MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780135790939
Author: LAUDON
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 16CSQ

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Cloud based system

Yes”, cloud based system was appropriate for Hitachi Consulting Company.

Reason

  • The flexibility of cloud computing was helpful when it had to quickly absorb large numbers of employees from a new acquisition.
  • Hitachi Consulting Company had less than two weeks to bring hundreds of new employees into its legacy HR system.
  • It was a challenge to ensure the company had sufficient hardware and software resources to accommodate the new employees without overspending for additional infrastructure with the help of an old system...

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