A Basic Network 4.2

A basic network is used with almost anything. The main network that we use is Angel. There is the starting part which is the "sender". The client sends a request to the server of the receiver to have what their request done that they are trying to do. Once the receiver gets it they then send a response back to the original sender which is now the "receiver" with the "response". In between this process there is a transmission media that makes sure that the rules and protocols are being approached. Also, in between this process in order for it to work, there is a wireless media that allows it to be "wireless" that goes through a cable media, the physical pathway. The transmission media has a bandwidth meaning there is a certain capacity that it cannot exceed. When all of this information is being processed, it is processed by digitizing, which is converting information into bits just as we talked about in the previous blog entry. The reason for this process is so that we can do things like, uploading this blog.

Infrastructure 4.1

We use computers as a source of communication. Something that is key in using the computers is the keyboard. The keyboard is a type of input device that is used to enter information into the computer. When we type the information onto the keyboard it goes through the input technology such as the computer in general. After that it goes through the processing device that changes it from the input into the output. The output technology delivers the information to users in a usable format. Meaning that if we tell the computer to play a certain song, the output technology would be the speakers where you hear the song come out of. Machine language is the language that the computer understands. Meaning when you type a letter, it reads it as numbers. Each letter has a number that the computer knows and thats how we see it as letters. The different numbers that the computer knows are in different binary codes such as, bits, bytes etc. ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, that is the process of the information how we see it on the computer, then to the numbers that are in bits and the ASCII binary code, and then how its stored and manipulated inside the computer. Just as it has done the whole time I have been writing this blog.

Value Chain Analysis 3.1

Cabin rentals may seem like they are a simple thing to do on the business aspect and customer aspect but overall it sometimes can be a complicated thing to follow. The first box in our value chain analysis is purchasing the supplies such as the furnature for our cabin. The type of information system that you would use for that is the transaction process. Even though our customer is not paying for this step , we in the end are purchasing something there for we are using the transaction process. After our cabins are up to standard, we then advertise them and bring our customers in to purchase a stay. This step includes the customer relation system. Our employee is speaking with the future customer to figure our whether they are interested or not. After that, if they are interested we then bring them in to find out which dates they were looking at for their vacation time. This step is called the Decision support system. This gives the customer information about their cabin and then helps them with decision on which dates and what cabin. Then, after they pick dates, we then start another transaction process which, is the same as stated before. We figure out what type of payment they are wanting to pay with and complete the transaction. After the transaction is complete, our customer can then have their vacation. This would be considered the functional area system. The functional area system meaning that where the customer stays, as in the cabins, is considered the work area, the " functional area of the firm". After the customer finishes their stay at our cabin, when then have then fill out a "rate card" that allows us to see what our customers think we need to improve on. This is the customer relation system as well because we are communicating with our customers. 

3.3 Cost Benefit Analysis

The purpose of  a cost benefit analysis allows you to step by step see how well or how not so well your business is doing. It allows us to find out what the total cost of ownership for the business. In this process you find out the nonrecurring costs and the recurring costs. Nonrecurring costs are costs that usually dont continue after. Recurring costs are ones that are ongoing that keep occuring throughout the cycle of the system. Then you add those together and find out the total cost. Then you figure out the benefits and the total benefits. After that you take the total cost and total benefit and subtract them and thats how much you have lost. The reason for a proxy value chart is to help you realize how well you business is doing in the chart view. Just as any other chart, the greatest process is at the top. Dark blue is the process before, the brighter blue is during and the light blue is after. The customer relations did better after than it did at any point. The employee morale did better after as well.

Arguments 3.2

Faith: If we update our systems for when someones transaction goes through and allows us to reserve the dates that they are wanting to stay then we wont have anything houses overbooked.

Fear: If we don't update our systems then we could possibly have more than one family or families trying to stay at the same Cabin at the same time then we will end up loosing both families and not having anyone stay at that time and we will end up loosing money because they will both end up canceling their stay in our cabin.

Fact:If we update our systems then we will cut out all of the over booking errors and have everyone happy and there fore no one will cancel their stay and we wont loose money.

Automobiles 2.2

.2Automobiles are something that are very important in our daily lives. In 2008, the US Congress had to help out in loans because of a major recession. The world is flat cause it to become more homogeneous every day. Manufacturers are have been trying to come up with a "world car" meaning that it is made all over the world. In 1990, there were cars made that they thought was going to be "the hit" but ended up not selling as well as they thought. The reason being, is because some prefer larger cars than others and vice versa. They also stated that the "world car" make take longer than they had expected because they want to make sure they can meet everyones needs all in one package. Globalization 3.0 helps out with exchanging information and selling and buying fuel from other countries. Cultural difference play a huge role in making a world car because some people have smaller streets like the Asians. Americans like SUVs and pickups because have wider streets.

Flickr 2.1

1. Flickr allows anyone who can access the web page to post pictures from wherever. Most people upload pictures from events so everyone else, "friends", can see them. Most of the time if its not set to private then anyone can see them. Some people may even sell them for money.

2. Netscape went public is a important enabler because if it wasn't for web browser then there would be no way to access the Flickr page. Uploading is also an important enabler because the whole point of Flickr is to upload or download pictures. Another important enabler is in-forming. In-forming is useful because if someone goes to google and searches for a topic that deals with Flickr, it will push them in the direction of the Flickr website.

1.3

In my diagram for the support manager group I have a DBA, network administrator, and security. The Database administrator  makes sure that everything with the database is working properly. If something goes wrong they will get called and will have to drop everything they are doing to go fix the problem. If the database doesnt work, the system wont work properly. Securtiy is basically self explanitory. For the topic of development administrator, we have a buisness analyst, computer programmer, and a software engineer. The buisness analyst is the one who makes the business rules. The computer progammer is kind of self explanitory as well but, if we dont have someone who programs our system then we wont be able to get anywhere. If we gont have a software engineer then there cant be software for our computer progammer to begin. With our maintenance mangaer section we have a manager, DBA, and security as well. We need a manager to keep everything going in the right direction, to make the decisions on what need to be done for that section. Our database administrator does the same thing that it does for our support manager group and security as well makes sure everything is secure.

Explaining our data 1.2

When we have a customer interested in our services that are sure they are willing to rent out a cabin we begin to gather data, what we all know as "personal information". We first begin by introducing ourselves and getting their name. As we get their name, we then ask their date of birth to make sure they are old enough to even purchase a cabin from us. Another piece of information that we gather is where they are from and their address. After we get all of their personal information it then gives us a reason to give them a "customer number". This customer number is the number that then helps us find out who they are and where they are staying, Florida or Bahamas? Then that even identifies it even better by telling us what exact cabin they are staying in. After it tells us what location and which cabin, we can also find out how many people are staying in the cabin by the information that they gave us and also find out the exact information about the cabin such as, the size, how many rooms, how many bathrooms, kitchen area,dining, den area, etc.. Not only does the customer number pull up the information that I have recently talked about but it also pulls up the billing information, billing information meaning how they are paying for it, cash or transaction. After we get the billing information we can then allow them to purchase a cabin and complete the transaction to give them a receipt. By the receipt it then allows us to see that the purchase was made and on what date and the time.