UNIT 29 D2 - Evaluate the risks involved in the installation or upgrade of software ad explain how the risks could be minimised
The installation or upgrade of software may become problematic if
instructions are not followed to the manual or the company that released the
software that wasn’t ready for the public.
In life risks can happen anywhere and with anything and with being that
there could be a potential risk with an installation of a new software or
upgrade may be shocking that it has the possibility of bring a company to a
standstill if they were affected by it. As a customer that brought the software
or upgrade, it would be up to them to be cautious of the potential risk that
they should do to avoid such risks affecting their system…
The most annoying thing that could happen after the installation, is the
possibility of data loss and this could happen quite frequently due to the fact
of bugs within the software and or it just not being compactible with the
computer system. The loss of data is a huge risk because either you a user
would have to recreate or locate the
files with sentimental value and if a user couldn’t they wouldn’t have access
to the files every again. A proposal would be to make backups of their
important files. With having a backup or
backups will secure the fate of the user if the software were to ruin their
system after the installation. Before
the internet was in everyday homes backups use to be saved on physical storage
devices, but nowadays it is possible to even save backups in the cloud; there
are services like google drive and SkyDrive that grants you access to store data
within the cloud servers to be able to be accessed anytime and anywhere though
an internet connection.
When a user first starts an installation of software, it can have
compatibility issues because computer systems are being updated regularly
improving how they work and adding a heavier work load to work on. As computers
are being able to be upgraded with faster processing speeds, amount of ram and
computers having better bench marks than ever before. Software companies have to keep up to scratch
with these improvements and use them to their advantage with their software to
make it run at its best, but on the other side of the stick there is the much
older systems that cannot run the software with ease which cause compatibility
issues which in turn means that not all systems benefit from the upgrade or
software. The annoyance of coming across Incompatibility issues is a big thing
but there are ways to avoid doing that, and the ways of this is simply before
purchasing is looking at the software requirements stating what hardware are
needed to allow the software to run smoothly. The basic needs of software would
be RAM, space and graphics. If a user or
a business waned to install some software that they had brought then realising
that their computer system couldn’t handle it then all they would have to do is
either grab the software equal or greater than the software requirements,
making their computer system up to date and more powerful without having to
fully change their systems. This method all saves money too…
Nowdays companies test out their software in a
very genius ways and one of these ways are to use the same type of computers to
test out how the computer works within the conditions given, seeing if it is up
to scratch with the software installed and to see if any faults arise. How this
works on these test computers is by emulating the companies’ computers from
specs, performance and the data on them and then start the testing to see on how the computer reacts from all the stress given. It is very
beneficial to have a test computer as it doesn’t affect other computers in the
company and it gives a good understanding on if the software is good enough for
company use…..
When it comes to installing software or an upgrade it is advised that
everyone should always take precautions because some software claim to be
something that they are not and these types of software normally have a virus
within them to attack a user’s computer to steal their personal information.
The people behind this will advertise their product in a way to lure in people
with tricks of pricing and over exciting the product with so many features
within the product and once it’s been downloaded then the user will go through
allot of stress. The tips to take to lower the risk of this happening would be
to go to established websites with names that are known to the world with the
ability to be able to contact the company, making sure the software is legit,
downloading the original software and not any cheap cracked ones and if you are
not able to get the software needed from a known site then the best thing to do
would be to always read comments, ratings and responses from other people who
has downloaded the same software you want to download also. You would normally
see comments stating weather the software is good or if it has a virus within
it. The comments will give the user an idea to decide if they want to download
the software themselves or not…..
It is important to have security software that should be installed on a
computer system or server so it is able to protect computers it is connected
to. When it comes to updates for security software sometimes the updates come
with security flaws and with these updates a good hacker will be able to
exploit this to their advantage and simple gain access to whatever they please.
If a company were to include Antivirus software then they will be able to add
another layer of protection because the software will fight against these
threats or even stop them from coming in, with the ability of added firewall
and being able to scan files that enter the system. With the ability to update
the virus data base files which in turn means that it will always be ready to
fight new threats making the company better off….
If a completely new software were to come out with a totally new
interface, and the company is will to take to software on then the company will
set up an “end of user training program” which means that they will take the
time to set up classes to teach the employees on how to use the new software so
the employees’ will be able to familiarise themselves with it so they will know
how to use the software to its full potential and this improves the work rate
and quality. On the down side to this it takes time and money to do but would
be seen more as an investment to the company then a loss as they would increase
profits at a later date….
The installation of a new software or upgrade will take time to do. For
a flawless installation a computer system should not be in use other than the
fact of the installation taking place as this would achieve a near perfect
instalment and it will also be quick and efficient. On comparison this would be allot similar to
an update but if the update size of the file is big then it will take more time
to download and install. You will be left with a huge paper weight while the
computer is running the process of the updating instalment, so not productivity
will be possible. Lessens the risk of an instalment from becoming a failure or
software becoming corrupted, time should be allocated a time when the system
isn’t in use. Time should be allocated
when most of the company’s employees are at home to give time for the computer
to install the software or upgrade needed and lessens the likely hood of
mistakes.
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