Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of distributed systems in a business environment.

nn1stnnPrimary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.nnUse the library and Internet to find information about enterprise architectures and distributed systems.nnMost corporate systems are distributed systems, meaning they are made up of a number of different components that are not necessarily located in the same place. If you have a home computer system with a shared printer and Wi-Fi, you have a simple distributed system. If you have multiple computers physically connected together, you have a more complicated distributed system. Some companies and government agencies have hundreds, if not thousands of computers linked together which are massive distributed systems. The technology employee’s use to access these computers is also part of the distributed system.nnThe establishment of technology standards for an organization is called the Enterprise Technical Architecture. This is a portion of the Enterprise Architecture. An Enterprise Architecture is a definition and standard for all aspects of an organization. Both private industry and government agencies have developed Enterprise Architectures which define the data, processes, organization, technology, product lifecycles and strategies of the organization. For an organization to be effective it must develop standards, particularly in technology so communication among departments is seamless, consistent, and efficient. By standardizing all aspects of the organization through the development of an Enterprise Architecture, organizations find it much easier to provide systems that meet the business needs effectively.n

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• Compare and contrast the meaning of enterprise architecture versus distributed system.

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• Provide at least 1 example each of enterprise architecture and a distributed system.

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• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of distributed systems in a business environment.

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nResponses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with a reply of at least 100 words about their primary task response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:n

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• What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?

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• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?

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• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

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• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

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nConsultant’s Analysis Report on Enterprise System nnThroughout this course, you will be preparing a Consultant’s Analysis Report on Enterprise Systems for a project of your choosing that will culminate in the Final Key Assignment. You will not be developing any software or actually implementing a system, but you will work extensively with the concepts of good analysis of enterprise systems implementation. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in the assignment description for that project.nnProject Selection:nnThe first step will be to select a project as the target for your analysis. This project will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:n

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• Nontrivial: The selected project should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the system analysis and design process.

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• Domain Knowledge: You should be familiar enough with the organization or system category to allow focus on the planning tasks without significant time required for domain education.

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• Accessibility: You should have good access to the people and other information related to the organization or system because this will be an important part of the process.

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