List three types of technical information sources that an IS professional might use when researching a new storage technology and selecting specific products that incorporate that technology. Which information source types are most likely to provide unbiased information? Why?


Possible information sources include vendor and manufacturer Web sites, technology-oriented publications and Web sites, and professional society Web sites. Professional society Web sites provide the most unbiased information because those societies are typically non-profit organizations with a mission to serve the best interests of their members. Other information sources have higher bias potential because they are operated by for-profit companies with a specific interesting in selling their own products or those of their sponsors and customers.

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