RSM100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Icq, Icloud, Aol
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For every (cid:883)(cid:890) months, computer processing power will double, even though the price of laptops won"t change much. )nfoglut: technology is both a cause of, and provides solutions for infoglut. Do you have a wireless web enabled device? (cid:523)about (cid:891)(cid:890)% people say yes(cid:524) Do you use your wireless device to access the )nternet more than your desktop? (cid:523)more than half say yes, (cid:887) years ago, the answer was no for majority of the people(cid:524) You don"t have to keep your information with you all the time. Difficulty of managing people; the workers might not be working as efficiently as they would if the boss were there; information might be spread out. Benefits: workers can work more flexibly; employee satisfaction. Take large amount of data and find information in that data. E. g. people buying diapers and beers together, so when put these things together, sales of both went up. Airmiles, areoplans, try to analyze customers" purchasing pattersn.
