...Assignment 1: The New Frontier: Data Analytics xxxxxx Professor xxxx CIS500: Information System Decision Making April 17, 20xx Strayer University The New Frontier: Data Analytics Abstract The word “tweet” was first defined as “a chirping noise” whose origin dated back to 1768. Since 2011, Merriam Webster dictionary extends that definition to mean “a post made on the Twitter online messaging service”. Mention of the adoption of “tweet” into the Merriam Webster Dictionary is designed to illustrate two main points; that information can be ambiguous and that technology can reweave the very fabric of human culture. According to research done by Zikopoulos, Eaton, Deroos, Deutsch, & Lapis (2012), there exists 800,000 petabytes (PB) of data stored in the world in the year 2000. By their estimates, that number could reach 35 zettabytes (ZB) by the year 2020 (p. 39). The ability to analyze and process the enormous amount of data is a costly undertaking for companies that are behind the curve and a lucrative business for those that are ahead of the game. Each tweet and post contribution from the users that share the web space further buries the proverbial haystack. It is the ability to sift through the data that determines whether a company can gain traction in their respective industry or if they are simply spinning their wheels. This research paper, centered on Capital Cube and their parent company analytixinsight, will aim to discuss how data analytics is paramount to present...
Words: 2908 - Pages: 12
...The New Frontier: Data Analytics CIS 500: Information Systems For Decision-Making Anywhere we travel on the internet we have been bombarded with seemingly codependent requests to, “Like US!”, “Follow US!”, “Watch US!”, “Share US!” from businesses of all types. If you think about it, this is exactly the dynamic. Businesses are in a dependent relationship, relying on the consumers for their survival. If a business wants to engage and remain in a viable relationship, it has to have a product/service the consumer desires and be able to deliver it in a manner that the consumer perceives as valuable. Even if a business has the “next greatest thing”, the consumer will not engage/continue in the relationship if the business does not or cannot provide it in a valuable way to the consumer. Amazon is one company that has been able to successfully develop this dynamic relationship. So then how does a business become and remain successful in the relationship? They need a better understanding of what the consumer wants by improving their Business Intelligence (BI). For decades, businesses have used statistics to analyze data to obtain information and insights for improving BI. With the advent of the computer, data analysis moved from statistical based inferences about the data to a more scientific method based on empirical results. This was the foundational begins of Data Analytics. Data Analytics, as defined in our course text is, specialized software, capabilities, and...
Words: 1961 - Pages: 8
...Disruptive Innovation: A new era of Crowdsourced Data Analytics! Abstract: The existing business paradigm of data analytics is set for a transformation. Today, companies are experimenting to replicate the “Outsourced data analytics” model to “Crowdsourced data analytics”. Companies like Kaggle, Crowdanalytix and others are hitting the headlines of top analytics blogs across the globe. The reason is that the new business model promises a drastic decrease in the cost of analytics for companies long with the flexibility to get the problem solved anytime with much less effort. In short, it’s not just crowdsourcing that is the novelty of the concept, but the manner in which it is put to use that steals the show. Abstract: The existing business paradigm of data analytics is set for a transformation. Today, companies are experimenting to replicate the “Outsourced data analytics” model to “Crowdsourced data analytics”. Companies like Kaggle, Crowdanalytix and others are hitting the headlines of top analytics blogs across the globe. The reason is that the new business model promises a drastic decrease in the cost of analytics for companies long with the flexibility to get the problem solved anytime with much less effort. In short, it’s not just crowdsourcing that is the novelty of the concept, but the manner in which it is put to use that steals the show. General Management General Management MBA Core, 2nd Year MBA Core, 2nd Year Ayush Malhotra NMIMS,Mumbai Ayush Malhotra ...
