Desktop Case Studies Samples For Students

Ubuntu 15.04 Linux Implementation Proposal.

Introduction:

HACKD, LLC’s move to launch a new research and development group christened, CWE is a welcome move for the organization to streamline research operations, and to develop innovative products and services. The proposed CWE group systems are expected to run on the Ubuntu Linux 15.04 operating system that will access and share resources with the Microsoft Active Directory (AD) domain at HACKD, LLC. The AD domain comprises several servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 providing various services such as DHCP, DNS, file sharing, Microsoft Active Directory, printing and web services. HACKD, LLC also has a mix ...

Objectives and Metrics

This is a go-to-market plan for Getronics’ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), which seeks to meet the following key objectives.
- Establish Getronics brand as leading provider of innovative and differentiated products in the industry, effectively shedding the “me too” image in the first year of operation.
- Ensure that the VDI product breaks even during the first six months after its launch
- Achieve at least $50 million in the initial three months of operation (Yip & Hult, 2011)
- Achieve a 4% market share of the UK market’s virtual hosted desktops by the close of the ...

Introduction

The network administrator has given instructions that there is a port no. 25rc1 from which a user has raised a ticket, complaining about the slow down of a machine and there is a certain message which is being received that highlights some issue with the hard disk. This case study is about the solution provided to the user and the steps taken to analyze the complaint and the necessary steps followed during the eradication of the issue.
During the analysis of the problem it was observed that this machine has windows XP installed and has proportional other hardware which includes a Pentium IV, Celeron ...

Q1 four main products of Google

The four main products of Google are desktop products, mobile products, web products and hardware products. Desktop products from Google include stand alone and desktop extensions. Google chrome which a s web browser, the application that allows users to use satellite in virtual viewing of the earth through imagery and photography Google Earth and the video hosting site YouTube are some of the stand alone products from Google. Google toolbar such as browser toolbar is an extension of the Google desktop products. Mobile products are all the mobile applications that are supported by Google. The product that is available for ...

Background

The major responsibilities of the position of Senior IT Specialist & Systems Analyst at Upton, Martin Ulysses, & Clapper (UMUC) explicitly incorporate duties of determining market tendencies and new technological streams of advancements, specifying resources required for comprehensive computation power of the work stations to provide users with comfortable work environment, advocate and consult management of the company on the contemporary state of the equipment, support users of the machines and any other firm’s technological assets with corresponding services, contribute to company’s IT improvement and evolution.
UMUC possesses a set of specific fields of activity, including, but not restricted ...

Introduction

Citrix Systems Inc. is a world market leader in networking, virtualization, and creation of cloud computing infrastructure that enables businesses and individuals to work efficiently. The company has been in operation since 1989 and has excelled in creating technology solutions that help to build, manage, and secure virtual and mobile workspaces. The company creates mobile and computer applications, networks, and data services that can be used on any device, network, or cloud.
Over twenty-five years, Citrix has actively pursued a vision of enabling consumers of information technology to live and work in a way that suits their specific needs. Thanks to ...

Quintiles is a Pharmaceutical company. It is the largest biopharmaceutical development service provider with over 30 years’ experience in the industry. Its global headquarters is located in Durham, North Carolina in The United States of America. It has a global footprint with 110 sites spread across 62 countries. Being the largest biopharmaceutical development service provider, quintiles employs approximately 27000 employees. The company also majors in commercial outsourcing services such as overseeing clinical, consulting, commercial and capital services around the globe. Quintiles prides itself in either developing or marketing all of the top 50 best-selling drugs currently in the market.
During ...

1. In a monopolistic market one single company detains market control, being the single seller, hence having the benefit of setting the prices, while in a perfect competition there are more companies activating on that market, selling their products, without any control over the market (Tisdell & Hartley, 2008). Considering this aspect, Microsoft Vista operating system is the most efficient arrangement possible for Microsoft. The companies that are integrating Vista as the operating system in the computers that they produce (such as Hawlett Packard or Dell, as they appear in Allison and Nuttall’s (2007) article) are controlled by Microsoft, as there ...

Getronics is the biggest ICT service vendor in the Benelux region and one of the biggest in the world. It is based in the Netherlands specializing in technology services including connectivity applications and services, workspace management services, consultancy services, and datacenter advancement and management. This study aims at developing a go-to-market plan for Getronics new product, the Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). It will also include a value proposition, media mix, and an implementation plan.

The Problem

Getronics has been performing poorly in the recent due to the lack of undifferentiated service offerings in the aggressively competitive IT market. This situation made it difficult ...

I have recently been told that you are planning to buy a computer to ensure better communication with your near and dear ones. There are some important things one should be aware of, before buying a computer. A good machine with up to date and latest configuration can be of numerous uses. I am told that you are a retired teacher and have taken up various leisure learning programs in recent past and hence the selection of a good computer is all the more important for you. Apart from your prime purpose of maintaining better communication with others, you can use for reading, ...

Introduction

Amazon is the most important retail website in the occidental hemisphere and second in the world on the websites of the Alibaba Group. Amazon since 1995 has been an innovative company thanks to the entrepreneurship of Jeff Bezos since the foundation of the company. The first innovation was to offer music CD and books with an extensive catalog of more than one million titles with an affordable shipping cost. The company in all its life has increased its inventory in categories and items quantity.
The company, compared with Apple is not a pioneer in technology; but it is a ...

