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Suggested <strong>Essay</strong> Titles<br />
1. Discuss some of the emerg<strong>in</strong>g developments <strong>in</strong><br />
computer hardware <strong>an</strong>d software <strong>an</strong>d suggest<br />
three bus<strong>in</strong>ess opportunities that these will<br />
create.<br />
2. What is the difference between open <strong>an</strong>d<br />
closed source software? <strong>How</strong> do people make<br />
money from software developed with these<br />
different approaches? Illustrate with two<br />
examples.<br />
3. Discuss some of the problems with software<br />
piracy <strong>an</strong>d how comp<strong>an</strong>ies are attempt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong><br />
prevent it. <strong>How</strong> c<strong>an</strong> software piracy <strong>in</strong>crease a<br />
comp<strong>an</strong>y’s revenue?<br />
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4. Outl<strong>in</strong>e the adv<strong>an</strong>tages <strong>an</strong>d disadv<strong>an</strong>tages of<br />
two software development practices. Suggest<br />
areas <strong>in</strong> which each is applicable.<br />
5. What are the costs of bad software? Illustrate<br />
with two case studies of poor development<br />
practices.<br />
6. Describe the hardware <strong>an</strong>d software beh<strong>in</strong>d a<br />
major e-commerce site. This c<strong>an</strong>not be<br />
MySpace, so search for your own example.<br />
David Gamez IUA Week 4 Autumn 2007<br />
David Gamez IUA Week 4 Autumn 2007<br />
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7. Outl<strong>in</strong>e all of the steps (hardware, software, doma<strong>in</strong><br />
names, Internet service provider, comp<strong>an</strong>y registration,<br />
etc.) that you need <strong>to</strong> take <strong>to</strong> set up your own rival <strong>to</strong><br />
eBay.<br />
8. Give a detailed <strong>an</strong>alysis of three different ways of<br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g money onl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>an</strong>d do a detailed estimates of the<br />
costs. This should <strong>in</strong>clude startup <strong>an</strong>d ma<strong>in</strong>ten<strong>an</strong>ce<br />
costs for the site, shipp<strong>in</strong>g costs, advertis<strong>in</strong>g, likely<br />
revenue, etc. Typical examples would be a st<strong>an</strong>dard<br />
onl<strong>in</strong>e website sell<strong>in</strong>g goods, such as Pixm<strong>an</strong>ia, a<br />
website offer<strong>in</strong>g free services supported by advertis<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
such as Hotmail, Google, <strong>an</strong>d MySpace, <strong>an</strong>d a website<br />
that charges for a service, such as Paypal.<br />
9. Discuss three examples of Internet censorship <strong>an</strong>d<br />
describe three ways <strong>in</strong> which Internet censorship c<strong>an</strong> be<br />
circumvented.<br />
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10.Expla<strong>in</strong> data warehous<strong>in</strong>g <strong>an</strong>d data m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>an</strong>d<br />
give two examples of how these have been<br />
used <strong>to</strong> improve a comp<strong>an</strong>y’s revenue.<br />
11.Discuss the economic cost of cyberattacks <strong>to</strong><br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>an</strong>d how this c<strong>an</strong> be reduced.<br />
Illustrate with a couple of case studies.<br />
12.Produce a comprehensive computer security<br />
pl<strong>an</strong> for a small Internet comp<strong>an</strong>y. This should<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude physical security, staff tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
security at the hardware <strong>an</strong>d software level.<br />
Estimate some of the costs.<br />
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13.<strong>How</strong> do data privacy issues affect comp<strong>an</strong>ies?<br />
Discuss some of the laws that apply <strong>to</strong> this<br />
area <strong>an</strong>d illustrate with a couple of cases.<br />
14.Discuss the adv<strong>an</strong>tages <strong>an</strong>d disadv<strong>an</strong>tages of<br />
Ajax technology. Suggest two services or<br />
applications that Ajax could be used for <strong>an</strong>d<br />
how these could make money.<br />
15.<strong>How</strong> is artificial <strong>in</strong>telligence applied <strong>in</strong><br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess? Give three examples.<br />
16.What are the current markets for robots?<br />
Discuss three new bus<strong>in</strong>ess opportunities that<br />
are emerg<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this area.<br />
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