology solutions that needs to be implemented into your business. This document is an in-depth look at the different aspects and benefits they will provide.
Strategy for competitive advantage: Modernization of information technology
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The system should be able to incorporate more data storage space with minimum down time.
4 Reliability/Availability Medium Will your selected system require be left on? If so, how long will it be able to stay running before Hardware failure occurs?
5 Extensibility High If new software comes available will you be able to incorporate it into to the current system? This is key to moving and operating with the ever-evolving technologies.
6 Portability Low The web-based access creates an ease of use to your customers. In today’s fast paced world ease of access is a considerable asset to your business.
7 Security High Security is of the up most important portion of this system. All data must be safeguarded from outside influences.
8 Data Accuracy High Accuracy requires quality of data that is error free. Inaccurate data could cause the lost of company credibility with other companies and
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12 Networks High Network requirements such as cloud computing bring accessibility to the company’s data/web site. This also allows for management to update information no matter where they are in the world.
13 Database High This will allow for information to be translated for business operations, aggregation, and for analyzing. Kelly’s Salon needs this requirement to hold all and any information to maintain the business.
14 Data Warehouse Medium This will allow for data to be analyzed and placed on a separate non-operational database. Essentially this will be synced version of the operational database and will provide a centralized view of the main database. This could also be used as a backup to the original database.
15 Data Mining Medium Analyzing data to detect unknown trends and patterns will aide business decisions for the future.
16 Business Intelligence High Being informed by collecting data will help to make sound business decisions for the future of Kelly’s Salon. Some of the processes are based on what the customers bought, how many times they come to your business, how long they have been coming, and how much they have
Information is a key component, which is virtual source in all aspects of business. Information helps create a well balance between analytics, business information, customers, vendors, and sales. Without proper use of information, businesses may struggle to understand components of their business, such as monitoring information, validated decision making, performance measuring, and the ability to identify new business opportunities. In this text, there will dialogue on how a Laboratory Corporation of America, also known as LabCorp, uses each one of these functions, to ensure better business practices, and proper regulatory control of the business components, that make this business strive.
Fact finding is a vital process in the furtherance of any business. The process enables the sales people to gain a wide range of information about prospects. These research also enables the business to be efficient by aligning its functions strategically. It entails proving or disproving our own theories and taking some action and doing something with the information by organizing it in a tangible manner. Fact finding techniques will enable Kahuna Cleaning Supply to determine its weaknesses and take advantage of its strengths. Solutions will be designed based on the outcomes of the reviews of the documents and the general observation of the system. The stakeholders within the organization will also come handy in highlighting their views and experiences with the system through interviews and questionnaires. This will successfully give recommendations on solutions affecting the company.
As technology advances so should the products and services provided by companies. In every industry, technology is becoming the key success factor to growth and profit. The ability to communicate with people all around the world has created a new marketplace for business. In order to remain competitive, it is important for companies to utilize the most current technology. At ABC Inc., the use of the latest technological tools allows the company to provide first-rate, quality architectural engineering services to its clients. As part of the company's strategic goal to increase profits and clients, the board of directors established an information technology steering committee to look at how the company could improve its' technology. The committee was tasked to make sure the company had the latest available industry computer tools and to make sure all employees were uniform in terms of the technology. One of the most important findings of the committee's research was the fact that the company and its branches were using varying types of software and hardware systems. The findings also showed that this lack of uniformity caused numerous communication problems not only with the branches and corporate offices, but also the clientele. These findings were reported to senior management. Based on the findings, recently, senior management made the decision to ensure all employees, branch offices and corporate office were working on the same software and hardware systems. Management decided to move the entire company to a Windows NT environment, in order to improve productivity, to create uniformity, to create a more functional network infrastructure and to develop an Intranet and Internet web sites. The Information Technology department (referred to as the "Team") was asked to take a look at the pros and cons of moving to Windows. The Team has prepared the following report based on its research efforts.
the protection of data as well as the systems with the help of Informatics. The significant contribution of
Data can give you quite a bit of information about your customers. By examining it, you will be able to begin to see patterns and learn the habits of your customers. This could mean that you are able to provide the correct number of products at the perfect time instead of having a shortfall or being left with additional stock long after interest has fallen in the product.
