- How can information technology support a company's business processes and decision making and give it a competitive advantage? Give examples to illustrate your answer.
- How does the use of the Internet, intranets, and extranets by companies today support their business processes and activities?
- How can a manager demonstrate that he or she is a responsible end user of information systems? Give several examples.
"How important are your data to you?" "What would happen if ...?" While business managers focus on solving business problems and determining what their information systems should do, disaster recovery consultants ask what would happen if things go wrong.
With careful advanced planning, disaster recovery specialists help their clients prevent calamity. While this topic covers a wide variety of software issues, installation configuration issues, and security threats, examining common end-user mistakes may also prove enlightening. Common end-user mistakes include:
a. Failure to save work in progress frequently
b. Failure to make a backup copy
c. Storing original and backup copies in the same location
For each of the common end-user mistakes listed above, answer the following questions.
a. How might this mistake result in data loss?
b. What procedures could you follow to minimize this risk?