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• POS 355 Entire Course
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• Please check All Included Assignments Below
• POS 355 Week 2 Selection of Operating System
  (Communication Architecture, Processing channels,
  Memory Management)

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• POS 355 Memory management, process management,
  threading, and concurrency (2 PPT)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations
• Select and complete one of the following options
  for your individual deliverable this week
• Option 1 Create a 10-slide basic or interactive
  presentation explaining memory management,
  process management,

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• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Is service-oriented architecture (SOA) a new
  solution to information technology, or is it a
  new name for the rehash of providing the user
  with what the user wants? Explain.

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• POS 355 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Based on the article by Pronk, et al. (2007),
  especially Figure 1, what are the general
  functions of processors, software, and networks?
  What is the classical (von Neumann) architecture
  of a computer system?

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• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 1
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• What security issues must be resolved now which
  cannot wait for the next version of Windows to
  arrive? Are we looking at a patch or a workaround
  to solve the present issues?

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• POS 355 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Based on Ornes (2009) article, what are the
  improvements that a memristor might have over
  current physical and electronic storage devices?
  Is a memristor a green technology?

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• POS 355 Week 2 Selection of Operating System
  (Communication Architecture, Processing channels,
  Memory Management)
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• Select one Network Operating System, one
  Standalone Operating System, and one Mobile
  Device Operating System.
• Complete the following steps for each Operating
  System.

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• POS 355 Week 3 Distributed Processing and
  Virtualization of Operating Systems (2 PPT)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations
• Create a 10-slide basic or interactive
  presentation explaining Distributed Processing
  and Virtualization of Operating Systems. Include
  the benefits, pros and cons,

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• POS 355 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Based on Eleraths (2009) article, what are the
  two main categories of hard disk drive failure?
  How does SMART technology work, and what does it
  mean when limits are exceeded?

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• POS 355 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Based on Thibodeaus (2008) article, what are the
  advantages and disadvantages of the use of
  mainframes?

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• POS 355 Week 3 Operating System File Management
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• Complete the following steps for each Operating
  System you chose in Week Two to.
• Create an Operating System File Management
  diagram for each Operating System (OS)

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• POS 355 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Does a new software product always provide a
  fundamental improvement to the system where we
  install the new software product? What could some
  of the gains include?

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• POS 355 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Based on the article by Jason Brooks (2009), what
  capability will XP Mode in the Windows 7
  operating system add to PCs? What computer system
  hardware resource(s) may need to be enhanced to
  use this capability?

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• POS 355 Week 4 Virtual Network versus a Hardware
  Server Network
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• Compare and contrast the proposal to use a
  Virtual Network versus a Hardware Server Network
  by completing the following
• Create a comparison chart that includes the pros
  and cons for each network.

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• POS 355 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Based on Stallmans (2009) article, what is the
  difference between the terms freeware and
  open-source software? Which of these two terms
  will you use in the future? Explain your
  preference for the term.

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• POS 355 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Based on the article by Robert Strohmeyer (2008),
  is malware a threat in an online Linux OS
  environment? What factor might influence the
  threat of malware to Linux systems that run web
  servers?

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• POS 355 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Based on Yalta and Lucchettis (2008) article,
  what are the advantages and disadvantages of
  adopting GNU/Linux?

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• POS 355 Week 5 Operating system threats and
  security (2 PPT)
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• Create a 10-slide basic or interactive
  presentation explaining the most common security
  threats, modern threats to current Client and
  Network Operating Systems, Encryption,

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• POS 355 Week 5 Security Plan
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• Create a one security plan for all three proposed
  Operating Systems Network OS, Standalone OS, and
  Mobile Device OS.
• Include the following sections as described below.

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