Conduct the necessary research to determine if any companies, organizations or enterprises are already using LIFI (preferably w/solar power as the source) for daily operations, and compose a one page (500 words minimum) report. Look for domestic as well as international/worldwide deployments. Depending on the quality of your research, five to ten points will be added to your midterm score upon submission. Submit as either […]

Share with your peers a database system that you have encountered over the past two weeks. For me, I went to the grocery store and the cashier scan my items, which populated the price and deducted the product from the inventory. This database is able to provide inventory reports, deduct coupons, and return items back to the inventory. Now that I have shared a grocery system with the class I […]

In 350 Words. According to recent surveys, China, India, and the Philippines are the three most popular countries for IT outsourcing. Write a short paper (2-4 paragraphs) explaining what the appeal would be for US companies to outsource IT functions to these countries. You may discuss cost, labor pool, language, or possibly government support as your reasons. There are many other reasons you may choose […]

For  this assignment, you are the information security manager for  the  county of Islington. The county just elected a new sheriff. He does  not  have a keen understanding of what is Physical Security. It is your   responsibility as the security manager to brief the sheriff on what is   physical security and how it can be used to protect critical   technological infrastructures throughout the county.  

introduced some challenges to policy making in developing countries. If you were an analyst working for the St. Petersburg Informational and Analytical Center, explain how you would use data available to you to prepare a report for the Governor for the State Program “Combating Proliferation of Drugs.” Briefly explain what you would include in your report to detail the problem, and what the forecast results […]

Chapter 34 presented a mini-case study on ERM and risk. Suppose General Motors wants to replace one of their traditional lines of vehicles with all electric models. How could GM use game theory to identify and assess the major risks to this decision? Identify two major risks that would result from GM converting an existing line to an all-electric line. Provide a brief discussion of […]

Doctoral candidates should provide an authentic personal statement to each of the five following questions/prompts reflecting on their own personal interest. In the event that any outside resources are used, resources should be cited in APA format. Submissions should be a maximum of 500 words or 125 words per question/prompt. It is best to response to each prompt/question individually for clarity of the reviewer. Writing […]

Visit the Web site of Pro Shield Fire Protection, formerly Waterloo Fire Extinguisher, at http://www.proshieldfire.com. This company was purchased by University of Northern Iowa graduate Russell Hotchkiss while he was still in school as a finance major. During his first year as owner of this business, Russell doubled the company’s revenue, employees, services, and trucks. Before deciding to purchase this company, what three basic financial […]

A wiki is a collaborative web site that collects and organizes content, created and revised by its users. The most well-known example is Wikipedia. Wikis are a way to grow a knowledge base around a particular content area, be it best practices in a particular field or how to use a specific piece of hardware/software. A hallmark of Web 2.0 is that it improves as […]

When we are reviewing association patterns for interesting relationships, objective measures are commonly used. These are required as the relationships may be hidden by the large data set, as indicated by the text. These measures, taken in whole, may instead give us inconsistent data on the interesting nature of the relationship. With large data sets, the data scientist may depend too much on objective measures, […]