COM0006NFBNM Technology in Organizations Portfolio Report

This report, submitted by a student, examines the role of technology within organizations, specifically focusing on Arden University. It delves into the application and benefits of big data, including its volume, velocity, and variety, and illustrates its use within specific departments like Career Counselling and Grading. The report also addresses crucial aspects of IT security and data privacy, detailing essential measures like strong passwords, firewalls, and GDPR provisions. Furthermore, it explores cellular networks, their principles, and their advantages for businesses. The report is structured to provide a comprehensive understanding of how technology can be leveraged to enhance organizational performance, security, and compliance, with a practical focus on real-world applications and case studies.

Technology in
organisations portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Question 1....................................................................................................................................3
Big data and its role in Arden University....................................................................................3
Key benefits after adopting big data in Arden University...........................................................4
Question 2....................................................................................................................................6
IT security and data privacy measures along with GDPR provision...........................................6
Question 3....................................................................................................................................8
Cellular network, its principle and how it works.........................................................................8
Benefits of cellular network to business......................................................................................9
Spreadsheet from payroll department of Weaning Entertainment Ltd.......................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The technology portfolio combines of information of enterprise towards its investment in
information technology. These are organised in more effective way so that technology
investment aids in supporting company in order to fulfil objective of entity goal. This will
facilitate strong bond and maintain balance between current and planned investments. The
portfolio enhance the decision making while investing so that this will strengthen overall entity
information to invest in suitable information technology infrastructure (Bandarian, 2020). There
is a great demand of technology as it aids in improving competitive advantage. It generate more
opportunity for success in order to accomplish long term vision of company. Information
technology leads towards innovation and sustainability for long term. Business can drive lots of
benefit in order to deliver differentiate product so that maximum consumer will gets attracted.
Advanced technology will reduced overall operating cost of company. This will help company is
reducing risk and enhance its competitive edge. The chosen organisation of this report is Adren
University. It is one leading private university in the parts of UK with expansion in Germany
(Avgerou, 2017). The report aims towards role of Big data and its benefit after adopting. The
report also include IT security as well as data privacy measures that entity must implement along
with GDPR provision. This describe cellular network that combines of principle and
components and how it works. It state benefit of cellular network within business.
MAIN BODY
Question 1
Big data and its role in Arden University.
The terminology of big data is utilise to explain large amount of data within structured and
unstructured way so that business can run on a day to day basis. The ultimate use big data is to
facilitates decision making and aids in strategic business activity and plan formulation. In the
modern era use of big data is now trending because of its numerous benefits. This will ensure
effective performance of company in building competitive edge. Most of the firms are utilising
this strategy in order to examine competitors as well as new entrants. This will identify their
competence, innovation and value. While adopting Bid data strategy in business, firms can
develop more growth opportunity by addressing industry data. They collect the lots of useful
information about product, services, supplier, buyers, preferences etc. So that firm can make

changes in order to build good image in front of consumer. This will raise the level of profit and
revenue while competing with its competitors (Barlatier, 2021). The terminology of big data is
utilise in more effective and productive way as this strategy collect useful information and store
for the further growth of the entity.
There is great role of big data in Arden University as it focus upon data volume, velocity
and variety.
 Volume- The University obtain data from several sources such as social media, business
transaction and sensor machine. In ancient time they found some difficulties in storing data
but now it is easy to keep on record of valuable data with the help of technology. This plays
most essential role in Arden University as it helps in capturing valuable data that aid in
increasing total net worth.
 Velocity-These deals with the time frame and act as a means of speed generation of valuable
data so that it will fulfil all the requirement in formative potential data. This feature aid
Arden University in appropriate flow of data in order to maintain its business process, social
media, mobile services, so that continuous flow of data leads towards in strategic
formulation for future growth enhancement.
 Variety- Here data comes from any type of form that is structured, numerical, unstructured,
video, audio etc. The heterogeneous source of data is also collected for data mining and
ensure overall strategy formulation.
Here are some examples of two department in Arden University is Career counsellor
department and grading department (Giannopoulou, 2019). As it collect useful information in
targeting potential students for their variety of University courses. In the department Career
counsellor it utilise data in three V form, velocity, variety, volume. in order to access the data of
many students and tract them to enrol courses. On the other hand grading department record the
data of student in maintain the performance of each individual.
Key benefits after adopting big data in Arden University.
Here are some key benefit of big data that is experienced after adopting technology in Arden
University (Ghobakhloo, 2020). It aid in improving its revenue and performance at greater level
so that maximum competitive advantage will gain by Arden University for long run.

