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In need of (2) substantive replies of 150 words each to (2) different post. INFO331 Management Information Systems Topic: Moore’s Law and Network EffectsPeer replies to further the conversationStudent replied to at least two (2) classmates’ posts and each reply includes at least three (3) to four (4) sentences relating the classmate’s post to at least one (1) question/point of the Discussion Prompt.Responses are substantive and encourage discussion by proposing a different point of view supported by an attribution to a source, personal example, or personal application. All responses include related follow up questions to promote continued discussion.Prompt: Moore’s Law and Network Effects1. What is e-waste? What is so dangerous about e-waste? Many well-meaning individuals thought that recycling was the answer to the e-waste problem. But why hasn’t e-waste recycling yielded the results hoped for? 2. What are network effects? Think about the kinds of technology products that you own, or websites you use, that are subject to network effects. What sorts of exchange do these products leverage (e.g., information, money, software, or other media)? Give several concrete examples and explain them as clearly as you can in your own words. 3. Find an article online that discusses the problem of e-waste, preferably one that also proposed a solution. In your own words summarize and critique the article. Do you think it is a viable solution? Why or why not? Be sure to include the url to your article. 4. Describe the impact that your chosen information system has on your organization. Be sure to consider both the positive and negative impacts. Over-dependence on an information system can be a negative impact, so also discuss whether your organization has any contingency plans for business continuity during system outages.Text Readings:Ch. 5 – Moore’s Law: Fast, Cheap Computing and What It Means for the ManagerCh. 6 – Understanding Network EffectsBook Title: Information Systems Version 1.3 – E-book links provided inside the classroom.Author: GallaugherPublication Info: FlatWorld KnowledgeISBN: FLATWORLD-ITSYSBook Title: Gallaugher, J. (2012). Information systems: A manager’s guide to harnessing technology (ver. 1.3). Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge.Forum Post 1:E-waste is the ever-growing pile of outdated, discarded electronics created mostly when people get rid of phones, tablets, or other electronic devices when new, updated versions are released. E-waste is so dangerous because the lithium-ion batteries that are contained in just about every electronic device now will leak lead, lithium, and mercury (Morton, 2019). Once these heavy metals are placed in landfills, they can seep into the ground, be distributed by subterranean water flows, and also be disseminated into the air. E-recycling simply doesn’t work because even our best efforts towards recycling the electronics we use, it’s like trying to empty the ocean with a spoon. The effort simply can’t keep up with our consumeristic, wasteful society. This is the essence of Moore’s law, which stated a rule of thumb about how quickly computers will gain processing power and infiltration into every corner of our society. Network effects refer to the value that is given to a service, platform, or software based on the number of users that utilize it. A great example of this is any e-commerce B2C model such as eBay, Craigslist, and Amazon. These sites and entire businesses would cease to exist if their users simply stopped using their products. E-commerce businesses leverage the exchange of money for a very wide range of goods and or services and software. Another great example of network effects are companies like Uber and Lyft. Their profit margins are directly related to the size of their customer base, therefore, their value is based on the population of their users (Stobierski, 2019). The article that I found came from BBC News, and talked about the environmental impact of e-waste, and broke down what percentage of our planet’s e-waste came from what technology. 37% of waste came from small electronic equipment such as toasters, vacuum cleaners, and irons, 22% come from large electronic equipment such as washers and dryers, microwaves, and slow cookers, 17% come from temperature exchange equipment, 14% come from screens like televisions and PC screens, 9% from small IT devices like phones and tablets, and less than 1% come from lamps (Mahy, 2020). A solution that this article presents is teaching electronics owners how to repair their devices rather than simply throwing them away to upgrade or replace them. This solution offers a fairly viable solution because most small and large electronic equipment, which is what most e-waste is made up of, can increase in longevity if people took the time to learn how to repair them instead of just throwing them away. The downfall of this solution is that as electronics get more and more complex, the less common users can do to fix things themselves.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51385344My information system has an integral impact on my organization. The negative impact that it could be considered to have is that if my system goes down, the ship will be without any means to defend itself, and be blind except for one standalone radar system. If the AEGIS computing infrastructure has an outage, we would be reliant on small arms and the 5inch gun topside. There is a very high level of dependency on my information system, but there are so many redundancies within the infrastructure that it would take an extremely unlikely set of circumstances to fully incapacitate the system. The multiple levels of redundancy cause another problem in and of itself; it makes it very difficult to catch system malfunctions and failures because so much of the system is automated. By the time we see a fault or a negative indication, there could be multiple levels of failure experienced within the system. Unfortunately, the contingency plan would consist of us leaving any active battle zone while we rush to recover the system. We do drills on major casualties all the time for this very reason!Thanks for reading,ReferencesMahy, E. (2020, February 17). Can we fix our way out of the growing e-waste problem? BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51385344.Morton, A. (2019, April 15). Trashing Electronics: The Effects of E-Waste on Environment. Cleanlites. https://cleanlites.com/trashing-electronics-the-effects-of-e-waste-on-environment.Stobierski, T. (2020, November 12). What Are Network Effects?: HBS Online. Business Insights – Blog. https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/what-are-network-effects.Forum Post 2:Good Afternoon Class,1. E-Waste or “electronic waste” can be described as any electronic device that has come to the end of its useful life. Electronics such as TV’s, VCR’s, cell phones, or iPads all have a life span, and when that time comes, they are refurbished or recycled. The most dangerous thing about e-waste is the material electronics are made of. For example, most electronics contain chemicals such as lead, mercury, beryllium, and brominated flame retardants. If these are not disposed of properly, those chemicals could become an environmental hazard. According to our lesson, E-waste recycling hasn’t yielded the results they hoped for because electronic waste is often shipped to other countries from the U.S. because we don’t have enough electronics recycler’s to address all of the e-waste. Predictably, the countries chosen are typically less developed, and less able to handle the problems associated to e-waste. 2. When looking at network effects I automatically think of “networking” in the sense of building my personal network and meeting new people. One website or platform I use for recruiting is social media i.e. Facebook and Instagram. Both are easy to use, and a lot of people already have accounts set up which makes it easy to connect with a large number of people in a short period of time. 3. An article titled “E-waste is the Toxic Legacy of our Digital Age” breaks down the numbers when it comes to electronics. According to the article, 1.5 billion new cell phones were made, while the average American keeps their phone for only 34 months before getting a new phone. They say only 20% actually gets collected properly leaving 80% to end up in landfills! One solution the article proposes, is making the products last longer. This would require people to fix and repair phones that stop working, which would actually create more jobs. I find it hard to argue that idea because it’s a logical choice that makes sense.URL: https://www.ifixit.com/Right-to-Repair/E-waste4. The information system I chose is My Navy Portal (MNP) and it makes a huge impact on my organization. MNP is used by virtually every person in the United States Navy at one point or another. It acts as a one stop shop and allows the user many different options that relate directly to their career. Obviously, it’s a positive impact to have such a platform, however the negative side is that it is government run which means it works about 75% of the time. From my experience, if MNP is down, there is no contingency plan other than stand-by to stand-by and check again tomorrow.