DQ 1: Competitive Advantage and Technology Innovation-

Write a 200- to 300-word short answer response that addresses the following:

What competitive advantage does technology give to business? How does aging hardware affect this advantage?

What is the importance of organizational decision roles to technology innovation?

DQ 2: Select a recent peer-reviewed article, no more than 1-year old, related to the weekly topics, discussed in the course notes posted in the materials thread or the headings found on the main site of our classroom. The minimum word count is 200, see the course policies for additional direction on substantive posts.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper discussing managerial issues associated with managing an organization's IS infrastructure. Include the following:

• Information related to configuration management and preventative maintenance
• Industry standards in configuration management and control
• Training approaches to allow for adaptive maintenance and confidence.
• The effect of globalization on managing and IS infrastructure.