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Week 2
Individual Huffman Trucking Paper
Write a 1-2 page paper describing the operating systems used by Huffman Trucking.
Address the following questions in your paper:
Why do you think these operating systems were chosen? What are the implications of the operating systems that are in use by Huffman
Trucking? You can access the Huffman Trucking website from the Virtual Organizations Portal. (Hint: Look at network diagrams.)
Week 3
Individual PC/Mainframe Paper
Write a 2-3 page paper comparing and contrasting PCs and mainframes. It will be necessary to research this topic outside your course readings.
Learning Team Instructions
Continue work on the Operating System Analysis.
Outline the important features of Windows速 2003.
Week 4
Learning Team Instructions
Continue work on the Operating System Analysis.
Outline the important features of Linux. Begin work on the Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.
Individual
Operating Systems Analysis Paper
Write a 2-4 page paper describing operating systems that are common on the Internet. It is necessary to research this topic outside your course readings.
Week 5
Learning Team
Learning Team Project
Complete work on the Operating System Analysis.
Complete and submit the 8-12 page paper that compares and contrasts Windows® XP, Windows® 2003, and Linux. Complete and submit the Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.
Week One Discussion Questions
What are some of the many considerations in selecting the correct information system to use for trading futures and stocks?
Is service-oriented architecture (SOA) a new solution to information technology, or is it a new name for the rehash of providing the user with what the user wants? Explain.
Based on the article by Pronk, et al. (2007), especially Figure 1, what are the general functions of processors, software, and networks? What is the classical (von Neumann) architecture of a computer system?
Based on the article by Zhu, et al. (2009), what components or modules of a standard electronic computer system might be engineered into a bio-chip? What problem in the development of future electronic computer does the developing bio-chip technology address?
Week Two Discussion Questions
Do you agree or disagree that throughput and capacity are determining factors for effectiveness of a system more so than processor speed? Why or why not?
What security issues must be resolved now which cannot wait for the next version of WindowsÂŽ to arrive? Are we looking at a patch or a workaround to solve the present issues?
Based on Ornes’ (2009) article, what are the improvements that a memristor might have over current physical and electronic storage devices? Is a memristor a green technology?
Based on the article by Polakovic and Stefani (2008), what are the main requirements to reconfigure software on the fly? How do the authors define a computer component?
Week Three Discussion Questions
Based on Elerath’s (2009) article, what are the two main categories of hard disk drive failure? How does SMART technology work, and what does it mean when limits are exceeded?
Based on Thibodeau’s (2008) article, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the use of mainframes?
Week Four Discussion Questions
Does a new software product always provide a fundamental improvement to the system where we install the new software product? What could some of the gains include?
Based on the article by Jason Brooks (2009), what capability will XP Mode in the Windows 7® operating system add to PCs? What computer system hardware resource(s)
may need to be enhanced to use this capability?
Based on the article by Michael Vizard (2009), why is the Hyper-V virtualization technology available in Windows® Server 2008 an important resource for many businesses IT environments? What role does SUSE Linux play?
Week Five Discussion Questions
Why or why not would you agree that Novell® partnering with Linux will now present a viable alternative to Microsoft® in the business world?
Because there are alternatives between Microsoft®, Linux, and Macintosh®, what would make an individual choose one alternative over the other?
Based on Stallman’s (2009) article, what is the difference between the terms freeware and open-source software? Which of these two terms will you use in the future? Explain your preference for the term.
Based on the article by Robert Strohmeyer (2008), is malware a threat in an online Linux OS environment? What factor might influence the threat of malware to Linux systems that run web servers?
Based on Yalta and Lucchetti’s (2008) article, what are the advantages and disadvantages of adopting GNU/Linux?