Discussion : 

 Carefully review and use either of the book options below as a reference for various aspects of analytics.

• Sharda, R., Delen, D., & Turban, E. (2015) Business intelligence and analytics: Systems for decision support (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson. Print: ISBN-13: 978-0-13-305090-5
• Sharda, R., Delen, D., & Turban, E. (2020) Analytics, data science, & artificial intelligence: Systems for decision support (11th ed.). Boston: Pearson. Print: ISBN-13: 978-0-13-519201-6
• Important Note:  All students are welcome to use outside research in aspects of analytics.

After reading and analyzing content from book references and or from outside research, select “one” of the research options below and respond.

• Go to www.IBM.com and find at least three customer case studies on Big Data and write a report where you discuss the commonalities and differences of these cases.
• Go to www.cloudera.com and find at least three customer case studies on Hadoop implementation, and write a report where you discuss the commonalities and differences of these cases.
• Go to www.google.com/scholar, and search for articles on stream analytics. Find at least three related articles. Read and summarize your findings.
• Go to www.google.com/scholar, and search for articles on data stream mining. Find at least three related articles. Read and summarize your findings.
• Go to www.google.com/scholar, and search for articles that talk about Big Data versus data warehousing. Find at least five articles. Read and summarize your findings.

Discussion Expectations

Please make sure to proofread your post prior to submission. They should be well written and free of grammatical or typographical errors.

Knowledge and skills paper:

Graded Assignment:  Knowledge and Skills Paper

Paper Section 1: Reflection and Literature Review

Using Microsoft Word and Professional APA format, prepare a professional written paper supported with three sources of research that details what you have learned from chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.  This section of the paper should be a minimum of two pages. 

Paper Section 2:  Applied Learning Exercises

In this section of the professional paper, apply what you have learned from chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10 to descriptively address and answer the problems below.  Important Note:  Dot not type the actual written problems within the paper itself.

1. Survey and compare and possibly test some text mining tools and vendors. Start with clearforest.com and megaputer.com. Also consult with dmreview.com to further identify some text mining products to explore and even test?
2. Survey and compare and possibly test some Web mining tools and vendors. Identify some Web mining products and service providers that could potentially be useful in a work environment you may want to be part of.
3. Investigate via a Web search how models and their solutions are used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the “war against terrorism.” Also investigate how other governments or government agencies are using models in their missions.
4. Search online to find vendors of genetic algorithms and investigate the business applications of their products and even possibly test them where applicable. What kinds of applications are most prevalent and why?
5. Important Note:  With limited time for a college class, perfection is not expected but effort to be exposed to various tools with attempts to learn about them is critical when considering a career in information technology associated disciplines.

Important Note:  There is no specific page requirement for this section of the paper but make sure any content provided fully addresses each problem.

Paper Section 3:  Conclusions

After addressing the problems, conclude your paper with details on how you will use this knowledge and skills to support your professional and or academic goals. This section of the paper should be around one page including a custom and original process flow or flow diagram to visually represent how you will apply this knowledge going forward.  This customized and original flow process flow or flow diagram can be created using the “Smart Art” tools in Microsoft Word.

Paper Section 4:  APA Reference Page

The three or more sources of research used to support this overall paper should be included in proper APA format in the final section of the paper.

Paper Review and Preparation to submit for Grading

Please make sure to proof read your post prior to submission. This professional paper should be well written and free of grammatical or typographical errors. Also remember not to plagiarize!!!!!!!!!!!!

Important Reminder:  Assessment of discussion boards and other writing assignments account for 75% of overall grading and below are how grades will be assessed for this assignment:

Securing company data is not as simple as backing up to another hard drive. It is important to have backup tools, processes, and policies for both business continuity and disaster recovery plans.  

In the final section of your Playbook, create a 3- to 4-page outline of backup policies for when the data center is inaccessible.  

Complete the following in your outline: 

• List the tools used for backup purposes. 
• Explain the following: 
• Where employees should work from that day 
• How employees can get to their data 
• The communication methods about updates 
• Outline step-by-step instructions to recover your databases and telecommunications. 
• Provide a step-by-step guide to recover and provide any additional company assets. 
• Discuss policies for backup media storage. 
• Discuss policies for encryption of backup data. 

Note: Numbered or bulleted steps or guidelines make the document easy to for others to follow under potentially stressful situations. Paragraphs can be used to help support the steps or guidelines. 

Cite at least 2 resources to support your assignment.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. 

Background: Kamehameha Institute is an organization that provides educational offerings to non-traditional students. The organization has tailored its unique educational offerings into the groups shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1. Kamehameha Educational Offerings.

