Discuss your findings in respect to using track changes, adding comments, finding and replacing texts, and using other proofing tools; explore your experiences, likes and dislikes, and the added benefits you discovered.

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Editing & Revising Documents

Discussion Points:

How you use the tools in MS Word to edit and revise your documents will improve your productivity, and help you better manage your time.

Discuss your findings in respect to using track changes, adding comments, finding and replacing texts, and using other proofing tools; explore your experiences, likes and dislikes, and the added benefits you discovered.

Explain what you struggled with or what you found that was new and exciting that you plan to use personally.

Explain the relationship between the ideas presented to enhance clarity and comprehension. Identify the issue or problem under consideration. Describe the context surrounding the issue or problem.

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Final report to management

This is the final report to management before the actual cloud deployment process begins.

Use the Proof-of-Concept Report Template to prepare a report that shows the steps and results for the proof of concept. In the template, you will see specific instructions. Delete the instruction text before you submit the project.

Your report should:

Be between five to seven pages (plus an appendix for screenshots, cover page, and table of contents)
Address the topics listed in the Proof-of-Concept Report Template
Include the following screenshots from the “Build a Virtual Private Cloud and Launch a Web Server” activity:
Start Lab page
AWS Management Console Name with your name visible from user drop-down
Task 1: Create Your VPC
Task 2: Create Additional Subnets
Task 3: Create a VPC Security Group
Task 4: Launch a Web Server Instance

 

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

As a cloud professional tasked with developing a proof of concept for the companies cloud adoption, you will prepare a proof of concept report to be submitted to the company owner. By developing a well-structured report of your results and recommendations to management, you are demonstrating how you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a professional setting. Your ability to express recommendations to decision makers with the right mix of technical detail in an accepted format is an important workplace and career skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

1.1.3: Present ideas in a clear, logical order appropriate to the task.
1.1.4: Explain the relationship between the ideas presented to enhance clarity and comprehension.
2.1.1: Identify the issue or problem under consideration.
2.1.2: Describe the context surrounding the issue or problem.
2.2.3: Explain the assumptions underlying viewpoints, solutions, or conclusions.
2.3.4: Address alternative viewpoints, perspectives, and methods.
11.1.3: Install software.
11.2.1: Configure technology according to stakeholder specifications and requirements.
13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.

Provide a report of the incident. shown what you have learned from the incident.

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Individual Project

2012 LinkedIn Hack

Requirements:

10-12 (2,500 – 3,000 word-counts) pages (excluding title, table of content, and references/citations), double space, citations, APA format

Part 1: Report of the incident (30% of the project/grading) (3 pages)
The company – description of the company
Instruments – what kind of attack, tactics, methods
The events – exactly what happened
Outcomes – aftermath

Part 2: shown what you have learned (45% of the project/grading) (4-5 pages)
Ethics analysis – here is your own input and analysis on what the company should have done ethically
Recommendations – here is your recommendations in 1) policy, 2) technological, and 3) organizational point of view
Conclusion – what have you learned from it

Compose a letter to the editor concerning a contemporary example of the government’s use of information technology that you support or oppose.

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The Use of Information Technology by Governments

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/writing-effective-letter-editor

In this assignment, you will compose a letter to the editor concerning a contemporary example of the government’s use of information technology that you support or oppose. A letter to the editor should assertively state your opinion while embodying a professional demeanor. Your letter should articulate how you came to your conclusion, thus demonstrating your problem-solving and/or decision-making process.

Directions: For this assignment, you will write a 300-word letter on the topic of technology, history, and society. Your essay should have a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose. In addition, your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. Following are the content requirements of the letter:

Pick an example of when the government used information technology to affect domestic or foreign policy.

In your example, how did the government use information technology to affect the court of public opinion?
Did this concern a domestic or foreign matter?
What information technologies were utilized?
Were they successful/unsuccessful?
Was the use of this technology innovative?
In your opinion, was there anything deceptive about the government’s message? Why or why not?
Do you support or oppose this use of information technology? Why or why not?

