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Realizing The Technical Advantages Of Star Transformation, Karen L. Darling
Realizing The Technical Advantages Of Star Transformation, Karen L. Darling
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Data warehousing and business intelligence go hand in hand, each gives the other purpose for development, maintenance and improvement. Both have evolved over a few decades and build upon initial development. Management initiatives further drive the need and complexity of business intelligence, while in turn expanding the end user community so that business change, results and strategy are affected at the business unit level. The literature, including a recent business intelligence user survey, demonstrates that query performance is the most significant issue encountered. Oracle's data warehouse 10g.2 is examined with improvements to query optimization via "best practice" through Star Transformation. …
An Investigation Into Rewriting A Security Policy For Loreto College, Paul M. Mwai
An Investigation Into Rewriting A Security Policy For Loreto College, Paul M. Mwai
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Computers as well as the networking environments in which they operate have evolved into highly sophisticated and complex systems. The intricacy of these systems and especially the relationship between them forms the greatest area of vulnerabilities for organizations. (Whitman and Mattord, 2004) Information needs to be transmitted to and from the organization, and thus may be vulnerable within certain stages along the communications line. If at any stage of the process, the information is compromised, it could have a negative impact on the entire organization. Protective measures such as disaster recover plans, encryption/ decryption, and information system security controls, can …
Computer Crime And Identity Theft, Harry A. Hunter
Computer Crime And Identity Theft, Harry A. Hunter
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The problem at hand is the increased amount of vulnerabilities and security hazards for individuals engaging in e-commerce, business transactions over the World Wide Web. Since the majority of people aren't paying their bills by mailing in their payment to the vendor, they pay for the items they purchase online, which makes them open to hackers and social engineering attacks. They place their credit card/debit card numbers, their phone number and home address, and even their birth date information on company websites. All these security vulnerabilities make the risk of identity theft increasingly high. Identity theft is when an individual's …
A Cisco-Based Proposal For Arne Core Routing Infrastructure, Ingrimar James
A Cisco-Based Proposal For Arne Core Routing Infrastructure, Ingrimar James
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Systems Engineering and Application Development (SEAD) Practicum provides opportunities for students to engage in proposing, designing, building and testing various projects related to information technology. There are several ongoing projects designed to upgrade, improve or revamp some aspect of the Academic Research Network, generally referred to as ARNe, and services or applications that are a part of its architecture. Regis University is in the process of replacing their current architecture and equipment that forms the core of ARNe in order to facilitate further upgrades and new projects within various aspects of ARNe. This paper examines and proposes a Cisco-based routing …
Breaking From Tradition: India And The Path To Development, Angel M. Newsom
Breaking From Tradition: India And The Path To Development, Angel M. Newsom
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
"How could a country with more than 300 million illiterate people also have the kind of scientific human resources that bring some of the world's largest corporations to base their R&D labs in India?" (Tripathi, 2007, p.68). This question acknowledges the coexistence of two vastly different worlds within one country. On one hand, India is making significant progress on the path to becoming a developed country;one that can provide the basic fundamentals of living for its citizens while sustaining progressive economic growth; on the other hand, it must overcome challenges to this goal that relate to a crumbling infrastructure, poverty, …
Database System Architecture For Fault Tolerance And Disaster Recovery, Anthony Nguyen
Database System Architecture For Fault Tolerance And Disaster Recovery, Anthony Nguyen
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Application systems being used today rely heavily on the availability of the database system. Disruption of database system can be damaging and catastrophic to the organization that depends on the availability of the database system for its business and service operations. To ensure business continuity under foreseeable and unforeseeable man-made or natural disasters, the database system has to be designed and built with fault tolerance and disaster recovery capabilities. This project explored existing technologies and solutions to design, build, and implement database system architecture for fault tolerance and disaster recovery using Oracle database software products. The project goal was to …
Integration And Deployment Techniques In Combination With Development Methodologies, Brian E. Nesbitt
Integration And Deployment Techniques In Combination With Development Methodologies, Brian E. Nesbitt
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Efficient and inefficient pairings of software development methodologies and software integration and deployment techniques exist. Often times the automation of code integration and deployment is chosen but the full benefit of these technologies are throttled by the incorporation of a development methodology. It can be hypothesized that the evolution of software development created this situation along with the latency of implementing development methodologies. This work examines four scenarios comprised of traditional and conventional development methodologies with manual and automated software integration and deployment techniques. Similar web-based software applications were selected from waterfall (traditional) and agile (conventional) run project development teams. …
Creation And Implementation Of An It Governance Compliant It Asset Management Framework For Wexford County Council, Alan O'Rourke
Creation And Implementation Of An It Governance Compliant It Asset Management Framework For Wexford County Council, Alan O'Rourke
