Graded assignment submissions such as this assignment need to be completed on your own, i.e. individual work. There are 3 questions on this assignment. Each question counts for 1/3 the weight of the assignment. Write 600 word answers for each question. Be sure and cite your references, including textbooks. Examples can be used to support your answers. Graded assignment submissions such as this assignment need to be completed on your own, i.e. individual work. There are 3 questions on this assignment. Each question counts for 1/3 the weight of the assignment. Be sure and cite your references, including textbooks. Examples can be used to support your answers.

Question 1:

Some organizations use multiple performance managers based on their fields of expertise, such as servers, storage equipment or networks. What are 2-3 advantages and 2-3 disadvantages of this approach?

Question 2:

Keeping amazon.com and Boeing in mind, answer the following questions: (a) Are these companies leveraging the public infrastructure of the Internet to maximum advantage? How? (b) Are these companies dependent on proprietary technologies? (c) Do the operations of these companies run in real-time? (d) Have these companies explored new service delivery models? Which ones? Cite your sources.

Question 3:

Explain how the technical knowledge of a modern IT executive can be a double-edged sword. How can IT executives market availability as one of the major features of an organization providing Internet services? Cite all your sources, including the textbook.