Words: 1574 - Pages: 7
...ABSTRACT Data transmission and storage cost money. The more information being dealt with, the more it costs. In spite of this, most digital data are not stored in the most compact form. Rather, they are stored in whatever way makes them easiest to use, such as: ASCII text from word processors, binary code that can be executed on a computer, individual samples from a data acquisition system, etc. Typically, these easy-to-use encoding methods require data files about twice as large as actually needed to represent the information. Data compression is the general term for the various algorithms and programs developed to address this problem. A compression program is used to convert data from an easy – to - use format to one optimized for compactness. Likewise, an uncompressing program returns the information to its original form. World over, the rapid growth in information and communication technologies has led to an explosive demand for effective means to compress and store data. And this data is no longer simple text, but encompasses a variety of formats from text, images to moving pictures. Despite the continuous research in compression technologies and the emergence of compression standards for audio, video, images and text, the quest for the perfect compression algorithm is still on. Many companies have entered the gun lap in the race to define compression standards, especially for the most complex and demanding format of all, the moving pictures. Here we examine the new innovation...
Words: 3505 - Pages: 15
...New techniques of data mining Social media sites are becoming more and more popular. These sites not only allow the people to be social with their friends but also allow users to share videos, images and other valuable information without any loss of time. These sites have multimedia data in bulk amount therefore it is necessary to mine these sites in a proper way to retrieve only relevant data. Due to the different structure of each media object the structure can’t be used as a criterion for mining For example, in image mining, we have to extract the patterns from a large collection of images. These sites have content and context information which can be used as valuable information for mining these sites. Content information is related to the visual and semantic attributes in case of image retrieval. Visual contents include color, texture, shape and spatial information in the images .These visual features can be described locally or globally. Globally visual features are defined for the complete image whereas locally are defined for various regions of a single image. Semantic content is obtained either by textual annotation or by complex inference procedures based on visual contents. Context link information is available in form of links between multimedia objects and context objects .These context objects are the objects which are provided by the users directly or indirectly. These context objects are the tagged data with each image as in flickr or that may be title data...
Words: 311 - Pages: 2
...New Jersey Child Welfare Data Map - Variable Definitions The New Jersey Child Welfare Data Map provides a user-friendly interface for individuals to explore many aspects of child welfare programs in the State of New Jersey, and provides other useful information such as: the estimated population under 18, the estimated population under 5, the number of substance abuse admissions, the number of domestic violence clients served, the number of home visiting families served, and the unemployment rate. In an effort to ensure our users understand data presented, we have provided definitions for clarification purposes. Please click on the variable title for an in-depth description of the variable. Child Population Under 18 Years The Child Population...
Words: 1309 - Pages: 6
...should pursue the Blue Ocean Strategy of becoming a nationwide data collection network. According to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) website they have 211,264 total vehicles as of 2014. The U.S. Government Accountability Office states that the USPS has the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the world. The USPS also has delivers to every address in the United States- this requires an extensive delivery network. The USPS should exploit their vehicle fleet and extensive delivery routes to outfit their vehicles with sensors to become a data collection network. According to an article in Popular Science, the Postal Service’s fleet of vehicles could be equipped “with an array of cheap sensors, mail trucks could wireless deliver real time information on weather, pollutants, traffic, road conditions, and even locate gaps in cell phone coverage and television signals” (Dillow, 2010). The data collected could have homeland security implications as well, as noted in Popular Science, by sensors being able to identify chemical-biological threats as well as radiological threats. Threats are always prevalent to an organization, especially one that is trying to implement a new business opportunity to their existing business. The USPS is unique because they have threats that come from the private sector and threats that come from Congress in the public sector. The threats from the private sector come from other data collection companies who already have the technology and infrastructure...
