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IT Assets: Controls, Protection, and Security

Security is probably the most critical factor for the development of the "Information Society". E-government, e-commerce, e-healthcare and all other e-activities present challenging security requirements that cannot be satisfied with current technology, except maybe if the citizens accept to waive their privacy, which is unacceptable ethically and socially. New progress is needed in security and privacy-preserving technologies.

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IT Assets: Controls, Protection, and Security

- The principles of control

- Control responsibilities

- Elements of application controls

- Network controls & security

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IT Assets: Controls, Protection, and Security

what i have learned from this chapter, Managers who own or use IT assets are responsible for securing them. Managers must have routine methods for comparing actual and planned performance. “Planning and control are inseparable” and IT controls are critical because other parts of the organization use computer generated reports as the basis of their control activities

No organization is safe from computer crime Business controls, asset protection, and security are fundamental to business operations. Managers must know what their assets are and each asset’s estimated value. Assets must be classified and protected in accordance with their relative worth

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Measuring IT Investments and Returns

Return on investment, better known as ROI, is a key performance indicator (KPI) that's often used by businesses to determine profitability of an expenditure. It's exceptionally useful for measuring success over time and taking the guesswork out of making future business decisions

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Measuring IT Investments and Returns

- Accounting for IT Resources
- IT Cost Recovery Benefits
- Goals of Charge-back Systems
- what is Advantages of IT Profit Centers

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Measuring IT Investments and Returns

IT resources are widely dispersed, making accounting processes difficult. Accounting for IT resources helps managers with planning, controlling, communicating, and assessing performance. The advantages of IT Profit Centers Easy to understand and explain, Promote business management, Provide benchmarks and comparisons, Establish financial rigor and Enable outside sale of services

Charge-back methods are very important to IT managers. IT accounting systems are not an end in and of themselves but a means. Goals of Charge-back Systems is be easily administered, Be easily understood by customers, Distribute costs equitably, Promote effective use of IT resources and Provide incentives to change behavior.

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Managing Network Systems

A network operating system (NOS) is a computer operating system system that is designed primarily to support workstation, personal computer, and, in some instances, older terminal that are connected on a local area network (LAN). Artisoft's LANtastic, Banyan VINES, Novell's NetWare, and Microsoft's LAN Manager are examples of network operating systems.

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Managing Network Systems

- Network Management’s Scope
- Network Management Disciplines
- Network Service Levels
- Defining Performance & Measuring and Analyzing Performance

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Managing Network Systems

what i have learned from this chapter,Network management is defined as the process of managing a network for fault and performance using various tools and technologies to keep up with the business requirements. The objective of network management is to achieve an error free network. In today's environment, multiple network management tools are employed making the whole process a complex
Centralized batch systems and network applications depend critically on network performance and computer resources. There exists a strong link between system performance and system capacity. Quality IT business processes must be an overriding consideration in the IT organization

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E-Business Applications Management

what i know is, we running a business through online. where we deal with customer and user with one communication system or mobile application. with this E-Business application it is easier and faster process in order to deal with user.

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E-Business Applications Management
- E-business environment

- Internet, intranet & extra-net

- Policy, human & change management

- E-business customer requirement

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E-Business Applications Management
what can i conclude from this chapter ,E-business uses the Internet for the purpose of conducting business. Companies go online to engage in advertising, buying and selling of products and services. Due to the increased competitiveness in the hypermarket industry, hypermarkets are hybrid supermarkets/department stores the adoption of e-business has helped companies gain a competitive edge over their peers in terms of reduced costs, increased revenue streams and greater customer satisfaction. Networked application systems are one of the most important developments in IT history. Managers must select and implement systems that work in their specific environments and be capable of managing the resulting profound changes that ensue. Distributed computing has high potential payoff, and can create a win – win situation.

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Application Development Management , Application management (AM) is the process of managing the operation, maintenance, versioning and upgrading of an application throughout its lifecycle. AM includes best practices, techniques and procedures essential to a deployed application's optimal operation, performance and efficiency throughout the enterprise and back-end IT infrastructure.