Introduction

Midwest Office Products (MOP) is a regional distributor of office supplies and to institutions and commercial business organizations. MOP is known for its excellent customer service and responsiveness. MOP Management is concerned because the company just experienced its first loss in history, despite increased sales from the prior year. The company looked at its costs and the activities relevant to its business. The task is to develop a cost accounting system that will accurately reflect the relevant costs of MOP per order with respect to the number and types of activities, processes or transactions that transpire.

Answers to Questions

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Introduction

This is a case of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and how they were able to face an extremely problematic situation during the tenure of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Sanders. What makes AMD’s case worth discussing is the fact that the management problem that it faced was one of the most damaging ones. It was able to put up a good fight in the semiconductors and CPU industry against the toughest player in the room, Intel Corporation. However, it merely lacked the consistency and technological edge needed to bring it down .

Major Characters

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It is undeniable that modern innovations have catalysed our way of living. As technologies get better, we have difficulties in choosing which brands to trust and gadgets to buy. In the world of computers, the two main contenders are the laptop and tablet.
Some of us may still have that good ol’ desktop computer sitting in our homes. During the advent of laptops, we were amazed that computers can really be that handy. Smartphones also paved the way for better communications since the appearance of generic cellular phones by adding productivity applications, camera, music player, ...

Management Information System

Management Information Systems

- Accelerator titanium as an enterprise platform for developing applications running in mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers makes it easier to create these applications by using a single software code base. This subsequently speeds up the process of developing applications as it is not only easy but also fast to do so. The titanium framework also allows the development of native applications for apple and android devices by using a single code base for software development (Allen, 2010).

- It is important for titanium to be an open source tool to enable development of different ...

Abstract

Visual programming is used to develop exceptional quality software and products. These are used at institutions, departments, private organizations for developing database, handling and managing various tasks. The software developed using .NET programming, advanced windows forms and classes, is implemented and tested by engineers to protect and validate the project so as to make software able to be deployed and contribute functions. The software project functional and non functional requirements are depicted by use case and class diagrams. While the software code of the project is tested for correct functioning. Later the deployment is possible with ensuring ...

Based on the three customer personas, which customer segment should Ontela target?

The company should concentrate its energy on the promotion of application to persona 1 (Sarah, the Parent). First of all, the segment of parents after 40 years is quite wide. Also, due to constant workload with home staff, this category of customers doesn’t have time for understanding every know-how. However, parents always want to see children’s development, and memories are very important for them. Unfortunately, there is no never-ending memory on devices, so to store photos, which size is quite volume, makes it problematic to take new ones before transfer them to bigger space. The category of ...

Widget Wonders is a worldwide leader in widgets. Worldwide leader is building a state-of-the-art facility to manufacture and distribute the next generation of widgets. Widget Wonders is going to create a manufacturing and distribution center in the United States. A few departments were created, having its personal task and aims to achieve. Departments are going to have limited personnel, consisting of well-quailified specialists. This is the list of the departments: Sale, Manufacturing, Inventory Control, Research and development, MIS. Widget Wonders utilizes new technology in their operations while keeping an eye on the budget. The widget industry is very competitive, and company assets ...

The release of the various new versions of operating systems has brought about the increased competition within industries and companies due to the use of new and improvised operating systems in the companies to facilitate the working progress. The various famous operating systems are inclusive of the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Linux OS and the Mac OS. The problem statement in this case scenario is the need for upgrading the operating systems on the 5000 computers in the Soap-n-Suds international soap manufacturing company.
Prior to the installment of a specified operating system, there is the need for comparison ...

The upgrade of the school server needed to be done to improve on security and the server space. The project was to last for a period of one month. Presentation to the members had to be made on the importance of carrying out an upgrade. The proposal was either to be done using power point or prezi presentation software. The presentation was to include video of how the server looks and at the same time figures on cost of acquiring the server. The video presentation was to be shared among all members of the panel so that they would make ...

Institutional

Differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 Paradigms
Web 2.0 is a program with many advantages. It enjoys collective intelligence; it has a beta and long tail. The essence of the software as a service and is rich in client performance. The web designs of the two versions differ. Whereas web 1.0 has double click, mp3.com, screen scraping, page views and personal websites features the web2.0 has features like Google Ad sense, Wikipedia, wikis, syndication, tagging, blogging and napster features.
The web 2.0 posses’ gravitational core while web 1.oo posses’ hard boundary. This is a very distinct difference between the two ...

1. Explain Apple's business and IT strategy. What, in specific, aspect in the strategy you believe boosted Apple? Illustrate
Apple’s business and IT strategy have been influenced largely by the distinct design of its products. The former CEO introduced a new way of designing their products to meet the lifestyle and different cultures of individuals. For instance, the design of its iMac in 1998, involved colorful translucent cases that had a discrete eggshell design (Yoffie, 2010). Compared to its previous personal computer products, the iMac also supported plug and play features such as printers, which assisted in boosting Apple’ ...

Although most of the systems these days are multi-utility and can be used for various purposes however in order to obtain optimum performance, it is always recommended to choose the configuration of a desktop computer in such a manner that it is specifically assembled to cater according to the customized requirements. In this paper, we will look at the various configurations of systems on the basis of specific requirements provided for the procurement of desktop computer systems within a specified budget of $ 2000.
The first system, which is being prepared, is for the purpose of extensive gaming and entertainment; therefore it ...