GroupOfferingKamehameha BrandedFocused on the general public/provides services directly to its studentsCo-BrandedProvides the same services as Kamehameha Branded but resold by a third party and labeled as “…. Kamehameha Strong”White Label BrandedWhile the service offering is the same, these services are labeled solely with the third parties’ information

The State of Hawai’i regulates the educational sector, driving the need to ensure Kamehameha follows the State’s strict security and regulatory requirements. Kamehameha’s leadership is also very concerned with the threat posed by the online theft of their unique intellectual property. Additionally, the number of Hawai’ian entities breached by threat actors is on the rise. Thus, security, privacy, and compliance are all important considerations for the Kamehameha network architecture.

Your boss, the Kamehameha Institute’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) has tasked you to design a network infrastructure for three facilities located in the Hawaiian Islands of Honolulu, Hilo, and Lihue. The COO stipulated that you must separate the three group offerings in Table 1 and provide for strengthened defenses to protect Kamehameha’s cultural heritage. After meeting with the COO, the two of you drafted the following set of requirements for your network design:

· Each of the facilities has three floors:

· The first and second floor of each building requires 150 network connections each

· The third floor of each building houses a data center and requires 75 network connections

· The Honolulu location requires additional network connections for failover purposes

· The Hilo location will be the primary data center and house redundant database servers

· The Lihue location will serve as a failover data center and house the primary web servers (including the primary application and primary database servers)

· A constant connection between the three locations, carrying at least 75 Mbps of data

· All servers at all locations must have redundancy

· Protection from intrusions is required and should be documented

· A plan to verify security and failover measures is required

· Submission: Using the free tool, daw.io available at https://draw.io (no sign-in or registration required), create a network diagram (drawing) specific to the organization that encompasses the three facilities and also depicts ant necessary interconnections. Figure 1 shows the draw.io ‘new network diagram’ dialog window:

Figure 1. Draw.io New File Dialog Showing the Network Diagramming Templates

Your diagram should include enough detail to show the topology interconnections. The viewer should be able to understand the Kamehameha Institute’s network environment and be able to implement the architecture you develop. Ensure that you properly cite any external sources.

One of the keys to producing a viable network diagram is labeling the objects consistently and descriptively. Think about what you would want to know about a network device if you logged into it with little prior information. Consider location, floor number, or other pertinent information. At a minimum, include the following elements:

· IMPORTANT: Your network diagram must include an identifying label (e.g., callout box) that includes your class and section, assignment title, your name, and the date. Edit the items in italics. Your assignment will not be accepted if this element is missing:

Table 2. Example Network Diagram Callout Box.

CMIT 350 6980 Project #1 Network Diagram Student Name: Name Date: 6/22/2010

· Any necessary hardware

· Site-to-Site (WAN) connections (e.g., leased line connectivity, satellite, etc.)

· Annotate the following values for each of the Sites:

· Network ID

· Useable Range

· Subnet Mask

· CIDR Value

· Broadcast Address

· All devices require hostnames complying with the following naming conventions:

· Routers: Rx; where x is the site number incremented by a value of 1 for each router

· Switches: Sx; where x is the site number incremented by a value of 1 for each switch

· Servers: SRVx where x is the server number incremented by a value of 1 for each server

· For each site router, implement a private ip addressing scheme using a range suitable for corporate infrastructure and include the following:

· management vlan

· production vlan

High availability

When finished, export the diagram as a PDF document (Note: You will need to use this diagram again in Project 3, so ensure you save the xml source file!) and submit it to the Assignment folder. Figure 2 demonstrates how to export your draw.io diagram as a PDF document:

Figure 2. Draw.io ‘Export’ as Function to PDF

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

1.1.3: Present ideas in a clear, logical order appropriate to the task.

2.2.2: Evaluate sources of information on a topic for relevance and credibility.

10.1.1: Identify the problem to be solved.

10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.

10.1.3: Define the specifications of the required technologies.

13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.

13.2.1: Evaluate vendor recommendations in the context of organization requirements.

Chapter 8: Project Risk Analysis and Identification  Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

• Please research and provide a two page, referenced discussion on the logic of identifying and eliminating risk for a project and be sure to include an explanation on how an organization comes to conclusions as to how much revenue and time to commit to this process.

Text

Title: Managing Project Risks 

ISBN: 9781119489733 

Authors: Peter J. Edwards, Paulo Vaz Serra, Michael Edwards 

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 

Publication Date: 2019-08-13