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
IT Governance has evolved from Corporate Governance over time as a means to enforce security and control over information systems and put in place best practices for organisations. There are accredited standards, such as ISO, CobiT, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to help organisations create, and conform to best practices for information technology security. Currently there is very little IT asset governance specific literature. This study was conducted to research best practices for IT asset management, and proposes a set of guidelines for Wexford County Council to implement for IT asset management. This study also proposes how to physically …
Designing And Implementing A Distributed Database For A Small Multi-Outlet Business, Joseph Grech
Designing And Implementing A Distributed Database For A Small Multi-Outlet Business, Joseph Grech
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Data is a fundamental and necessary element for businesses. During their operations they generate a certain amount of data that they need to capture, store, and later on retrieve when required. Databases provide the means to store and effectively retrieve data. Such a database can help a business improve its services, be more competitive, and ultimately increase its profits. In this paper, the system requirements of a distributed database are researched for a movie rental and sale store that has at least two outlets in different locations besides the main one. This project investigates the different stages of such a …
Pmo Lite For Colorado Housing And Finance Authority, Sheri Lowrance
Pmo Lite For Colorado Housing And Finance Authority, Sheri Lowrance
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The focus of this professional project was to identify the appropriate services for a lightweight project management office (PMO) to implement at a company referred to with the alias Not-For-Profit Organization (NFPO), and then to complete the first phase of this implementation. NFPO had lower project success rates than desired. They wanted to integrate project management practices into their organization in order to be more effective in meeting their mission. In order to determine the best approach to do this, lightweight and heavyweight project management methodologies and PMOs were examined. Based on NFPO's smaller staff size, their culture, managements' desire …
Runtime Automated Detection Of Out Of Process Resource Management In The X Windowing System, Caolan Mcnamara
Runtime Automated Detection Of Out Of Process Resource Management In The X Windowing System, Caolan Mcnamara
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Software applications typically allocate and deallocate resources during their lifetime. Resources can be categorized into two broad groups, in-process and out-of-process resources where in-process resources are local resources directly managed by a client, while out-of-process resources are remotely managed by a client which instructs a server to allocate and deallocate the resource on its behalf. Out-of-process resources do not reside in a clients address space which poses an extra layer of complexity in attempting to debug their misuse. This thesis presents an automatic run-time solution to the problem of detecting and reporting source code locations of application client mismanagement of …
A Pragmatic Evaluation Of An Academic Practicum's Knowledge Transfer Process, Luis F. Pacheco
A Pragmatic Evaluation Of An Academic Practicum's Knowledge Transfer Process, Luis F. Pacheco
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Practicums are designed to provide on-the-job learning experience for the students in their chosen occupational field. But do students actually benefit from practicums? This manuscript investigates linkages between knowledge repository systems and knowledge transfer in database technology practicums. It examines the literature on knowledge transfer, develops an Action Research methodology, and presents results of a new study in database academic practicums. The study focuses on a graduate school database technology practicum at Denver-based Regis University. As a member of an academic practicum team with responsibilities involving database administrative support to a group of students and faculty, the researcher seeks to …
An Investigation Into The Development Of A Practical Gis Mapping Tool Supporting Emissions Inventory Information, Elizabeth J. Davis-Noland
An Investigation Into The Development Of A Practical Gis Mapping Tool Supporting Emissions Inventory Information, Elizabeth J. Davis-Noland
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations call for States to submit for EPA review and approval State Implementation Plans (SIPs) which establish goals and emission reduction strategies for improving air quality in national parks and wilderness areas. State and tribe air quality analysts therefore need the ability to display and analyze emissions inventory data in relation to geographic locations. However, due to budget and other constraints, traditional Graphical Information Systems (GIS) tools are often not available. Today, traditional GIS are being challenged in various domains by a variety of free or low-cost internet accessible services. Leveraging the availability of the Google …
Implementing The Information Technology Information Library (Itil) Framework, Lawrence Wade Lowder
Implementing The Information Technology Information Library (Itil) Framework, Lawrence Wade Lowder
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project proposes the implementation of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework for a mid-sized Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specializing in commercial warehouses. Due to rapid growth, lack of process and lack of business visibility, the Information Technology (IT) department struggles to provide highly reliable business systems that meet the requirements for the business. The gap in business relationships results in a negative image for the IT department and causes situations where individual business groups contract directly with outsourced IT providers. After developing the IT solution, the business group contacts the internal IT department for involvement with the …
Implementing An Sap Transportation Management System Solution: A Case Study, Debra F. Wycoff
Implementing An Sap Transportation Management System Solution: A Case Study, Debra F. Wycoff
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