"Running an business shouldn't a chance to be such as gambling," said ken Dixon, official VP of advertising during Kogent organization. "Far excessively awful often, executives must depend around 'best guess' and 'gut feel' choices similarly as they endeavor to steer their organizations under what's to come. They would this as a result their benefit of the business information fails to offer any structure with permit them should aggravate sincerely educated decisions. Benefits of the business brainpower might furnish All the more exact authentic data, ongoing updates, amalgamation the middle of departmental information stores,
As the data is growing in multiple folds, Security issues are also growing at the same speed raising the concerns about its security. Though, Regulatory bodies have come up with strict guidelines and policies with constant amendments being made to keep the data and information secure and preventing it from falling into wrong hand, still data breaches continue to happen putting the people and businesses at great risks.
Currently, businesses want to use the information effectively for competitive advantage to make better decisions that improve and optimize business processes, predict the market dynamics accurately, optimize forecasts to adequately maintain resources to name a few reasons.
The origins of cloud computing dates back to the 1960s around the time computers were introduced. It was unknown specifically what cloud computing was until 1997 where Ramnath Chellappa, information systems professor, used the term “cloud computing” and placed a definition behind it (Cantu, 2011). After the introduction of what cloud computing does companies began switching to using these services to benefit their own company. Statistically, “in 2009, revenue for cloud services was just over 58.6 billion” (Cantu, 2011). The growth of cloud services is capturing more of the market where in 2011 cloud computing accounting is opening up on the global market at 2.3% with plenty of room to grow (Cantu, 2011).
The many aspects of data security are integral and critical with any businesses or home computer user. These areas include Client information, payment/transactional information, individual files, banking information and proprietary intellectual property. These forms of data and information are difficult to replace once lost. Though data security often refers to protection from unwanted hackers, spyware and viruses it, also, comes in the form of natural disasters with the likes of a flood or fire. The later forms of data loss are just as damaging as those from hackers, viruses, spyware, Trojan horse or a malware infection. To answer the question why data security is important is because the damages
Benefits of the DB2 databases are that it contains many self-healing features which minimalize the recovery period just in case a system failure occurs, also lets the system to automatically monitor the capacity of a database transaction log and automatically manages index rebalancing remake catalogue views.
The accuracy of data input is extremely important. There are several types of data input. They all provide different aspects of data accuracy. There is Copy and paste method, Typing of data input manually, Verbal through
During the boom of the microcomputer industry, or around 1980s, computers began to be deployed all around the world, in many cases with little or no care about operating requirements. As information technology operations started to grow in diversity, companies grew cautions of the need to control information technology resources. Companies needed fast Internet connection and nonstop operation to deliver systems and establish a presence on the Internet. A lot of companies build large facilities, which were named Internet data center and provided businesses with a range of solutions for systems to adopt and operate. Data centers for cloud computers are called cloud data center. The distribution of these terms has approximately abandoned and they are being established as “data center”. Business and government institutions are reviewing data centers to a higher degree in areas like security, availability, environmental impact and attachment to requirements. Requirements Documents from authorized organizations groups, like for example the Telecommunications Industry Association. Well-known operational metri...
However on the other hand, for all advantages; there are disadvantages. In some instances when people utilize and manipulate data, they may knowingly falsify data so that it may adhere to ones beliefs or theories. In addition there are people who may deliberately tamper with information as well. When collecting information, there must be neutrality when assessing and collecting data. In addition, professional competence and integrity must be superior and finally, all research subjects or respondents must be safeguarded from potential harm and sabotage.
Advances in technology have changed businesses dramatically, in particular the communication and information technology that are conducted in firms, which changed the appearance and pace of businesses over the past few decades. ICT in particular, has evolved a lot over the past 30 years; important information can be stored in computers rather than being in drawers enabling information to be transferred at a greater volume and speed (Guy, 2009). ICT has also expanded various forms of telecommunications and workload conducted in businesses, internet examples of this include: e-mails can be used to communicate with others...