Thursday, September 14, 2006

Pre-final Quiz1 Excel Basics (DIT121)
Identification:

1.The maximum number of worksheets in a workbook.
2.It is the collections of worksheets stored in the same file.
3.Major part of Excel screen which looks like a table or grid of rows (numbers) and columns (letters).
4.The maximum number of columns in Excel.
5.The maximum number of rows in Excel.
6.The intersection of each row and column.
7.It is the column letter followed by a row number, example:A1,B1 or C2.
8.Text entries that are too long to fit in a cell.
9.Excel can save up to how many characters including spaces in filenames in saving a document.
10.Give at least one character that is not valid for use in filenames.

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Friday, September 08, 2006

IT Outsourcing Reaction Paper

Managers should be very wise in making decision whether to outsource their IT or just kept it in-house. They should consider the effects of these decisions and they should not assume nor presume if they really mean business. They should evaluate if IT outsourcing can help them in achieving their company’s objective, which is to maximize flexibility and control. Their decision whether to outsource their IT or just kept it in-house should depend on the situation.
The managers should not try to invest in fancy equipment and customized software if they think it’s strategic, but its not. They should put in mind that our technology is changing and it will change the company’s IT needs. In case of unfamiliar or new technologies, many managers think that no one in the company has enough technical knowledge and skills to assess these new technologies, the tendency is, the manager will directly decide to hand over the job to an outside provider and end up experiencing unsuccessful results because the company lacked knowledge to negotiate contracts and don’t have the knowledge how to evaluate the supplier’s performance. Therefore the manager should think of alternatives to avoid this to happen. One alternative is to hire a supplier to team up with company’s IT staff on the project so that the company will learn about the new technology and can negotiate a contract if they decide to outsource.