Write about the Capital One data breach that occurred in 2019.

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Capital One Data Breach 2019

Follow the instructions exactly. Write about the Capital One data breach that occurred in 2019. Format the essay similar to the example that is included in the instructions file. Also include Works Cited page.

Look at the organization and explain how an IT system could be used to support MTC’s strategies and objectives and support its decision-making processes.

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Stage 1:   Strategic Use of Technology

Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study on Maryland Technology Consultants (MTC).  MTC is a fictional company created for IFSM 300’s Case Study.  It is also recommended that you review the additional Stages (2, 3 and 4) as well as the vendor brochure provided for Stage 4.  This will help you understand the overall report and potential solution.

Overview

As a business analyst in the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO’s) department of Maryland Technology Consulting (MTC), you have been assigned to conduct an analysis, develop a set of system requirements, evaluate a proposed solution, and develop an implementation plan for an IT solution (applicant tracking or hiring system) to improve the hiring process for MTC.   This work will be completed in four stages, and each of these four stages will focus on one section of an overall Business Analysis and System Recommendation (BA&SR) report to be delivered to the CIO.

 

Section I. Strategic Use of Technology (Stage 1) – The first step is to look at the organization and explain how an IT system could be used to support MTC’s strategies and objectives and support its decision-making processes.

Section II. Process Analysis (Stage 2) – Next you will evaluate current processes and workflow and explain how MTC can use IT to improve its processes and workflow.

Section III. Requirements (Stage 3) –Then you will identify key stakeholder expectations for the new technology solution to support MTC’s hiring process and develop a set of requirements.

Section IV. System Recommendation (Stage 4) – Finally, you will review the provided Vendor brochure for a proposed applicant tracking system and explain how it meets the requirements and what needs to be done to implement the system within MTC.

The sections of the BA&SR will be developed and submitted as four staged assignments. For stages 1, 2, and 3, only the material associated with that stage will be graded. The stage 2, 3, and 4 submissions will include the stage that is due, which will be graded according to the assignment requirements and rubric criteria, as well as include all previously submitted stages with any revisions made.    It is recommended that when preparing stages 2, 3, and 4, you review any feedback from previous assignments to help improve the effectiveness of your overall report and increase the likelihood of a well-written final submission.  For stage 4, the complete BA&SR submission includes grading criteria for evaluating if the document is a very effective and cohesive assemblage of the four sections, is well formatted across all sections and flows smoothly from one section to the next.

 

Assignment – BA&SR:   Introduction and Section I. Strategic Use of Technology

Write an appropriate Introduction to the entire BA&SR Report (guidelines are provided below).  Section I of the BA&SR document contains an organizational analysis and identifies ways in which an information system to improve the hiring process can help MTC, the organization in the case study, meet its strategic goals and meet the information needs of various levels of management.

Using the case study, assignment instructions, Content readings, and external research, develop your Introduction and Section I. Strategic Use of Technology.  To start, review the readings in Weeks 1 and 2.  The case study tells you that the executives and employees at MTC have identified a need for an effective and efficient applicant tracking or hiring system.  As you review the case study, use the assignment instructions to take notes to assist in your analysis.

 

Use the outline format, headings and tables provided and follow all formatting instructions below.  For Stage 1, create a title page and reference page that will be used for all 4 stages.

Apply specific information from the case study to address each area.

 

Introduction

 Begin your report with a clear, concise, well organized introduction to explain why you are writing and what is to come in the complete BA&SR report (not just Stage 1).  This should briefly set the context for MTC – business purpose, environment, and current challenges related to hiring.  Then specifically provide what is to come in the full report.   Keep your audience in mind – this is an internal report for the CIO of MTC.  Provide an introduction in one paragraph that engages the reader’s interest in continuing to read your report.

