INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (C2027/CCT204) ASSIGNMENT TERM 2 2013 Student declaration: I declare that: • I understand what is meant by plagiarism • The implication of plagiarism has been explained to me by my institution • This assignment is all my own work and I have acknowledged any use of the published and unpublished works of other people. Student’s signature:……………………………. Total number of pages including this cover page Submission Date Students’ ID Student’s Full Name Lecturer’s Name OFFICIAL USE ONLY Marker’s comments Due Date Class Code Date:………………………
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Name of Student Student ID Module Code Criteria Question 1:
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How, computing resources can be applied efficiently if these are concentrated together in a information centre within a company?
10 Marks
What are the concerns?
10 Marks
What are the structures that can be used?
10 Marks
Question 2: a. What hardware requisition would give the kind of environment that the company has always operated on and blending into the new technology age. 25 Marks
b. What software is necessary to ensure that they can operate in this secured environment.
25 Marks
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c. Discuss how the new look data processing department may be set up, taking into consideration that their business is now poised
References: Berko, R., Rosenfeld, L., and Samovar, L. (1997), Connecting, Harcourt Brace & Company, USA. An example of such a referencing would be as follows: [PRE97] Charles parker and Thomas Case, Management Information Systems – Strategy and Action, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 19987 Website URL Title of URL Author of URL/Publisher of URL Year of last modification [TAT97] Tate, Debi (1997)