Here are the key terms from the chapter. The page where each term is first explained is in...

Here are the key terms from the chapter. The page where each term is first explained is in parentheses after the term.

1. Cloud computing

2. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

3. Outsourcing

4. Request for proposal (RFP)

5. Reuse

Match each of the key terms above with the definition that best fits it.

1. The practice of turning over responsibility of some or all of an organization’s information systems applications and operations to an outside firm.

2. A system that integrates individual traditional business functions into a series of modules so that a single transaction occurs seamlessly within a single information system rather than several separate systems.

3. A document provided to vendors to ask them to propose hardware and system software that will meet the requirements of your new system.

4. The use of previously written software resources, especially objects and components, in new applications.

5. The provision of computing resources over the Internet, so customers do not have to invest in the computing infrastructure needed to run and maintain the resources.