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- Challenges of application development

- Managing application development projects

- Risk analysis process

Application development alternatives

-what is Application Project Management

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Application development is a difficult management task. Disciplined processes must supplant ad hoc management techniques. Application management systems build on the firm’s established management processes. IT application development is seen as a value add to the firm’s strategic plan. Application acquisition offers IT and user managers opportunities to optimize the firm’s resources. Response is rooted in a clear vision of the application portfolio’s contribution to the firm’s success. All opportunities present risk along with gain. Risks must be understood and mitigated ASPs offer another possibility to managers beyond build or buy

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Today, we are in the world wherein mobile apps have dominated the market. A mobile app development software and mobile apps functions more like a bridge for forward-thinking organizations trying to create smarter devices that could boost each and every aspect of people’s lives. It could be said that mobile apps have created the foundation for the rise of the internet of things.

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-what is application portfolio management
- how data resources represent the long term accumulation of business information.
- how internet influences in application development

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this topic about application portfolios management, i had learned Applications portfolios and related databases are large, important assets for modern firms , why i say so because a firm’s portfolio of application programs is a valuable asset to some company and also must seek the application value to optimally manage and growth the development.

In data Resources ,Databases represent the long term accumulation of business information. Data enables advances in the firm’s application technology. Data mining has become useful because of the sheer amount data firms accumulated because of the close linkage between databases and applications, data can lose value as applications depreciate.

by developing a mobile application is not only a viable option for businesses to keep up with the rapid pace of competition but also provide convenience to people from all walks of life, wherever they may be located in the world.

Next,The firm’s information system includes hardware, operating system, databases, network, and support programs as a senior executives they must participate in portfolio management because these assets represent enormous value to ongoing operations.
Successful portfolio management is a critical success factor for IT managers

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Development of Industry and Law:
Industrial Law relates to the laws governing industrial enterprises. These can include a wide range of legal topics, from employment laws to environmental concerns, contracts, industrial relations, and worker safety regulations. Industries vary widely and the policies for each is as unique as the business to which it relates.

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- how industry accept law the law in industry.
- what kind of law in the industry .
- how are the laws being used in industry

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what i have learned from this topic, when technology change the industries effecting managers, employees and customers because the computer and telecommunications industries employ millions of people worldwide. there are 3 electronic computing industry which are semiconductor industry, computer industry and telecommunication industry. Semiconductor devices are the fundamental electronic building blocks of information-age products. example memory chips. while, computer industry(hardware and software product) is a dynamic industry with continual change.these is one of the example companies is merge. conclusion, with era changing the People in many countries also are exchanging wire-line phones for wireless.

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Trends in Hardware and Software and Telecommunications System. Example in telecommunication is mobile platform, mobile platform is the operating system that controls a mobile device or information appliance similar in principle to an operating system such as Windows, Mac OS, or Linux that controls a desktop computer or laptop. next is , example for hardware is  computer display monitor, printer, and video card and software is system software, programming software, and application software.

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-Analyze the trend in hardware, software & telecommunication technology

-The semi-conductor, recording & communication technology

-Various types of voice & data communication network

-Wireless system concept

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What i have learned is they have Four key areas have fueled the advances in telecommunications and computing: Semiconductor fabrication, Magnetic recording, Networking and communications systems and Software development.
there have 2 type of computer, Supercomputers is high speed, high capacity computers. Combination of hundreds or thousands of individual processors and Microcomputers is smaller computing devices with high performance ( huge data storage, huge computing resources.

the importance if network and networking technology for IT manager is,IT managers must understand the basics of telecommunications in order to communicate with and manage network specialists effectively.
New breakthroughs in information processing technology will challenge our ability to harness and integrate these advances into society, corporations, and governmental organizations.Advances in semiconductor technology have enabled enormous advances in telecommunications systems and Rapid change is occurring in this field, and seems set to change how individuals and organizations grow, act, and react.

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An information system planning is a process to we get a information based on planning activity. strategy planing need to addressed properly to get a right data/record. as i know, when we get a data/record we have to know how to organized that data ,but firstly we need to plan a organized the data.

