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IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com®: Cloud Computing First Look

Are you “afraid” of the Cloud?

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This is sometimes how we feel about something unknown and new, to which we are not familiar with.

However, the Cloud needs not to be intimidating, as we are learning in the video, the Cloud is simply a computing model, where today is currently used by services (like DropBox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc.) as third party companies host their Servers remotely, (where the equipment and SW is owned by them or a third party company).

They offer us storage area, some of it free initially and some paid (kind like the Post Office and the rent of P.O. boxes) where the content stored by them in their Servers (large Computers) is not at all related to their business, but only relevant for us (similar to the approach the US. Postal service takes about it, they do not care about the content of our letters or packages, they just store them and deliver them).

Now based on the above explanation, what are your thoughts about on why are folks afraid or not trusting of “the Cloud”?

Please expand with your own comments and observations here.

Becoming familiar with “The Cloud”

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Cloud computing these days has become a very powerful model of computing; as it allows business and individuals to gain all kinds of savings on transaction activities providing flexibility for the user while lowering the costs of the support and maintenance of their Servers,(as they would not be part of our networks, but belong to the Cloud providers), where we will only pay a monthly fee or “pay per use” as we use their service offerings.

Now, please describe your understanding and experience (if any) using  “the Cloud” in your daily activities.

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com®: iWork

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com®: Office 365

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com®: Google Apps

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com®: Google Cloud Platform (Advanced)

Google’s Cloud based Apps

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Part of the learning process is the frustrating stage of trying to grasp some abstract concepts, but we need not to give up or become frustrated.., it takes time for our brains to process concepts, and all we have to do is be patient and persevering in our learning efforts, and with time these concepts will become more clear and logical.

For example here in this video we discuss “Apps”; Apps are simply “easy buttons” that connect a mobile device to a web site by one click, and the methods and programs to create them and use them are becoming more and simpler every day.

Could you come up with a list of your favorite Google Apps you use and how they are helpful and beneficial to you please?

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com® DropBox

IT 200 Week 1 participation Supporting Activity: SaaS

Salesforce.com is often cited as one of the most successful SaaS offerings in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.

Research another SaaS offering in the CRM or another system area that you are familiar with. Describe how it has changed that business or the businesses that it is supporting.

IT 200 Week 1 participation Supporting Activity: Anything-as-a-Service

Leveraging on the Software-as-a-Service kind of concept, there are also Analytics-as-a-Service, Communications-as-a-Service, Monitoring-as-a-Service, etc.

Pick a kind of “as-a-service,” and describe how it is changing that technology area, and as a result, is benefiting both consumers and businesses.

IT 200 Week 1 participation Learning Team Collaboration: Compare Different Productivity Software in the Cloud

The team should get together and discuss the different kinds of office productivity software in the cloud (at least two, preferably three or more), research the features and functionality of them, and compare them based on five criteria.

The team should discuss these criteria. Some examples of criteria are usability, flexibility to customize, backups, etc.

IT 200 Week 1 participation Lynda.com® Video Access

Click the link to access the Lynda.com® website.

Search by title to find the specific video to view.

IT 200 Week 2 participation Lynda.com®: SharePoint 2010

IT 200 Week 2 participation Lynda.com®: Skype

IT 200 Week 2 participation Lynda.com®: WebEx

IT 200 Week 2 participation Supporting Activity: Unified Communication Terminologies

Following are terms often used in the unified communication platform. Research and pick two to three terms, and describe them to the best of your knowledge and research:

• VoIP
• Softphone
• Full Duplex
• Half Duplex
• PBX

IT 200 Week 2 participation Supporting Activity: Features in Unified Communication

Research a unified communication platform and pick one to communicate with at least one of your classmates. Jot down some of the features that work well, and some that do not. Discuss one or more features previously unknown to you, and how they can enhance the use of that unified communication platform.

IT 200 Week 2 participation Learning Team Collaboration: Compare Different Unified Communication Platforms

Resource Note: A brief survey of proprietary and open source unified communication platforms.

The team should get together and discuss the different kinds of unified communication platforms (at least two, preferably three or more), research the features and functionality of them, and compare them based on five criteria.

The team should discuss these criteria. Some examples of criteria are usability, flexibility to customize, etc.

IT 200 Week 3 participation Lynda.com®: Common Forms of Cybersecurity Attack

What is a Firewall?

