MAN 4544 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enterprise Resource Planning, Cloud Computing, Outsourcing
Document Summary
Outsourcing the practice of turning over responsibility for some or all an organization"s information systems applications and operations to an outside firm. Enterprise resource planning systems a system that integrates individual traditional business functions into a series of modules so that a single transaction occurs seamlessly within a single information system rather than several separate systems. Cloud computing the provision of computing resources, including applications, over the. Internet, so customers do not have to invest in the computing infrastructure needed to run and maintain the resources. Request for proposal a document provided to vendors that asks them to propose hardware and system software that will meet the requirements of a new system. Reuse the use of previously written software resources, especially objects and components, in new applications. Comparisons of six different sources of software components. Ad hoc, none to low reuse level, the cost is low, and policies are none. Facilitated, low reuse level, the cost is low.
