(1) How do you measure how Amazon has delivered value for its shareholders?    
 

This is a required assignment worth 20 points (20-points/1000-points). Assignment must be submitted by the due date. No late assignments are allowed. Please discuss the following topics and provide substantive comments to at least two other posts.

Select from the following list four (4) topics and discuss. Use only 50-words max per topic to discuss and present your answer.  The discussion questions this week are from Chapter 7 (Jamsa, 2013).

Chapter 7 topics:

• Define collaboration.
• Define and describe the cloud-based collaboration.
• The CIO of Ace Accounting Services suggests that the company can save considerable money using VoIP for phone calls. Define and describe VoIP. Then present three companies that provide VoIP offerings. Compare and contrast each company’s offering. Also, discuss whether or not you agree with the CIO and justify why.
• List the questions one should consider when evaluating a cloud-based collaborative solution.

NOTE: You are required to use at least two-peer reviewed sources (besides your textbook) to answer the above questions.  The initial post is due by Wednesday at 11:59 pm ET.  You must engage on at least three separate days (by Wednesday for the first post and two additional days of peer engagement).  Do not wait until Sunday to engage with peers, this should be an active conversation with your peers.  When replying to peers be sure to engage with substantial posts that add to the conversation.

This week’s journal article focuses on attribution theory and how it influences the implementation of innovation technologies.  Two types of employee attributions are noted in the article (intentionality and deceptive intentionality), please review these concepts and answer the following questions:

1. Provide a high-level overview/ summary of the case study
2. Note how constructive intentionality impacts innovation implementations
3. Find another article that adds to the overall findings of the case and note how attribution-based perspective enhances successful innovation implementations.  Please be explicit and detailed in answering this question.

Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.The paper should meet the following requirements:

• 3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references)
• APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

The writing should be clear and concise.  Headings should be used to transition thoughts.  Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing.

Objective 

● list and string handling: split, indexing, len() 

● list comprehension, with if and else 

● if statement 

● file reading, csv file handling (csv: comma separated values) 

● nan: not a number. matplotlib will auto ignore all ‘nan’ entries. 

● matplotlib: make line plots, line/dot style, label, saving figure 

● self learning. (google and follow example)

Implement the following grammar rules for the parser:

3 → |
4 → ()
5 → sin | cos | tan | exp | sqrt | abs

Discuss in 500 words, why institutions might be reluctant to move their IT to the cloud. Consider a specific industry like education, medicine, military, etc. 

Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library not Google. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list.  Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragaphs.  Stand alone quotes will not count toward the 3 required quotes.

Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0. 

Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. 

Do not use attachments as a submission. 

Reply to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not ‘attaboys’.   You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. 

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like).  Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about.  Please do not submit attachments unless requested.

Describe Access Controls that you have utilized in your career or personal life.

Overview:

In Chapter 2 we talked about how computer crime affects forensics and you learned about the following categories:

1. Identify theft
2. Hacking systems for data
3. Cyberstalking / harassment
4. Internet fraud
5. Non-access computer crimes
6. Cyberterrorism

Instructions

For this week’s assignment, please do some external research and identify at least three actual events for each category. Detail what happened and be sure to cite your sources. The intent here is to help you understand how the world is truly internetworked and why digital forensics is an important role in our environment.

Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 1 –discussion question #1 & exercises 9 and 15 (limit to one page of analysis for question 15)

When submitting work, be sure to include an APA cover page and include at least two APA formatted references (and APA in-text citations) to support the work this week.
All work must be original (not copied from any source).

Required Books and Resources

 Business Intelligence and Analytics 

Use Microsoft WORD to create an exercise with references.  Format the page appropriately.  Use MLA Style. There should be no title page to this short exercise. Appropriate format must be used.

Replace the [1] and [2] with the appropriate references.  There should be 2 pages when completed. Use what you have learned.