Assignment task: Please explain below in detail:
Q1. What are the differences between digital and analog communication systems?
Q2. Briefly explain why lossless compression is used to compress data (symbols, numbers, and characters) for storage or transmission.
Q3. What is "big data"?
Q4. What is a distributed data processing (DDP) strategy?
Q5. You have just accepted the position as CIO for Holiday Inn (Figure 3.7). As your first official act, the CEO has asked you to assess the corporation's computer operations and report back to her with your recommendation on whether to remain with the status quo (i.e., a centralized IS architecture similar to that depicted in Figure 3.1), migrate to a distributed architecture, or need to analyse a hybrid solution using aspects from both general architectures and possibly includes ASPs and cloud-computing services.
Explain compelling 8-12 slide case in Power Point for presentation at the next staff meeting.