Class,

Firewalls are often mentioned here as an important element when it comes to protect ourselves from common forms of cybersecurity attacks.

But, what are they? how do Firewalls really work?

How many types of Firewalls are out there?

And most important, what are their benefits and vulnerabilities?

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: Creating Better Passwords By Making Up Stories

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: Defeating the Hackers

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: IT Networks

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: All Your Devices Can Be Hacked

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: America’s Cyber Threat

The cyber war going on today

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as we are learning in these videos, a global war today is being waged in a much broader scale than a war with guns and ammunition but it is being waged at a far greater scale everywhere in our planet earth, with computers and advanced malicious code.

How aware are we about this today’s reality?

Who’s is waging these wars and for what purposes?

Who is there to gain or lose from these battles?

Are these battles affecting us personally?

What do you think?

IT 200 Week 3 participation Films on Demand®: CyberSecurity

IT 200 Week 3 participation Supporting Activity: Online Protection

Research and find five things that a savvy online user should not do online or while using a computing device to prevent data breaches to yourself or your company. You should include these topics:

• The risk of using a simple password
• The risk of using the same password everywhere

Resource Note: How password vaults promote good password management – A brief survey of password vaults in the marketplace.

IT 200 Week 3 participation Learning Team Collaboration: Compare Different Threats and Vulnerabilities

This week in your Learning Team, discuss different types of data breaches. Choose three or more to research, and discuss the threats and vulnerabilities that lead to breaches. Compare these threats and vulnerabilities in terms of severity.

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Social Networking

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Social Media

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Empowering the Power of Social Media

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Social Selling with LinkedIn

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Up and Running with Pinterest

IT 200 Week 4 participation Lynda.com®: Facebook for Business

IT 200 Week 4 participation Supporting Activity: Gender in Social Media

Find a current article on social media that discusses different gender balance on different social networking sites.

Answer the following question:

• Based on your experience, do you agree or disagree with what the data is showing?

How about Gender in Social Media?

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Some authors noted that the gender gap was more evident at the early days of Social media; however now days, the newer generations are more “natural at it” so the gender gap will not exist in few more years in my opinion.

I think this, because the novelty of the WEB and Social networking is fading away, and it will be just another way of communication between humans, until telepathy comes into society in the future.

Meantime, what are your thoughts of the Gender issue in social media?

Do you have another perspective here?

IT 200 Week 4 participation Supporting Activity: Social Media Presence

Research and find examples of how your organization (past, present or one you want to join) achieves its social media presence, and describe how the organization is using social media.

IT 200 Week 5 participation Lynda.com®: The Rise of Mobile Computing

IT 200 Week 5 participation Lynda.com®: Mobile Marketing

IT 200 Week 5 participation Lynda.com®: Introducing Google Glass

IT 200 Week 5 participation Lynda.com®: Up and Running with Office Mobile for Windows 10

IT 200 Week 5 participation Supporting Activity: Innovation in Mobile Computing

Research wearables technologies, mobile apps and hardware projects currently under development; feel free to use crowdsourcing websites, such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, RocketHub, or Circet.

Pick one or two technologies, and describe how it has potential use in a business that you are familiar with.

Make sure you include the links to the technologies that you are describing.

Note. You may also choose to look at other crowd funding sources.

IT 200 Week 5 participation Supporting Activity: Data Analytics

Google Traffic in Google Maps uses GPS-determined locations transmitted to them by a large number of users to calculate the speed of users along a stretch of road, in order to generate a live traffic map. This is an innovative data analytic from data collected in mobile devices.

Discuss what other kinds of data analytic you could potentially get from data in mobile devices? Brainstorm some clever use that would benefit a community, an organization, or an individual.

IT 200 Week 5 participation Supporting Activity: Public Wifi

Research an online article on how it is possible to get hacked in public spaces, i.e., any space with public wifi.

Discuss some best practices for protecting your private information while utilizing mobile devices in public areas

IT 200 Week 5 participation Learning Team Collaboration: Compare Different Mobile and Wearable Devices

The team should get together and discuss the different kinds of mobile and wearable devices (at least two, preferably three or more), research the features and functionality of them, and compare them based on five criteria.

The team should discuss these criteria. Some examples of criteria are usability, flexibility to customize, etc.