Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Transportation
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What Is Enterprise Computing?
Middle
Management
Operational
Management
Nonmanagement
Employees
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Figure 14-3
What Is Enterprise Computing?
Controlling Organizing
Leading
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Figure 14-4
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-5
Information Systems in the Enterprise
Engineering or
Product Distribution
Development
Human Customer
Resources Service
Accounting Information
and Enterprise Technology
Finance
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-8
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
Material Requirements
Planning (MRP) uses
software to help monitor and
control processes related to
production
Manufacturing Resource
Planning II (MRP II) is an
extension of MRP and also
includes software that helps
in scheduling
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
Provide information
and analysis on
inventory in a
warehouse
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-13
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
Decision
Expert System
Support
System
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Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-14
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-17
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-18
Information Systems in the Enterprise
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Figure 14-19
Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
• Some technologies used in enterprises include:
Electronic
Data
Portals data
warehouses interchange
Document
Extranets Web services management
systems
Virtual
Workflow private
networks
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Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
• A portal is a collection of links, content, and
services presented on a Web page that are
interesting for a particular job function
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Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
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Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
• Web services allow businesses to create products
and B2B interactions over the Internet
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Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
• A workflow is a defined process that identifies the
specific set of steps involved in completing a
particular project or business process
– Workflow application
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Enterprise-Wide Technologies and
Methodologies
• A virtual private network (VPN) provides mobile
users, vendors, and customers with a secure
connection to the company network server
Cloud computing is an
Internet service that
provides computing
needs to computer
users
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E-Commerce
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Figure 14-25
Enterprise Hardware
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Figure 14-28a
Enterprise Hardware
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Figure 14-28b
Enterprise Hardware
• An enterprise storage
system is a strategy that
focuses on the
availability, protection,
organization, and
backup of storage in a
company
• Goal is to consolidate
storage
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Figure 14-29
Enterprise Hardware
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Figure 14-30
Enterprise Hardware
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Figure 14-31
High Availability, Scalability,
and Interoperability
• A high-availability system continues running and
performing tasks for at least 99 percent of the
time
– May include hot-swapping
and redundant components
• When a component fails, another
component takes over and the
system continues to function
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Backup Procedures
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Backup Procedures
Special computing
Various types of
requirements present Large information
users within an
in an enterprise- systems
organization
sized organization
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