CHAPTER 1 ASSIGNMENT
1. Part A
a. Automatic information processing was introduced by James Power whose company later became known as IBM
b. The emergence of reusable data opened up the horizons for database management systems.
c. Data provides a competitive advantage for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Part B
a. Backup and recovery technology allows database managers to sleep in peace knowing their data is safe.
b. Data Security protects consumers from data theft.
c. Data privacy is very important. Hospital employees, for example, are only allowed access to certain parts of the EMR system which holds patient data.
2. 1986 – When my world began… IBM becomes the first company to use a one megabit chip in the IBM 3090
1991 – The first web site was built at CERN labs and put online August 6th
1992 – Microsoft Access was released
1995 – MySQL’s initial release
1998 – Google began
2004 – Emergence of Web 2.0
2007 – Amazon releases the Kindle fostering a huge database of electronic books
2013 – MySQL is the second most widely used database management system
2015 – I take Database Management class with Mr. Ted Lee!
3. Here at the Show Me The Money Bank of Tennessee, our database systems allows us to send birthday greetings, send Congratulations to new graduates and newlyweds, reward long time clients, and off the most competitive interest rates on cars, houses, boats, etc.
4. Early data management was very time consuming. The examples of the seven years it took to complete the first census is evidence of this. Those who saw the need were able to recreate quick access systems to collect an¬¬d analyze data. The first commercial computers accompanied great economic growth in the 1950s. The fast and furious growth caused a need of quicker data retrieval and the importance of data privacy and security. Data privacy is now, more than ever, important to