System implementations sometimes result in unexpected system behavior. This paper is a case study focusing on an SAP transportation management system implementation that resulted in unexpected system behavior and a different user interface than the one that had been tested. Through a grounded theory approach the case study researched specific data gathered from the project documentation and from interviews with key system developers and a primary business user. The findings from the study can be applied to other similar system implementation projects and also provide some insights related to additional research that could be expanded. Please note that the name …
Software Simulation And Emergency Response Training: A Case Study, Heather Burke
Software Simulation And Emergency Response Training: A Case Study, Heather Burke
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Emergency response training has several shortcomings that affect its effectiveness. Full-scale exercises are effective, but expensive, cumbersome and time consuming to plan and conduct. Discussion based trainings are much more cost effective and easy to plan, but the retention rate is lower on covered material. It is important to get the most out of limited training budgets by finding a way to be both efficient and effective with time and money. In this case study, the problems of the 2002 New Mexico Public Health ICS training are analyzed. This training provides good examples of how traditional training tools, style and …
Development Of A Data Acquisition System For An Ecommerce Website, Paul Hughes
Development Of A Data Acquisition System For An Ecommerce Website, Paul Hughes
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
First Stop Sports (http://www.firststopsports.com) is a small sports collectibles and memorabilia eCommerce company, specializing in NFL and NCAA collectible football helmets and other sports memorabilia. First Stop Sports current web site has shown some inadequacies and limited capabilities with historical customer ordering information capture. "They are struggling to advance business development and increase revenue.? It is the scope of this project to investigate, design, and develop a prototype data acquisition system for First Stop Sports. This prototype would only focus on one specific product line, but it would need to have the same look, feel and functionality as the existing …
Crm And Spiritual Care, Gary L. James
Crm And Spiritual Care, Gary L. James
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The Spiritual Care Department at Senior Care Residences does not have a computer database to record the chaplain's time during residents' visits, working with volunteers, and working with current or potential donors. This poses several problems such as keeping track of visits. Tracking this information will allow the chaplain to know whom he/she has provided spiritual care. This information is also critical for the volunteers he/she works with and current and potential donors. By implementing a CRM(Customer Relationship Management) application, the chaplain will have this information to help make informed decisions, and the automated computer system will help make recommendations.
Case Study: Implementing Tools For Software Quality Assurance, James Brennan
Case Study: Implementing Tools For Software Quality Assurance, James Brennan
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Test tools have become ubiquitous in the practice of Software Quality Assurance. Every year, many millions of dollars are spent on specialized software to help manage requirements, test cases, or defects—or to automate test execution. But, after purchasing the software, many companies fail to successfully implement the tools. Given the cost of most test software, it’s not surprising that companies often make a second attempt at using the tools. This thesis describes a second-chance effort to use a suite of tools to manage various aspects of the test process. It examines some of the goals driving the adoption of test …
Development Of The Curriculum For The Introduction To Computer Science Course, Nancy Major
Development Of The Curriculum For The Introduction To Computer Science Course, Nancy Major
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project proposes to reformat the curriculum for an Introduction to Computer Science course for high school students, currently taught as a one semester course. Several issues with the current course are addressed with recommendations for changes intended for the benefit of students at their school. In the past five years, enrollment in the school's Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science course has decreased from 50 students to 25 students despite no significant change in overall enrollment or student demographics. For the portion of those students enrolled in the course who have taken the Advanced Placement exam during the past four …
Open Source Trouble Ticket System, Steve Chapman
Open Source Trouble Ticket System, Steve Chapman
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The productivity of many organizations in the IT industry suffer greatly because most have yet to implement a process to manage and track IT issues from the time a problem is reported by the enduser to the time in which the problem is resolved. Until such a process exists, many organizations will find themselves unable to effectively manage time and resources thus resulting in unnecessary downtime, decrease in productivity and ultimately becoming an organization who "throw money at the problem" instead of fixing the root cause. One such solution would be to use a trouble ticket system application. There are …
A Strategy For Reducing I/O And Improving Query Processing Time In An Oracle Data Warehouse Environment, Chris Titus
A Strategy For Reducing I/O And Improving Query Processing Time In An Oracle Data Warehouse Environment, Chris Titus
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
In the current information age as the saying goes, time is money. For the modern information worker, decisions must often be made quickly. Every extra minute spent waiting for critical data could mean the difference between financial gain and financial ruin. Despite the importance of timely data retrieval, many organizations lack even a basic strategy for improving the performance of their data warehouse based reporting systems. This project explores the idea that a strategy making use of three database performance improvement techniques can reduce I/O (input/output operations) and improve query processing time in an information system designed for reporting. To …