Activities include completing the Skillsoft® courses, the reading review, independent student reading, and research.

Assignment Preparation: Activities include completing the Skillsoft® courses, the reading review, independent student reading, and research.
Complete the "Course Overview" topic of the Skillsoft® course "The Information Technology Industry Overview: Version 3."
Note.  Click on the SkillSoft link and copy/paste the title of the course into the search box and specify "Courses" from the drop down menu.
Complete the "Information Technology Industry Challenges" topic of the Skillsoft® course "The Information Technology Industry Overview: Version 3."
Review Section 5.3, "Contemporary Hardware Platform Trends," and Section 5.4, "Contemporary Software Platform Trends," in Ch. 5 of Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm.
Review Section 7.1, "Telecommunications and Networking in Today's Business," in Ch. 7 of Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm.
Assignment:
Identify a current trend in technology for improving global business that is likely to affect a global business within the next 3 years.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word evaluation of the value or expected effect on a global business that the identified trend will likely have over the next 3 years. An evaluation usually involves judgments based on standards, generally accepted criteria, or benchmarks.
Alternatively, prepare an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation and script in the notes area of the slides to present or discuss your evaluation.