Apple's iPhone and iPod are best examples of __________ business strategies because demand was so high that many customers were even willing to camp out on sidewalks to guarantee getting one on the day of their releases

1. Apple's iPhone and iPod are best examples of __________ business strategies because demand was so high that many customers were even willing to camp out on sidewalks to guarantee getting one on the day of their releases.

customer-centric

2. _______________________________pull data from business intelligence (BI) systems, data warehouses, and other internal and external data stores; then display them in meaningful graphics with drill-down capabilities.

Visualization (viz) technologies

3. For the business intelligence (BI) industry, tablets and data visualization apps are considered ______________ technologies.

Disruptive

4. Which of the following is not one of the three characteristics of successful data visualization apps described in your textbook?

Low cost

5. In terms of benefits, mashup apps decrease _____________________ compared to traditional, custom software development.

IT implementation costs

6. According to research by Gartner, a recent advance in the area of business intelligence and the use of dashboards is the increasing popularity of ____________________.

Mobile dashboards

7. Cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) are two __________ options.

Sourcing

8. The effectiveness of the IT function relies heavily on each of the following except:

Implementing the latest social networks

9. __________ results in faster development of new apps because by reusing services or functions.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

10. Typically, ITs that provide competitive advantages, or that contain proprietary or confidential data are developed and maintained by __________.

The in-house IT function