BIS320 Week-3 Determining Databases and Data Communications
Determining Databases and Data Communications
Read Scenario 1 and Scenario 2 below.
Write a paper of no more than 1,500 words in which you
respond to the questions designated for both scenarios.
Scenario 1: You are a marketing assistant for a consumer
electronics company and are in charge of setting up your company's booth at
trade shows. Weeks before a show, you meet with the marketing managers and
determine what displays and equipment they want to display. Then, you identify
each of the components that need to be shipped and schedule a shipper to
deliver them to the trade show site. You then supervise trade show personnel as
they set up the booths and equipment.
After the show, you supervise packing the booth and all the
equipment as well as schedule its shipment back to your home office. When the
equipment arrives, you check it into your warehouse to ensure that all pieces
of the booth and all the equipment are returned. If there are any problems due
to shipping damage or loss, you handle those problems. Your job is important;
at a typical show you are responsible for more than a quarter-million dollars
of equipment.
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Scenario 1:
* You need
to track data about booth components, equipment, shippers, and shipment. List
typical fields for each type of data. Provide an example of two relationships
that you need to track.
* Do you
need a database system? If not, can Excel® handle the data and the output? What
are the advantages and disadvantages?
* Would you
use a personal database or an enterprise database? Explain your answer.
* Would a
decision support system (DSS) be helpful? Explain your answer.
Scenario 2: You manage a group of seven employees in a small
consulting business. Some employees work at home and some work in the office.
Each of the employees needs to be connected to the Internet.
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Scenario 2:
* Does your
company need a WAN or LAN? Explain your answer.
* Does your
business require wireless? Explain your answer.
* Consider
security. Is your data sensitive and in need of protection? Do you need to use
a VPN? Explain your answer.
* Imagine
that you created a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet to help you determine the
costs and options for a wireless router for your office. Use the Microsoft®
Excel® template on the student website to manipulate the cost and specification
data of the various wireless routers based on the directions in the
spreadsheet.
Cite at least two references in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
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