IT Report: Online and Offline Business, Tracking Apps and Passwords

This report delves into the realm of information technology, examining the evolution of IT architectures, particularly with the advent of cloud computing and virtualization. The report focuses on comparing and contrasting the positive and negative aspects of online and offline businesses, highlighting factors such as energy consumption, cost reduction, privacy, and security. It further discusses various tools available for effective password management, emphasizing the importance of strong passwords and biometric options. The report also analyzes two tracking apps, the COVID symptom study and the NHS COVID-19 app, comparing their features, applications, and suitability in combating the pandemic. The analysis covers their functionalities, advantages, and limitations, providing a comprehensive overview of the digital tools used in modern business and healthcare.

Individual Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Compare and contrast between the positive and negative aspects of services and products that
are being sold online and offline.................................................................................................1
Describe various tools that are available to keep the passwords and manage them effectively. 2
Discuss about the two tracking apps and how they function and compare their features,
applications and suitability..........................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Information technology is undertaken as the use of computer, storage, networking and
other physical devices and concerning procedure in order to create, process, store, secure and
exchange all the prominent forms of electronic data. Information technology is undertaken as the
physical equipment and effective management of automation techniques, operating system and
other applications which is useful in order to perform important functions. Computer servers
undertaken as the business applications and these servers interact with customer users and other
servers across one or more business networks (Rajaraman, 2018). In terms of this, information
technology architectures prominently evolved in terms of including cloud computing and
virtualisation in which physical resources are abstracted for various configurations in order to
meet for the requirements of applications. It is undertaken as the common term which is used for
the computers and networks and also tends to encompasses significant information and
distribution technologies like television and telephones. In terms of this, various industries are
concerned with information technology considering the computer hardware, software,
electronics, internet, telecommunications equipments, e-commerce and so on. Moreover, the
report is going to cover the positive and negative impact
MAIN BODY
Compare and contrast between the positive and negative aspects of services and products that are
being sold online and offline
Online business Positive aspects:
Energy consumption: It is the biggest positive aspect of online business as it tends to
save energy and the consumers who shop online leads to drive towards the stores in order to use
less fuel and also emit less pollution. Along with this, due to e-commerce it leads to eliminate the
requirements of warehouse space to the house products that are near to retail stores as these
warehouses use less energy (Rahmelina and et. al., 2019). Moreover, due to the online business it
leads to depicts that the space and electric energy save that are use in physical stores and also
used in effectively attracting maximum number of people.
Cost reduction: Online business leads to reduce cost for consumers only when the
organisations cut down the middle man who is engaged in distributing goods and services and
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also undertake the warehouse space to the store for the products and personnel expenses. Along
with this, online business also tends to enable organisations in order to manage their inventory
and stock room effectively. Furthermore, in order to become more competitive in the business
environment are more likely to pass down because of undertaking the prominent savings for the
consumers. Negative aspects:
Privacy: Retailers in the online business tends to collect lot of information and data about
the visitors to their websites. Furthermore, electronic trackers also termed as cookies in terms of
tracking the surfing pattern as due to this, online business tends to develop individual profiles for
the online customers. Along with this, it also allows them to targets potential individuals and
advertisements to the consumer based regarding the believe for the significant needs and
requirements (Lloyd, 2020). Therefore, in order to do online business effectively it tends to
consider prominent privacy to the profile of seller who offer goods and services through online
platform.
Security: It is undertaken as the negative aspect for the online business regarding the
potential threat and security of customers for the personal information. In terms of this,
consumers purchase online products and services that are prominently based on the personal
details and banking information for an individual. Furthermore, it is undertaken as the
unauthorised individuals that can significantly include the input information about credit card
number and other personal information (Benckendorff, Xiang and Sheldon, 2019). Along with
this, unauthorised individuals can prominently access the information regarding the flaws
undertaking the traders who deal at the computer system. Merchants become more vigilant
regarding the information and security in which they were in the early days for online business.
