MIS 180 ch.5

Business continuity planning

-Details how a company recovers and restores --Info Architecture applies: Able to restore systems after a fire or a flood / Emergency notification service def. - plan for how an organization will recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical functions within a predetermined time after disaster or disruption.

Disaster recovery

-able to recover -A detailed process for recovery information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster. --Info Architecture applies: Hot site / Cold site / Disaster recovery cost curve

information MIS infrastructure

-identifies where and how information, such as customer records is maintained and secured. -Focuses on backup recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.

Back-up and Recovery

-provides an exact copy of a systems information -able to get a system up and running after a crash --Info Architecture applies: Fault tolerance / failover / CDs, DVDs, hard drives, tapes

Recovery

-restoring the information backup -the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system failure or system crash

Availability

24/7 -relying on time frames when a system is operational.

Reliability

99% accurate - insures an MIS system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information.

Virtualization

creates "multiple" virtual machines on a single computing device.

Scaleability

customer growth

usability

easy to learn

Agile MIS infrastructure

focusses on accessibility, availability maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability.

sustainability MIS infrastructure

identifies the ways a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption. -Focuses on grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization.

MIS infrastructure

includes plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use and share its data, processes, and MIS assets

portability

iphone, ipad

speed and associated cost

primary difference between types of backup/ recovery media such as DVDs and redundant storage severs.

Hot site

A separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business.

Back-up

An exact copy of a system's information

Video

Cloud Computing: -similar to hiring a taxi instead of purchasing a car. ( data is stored in the cloud incase of a crash) - helps with availability, maintainability, and scaleability --the use of resources and applications hosted remotely on the internet. Multi-tenancy: -When you run an entire business front the cloud, sharing computer resources Google Doc: collaboration system can be used on the cloud to help run everything from business projects to family schedules

Accessibility

Login ID -it is the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform.

Maintainability

Multiple currencies