DISCUSSION

1) Relational Databases" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, assess the advantages and disadvantages of the continued use of the traditional relational database and then decide if businesses should be moving toward relational databases in the cloud. Justify your decision and provide specific examples to support your response.

• Determine whether a company has an ethical obligation to share with external clients that key information about them is being stored in the cloud. Speculate how external clients would react if they were told in advance or it was kept from them and they found out another way.

2) "The REA Data Model" Please respond to the following:

• Your firm wants to move from a relational database model to the REA data model. Explain to your senior management the risks and rewards of such of a move. Be sure to provide specific examples to support your response.

• As we know, the REA data model is an emerging technology change. Make five recommendations for creating useful entity-relationship (E-R) diagrams. Rank them in level of importance, and then justify your ranking.