Objectives of knowledge management

Questions
1 
For the different alternatives facing a technical manager below, assess:
(a)
Which is most popular (research figures).
(b)
The benefits and disadvantages of the Microsoft solution against the alternatives.
2 
Make recommendations, with justifications, of which you would choose for a small– 
medium or large organisation.
A
Operating system: Microsoft/Windows XP/Server or Linux ( 
open- 
source) for 
server and desktop clients.
B
Browser: Internet Explorer browser or rivals such as Mozilla Firefox or Google 
Chrome which is part based on open- source.
C
Programming language for dynamic e-commerce applications: Microsoft.Net or 
independent languages/solutions such as the LAMP combination (Linux operating 
system, Apache server software plus the MySQL open- source database and 
scripting languages such as PHP, Perl or Python).
Answers to activities can be found at
www.pearsoned.co.uk/chaffey
Case Study 3.1
Innovation at Google
Context
In addition to being the largest search engine on Earth, 
mediating the searches of tens of billions of searches 
daily, Google is a great example of continuous inno-
vation in its digital services. All involved in managing 
digital business should follow Google to see the latest 
approaches its trialling.