Information Systems Infrastructure

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B A S I C I N F OR MA T I ON

Instructor: Professor Fred Rose Websites: http://cu.learninghouse.com – online class website E-mail: [email protected] - (All official email will be to/from this address) Phone: (847) 778-5386 – Cell – Urgent issues only Please contact me via email for all issues. Do not use Moodle Chat.

TEXT/MATE RIALS

Stallings, W., & Case, T. (2013). Business Data Communications: Infrastructure, Networking and Security (7th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0-13-302389-3.

COU RSE DESCR IP TION

This is an advanced course covering information systems infrastructure. The areas covered include architecture, operating platforms, database systems, data storage, networking, wired and wireless transmission, e-commerce, cloud computing, virtual servers, and mobile computing.

COU RSE OBJE CTIVES :

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

 Examine how business utilizes telecommunications networks and information systems architecture.

 Analyze the design and uses of information technology infrastructure.

 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of competing solutions.

 Examine the knowledge needed to design and implement a comprehensive information system for an organization.

 Illustrate and discuss current advances in IT infrastructure.

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A S S I GN M EN T I N F OR MA T I ON

There will be 12 quizzes, 4 case studies, 6 discussion forums, and 1 research paper:

Quiz (12) 100 points

Case Study (4) 300 points

Discussion (6) 300 points

Research Paper (1) 300 points

Total 1000 points

NOTE: All assignments must be completed by the due time on the due date and are not accepted late.

GRADING S CALE

Grade A B C D F Percentage 100 – 90% 89 – 80% 79 – 70% 69 – 60% Below 60%

C OU R S E POL I C I E S

ATTEND AN CE POL ICY

According to the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, attendance begins for all students on the first day of class. This includes students who register “late”.

The University attendance policy will be followed. The policy states that a student who has missed the equivalent of one week (1) of class periods for any reason receives a warning. Any student who misses equivalent of two weeks of class periods (2) for any reason is automatically withdrawn administratively (WA) from the class and is calculated in the grade point average (GPA) as if it were an F.

Attendance for online classes is figured the same way as the face-to-face classes, using missed assignment due dates as absences. For a graduate term class, which is 8 weeks in length, if a student misses 1 week of assignment due dates, a warning will be sent. Any student who misses 2 assignment due dates will be automatically withdrawn from the class with a grade of WA.

Please see the Student Handbook for a complete explanation of the university policy. There are no excused or unexcused absences according to the policy.

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APPEALS P OLICY

To appeal a grade on an assignment you must send an e-mail to your instructor's e-mail address using your official CU student e-mail within five days of the grade having been posted. Overdue appeals will not be considered.

IN COMPLETE P OLICY

Students will not be given an incomplete grade in the course without sound reason and documented evidence. In any case, for a student to receive an incomplete he or she must be passing and must have completed a significant portion of the course (at least 70% of the work).

ACADEMIC IN TEGR ITY P OLICY

Students are expected to be academically honest. This is not only a matter of academic integrity, but of Christian principle. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted assignment must be the student's own work. A student is guilty of dishonesty when he/she:

1. Represents the work of others as his/her own. 2. Shares his work with another for the purpose of enabling the other student to submit the work as his/her

own. 3. Uses or obtains unauthorized assistance in any academic work. 4. Gives unauthorized assistance to other students. 5. Modifies, without instructor approval, an exam, paper, record, or report for obtaining additional credit. 6. Misrepresents the content of submitted work.

For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of topics. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments, and tasks. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. If this occurs all concerned parties will receive a grade of zero on the assignment. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor.

DIS AB ILITIES P OL ICY

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), all qualified students enrolled in this course are entitled to “reasonable accommodations.” Please notify the instructor during the first week of class. If you have a documented disability, you must provide the instructor with the paper from Disability Services. Campbellsville University is committed to reasonable accommodations for students who have documented physical and learning disabilities, as well as medical and emotional conditions. If you have a documented disability or condition of this nature, you may be eligible for disability services. Documentation must be from a licensed professional and current in terms of assessment. Please contact the Coordinator of Disability Services at 270-789-5192 to inquire about services.

CAMPUS SECU RITY AND TECHN ICAL ASSISTAN CE

Technical: Trevor McWhorter, Distance Learning, 270-789-5352 or [email protected] Security: (270) 403-3611 – Cell (270) 789-5555 – Office

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C OU R S E A S S I GN MEN TS

Course Work Due Date

Discussion 1 1/21 Sunday

Quiz 1 1/21 Sunday

Quiz 2 1/21 Sunday

Discussion 2 1/28 Sunday

Quiz 3 1/28 Sunday

Quiz 4 1/28 Sunday

Case Study 1 1/28 Sunday

Discussion 3 2/4 Sunday

Quiz 5 2/4 Sunday

Quiz 6 2/4 Sunday

Case Study 2 2/4 Sunday

Discussion 4 2/11 Sunday

Quiz 7 2/11 Sunday

Quiz 8 2/11 Sunday

Case Study 3 2/11 Sunday

Discussion 5 2/18 Sunday

Quiz 9 2/18 Sunday

Quiz 10 2/18 Sunday

Case Study 4 2/18 Sunday

Research Paper 2/25 Sunday

Discussion 6 3/4 Sunday

Quiz 11 3/4 Sunday

Quiz 12 3/4 Sunday

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DISCUSSIONS

Discussions will consist of 2 parts: Your initial posting on the subject, and responses to two or more students postings. Post your primary response by each Wednesday midnight. Respond to at least two (2) other postings by Sunday Midnight. The primary post should be at least 300 words in length. Your second postings can either answer another student's question to your own post or be a comment to his or her original post. Secondary posts must be at least 150 words in length.

