Business Information Systems

The Five Stages of Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence  is the process of transforming related business data into information, information into knowledge and with repetitive identification turning knowledge into Intelligence.

  • Data: It is a raw data i.e. it represents reality, facts and figures.
  • Information: It is a data that is processed and interpreted.
  • Knowledge: After the information is processed, it becomes more sensible containing some meaning and understanding.

Business Intelligence (BI) is a wide category of applications and technologies for collecting, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help the enterprise users make better decision making. BI applications supports the activities decision support systems, querying and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical data analysis, forecasting and data mining.… Read the rest

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Common Access Card (CAC) Deployment

The Common Access Card or CAC is a smart card designed to be used as an ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled space like server rooms and for access to computer systems and networks. Department of Defense (DoD) deployed this system to meet its high security requirements for authentication of personnel entering in the Department’s buildings, controlled areas and computer networks. Common Access Card is a smart card that has public key infrastructure (PKI) features to provide secure system functionalities such as authentication, data integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation. CAC stores the private key of the client certificates, used with PKI cryptography program, in the card and it is hard to extract this key from the card.… Read the rest

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Software Development Processes

Software development processes are the structures or processes imposed on the development of a software product. To produce a successful and qualitative software product certain processes management criteria need to be considered.

A process is a particular method of doing something, generally involving a number of steps or operations. A software development project will have at least development activities and project management activities. The development process focuses on the activities directly related to the production of software that is design, coding, and testing. Project management processes focus on planning, estimation, scheduling and taking corrective action when things do not go as per plan.… Read the rest

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Role of Information System in Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

Business process reengineering concepts comes from management theories and introduce in 18th century. The purpose of business process reengineering is to make the business in best condition. The companies use the reengineering process to make the business in best position and to achieve the company goals. Business process reengineering means not only change but structural change. What kind of structural change in the organization, managing system, employee responsibilities, reward system, and information technology. Many organizations want to change the management of the organization but they not identified which part of work is to be changed. But the business process reengineering (BPR) is the concept of management and that has been formed by practical experience.… Read the rest

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Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) in Business

Fire, flood, earthquake and accidental deletion of data are all acts that can cause disastrous consequences on data. Such disasters can prevent the network from operating normally, which in turn can hamper the organisation’s business. These disasters can be classified into man-made disasters and environmental disasters. Man-made disasters are intentionally or unintentionally caused by humans. For example, a user accidentally deletes the data, virus and malicious programs can damage data and various other events can cause data loss and downtime. Environmental disasters are non-preventive but can be reduced if appropriate precautions are taken. Environmental disasters include fire, flood, earthquake, tornado and hurricane.

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What is an Enterprise Database?

Data are the raw material from which information is produced. Therefore, it is not surprising that in today’s information-driven environment, data are a valuable asset that requires careful management. To access data’s monetary value, data that stored in company database are data about customers, suppliers, inventory, and operations and so on. Imagine that all the data in the database loss. What will happen if the situation like that happen? Data loss puts any company in a difficult position. The company might be unable to handle daily operation effectively; it might be faced with the loss of customers who require quick and efficient service, and it might lose the opportunity to gain new customers.… Read the rest

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