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- identify what is important planning strategy determine the priority issues
- analysis how the strategy works
- what benefit from strategy planning in future
- what type of planning they apply

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summary from this topic,there are several Strategy and planning. The three general types of plans Strategic Plans is Tactical Plans and Operational Plans and Controls.Strategic plans cover a range of 2 to 5 years and concern themselves with laying out the firm’s missions, goals, and objectives. Tactical plans address the time frame ranging from 3 months to 2 years. Operational plans cover about 90 days.
Next is, information systems plan to achieve organization's objectives. what the plan they use?there are two types of planning , firstly is Business strategic planning and IT strategy planning. business strategic planning, Define IT mission based on the enterprise’s mission & objectives and IT strategy planning is evaluate alternate implementation of services, applications, and infrastructure.
lastly is Technology Planning,The IT organization must stay informed about progress in the field. The rate of change in IT is enormous, with many enormous advances and techno logic dead ends

conclusion is Measurements are key to gauging planning success and deviation.

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what i know formation is the action of forming or process of being formed.example format for project paper some format use font type time new roman, size 12,line 1.5.

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from based on the above, what i want to know is about what format the organization being use and how their forming the organization to make sure their workers follow the particular format correctly.
other than that, how they applied IT in their strategy organization, what the important in the company and how their can be reach the mission with format that their set.

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what i have learned how vision will be accomplished over specified time period, IT mission statement must both be reactive and proactive in addressing its customer’s needs. next is, why IT strategy is important today because most business is info-based.example statement mission & vision is McDonald's, their key market is to offer the fast food customer. second is setting objective, setting challenging but achievable, there is 2 type objective financial objective and strategic objective.third is crafting a strategy based on objective , usually is how to achieve outcomes.lastly is strategy implementation involved is an internal, operation-driven activity involving organizing budgeting and leading.Strategy development is one of management’s fundamental responsibilities because to build a organization we need an strategy intelligent to make it success. IT cuts across traditional enterprise structures, strategy development in IT can be more difficult because all in depend on IT strategy  to plan make it easier. IT strategy can unify other strategic thrusts and become the firm’s business strategy.

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In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and  initiatives taken  by an organization top management on behalf of owners, based on consideration of resources and an assessment of the internal and external environments in which the organization .

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- how to manage some organization with proper strategy that will make the company success in internal and external surrounding.

- what other factor the organization used to plan to reach their goal, objective and mission.

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in summary, what i have learned is they use strategic Issues for Senior Executives for they to compete with their competitor , the issues is like use the web in organization. there is a some model we can develop and manage into our system like porter and value chain.
porter competitive force model or we know as porter five force so is the five forces is threat of substitute product or services, bargaining power of supplier , threat of new entrants, bargaining power of customer and lastly rivalry among current competitors. porter's five forces help to identify where power lies in a business situation.
next is value chain model ,this model is highlights the primary or support activities adding a margin of value to  products or services it also help achieve a competitive advantage. we divide into to activities primary and support. primary is directly related to the production and distribution of a firm’s products or services. next is , Support activities that make the delivery of primary activities possible. conclusion is, Information technology is vital to the continued success of modern firms.

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what i know, every organization need people skill to managed their system well.  well managed will lead the company to success. company also can easily achieved their target every month and get highest profit for benefit of use technology.

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-how people and organization managed the company in this era.

-what the process and strategy need to face in the current issue .

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-how technology is reshaping organization?
-important of human resource management
-the roles of CIO,CTO & CKO
- IT management process

overall about this topic , what i get is it talk about people,organization and management .. it explain to us from sub topic to sub topic. first sub topic , how technology is reshaping organization. nowadays, technology is rapidly advancing in telecommunication.the organization or company that had been used technology as their platform will bring them to new achieved target in market. example E-Business.
next sub topic, without human resources business will not success easily. Actually in some organization we need someone that have ability in skill like marketing, managing value ,communication and other related to give highest profit for that company.