 All initial postings must have at least one citation or reference and it must be in APA format. Failure to have a reference or not having it in APA format will deduct 5 points.

 Word counts must be met. Each 10 words short will deduct 1 point from your total discussion score.  If any part of your postings is copied and pasted you will receive no credit for the assignment, and no

resubmission is possible.  Late postings will receive reduced credit of 10% per day. After 10 days late no credit will be given.

R ES EA R C H PA P E R

Select a topic from the following list on which you would like to conduct an in-depth investigation:

 Information systems infrastructure: evolution and trends

 Strategic importance of cloud computing in business organizations

 Big data and its business impacts

 Managerial issues of a networked organization

 Emerging enterprise network applications

 Mobile computing and its business implications

Note: The above topics are also the basis of the discussion questions. Research paper basics:

 8-10 pages in length

 APA formatted

 Minimum six (6) sources – at least two (2) from peer reviewed journals

 Include an abstract, introduction, and conclusion

 See rubric for more detailed grading criteria

 Submitted through Turnitin – must be original work – similarity score of 30 or less to be graded

Some good questions to ask yourself before turning in your research paper:

 Is the paper of optimal length?

 Is the paper well organized?

 Is the paper clear and concise?

 Is the title appropriate?

 Does the abstract summarize well?

 Are individual ideas assimilated well?

 Are wording, punctuation, etc. correct?

 Is the paper well motivated?

 Is interesting problem/issue addressed?

 Is knowledge of the area demonstrated?

 Have all key reference been cited?

 Are conclusions valid and appropriate?

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RESEARCH P APER G RAD IN G RU BR IC

Criteria/Categories Indicators/Levels

Score 5 4 3-2 1

Abstract and

Introduction

_____ x 5 =

/25 Introduction

should be clear

with a preview of

the main points

Good

introductory

statement, but

the preview of

the main points

is lacking

Introductory

statement is

vague and main

points are

unclear

Issue not clear

and preview of

the main points

is incomplete

Main Points and

Sub Points

______ x 20 =

/100 Main points are

clearly stated and

developed;

specific

examples/support

ing points are

appropriate and

clearly

developed;

smooth

transitions and

well organized.

Main points are

clearly stated

but

development of

examples/suppo

rting points are

lacking; smooth

transitions

between points.

Main points are

not clear.

Audience has

difficulty

following

presentation

because student

jumps around.

Examples/supp

orting points are

appropriate but

need

elaboration or

are not well

thought out.

Main points are

not clear,

Audience

cannot

understand

presentation

because there is

no sequence of

information.

Examples/supp

orting points are

inappropriate

for issue.

Conclusion

_____ x 5 =

/25 Well-thought out

concluding

statement that

summarizes main

points well.

Well-thought

out concluding

statement but

does not

summarize

main points

well.

Does not have a

well-thought

out concluding

statement, but

summarizes

main points

well.

Has neither a

well-thought

out concluding

statement nor

summarizes

main points

well.

Spelling,

grammar and

punctuation

_____ x 6 =

/30 No more than

two errors in

any of these

categories

combined

No more than

eight errors in

any of these

categories

combined

Eight to twenty

errors in these

categories

combined.

More than

twenty errors in

these categories

combined.

/30 No more than

two errors in any

of these

categories

combined

No more than

eight errors in

any of these

categories

combined

Eight to twenty

errors in these

categories

combined.

More than

twenty errors in

these categories

combined.

Summary

_____ x 4 =

/20

Very interesting

question.

Evidence that

student has put a

great amount of

thought into the

subject.

A rather

interesting and

challenging

work, but

student doesn’t

show much

excitement in

the subject

matter.

Satisfactory

work, but does

not engage the

reader

Lack of writing

skills seen by

the quality of

work. The

concept was

clearly not well

thought out.

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HEL PF U L R ES OU R C ES

The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-Based SOA, and Mobile Computing are Changing Enterprise IT, 2013, Jason Bloomberg, Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118- 40977-0.

The Architecture of Computer Hardware and System Software: An Information Technology Approach, 5th edition, 2013, Irv Englander. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-80310-3.

Building a Windows IT Infrastructure in the Cloud, 1st edition, 2012, David K. Rensin, O’Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-449-33358-4.

Business Data Communications and Networking, 11th edition, 2012. Jerry Fitzgerald. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-08683-4.

Business Intelligence: A Managerial Perspective on Analytics, 3rd edition, 2014, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban, and David King. Pearson Education, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-385126-0.

Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, 2013, Dan C. Marinescu. Elsevier, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12- 404627-6

Data Architecture, 2011, Charles Tupper, Elsevier, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-385126-0.

Green Communications: Principles, Concepts, and Practice, 2015, Konstantinos Samdanis, Peter Rost, Andreas Maeder (Editor), Michela Meo, and Christos Verikoukis (Editors). Wiley& Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978- 1-118-75926-4.

The Executive’s Guide to Information Technology, 2nd edition, 2007, John Baschab, and Jon Plot. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-470-09521-8.

Mobile Design and Development, 1st edition, 2009, Brian Fling. O’Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-596- 15544-5.