MIS2 Chapter 5 Enterprise Architectures
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accessibility | refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access to corporate email, information systems, and the internet. |
| administrator access | Unrestricted access to the entire system. |
| Agile MIS infrastructure | Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organizations goals. |
| Availability | Refers to the time frames when the system is operational. |
| Backup | An exact copy of a systems information |
| Business continuity planning (BCP) | Details how a company recovers and restores critical business operations and systems after a disaster or extended disruption. |
| Capacity planning | Determines future environmental infrastructure requirements to ensure high-quality system performance. |
| client | A computer designed to request information from a server. |
| Cloud computing | refers to the use of resources and applications hosted remotely on the internet. |
| Cold site | A separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. |
| Corporate social responsibility | Companies acknowledged responsibility to society. |
| Data center | A facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. |
| Disaster recovery cost curve | Charts (1) the cost to the company of unavailability of information and technology an (2) the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time. |
| Disaster recovery plan | A detailed process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic. |
| Dynamic scaling | Means that the MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements. |
| Emergency notification service | An infrastructure build for notifying people in the event of an emergency. |
| Enterprise architect | A person grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business. |
| Ewaste | Refers to discarded, obsolete, or broken electronic devices. |
| Failback | Occurs when the primary machine recovers and resumes operations, taking over from the secondary server. |
| Server | A computer dedicated to providing information in response to request. |
| Smart grid | Delivers electricity using two-way digital technology. |
| Software | The set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks. |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | Delivers applications over the could using a pay-per use revenue model. |
| Sustainable MIS disposal | Refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle. |
| Sustainable MIS infrastructure | Identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption. |
| Sustainable green MIS | Describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment. |
| Unavailable | When a system is not operating or cannot be used. |
| Usability | the degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use. |
| Utility computing | Offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity. |
| Virtualization | Creates multiple "virtual" machines on a single computing device. |
| Warm site | A separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration. |
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