I. Strategic Use of Technology

  1. Business Strategy – In this section, you should clearly present – at a broad level – what MTC’s business strategy is (refer to case study information), then what issues the current manual hiring process may present that interfere with achieving that strategy, and how improving the hiring process will benefit MTC and support its business strategy. (Use two to three strong sentences that explain how the system would support the strategy and justify your position with specifics from the Case Study.)

 

  1. Competitive Advantage – First, provide an overview of the competitive environment that MTC is currently operating in based on information from the case study. Then explain how and why MTC can use the new hiring system to increase its competitive advantage and help achieve its overall business strategy. Your explanation should demonstrate your understanding of what competitive advantage is as well as how improving the hiring process will help achieve MTC’s competitive advantage. Include how MTC can use the type of data or information that will be in the hiring system to improve its competitive advantage.  (Paragraph of 4-5 sentences)

 

  1. Strategic Objectives– Review the four Strategic Goals presented in the Strategic Business Plan section of the MTC Case Study. The CIO has asked you to come up with an example of an objective to help meet each goal and explain how a new hiring system would help achieve that objective.  As you can see from the example provided in the table below, an objective is a statement that is clear (not vague) and is something that can be measured or evaluated to determine whether it has been met or not. An important part of setting objectives is that they are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound).  In order to evaluate whether an objective has been achieved, it’s important to be able to measure it.  Consider this difference – Student wants to get a degree (non-specific and not measurable) vs.  Student wants to earn a degree in Information Systems Management by May 2020.  (This objective provides specific what and when.)    First, insert an introductory opening sentence for this table.  Then, for each of the rows listed below, complete the table with the requested information.  (Provide an introductory sentence and copy the table.  Create an objective for each of the 3 remaining goals and explain using 2-3 complete sentences for each.)   Note:  This is not about an objective to implement a hiring system or broad business goals but rather the focus is on objectives that would be supported by the use of a technology solution to support/improve the hiring process.
Strategic Goal

 (from case study)

 Objective

(clear, measurable and time-bound)

 Explanation

(2-3 sentences)
Increase MTC Business Development by winning new contracts in the areas of IT Consulting    
Build a cadre of consultants internationally to provide remote research and analysis support to MTC’s onsite teams in the U. S.

 

EXAMPLE PROVIDED – (Retain text but remove this label and gray shading in your report)

 Increase international recruiting efforts and employ 5 research analysts in the next 12 months. The new hiring system would allow applicants from around the world to apply online, increasing the number of international applicants.  It would enable the recruiters to carefully monitor the applications for these positions, identify the necessary research and analysis skills needed, and screen resumes for these key skills.   Recruiters could quickly view the number of applicants and identify when additional recruiting efforts are needed to meet the objective.
Continue to increase MTC’s ability to quickly provide high quality consultants to awarded contracts to best serve the clients’ needs    
Increase MTC’s competitive advantage in the IT consulting marketplace by increasing its reputation for having IT consultants who are highly skilled in leading edge technologies and innovative solutions for its clients

 

    

 

Focus on positive opportunities of improvement, negative implications/threats, as well as ethical ramifications. Create a suitable title for your essay; the text should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words.

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Thoughts about how artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies could impact and transform Medical engeering

Focus on positive opportunities of improvement, negative implications/threats, as well as ethical ramifications.

Create a suitable title for your essay; the text should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words.

Create a new Packet Tracer simulation. Write a report describing the design and simulation of the Smart Home, make sure to attach 3 samples from your logbook.

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Smart Home Infrastructure

Assignment

It is encouraged to use the content from tutorials/workshops, and the samples provided in saves/04 IoT/Solution Examples folder of Cisco Packet Tracer.