Words: 6061 - Pages: 25
...purpose of implementing of new wearable technology in the present ongoing system * To create a concrete figure of our business in the market, updating the business with the new wearable technology will help it growing in long term run. * Using the information system technique can organize the work more simple and reliable to use. * The use of wearable technology with help in combining the solution for the problem in an organization of various factors. According to the research on various terms the productivity of variable things are to be made available. New technology play vital role in saving the time and money of an organization substantially carrying various task together. The age of quantified self has started with wearable technologies such as Jawbones, Fit bits etc. Many companies are using wearable technologies to keep track of their staff, improve their collaboration and efficiency. However, introducing such technology to a complex and sensitive system such as payroll management can put forward many challenges to the management and the organisation. Business Challenges with introducing new wearable technology to manage payroll information: Achieving Integrity and trust with employees: The biggest challenge in implementing wearable technology on the employees to manage payroll information is integrity. Everyone in the organisation would be struggling to be more successful and to make more profits to the business. If the new technology features give...
Words: 1573 - Pages: 7
...1. Provide an overview of the six business objectives of information systems. Answer: These are: Achieve operational excellence through higher levels of efficiency and productivity; create new products, services and business models; increase customer and supplier intimacy that can reduce costs and increase profits; improve decision making for employees and managers; increase the competitive advantage of a firm; ensure the firm survives in a changing environment. ________________________________________ 2. Explain the difference between computer literacy and information literacy. Answer: Computer literacy narrowly focuses on the use of computer hardware and software to process raw data. Information literacy includes a broader awareness of how information technology combined with behavioral approaches can be used to solve business problems and create information that is useful to the business and its employees. ________________________________________ 3. Briefly describe how information systems influence organizations, people, and technology. Answer: Information systems help organizations formalize their business processes and culture. People who understand how to operate information systems are necessary as are people who can understand how to use the information from the system to achieve business objectives. Technology provides the foundation upon which a business can build its information system. ________________________________________ 4. Outline...
Words: 2637 - Pages: 11
...com/category/cis-407/ ---------------------------------------------------- Cis 407a – ilab 3 of 7 Scenario/Summary In this lab, we will demonstrate how to save user activity data in a database. We will be creating a new form to display the user activity data, a new dataset to contain the data, a data access class to structure the code, and a function within the data access class to save users’ activity data when users visit the Personnel form page (frmPersonnel.aspx). We will also be adding server side validation to the frmPersonnel for you added in the previous lab and update or main menu for the new functionality. Instructions for Week 3 iLab: “User Activity Monitoring” Click on the link above to view the tutorial. This video will show you how to set up user activity monitoring using Visula Studio and C#. The tutorial has audio. Deliverables All files are located in the subdirectory of the project. The project should function as specified: When you visit the Personnel form page (frmPersonnel.aspx), a record should be saved in the tblUserActivity table with the IP address, form name accessed (frmPersonnel), and the date accessed. When you click the “View Activity” button, you should see at least one record with this information. When the user goes to the frmPersonnel web form and enters data the following business rules are to be enforced: Fields may not be empty or filled with spaces. If any field is empty, turn that field background color to yellow and add...
Words: 1307 - Pages: 6
...New System Proposal Team A CIS/207 February 23rd 2014 Riordan Manufacturing requires an innovative information system proficient in the organization of product sales, which allows management of data by employees from computers and mobile devices. This new system would contain customer records and be password protected for sales agent’s individual accounts and further promote confidentiality of client and corporate data. Information security and carbon footprints will need to be addressed with creation of a new data warehouse. The cloud computing system would be an idyllic system for addressing the needs of Riordan Manufacturing and would be an inexpensive conversion from the old systems. Cloud computing initially evolved from visualization. The use of visualization would allow Riordan to separate its software, business applications, and data from hardware sources that may experience an issue. The cloud offers storage, network, and hardware virtualization. Businesses can set up private clouds as storage warehouses for company information. Information technology virtualization enhances the business’s assets and offers lower administration fees, reduced maintenance, and consolidation of company information for strategic marketing initiatives in one location. With this in place, there would be less risk of possible loss of important and pertinent information. The entire marketing division would be combined into one superior database for easier comparison of information. Switching...
