Reflection Week - 5

This has been a very uneventful week. We covered topics from E-Commerce to Dot Com failures and we had a chance to create our own E-Commerce business. Aside from the class but somehow IT related the news headline stated that “Michael Jackson Died and Took the Internet With Him” I’ll never forget that headline, because it claimed that web browsers were so overwhelmed with people searching for articles or news of Jackson’s death that everything pretty much just stopped working. Anyway E-Commerce are used with many application like Email, Online Banking, Shopping Carts and Teleconferencing and many databases management software’s can help a company and help support their operations and management of their businesses like it did for Cognet, which was an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Reflection Week - 4

Wi-Fi in previous years charged people on a per use or annual basis but recently because of a “tipping point”, instead of renting out the services companies have shifted the focus to offering the services for free while focusing more intently on motivating their customers to buying other goods and services. Also we discussed the value of the internet in business, I think that businesses use of the internet has changed what business people expect from Information Technology in their jobs because they expect to be able to have direct access to more business resources such as the being able to trade information globally for better customer service and generate savings on cost. It reduces time constraints on employees as well as increases productivity from the employees.

Reflection Week - 3

I learned that data resource management plays a huge part in the management of information Systems/Technology, because it allows resources to be organized and access easily, there is nothing more annoying than not being able to organize resources in a systematic way. Data has to be structured, organized and accesses in a uniformed way, if not, it could be the downfall of many businesses and then not only that but if you are a customer oriented business it could easily disintegrate any loyalty that was established with any of your customers. I also learn that database performance is one of the toughest problems when dealing with large databases, but most organizations monitor and tune the performance of their IT infrastructure because there are tools available that make performance management easier by automatically invoking pre-defined actions when specific alerts are triggered. Most things that are stored in a database are normally sensitive information so data security is an issue too, but Oracle has a program that uses schemas and security domains to control access to data and to restrict the use of various database resources.

Reflection Week - 2

I realized that I did not submit a reflection posting for week 2 and even though late assignments are not accepted, I’m going to reflect anyway because posting this blog is a tool design to enhance my learning processes with that said, let me reflect on week 2……

In week 2, I found it interesting that doctors are using computer gridding to treat and diagnose cancer patient quicker, by using the grid to convert cancerous cells and tissues into digital images, I also learned that computer gridding are used in other commodities that we use everyday such as water and electricity.

I also learned that Open-Source software is a good way for businesses to gain a competitive edge on the market because it helps them keep up with all technology developments, while at the same time allowing their software to evolve, because different developers work on improving it.

Reflection - Week I

Week 1 has been somewhat interesting; luckily this isn’t my first online course that I’ve ever taken because this week would have been a disaster. I literally had to hit the ground running because I just got back into town from getting my daughter back from a spring break with her grandparents and talk about reconnecting with a 2 year old and she’ only been gone for 3 weeks. This week we learned about what role Information Technology plays in the success of small businesses and some of the challenges that management faces and the competitive strategies that IT supports and how it can help a business gain that competitive edge on opponents.

Hello,

My name is Lynda, I am originally from Georgia, I spent 5 years active duty Air Force, I’ve been to a lot of places and I’ve seen a lot of faces, some of the places I wanted to be some I had to go to kicking and screaming but throughout my whole experience I got a change to meet and work with some really great people. I currently live in Washington DC now; I have a 2 year old daughter who has taught me to underlying meaning of “Patience is a Virtue”. I graduated from Macon State College in Macon, Georgia in 2007 with a BS in Information Technology.

I currently work for the Department of Defense as an Information Technology Specialist in the Policy and Planning/Information Security branch. I am currently responsible for receiving and reviewing all maintenance contract requests for Information Technology/Information Management (IT/IM) equipment and services and I develop the correspondence security countermeasures to protect sensitive and classified information. I also provide guidance and support for the protection of information technology systems such as those that pertain to our personal computers and Local Area Networks.

I am really excited to be pursuing my MS degree in Information Technology: Information Assurance at UMUC as this is just another stepping stone for me to complete my career goals and educational goals in the IT field.