CMIS 526 Chapter 1

What are the 5 IT Megatrends in the Information Age? - Answer- Mobile Computing Social Media Internet of Things Cloud Computing Big Data What does BYOD stand for? - Answer- Bring your own device Which of the 5 IT Megatrends in the Information Age does this describe? Now in the post PC era Increased collaboration The ability to manage business in real time New ways to reach customers This trend facilitates the increasing "consumerization of IT" It also leads to security issues as managers need to deal with employers preference of BYOD - Answer- Mobile computing Which of the 5 IT Megatrends in the Information Age does this describe? Online socialization Encourage employee collaboration Connect with their customers Business intelligence can be conducted, mining this Megatrend for good and bad sentiment toward a business and the factors driving it - Answer- Social Media Which of the 5 IT Megatrends in the Information Age does this describe? Lots of physical objects are interconnected and automatically share data through this medium Monitoring home temperatures while on vacation Alerting drivers of parking spaces and traffic volumes Cardiac monitors alerting physicians of potential health risks Smart cities, smart homes, and e-health - Answer- Internet of Things Which of the 5 IT Megatrends in the Information Age does this describe? About sharing technology resources and making easier to use and share data and applications A major advantage is backup and reliability because if your computer breaks you wont lose your data Also you can access your files from any computer Requires conn