Computer Information Technology Part-7

As per the question period, the correctly matched lists are as follows:

Parag Agarwal was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. (now X Corp.) from November 2021 to October 2022. He was fired on 27 October 2022, following Elon Musk's purchase of the company. At present, Linda Yaccarino is the CEO of X Corp.

Among the given options, ability to operate 24 × 7 is an advantage of E-Commerce. Extensive reach, ability to personalize the shopping experience and lower operational costs are some other advantages of E-Commerce.

India's largest E-commerce company is M-Junction which is run by its CEO & MID Viresh Oberoi. It is also largest online steel marketplace in the world. M-Junction is a joint venture(50:50) formed by SAIL and Tata Steel. In 2014-15,the Kolkata- based company's transaction value was more than Rs. 3,50,000 crores up to December, 2015. M-Junction mentioned itself as biggest E-commerce company on its website. Flipkart has mentioned itself as leading E-commerce company, not the biggest E-commerce company. U.P.P.S.C.had mentioned Flipkart as the correct answer in its answer key. Thus, that answer is modifiable.

Flipkart, Alibaba and Amazon are all examples of business- to-consumer (B2C) E-commerce businesses. They are primarily B2C (business-to-consumer) companies, as they directly sells products and services to individual consumers. However, they also operate as B2B2C (business-to-business- to-consumer) companies to some extent, as they allow third- party sellers to use their platform to reach consumers. Among these companies, Alibaba provides B2C as well as B2B (business-to-business) and C2C (consumer-to-consumer) services. MPPSC has given both options (c) and (d) as correct answer in its final answer key.

MP Online is an authorized portal of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, through which services of various government departments are being developed and provided online to citizens. As a part of its e-Governance initiative, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has launched this online citizen services portal. The portal was developed by MP Online Limited, a joint venture between Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSEDC, Government of Madhya Pradesh) and TATA Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) that is mandated with delivering G2C and B2C services to the common man via its portal. MP Tenders, GeM and MP LUN are Government's E-Procurement portals.

Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the internet. It refers to the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. These services are divided into three main categories or types of cloud computing: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).

Software as a service (SaaS) is a method of software delivery that allows data to be accessed from any device (including mobile devices) with an internet connection and a web browser. In this web-based model, software vendors host and maintain the servers, databases, and the code that makes up an application. SaaS allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the internet. SaaS buyers can customize the user interface (UI) to change the look and feel of the program, as well as modify specific areas such as data fields to control what data appears. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365). If a user has used a web-based email service such as Outlook, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail, then they have already used a form of SaaS. With these services, users log into their accounts over the internet, often from a web browser. The email software is located on the service provider's network, and their messages are stored there as well. They can access their email and stored messages from a web browser on any computer or internet-connected device.

SkyDrive is a personal cloud storage service from Microsoft that enables customers to store, synchronize, and access their files across Windows PC, macOS X computers, and laptops as well as mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, including Windows Phone 7 and 8 devices and Apple iOS-powered iPhones and iPads. SkyDrive has been changed to OneDrive now.

Among the given options, Cortesa is not an example of Virtual Assistant. Alexa (developed by Amazon), Cortana (developed by Microsoft), and Siri (developed by Apple) are examples of Virtual Assistants.

'Project Loon' is a research and development project being developed by Google X with the mission of providing internet access to rural and remote areas. The project uses high-altitude balloons placed in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 18 km to create an aerial wireless network.