Words: 1178 - Pages: 5
...General Counsel( Rite Aid, 2007). Differentiate between management and leadership is very different for example, response to its huge losses, Rite Aid has said it expects to spend more than $94 million to reassess and restate its financial results for 1998 and 1999( ). Furthermore, that includes rerunning mainframe-based accounting systems and paying IT people overtime to work with internal and external accountants and auditors during the process. Still, Rite Aid does not plan to replace its combination homegrown Computer Corp. accounting system.Rite Aide challenged by the complication and lack of standard interfaces the finance and accounting functions support throughout the organization. Data is not formats or transported in standard border or structure. Manual work is required to fit data within budget codes and corporate formatting standards. This manual system is error prone and open for possible scam and abuse. Hardware, software, support and maintenance costs grow each year with multiple systems in each local region running different types of software and hardware. The application and hardware support teams are larger than could be possible with one integrated solution. Rite Aide has choices...
Words: 1145 - Pages: 5
...| Internet of Things | 2014| Pragya Vaishwanar | Aricent Marketing Research Report | Summary It’s fair to say that more people have heard of the “internet of things” than have experienced it. More objects are becoming embedded with sensors and gaining the ability to communicate. The resulting information networks promise to create new business models, improve business processes, and reduce costs and risks. There is breathless press coverage of the phenomenon—always patiently re-explained by tech pundits as the trend by which all of one’s most mundane possessions will become internet-connected. These are invariably coupled with estimates that the internet of things will be a multi-trillion dollar business. 2014 is really, finally the year that the “internet of things”—that effort to remotely control every object on earth —becomes visible in one’s everyday lives. In a sense the internet of things is already with us. For one thing, anyone with a smartphone has already joined the club. The average smartphone is brimming with sensors—an accelerometer, a compass, GPS, light, sound, altimeter. It’s the prototypical internet-connected listening station, equally adept at monitoring our health, the velocity of our car, the magnitude of earthquakes and countless other things that its creators never envisioned. Yet despite repeated declarations one of the most successful sellers of baubles that help make your home “smart,” Smart-things, has only shipped 10,000 or so units since...
Words: 13930 - Pages: 56
...people have communication channels which do not require human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction for interaction? The Internet of Things(IoT) helps create an environment in which machines can interact amongst themselves or with living beings (human, animals and plants), where each entity is provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without any human-to-human or human-to-machine interaction (Wigmore, 2014). IoT is a generic term and all entities play an active role owing to their connection to the Internet. It provides access to information, media and services, through wired and wireless broadband connections. The IoT feeds from the connections set up between the Consumer, Business and Industrial Internet to help create new services leading to smart, efficient and more intelligent environment. The Internet of Things is not a single technology, rather it’s a conglomerate of different things and providing solution based on integration of information technology (Vermesan and Friess, 2013). Apart from being used in new applications, the IoT also generates large amounts of data which can be put to use in various...
Words: 3338 - Pages: 14
...their Big Data? There are many social media sites these days that fans and members like to frequent, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and many others. Some of these sites are for fun and some are for business. People share pictures, videos, stories, news and family updates. You can have different types of accounts such as people, places, groups, or pages depending on what your need and interest is. You can access your account from your desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone from just about anywhere. Technology is growing so fast that you even have many different options on how to access the web, whether you use cable, t-line, G3, G4, G5, wireless or even if you still use dial-up. The options are plenty. You can sit in your car and access the web or sit at your desk. All this information that is shared through the web goes into storage and just sits there with nothing being done about it and no one using it for anything. There must be some way to access this information and use it for a good purpose. There must a way companies can share this information to make it easier to provide some sort of service. I will explain more about social media and will go over some ways that this information can be used and the process that is now in the works. Summary of Research The topic of Big Data has been showing up in the media for several years now. The actual definition of Big Data according to PC Magazine is; “massive amounts of data that collect...
Words: 2171 - Pages: 9
