Automating the car dealership experience in the modern world

You have been asked by the executive committee of your company to research a technology that addresses a specific business issue within your company and to write a report on the technology solution for the executive management team, giving the strategic implications of the information technology solution on your business for the next three years.  The executive committee has identified a number of potential research topics (not intended to be all inclusive) that include:

• The Internet
  • E-Business
  • Extranets
  • E-commerce
  • Web Site Development
  • Webmasters
  • Social Networking
• IS Management
  • Outsourcing
  • Reengineering
  • Downsizing
  • Value Chains
  • Systems Integrators
• Corporate Applications
  • Executive Support Systems
  • Expert Systems and Intelligent Techniques
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Transaction Processing Systems
  • Knowledge Management Systems
  • Group Collaboration Systems
  • Intranets
• Telecommunications and Networks
  • Client/Server Processing
  • Local Area Networks
  • Teleconferencing and Videoconferencing
  • Internet2
  • Internet Search Engines
  • Wireless Applications
  • Virtual Private Networks
• IS Acquisitions
  • Cost Justification
  • Systems Development Life Cycle
  • Prototyping
  • Weighted Criteria Analysis
• Companies
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • Oracle-People Soft
  • Google
  • SAP AG
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
• Miscellaneous
  • Computer Ethics
  • Virtual Reality
  • Multimedia
  • Telecommuting
  • Data Security
  • International Issues
  • Computer Based Learning
• Technology
  • Multicore processors
  • Virtualization
  • Wireless Handhelds
  • On-Demand Computing
  • Open Source Software
  • Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture

• End User Software/Applications
  • Databases
  • Data Mining
  • Enterprise Applications
  • Project Management

Requirements

• From one major area pick at least one topic and write your report following this general outline:

1. Abstract
2. Purpose of the Report
3. Background of the Company
4. Discussion of Current Business Issues
5. Research Findings on the Topic
6. Recommendations for the Executive Management Team
7. Attachments
8. Bibliography
9. Other back material as needed, detailed tables, extended quotations from which shorter quotes are taken, etc.