Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019)

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 Information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world.

DAVID BOURGEOIS JOSEPH MORTATI, SHOUHONG WANG, AND JAMES SMITH

 

Overall
• New and updated images, especially those related to statistics,
in order to bring them up to date.
• References brought up to date.
• Added labs for every chapter.
• Added an index.
• Editing for consistency.

Chapter 1: What is an information system?
• Added video: Blum’s fibre optic TED Talk
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Chapter 2: Hardware
• Removed text which discussed increasing dependency on
tablets and decreasing use of desktops
• Clarification of bit vs. byte, binary vs. digital. Added tables to
Understanding Binary sidebar
• Added Huang’s Law on graphics processor units
• Modified text regarding Moore’s Law to state that his law is no
longer able to be maintained

Chapter 3: Software
• Added information about Ubuntu Linux
• Added Eclipse IDE
• Added information about Tableau
• Supply Chain Management: added an emphasis on use of
Information Systems up and down supply chain by Walmart to
gain competitive advantage

Chapter 4: Data and Databases
• Database schemas redesigned
• Data types added
• SQL examples include output
• NoSQL described
• Data Dictionary re-ordered to column name
• New section on “Why database technology?”
• Differentiation of data, information, and knowledge
• Section on Data models
• Changed illustrative example of database tables and
relationships.
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• Updated section on Business Intelligence to focus on the rise
of analytics and data science. Includes a new “What is Data
Science?” sidebar.

Chapter 5: Networking and Communication
• History of ARPANET initial four nodes, etc.
• Metcalfe’s Law

Chapter 6: Information Systems Security
• Added information on blockchain and Bitcoin.

Chapter 8: Business Processes
• Introduce tools (DFD, BPMN, UML) of business process
modeling
• Introduce examples of DFD.

Chapter 10: Information Systems Development
• Java sample code
• Mismanaging Change side bar
• Added section on mobile development.
• Added sidebar on risks of end-user computing
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Chapter 11: Globalization and the Digital Divide
• World 3.0 written by economist Pankaj Ghemawat; also his
TED talk video

Chapter 12: The Ethical and Legal Implications of
Information Systems
• Facebook and Cambridge Analytics data privacy
• General Data Protection Regulation section

Chapter 13: Trends in Information Systems
• Waze mapping app
• Drone video
• Drone blood delivery in Kenya video
• Added sidebar on Mary Meeker and her Internet Trends report 

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