Aims

The aim of this assignment is to model a Smart Home infrastructure. A smart home’s devices are connected with each other and can be accessed through a central control point – a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or a desktop PC. Smart homes can feature either wireless or hardwired systems, or both. In both cases they are internet connected through the default gateway and a networking device such as a router, switch, or a cable modem. The devices included in your simulation are going to be:  router, switch, home gateway, registration server, laptop, desktop PC, smartphone, tablet, webcam, air conditioning, heating element, thermostat, temperature meter, solar panel, battery, smoke detector, CO and CO2 detector, fire sprinkler, temperature sensor, water level monitor, motion sensor, alarm, siren, home speaker, LCD display, light, coffee maker, ceiling fan, 3 windows, lawn sprinkler,  garage door, classic car and the front door. You will also be required to write a report about your simulation. Your report should be no more than 1200 words in length (excluding the table of contents and appendices). The report should include 3 samples from your logbook.

 

Deliverables

Create a new Packet Tracer simulation. Include all the devices listed above and connect them through home gateway wirelessly and through Fast Ethernet ports or microcontrollers where appropriate. Implement the 7 simulation tasks listed below.

Write a report describing the design and simulation of the Smart Home, make sure to attach 3 samples from your logbook.

When you are ready to submit your solution, upload your Packet Tracer (.pkt) file, to Web together with your report in Microsoft Word and, when you are sure that you have uploaded the correct files, press the submit button.

 

Simulation tasks

These are the components, devices, and controllers you need to setup:

  1. The components that need Fast Ethernet connections are: router, switch, home gateway, registration server, desktop PC.
  2. The devices you need to connect wirelessly to home gateway are: laptop, smartphone, tablet, webcam, temperature meter, water level monitor, CO/CO2 detector, solar panel, home speaker, light, coffee maker, ceiling fan, 3 windows, lawn sprinkler, garage door and the front door.
  3. You will require microcontrollers (MCU boards) to connect:
  • smoke sensor, temperature sensor, ceiling sprinkler
  • webcam, motion sensor, alarm, siren, LCD

These are the scenarios you need to implement:

  • Control the appliances on/off through the laptop, smartphone, or PC. Login to IoT monitor to turn on/off the appliances. This includes webcam, home speaker, light, coffee maker, ceiling fan, lawn sprinkler, 3 windows, garage door and front door.
  • When the lawn sprinkler is turned on, the Water Level Monitor will measure the amount of water that has been released and send report to the Registration Server. From PC, laptop, or smartphone login to IoT monitor and control the Lawn Sprinkler remotely.
  • The sun charges the solar panel. The solar panel sends electricity to the battery. This electricity is read by the power meter connected between them. The battery then distributes power to each connected device. The registration server is reading power produced from the solar panel, power read from the power meter, and power available on the battery.
  • To activate the alarm – Turn on the Car to increase CO/CO2 Level. To deactivate the alarm – Turn off the Car to decrease CO/CO2 Level.
  • Move the Fire near the Fire Monitor to set off the fire sprinkler system.
  • The Registration Server is configured to turn on the webcam when motion is reported by the Motion Detector.
  • The air conditioning and heating element are connected to the thermostat. The temperature sensor readings set the heating or cooling through the thermostat.

Discuss your findings with respect to using indents and tabs, line and paragraph spacing, lists, and hyperlinks; explore your experiences, likes and dislikes, and the added benefits you discovered.

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Technology – WK2

Writer- Answer all three
1) How you use the tools in MS Word to edit and revise your documents will improve your productivity, and help you better manage your time.
2) Discuss your findings with respect to using indents and tabs, line and paragraph spacing, lists, and hyperlinks; explore your experiences, likes and dislikes, and the added benefits you discovered.
3) Explain what you struggled with or what you found that was new and exciting that you plan to use personally

What are the typical job responsibilities? What are the required skills, experience, and education? What IT certifications are available in this field?

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IT Career Exploration

Select an information technology career that most interests you. Possibilities include network administrator, programmer, security analyst, and database administrator.
Conduct online research to answer the following questions regarding this career.
What are the typical job responsibilities?
What are the required skills, experience, and education?
What IT certifications are available in this field?
What is the salary range for an entry-level position?
What aspects of this job do IT professionals find the most rewarding?
What are the most challenging day-to-day responsibilities of this job?