Utilisation of outside intelligence- Arden University take great advantage by utilisation
better usefulness of outside intelligence while addressing customer and decision making in
strategy formulation.
Customer services- By collecting useful information of potential target consumer aids in
improving customer services of Arden University as they customised it university course as
per the demand of consumer.
Identification of risk- With the help valuable data collection Arden University easily
identified risk that is associated with the competitors. It can help in addressing current and
future risk analysis in order to improve their performance.
Operational efficiency- These big data creates appropriate flow of useful information
that is necessary for overall development and operational efficiency in more productive way
to enhance consumer experience.
Cost saving- Big data has some effective tool such as hadoop, cloud analytics that has
major cost benefit to Arden University in storing valuable information that aids in
recognising useful ways of executing business.
Time reduction- These data delivers high speed that is beneficial for reducing real time
reduction with the help of useful tools. Through this Arden University examine business
opportunity in hast decision making to grab the potential opportunity (Heeks, 2017).
Market condition- It aids Arden University in understanding actual market conditions.
This will aids in recognising taste and preference of target consumer behaviour. It will
modify their marketing strategy as per emergent trend. and competitive edge from its
competitors.
Online reputation- It also has ability to examine sentiments analysis. This will deliver
accurate feedback about reputation of Arden University in online presence. This leads
towards control upon online presence and develop good image on social and digital media
platform.
Boost customer retention- The target consumer is most valuable for the company as
whole performance and profitability is depend upon consumer. Arden University can not leads
towards success without having loyal consumer base (Lloyd, 2020). It will help in maintain high
level of competition. Through big data analysis Arden University grab more attention of

consumer as well as successfully retain loyal consumer base. This can only happen by tracking
behaviour of target consumer with the help of big data analysis.
Marketing insight- With the help of data analytics Arden University can easily made
changes in its operational activity. It aids in satisfying expectations of consumer towards
Arden University courses and variety of product range. This will aids in developing
effective marketing campaign in more influencing way to attract new and loyal consumer
base. It one of the effective tool that can be utilise by the Arden University.
Innovation- It is also one of the key benefits of Arden University. This will facilitates
innovative and creative ability in order to develop differentiates and regeneration of product,
services and courses.
Career counsellor department and grading department utilise in their day to day activities
due to numerous key benefits adopting big data in Arden University. Through this they
deliver Innovation, Marketing Insight. Boost consumer retention, Time reduction, Cosat
saving, Time reduction, operation efficiency that enhance performance of University
department.
Question 2
IT security and data privacy measures along with GDPR provision.
Utilisation of Big data and information technology leads towards more issue of IT security
and data privacy problem (Macrinici, 2018). Arden University faces lots of data privacy issue as
well as IT security. Here are some safety and security measures related with IT and data must be
implanted by the Arden University.
 Strong passwords- This is one of the most effective measures that is important
and very easy to implement. While setting up password Arden University make
sure utilisation of strong set such as capital, lower case letter, number, symbol so
that a strong password would be easily set by Arden University. The strong set of
password is hard to track or hijack (Maral, 2020).
 Established firewall- For IT security or data protection Arden University can
utilise firewalls as important initiator. It ensure internet traffic in more significant
way so that their data will secure in appropriate way.

 Antivirus protection- The suitable antivirus as well as anti-malware are most
effective tool through which data or IT can be easily secure in more stronger way.
These tools are designed in more effective way
 Updating-It is most essential component to secure data and IT. With regular up
gradation or updating must be properly executed. This will secure more accurate
data in effective way.
 Secure Laptop-Smart laptop are at high risk, it may hijack or stole the useful data.
That is why it is most important to make strong security of laptop and follow
appropriate measures for the protection of data. It will leads towards protection by
all types of protocol. Power full password secure all types of data in more
effective way.
 Secure mobile phones- Smart phones are more unsecure than laptop, and these are
also equal valuable for the entity. It can gets encrypted so with establishing strong
password and leads towards automatic lock. One can easily established wiping
process in case of lost phone or laptop.
 Schedule backups-For securing data individual can schedule regular backups in
the form of external hard drive in cloud so that all data will secure in more
effective way (Maurino, 2017). Backups must be plan in every few days.
University can utilise Wimi to centralise documents. It will ensure proper flow of
information to team, clients and partners.
 Monitor-Now days technology is growing more fasting changing. Data, software,
technology is regularly upgraded. So university must keep on touch and
monitoring what changes are coming into the market and they can easily adopt
changes.
 Surfing- Downloading apps or opening infected emails, files, clicking on
unnecessary links through internet on laptops and smart phones. So while net
surfing University must careful with appropriate sources. It must take warning box
on a serious not.
 Educate-Prevention is one of the best way in order to keep data very safely.
University must educate their employee about data safety. This will leads more
attentive efforts and it will contribute more productive results.

