Unit 4 Homework Questions

1. How does a client/server infrastructure work and what are the four types of a tiered infrastructures.

2. What are some commonly used infrastructure-centric metrics?

3. What is a business continuity plan? Why would you need one?

4. How will software-as-a-service (SaaS) make use of a personal application service provider? Give an example of SaaS software.

5. What is disintermediation? How does the F2b2C e-commerce model support disintermediation?

6. The text book talks at length about Web 2.0, research Web 3.0 and indicate how the web has changed over time.

7. How does automatic speech recognition work?