MGCR 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Amazon Web Services, Netflix Prize, Amazon Appstore
17 Apr 2017
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Broad subject concerned with all aspects of managing and processing information, especially within a large organization or company. Automates, supports human information processing expands the productivity of knowledge workers (time saving) Facilitates new processes and strategy (sell directly to customer, customized products) It professionals should enjoy installing computer systems, using software and maintaining networks and databases, while computer scientists should enjoy mathematics and software design. Can capture injustice, broadcast it to the world, disseminate ideas, rally the far- reaching. Esoko leverages mobile phones to empower the agrarian poor with farming info and commodity pricing, raising incomes and lowering the chance of exploitation by unscrupulous middlemen. Sproxil uses text message verification to save lives by fighting drug counterfeiting in developing nations. Era i spearheaded by countries, power to deploy (because of resources, religion, people) Era ii spearheaded by companies, decreased cost of transportation and telecommunications. Era iii spearheaded by groups and individuals (the world is flat)
