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Students study the use of information systems in the operation of an organization. Topics include data and information, data visualization, business processes, the relationship of business processes with data, information and information systems, and ensuring the safety and the ethical use of data, information, and information systems. Students apply the knowledge acquired in this course to contemporary applications and in simulated business scenarios that incorporate information systems.

This course provides an introduction to network and cloud computing infrastructures. Topics covered include network architectures, topology, routing, protocols, IP addressing, wireless networking, securing networks, virtualization and cloud computing. An introduction to the fundamentals of hardware, software and networks is provided. Course coverage includes infrastructure, platform and software as a service aspects of cloud computing. Labs offer students practical experience with a protocol analyzer, network diagramming tool and access to a large cloud service provider. Students work directly with cloud-based resources to include installing and configuring instances of different operating systems in a virtualized environment.