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Cost a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.Due ThursdayReview “Chapter Eleven Case: Zappos Is Passionate for Customers” at the end of Ch. 11 of Business Driven Technology.Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:Consider whether you are for or against the following statement in the electronic age: Customer relationships are more important than ever, and Zappos provides the new benchmark that all corporations should follow. Select a side in the argument and justify your answer.Does Zappos use a CRM? How can using a CRM support business operations?What are the benefits and challenges of using a CRM in a business?What would you suggest as best practices that should be used for a CRM to be successful? Explain your answer.Due MondayReply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

How have e-commerce technologies changed your own life? Discuss some of the ways in which you believe such technologies may have enriched your life as well as some of the downsides (e.g. inconveniences, poor service, security concerns etc.) you have experienced. Answer should be 400 words and detailed.

Pt. 1Develop a 750 word analysis responding to the following questions:Referring to the FT (Financial Times) article “It’s Too Early For E-Business To Drop Its “E”, do you think that it is sensible to still speak today of e-business strategies or to drop the “e” from the term “e-business”? Defend your argument.Pt. 2Develop a 1250 word analysis responding to the following questions:Do some web research on Microsoft’s history and associated strategy development. Identify some of the strengths and weaknesses of Microsoft’s strategy as it has evolved over the past decades. Where have they excelled strategically? Where have they faltered in relation to other competitors? What might be some reasons why they may have gotten a late start in certain markets?

Local Breach of Sensitive Online DataThe EducationS Review, a fictional company, is hit with a data breach that is making headlines. The Olianas-based educational service and test preparation provider inadvertently exposed files of at least 100,000 students in various parts of the country through its Web site. News of the breach was made public on Tuesday morning by a report in the local newspaper.The files were exposed after the company switched the Internet service providers earlier this year. The sensitive information, which included personal data such as names, birth dates, ethnicities, and learning disabilities, as well as test performance, were easily accessed through a simple Web search and were available for at least seven weeks, according to the report. None of the information was password protected and was intended only to be viewed by EducationS authors.EducationS officials told the local newspaper that access to the information was immediately shut down as soon as the company was informed about the problem. “This brings up two big questions,” said Alex Graham, a senior technology consultant with information technology (IT) security and control firm Lizos. “Are companies doing enough to protect their data? Also, do companies really need to keep all this kind of data?” A competing test preparation firm discovered the flaw. The competitor contacted the local newspaper with the story, according to Alex, who said the play-out points to the high stakes were now involved with a data breach. If companies have not heard this before, it is a huge reminder that security is important not just for the company’s customers, but for the company’s reputation as well.While the publishing of birth dates may not seem like a massive leak, Alex said the information is a good stepping-stone for someone who is attempting to steal an identity. This is the second time in a month a public breach has involved birth dates. A glitch in a test version of social networking site, Facebook, inadvertently exposed the birthdays of its 80 million members last month. Alex discovered the bug while checking Facebook’s new design. He noticed that the birth dates of some of his privacy-obsessed acquaintances were popping up when they should have been hidden. The fact that the people affected by this latest breach were children adds to the general background radiation about security, or lack thereof, of peoples’ data on the Web

You must write an academic paper that evaluates an investigation methodology.Your paper must contain the following:Evaluation of the methods digital investigators are required to use when performing cyber forensic investigationsDescription of the logical progression of an investigation from initiation through to a decision by a courtEvaluation of the effectiveness of the procedures and any potential risksLength: 6-9 page academic paper (excluding title and reference pages)References: Cite a minimum of 7 scholarly resources, not more than 5 years old in APA 7th editionPlease include a plagiarism report

Assignment ContentThe CEO of the manufacturing company you are currently consulting for has now asked you to look into implementing a CRM. The company currently uses spreadsheets to track sales calls and a paper address book to keep customer information. The CEO has asked you to research and recommend a CRM that will meet the company’s needs.Research at least three CRM packages.Use Microsoft® Excel® to create a comparison table that compares the pros and cons of each package.Select one product for the manufacturing company.Create a 10- to 12-slide narrated, multimedia-rich Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the customer on why implementing the chosen CRM is prudent. Be sure to address the following:Why the chosen package is most appropriateHow this software will be an improvement over their current methodsHow the chosen CRM package will fit into the overall enterprise of the organizationThe benefits customers can expect as a result of implementing the new softwareNotes:”Multimedia-rich” includes audio and video components. Multi-media aspects of the presentation examples include the following:audioincluding audio within the presentation (Insert > Audio),narration of the slide contents via detailed speaker notes,incorporating an audio component (URL, flash) with relatable content, orincluding an audio file that narrates the slides, which does not have to be in sync with the presentation slide arrangementvideoincluding audio within the presentation (Insert > Video),incorporating an video component (URL, flash) with relatable content, orincluding a video file that narrates one or two slides, which does/do not have to be in sync with the presentation slide arrangementDetailed speaker notes are not required. Speaker notes are encouraged because the essence of a basic presentation is to present a snapshot of information.

Illegal Activities and SpeculationsCan currency be anonymous and transparent at the same time?Why would somebody give you approximately 27,000 $ for solving impractical mathematical equations?

1. Go to IEEE Xplore. Download the following article:S. P. Mohanty, E. Kougianos, and P. Guturu, “SBPG: Secure Better Portable Graphics for Trustworthy Media Communications in the IoT (Invited Paper)”, IEEE Access Journal, Volume 6, 2018, pp. 5939-5953.Write a 2-page summary of the above article in your own words and using your own figures.2. Go to IEEE Xplore. Download the following article:S. Ghosh, J. Goswami, A. Majumder, A. Kumar, S. P. Mohanty, and B. K. Bhattacharyya, “Swing-Pay: One Card Meets All User Payment and Identity Needs”, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM), Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2017, pp. 82–93.

As you approach the end of the course, take a moment to reflect over the last few weeks. Write a response to the following in a minimum of 150 words:How have your skills in writing, critical thinking, or information literacy (like using databases and the online library) changed as a result of this course work? Provide at least 1 specific example.How will effective writing skills impact your college and career goals? What resources will you continue to use in your future coursework?What study skills, academic lessons, and/or life lessons have you learned in the course of going through this class?

Week 11: Discussion Posting – Readings: The purpose of this discussion postings is for students to read the assigned textbook chapters (APA Ch. #7, APA Ch. #8), synthesize the information, and then critically think and share the information with other students using their own words.Note : Provide introduction posting and response postings by clicking on the “Discussion” tab at the course web page.Initial Posting (Thursday): The assignment requires students to read the week’s assigned reading requirements (APA Ch. #7, APA Ch. #8), then post a summary of four (4) interesting facts that they learned from the reading of “each” assigned chapter using their own words by the Saturday due date. Direct quotes are not acceptable.The initial postings must be substantively provided with a minimum of four paragraphs for each textbook chapter – one paragraph for each interesting fact from each assigned reading – if two (2) chapters, then a total of eight (8) paragraphs/facts (four (4) for each chapter). Each paragraph must contain a minimum of three (3) robust sentences. CAUTION: It is not appropriate to make postings like “I found the information on XXXX to be interesting” as this is not a substantive posting. The postings must be provided informing the reader that you understand the interesting facts you are posting – as if you are teaching the reader about the interesting fact. Remember that these postings must be in your own words.