Offline business Positive aspects:
Develop good relations with customers: With the help of offline business it becomes
more easy and convenient for the people in order to develop good relations with their potential
customers. Furthermore, it is quite effective in order to develop good term with people as it helps
in improving image and reputation of company. In regard of this, it is much more effective to
consider positive relations with people because it is useful in attracting more and more people
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towards the store and tends to develop good terms among them as it is helpful for offline traders
in order to gain effective profitability and sales. Negative aspects:
Less convenient: Offline business has its significant disadvantage as it is less convenient
for people in terms of achieving effective growth and success. As the online store are more
convenient in regard of having effective relationship with people. Moreover, offline stores are
not much convenient as it they does not offer their services all the time in comparison to online
ones, as they offer their services 24*7 which is more convenient for people in terms of
developing good terms with them (Beynon-Davies, 2016).
Costly: The offline business are more costly as it tends to waste money on the physical
appearance of stores which become more costly for an individual in order to run their business. It
it include cost of place, electricity and advertisement and so on. Despite from this, it is not much
relevant for the offline trader as it leads to generate lot of cost and only few of them can bear
these costs as it is not much profitable for all the offline traders and can become barrier in their
success.
Describe various tools that are available to keep the passwords and manage them effectively
It is important for the traders who deal at the online platform to have effective and strong
password as it tends to neglect unauthorised access to the physical devices and other online
accounts. In terms of neglecting cybercrime it is significant to have effective and strong
password in terms of protecting any devastating effect for the life. It is important to have robust
password and not only for the large organisations but also for the small ones as it tends to protect
their prominent information and data and helps them in successfully running and effective
operations within the business environment (Lugmayr and Grueblbauer, 2017). In regard of this,
there are various ways and tools that are useful in order to manage and secure strong password
that are mentioned as under:
Do not pick weak password: It depicts that it is important for the online trader that not to
pick weak and easy password like “123456” or “password” as these are quite easy to crack and
also more weak as it is more easily guessable password. In regard of this, it is not much
convenient to create and update password for the site. Along with this, it is also significant for
the trader to have effective and strong password which is more effective as it helps in neglecting
cyber crime and also tends to avoid simple pattern which can be easily guessed.
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Select biometric as an option: It represent that smartphones, tablets and laptops tends to
get steal and can be hacked easily but undertaking the fingerprint system instead of passcode is
more effective as it is quite critical to crack these fingerprint password. In terms of this various
organisations that who prominently develop their relations and also have effective need and
requirement to secure their data with the help of having strong passcode. Along with this, it is
also important for the organisations to have prominent technology for having strong and
effective code.
Different accounts need different password: It is prominently easy to use same password
for various accounts undertaking the multiple sites that tends to increase effective vulnerability.
It is more easy for the hackers to crack the passcode and also prominently have effective access
for the important information of account and also open themselves for the scrutiny from the large
number of people who also try to crack or hack various sites (Koch, 2018). Along with this, if an
individual prominently visit large number of sites then it becomes the matter of worry to manage
all of these passwords easily.
Continuously change password: It is important for the the businesses to regularly change
password in order to protect their data and also helps in saving their significant data and
information. Furthermore, it is not much common in various organisations as in terms of this, it
is important to change passwords when the employee leave the company or workplace in order
to protect data and information of company. Hence it is important in order to protect from cyber
crime or any kind of hacking.
Discuss about the two tracking apps and how they function and compare their features,
applications and suitability
Features
COVID symptom study NHS COVID-19 app - NHSX
So as to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,
British specialists have propelled another
application that tracks manifestations identified
with the infection, permitting anybody to self-
report every day. The point of the free 'Covid
Symptom Tracker' application is to help
The NHS COVID-19 application utilizes
Bluetooth Low Energy handshakes to enlist
vicinity occasions between cell phone clients,
with elements, for example, the span of the
'contact occasion' and the separation between
the gadgets taking care of a NHS clinical
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moderate the flare-up, by helping scientists
distinguish: how quick the infection is
spreading in your general vicinity, high-hazard
zones in the nation, who are most in danger
and by better understanding side effects
connected to basic well-being conditions
(Bannon, Bardzell and Bødker, 2018). The
application will record data about their well-
being every day, including temperature,
sleepiness and side effects, for example,
hacking, breathing issues or headaches.
calculation that is being intended to evaluate
disease hazard and trigger notices if a client in
this way encounters COVID-19 manifestations.
