Exam 2: The Origins of Software

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Advantages to cloud computing include gaining access to applications faster than via internal development,and achieving lower-cost access to corporate-quality applications.

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The software reuse approach that allows individuals to find or develop reusable assets on their own,and has few,if any,organizational rewards for reusing assets best describes:

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The three basic software reuse steps are __________,__________,and __________.

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__________ is a measure of the difficulty of loading the software and making it operational.

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Match each of the following terms with its corresponding description. -The use of previously written software resources,especially objects and components,in new applications.

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The first administrative information system was General Electric's payroll system.

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When choosing off-the-shelf software,the eight most common criteria are __________,__________,__________,__________,__________,__________,__________,and __________.

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Sun and Hitachi are well known for their enterprisewide solutions.

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A request for proposal is a document provided to vendors that asks them to propose hardware and system software that will meet the requirements of a new system.

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Match each of the following sources of software components with its internal staffing requirements. -Ideally,none.

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Match each of the following terms with its corresponding description. -Individuals find assets on their own,sharing with colleagues as they choose.

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Which of the software evaluation criteria refers to how long it takes the software package to respond to the user's requests in an interactive session?

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Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -A document provided to vendors to ask them to propose hardware and system software that will meet the requirements of your new system.

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What are enterprise resource planning systems? How do they differ from traditional approaches? Identify three enterprise resource planning system vendors.

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Some of the most well-known and popular open source software names are:

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SAP AG,PeopleSoft,and Oracle are vendors of enterprise solution software.

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SAP AG is a(n):

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Third-party sourcing is the practice of turning over responsibility of some to all of an organization's information systems applications and operations to an outside firm.

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__________ refers to the use of previously written software resources,especially objects and components,in new applications.

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Vendor support can take the form of:

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