Research questions

       Assignment 2

       Refer to Chapter 4 of your text to complete this assignment.  This is an individual assignment, not a group assignment.

Select one of the topics below. Write a 500 word research paper on the real world application of the chosen technology. Your paper should a include the type of organization(s) that benefit most from this technology. Elaborate on what business problem the technology solves. Also, how does it help the organization achieve one or more of the following?

       Achieve operational excellence through higher levels of efficiency and productivity

       Create new products, services, and business models

       Raise revenue and profits while lowering costs by increasing customer and supplier intimacy

       Improve decision making for managers and employees

       Increase competitive advantages

       Insure survival caused by business environment changes

Choose ONE topic:

       Autonomic computing

       Cloud computing

       Grid computing

       Nanotechnology

       N-tier client/server architectures

       On-demand computing

       Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

       Storage area networks (SANs)

       Virtualization

NOTE:  1) Do not include title page or abstract, only body of paper with APA citations and bibliography and 2) do not attach a document, instead, paste your paper in the submission box and 3) you should have at least three references.