There are significant inquiries over how
compelling the device will end up being,
particularly given the administration's choice to
'go only it' on the structure of its computerized
contacts-following framework — which raises
some particular specialized moves connected
to how present day cell phone stages work, just
as around worldwide interoperability with
other national applications focusing on a
similar reason.
Applications
COVID symptom study NHS COVID-19 app - NHSX
Utilizing results from the application, the
researchers are likewise exploring hazard
factors for contamination, just as the impacts
of COVID-19 on patients' well-being. The
researchers are asking people, even the
individuals who are feeling great, to download
the application and take an interest in this push
to give data identified with COVID-19. By
applying a prescient model joining these
testing rates to the a huge number of clients
who detailed manifestations without testing
information, the specialists assessed that a little
over 5% of the individuals who downloaded
the application "are probably going to have
A different thought is whether there ought to
be a committed enactment covering put around
the application to guarantee clear and firm
lawful limits on its utilization. As it stands the
NHS COVID-19 application is being
quickened towards discharge without this,
depending on existing authoritative systems
(Avgerou and Walsham, 2017). The larger
thought behind advanced contacts following is
to use take-up of cell phone innovation to
mechanize a few contacts following, with the
bit of leeway that such an instrument may have
the option to enlist short lived contacts, for
example, between outsiders in the city or open
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COVID-19." However, the analysts
forewarned this is likely an overestimation
because of a bunch of elements, for example,
the utilization of self-announced indication
information.
vehicle, that may more hard for manual
contacts-following strategies to distinguish.
The focal database utilizes a clinical
calculation to evaluate the transferred
information of telephone experiences and the
hazard presented by every connection (Ptitsyna
and et. al., 2019). Different clients who have
had a high-chance association with the unwell
client will be sent a notice by means of the
application with focused NHS counsel yet
won't get data about who the client with
detailed side effects.
Suitability
COVID symptom study NHS COVID-19 app - NHSX
Scientists accept that the information from the
examination will uncover significant data
about the manifestations and progress of the
COVID-19 contamination in various
individuals, and why some proceed to build up
the more extreme or lethal ailment while others
have just mellow side effects (Marouf and et.
al., 2018). It will assist the dire clinical need
with distinguishing gentle coronavirus
indications from occasional hacks and colds,
which might be driving individuals to
pointlessly self-seclude when they aren't
tainted or coincidentally go out and spread the
infection.
The undertaken application is appropriate
When a client introduces the application on
their cell phone, the application utilizes
Bluetooth innovation to distinguish different
telephones in nearness that are additionally
running the application. The application
screens for how long the client's telephone has
been near different telephones running the
application and, in view of the quality of the
Bluetooth signal, the application can likewise
decide how close the telephones have been to
each other (Theis and Wong, 2017). Clients
can choose to investigate the application that
they are encountering COVID-19 side effects.
On the off chance that the application confirms
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that the side effects show that the client may
have coronavirus, the client will be inquired as
to whether they need to send the subtleties of
the telephone experiences that the application
has gathered to a focal NHS database.
CONCLUSION
By considering the above discussion, it is identified that it is important to have effective
information regarding the use of technology is important as it is useful in running business at the
online and offline mode which is quite efficient for online trader. In regard of this, it is quite
convenient for both online and offline trader to deal and offer their products and services
considering both the platforms. In terms of this, both of these factors has their own positive and
negative aspects that should be considered by the business traders. In regard of this, it also
depicts the prominent steps that are useful in effectively protecting and securing data and
information. Furthermore two significant tracking apps are discussed and their prominent
features, suitability and applications are evaluated that are useful in tracking the virus and those
people who tends to suffer from the virus and offer them prominent help to recover soon.
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