What does the word “processing” in data processing mean?

The processing in the context of the data processor means performing any action to generate or produce information and meaningful data. Furthermore, data processing is the activity that will be performed when the data is collected and it is performed usually by scientists. Moreover, the processing of data starts when the data is in the raw form. The processing will convert whole data into meaningful, understandable as well as readable format such as totals, average, max, min, graphs and pie charts, etc.

1.    What does the term “first mover” mean?

The first mover is production or service which obtains the competitive advantage by entering the market in the first place and first suppliers in the market. Becoming first in the market is also ensuring to build a strong brand name in the market including holding high market share from the market.

Discussion activity 2

1.    What is time-to-market?  How have ISs affected time-to-market?

The time to market is the time length in the commerce field that takes from the product being conceived until the availability of the product into the market for sale. Furthermore, the time to market is very significant in several organizations and different types of industries where it outmodes the products rapidly. In simple words, the time to market refers to the time that elapses among the idea for new service or product.

On the other side, it can deliver the time of the first units on the market. The ISs can be very beneficial for it because it provides help to reduce time to market. Thus, it also provides help company exploit the strategic position (Magnusson, 2015).

2.    Why are computers said to be processing data digitally?

The computers are said to processing the data digitally because it has the ability to read data from multiple devices such as QR code reading, credit card data as well as bar codes without any help of human interaction. The computer is capable to read data digitally when it receives instructions.

Discussion activity 3  

1.    What is a network protocol?

The network protocol is the developed set of rules that determine how the data is transferring and flowing in the network as well as to determine the transmission of the data in different devices connected with the same network.  Furthermore, the network protocol also allows the connected devices to interact and communicate with each other irrespectively of any differences in their design, structure, or internal processes (Wondracek, Comparetti, Kruegel, Kirda, & Anna, 2008).

2. What does it mean to cleanse data before it is stored in a data warehouse?

The data cleansing is the term which is describing and related to the cleaning of the data and it is also commonly called data cleaning. The data cleansing is the complete process that is used to identify as well as correct the errors, corruption, and ambiguities from the data records before saving or storing the data into a database or server. The cleansing process is capable to remove or delete dirty contents form the data.

Discussion activity 4

1.    What is an intranet, and what purposes does it serve? 

The intranet is basically a private enterprise network that is designed to provide support to the employees of the organization to collaborate, communicate with each other as well as share their responses and important information with each other. The main purpose of the intranet is to engage all of the employees as well as stakeholders to the work-related information.

2. What is meant by the term “global information systems”?

The global information system is the system of software and the hardware and it is used effectively to store, fetch, analyze as well as map the geographical data. Furthermore, the total global information system is also regarded by the practitioners as including the data and operating personnel that go into the system.

Discussion activity 5

1.    What is a decision? Why does a person have to make a decision?

The decision is the processor acts to decide something important things in which any person is thinking to have. In simple words, the decision is the process that will be taken by any person after judging something.

2.    What is business intelligence?

The business intelligence is the technique which refers to applications, technologies as well as practices to collect, integrate, present, as well as the analyze the data related to business to make effective and useful strategies to make the business successful. The main purpose of business intelligence to make better and beneficial decisions for business growth.

References of IT Impact on Business (healthcare)

Magnusson, R. (2015). Time to market in the CDM: variation over project characteristics and time. Climate Policy, 183-222.

Wondracek, G., Comparetti, P. M., Kruegel, C., Kirda, E., & Anna, S. S. (2008). Automatic Network Protocol Analysis. In NDSS, 1-14.