For Data security and IT security here are some key provision of GDPR.
The General data protection is introduced in the parts of UK as well as EU. It is one type of data
protection act. These act strength individual control over securing highly data as now in modern
era most of the data is collected by the businessman for filling their long term vision and survival
in competitive environment (McLoughlin, 2019). It is one the good practice that strengthen data
as well as rights of individual for more data security. It combines of Following rights that leads
towards data security. Right to informed, access, rectification, forgotten, processing, data
portability, object and automated decision making. The features of GDPR provision has great
value so that it will secure all types of data in more securing way. The provision of GDPR
enhance data security and privacy of information so that each business can execute their
information without breaching the law of security data privacy of consumer (Data security,
2021)
Specific permission-Only by getting permission of using individual information,
third party can utilise otherwise it can not use.
Privacy by design-While signing up to any services only relevant information is
required. Not relevant must not require for using the service
Data portability- This will deliver right so that each one can get to know about
what information is used by the company in readable format so that they can provide
more qualitative services.
Right to forgotten- Giving right does not mean that they can access data
permanently, As per this provision individual can ask company foe deleting its valuable
data and restrict them to use it. But this is not applicable to law and medical field.
Individual can request to remove their data from search engine permanently.
Definitive consent-It has clear consent when private data is processed. This is
clearly define in the legislation as individual withdraw consent in order to secure data.
Clear information-This is actual right of the individual to get suitable and correct
information. No small print policy is applicable in business and language must be used in
very clear format. All the data must be ready to use.
Limit the use of profiling- It has been seen that personal data has been used to
recognise personalisation need to improve consumer satisfaction. But this will not allow
by the law to intervention contact of safety and security.

Follow same law-In order to secure own and maintain security everyone has to
ensure each set of rules and principle.
One stop solution- This is one stop solution that to maintain regulatory body
laws while accessing any personal data.
Adopting techniques-By promoting and adopting new updated technology will secure
data and information technology (Relich, 2017). This will deliver more authenticated and secure
data.
Question 3
Cellular network, its principle and how it works
The cellular network are most useful tool of communication with the feature of high data
speed (O'Hogain, 2018). It has an ability to transmit multimedia, data, voice. It is one of the
popular means of transfer information from place to another in more effective and efficient way
for enhancement flow of work operation in business. It is technology advancement developed for
data transmission. Its solves many business problems and deliver specialised service to business.
Some principle of cellular network as –
 Deliver high quality or capacity of spectrum
 Reuse several cell of radio channel
 Fixed number of channel in respect of arbitrarily number foe wide coverage.
 Effective communication among mobile and station.
 Cellular base station in respect of radio
 Neighboring cell for various group
 Interference level up to tolerable limits
 Frequency planning
 Wireless cellular network.
These can be shaped in many form of square, hexagon, frequency, This system work as
distribution mobile transceivers from one cell to another in order to regular flow of
communication through electronic frequency (Sagieva, 2018). It generate without interruption of
manual switching.

Benefits of cellular network to business
There are Several of benefits taken by the business in order to improve its operations as
well as business activity. That is why now days everyone is utilising the cellular network in its
business due to these benefits. It deliver flexibility features in business operations and function
from public to private network. This will leads towards increased capacity of business so that
they will deliver more productive means of solution. It will improve performance and revenue
level of company. It consumes less power that is also beneficial for business as it reduce its cost
of operations (Son, 2020). It will help company to deliver more wide coverage area for its
business operations. It will eliminate interference from other types of signal. This will raise the
level of customer service and their experience in more productive. It build strong relationship as
well as connection among office, customer and supplier. It will enhance mobility in its task
operations while delivering services to potential consumer. It ultimately up grade the level of
productivity. It work and promote the environment of remotely work condition that is work from
home rather than office. This increase business survival in the crucial time of pandemic.
Spreadsheet from payroll department of Weaning Entertainment Ltd.
i) The Sum, Median, Max and Min value of the Gross salary, taxes and Net salary of
all the employees of this organisation (Wang and et.al., 2017).
ii) The number of employees with a gross salary more than £79900.00.
iii) The number of employees with a Net salary less than £67499.99.

Solutions-
i)
TOTAL 600,300.00 180.090.00 420,210.00
MAXIMUM 100,000.00 30,000.00 70,000.00
MINIMUM 75,900.00 22,770.00 53,130.00
MEAN 85757.14 25,727.14 60,030.00
MEDIAN 85,000.00 25,500.00 59,500.00
ii) Four employees have gross salary more than £79900.00.
iii) Six employees have Net salary less than £67499.99.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that Big data plays most important role for
collecting valuable information so that it will aids in maintaining competitive advantage and long
term survival. There are several key benefits through which university take advantage in order to
enhance consumer base. But this will brings several issue like data security and privacy so each
company must follow safety measures and implement GDPR provision so that they can easily