Discussion and responses + Weekly Journal – 2_ IISP

Subject: Infotech Import in a Strategy Plan

Part A – Discussion and responses

What is the essential value of building a business case to justify IT investments? (In your own words, explain the usefulness of this exercise.) Many companies today are multi-national corporations. Select a specific industry and summarize the basic considerations companies have about global IT organizations.

A) Your initial post (400 -500 words) is due by Day 3 of Week 1 [need to submit on 3rd day out of 4 days]

B) You are required to respond to another 2 student’s post (minimum of 150 words)

APA formatting is required along with scholarly sources.

Part B – Weekly Journal

April 28, 2015: Malware is said to be morphing into new forms, according to an article by Computerworld at http://www.computerworld.com/article/2915958/security0/malware-remodeled-new-tricks-new-suits-slamming-enterprise-resources.html?phint=newt%3Dcomputerworld_security&phint=idg_eid%3De906f93e1376704f5965bd3462b84e93#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_security_2015-04-29. After students read the article, perhaps many of them will not understand many of the terms and will become more afraid. Ask them to answer the following in a discussion:

(1) How many of you are very pessimistic about your on-line safety? Why?

(2) How many of you are optimistic about your own on-line safety? Why?

(3) How many of you don’t use an anti-virus program? Why?

(4) How does putting virus signatures in the cloud help users and anti-virus vendors?

References:

Pearlson, K., Saunders, C. Galletta, D. Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach, 6th Edition. Burlington, MA: Wiley, 2016.

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In response to this, it is apparent that the use of the business case for better IT investments has become an integral part in different organizations. As discussed in this post, there are various pros that are associated with the use of business in organizations.

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