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  • cloud computing - the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources over the internet 
    • elastic it can flex 
    • computer resources cause you 
    • pooled - virtualization 
  • iaas - infrastructure as a service 
  • virtual private network ( vpn) 
  • content delivery network 
    • advantages and disadvantages 
  • web services 
  • private cloud 
  • argument of the private cloud 
  • why do companies build a private cloud 
  • why some people think that a private cloud isn't really a cloud 
  • advantages and disadvantages of a private cloud 
  • consequences of cloud computing 
  • the difference between http and https 
    • https is secure 
  • what is the difference between cloud based and in house hosting 
    • advantages and disadvantages 
  • what is the difference between database and DBMS 
  • difference between relational and non relational DBMS 
  • why do companies want a nosql database 
  • why do some companies wont be able to use no SQL database  
  • what are the problems of multi user processing of a database 
  • what is structure query language 
  • SQL and access vendor is Microsoft
  • what is metadata 
    • data about data 
  • what is a primary key and a foreign key in a database 
    • relational and non relational database  
  • database is files, fields and records 
  • difference between thin and thick clients 
  • what is a server 
  • what is a server farm 
  • each character on your keyboard is 8 bits which is one byte 
  • need to know the order and how many commas for each 
  • vertical and horizontal and on of a kind software 
  • one of a kind software - used for a specific solution: most expensive 
  • what is open source software 
  • what is an operating system 
  • what is an open source operating system 
  • what is the difference between volatile a nonvolatile memory 
    • volatile- main memory 
    • nonvolatile - disk 
  • memory cache 
  • memory swapping 
  • what is the rule of the main memory 
  • cpu is like the brain of your computer 
  • porters 5 forces model 
  • what is the business process 
  • how do we create linkages between business processes 
  • what are the symbols when using a process map 
    • diamond - decision
  • what are the strategies that organizations use to establish high switching cost 
  • what is the value chain 
  • what is the support activity of the value chain 
  • the difference between product margin and product price 
  • the difference between margin, product price and value 
  • porters competitive strategies 
  • the difference between data and information 
  • the characteristics of good information 
  • what are the components of an information system 
  • two sides of an information system 
  • the technology and the human side 
  • what is business process and business process modeling notation 
  • what makes a password strong and weak 
  • what is the difference between information systems and information technology 
  • what is MIS and what is it about 
  • why do business professional need it 
  • what is the difference between a process system
  • what are the cognitive non routine skills 
  • what is moore's law 
    • how is it going to impact our job security 

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