Operating System Case Studies Samples For Students

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 ...

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 ...

An operating systems are is the software that serves as the mediator between the user's hardware and the applications he uses. It is responsible for controlling the hardware resources like the memory, the processors and the storage space available. It serves as the coordinator of all the activities done by the computer. If an airport can't function without an airport traffic controller, a computer will not be able to deliver unless an operating system is installed and functioning. An operating system can either come with a new computer unit purchased or it can be bought separately. After bootup, you usually see ...

Web Server Hardware and Software

Question 1
Open-source software encompasses a myriad of benefits, which make it the preferable option. Open-source software is quite cheap since they do not involve any licensing costs compared to their commercial equivalents, which are relatively expensive. Agencies can utilize free software versions to develop projects without having to experience protracted acquisitions cycles inherent in commercial software (Tanenbaum, 2007). This economical acquisition, as well as deployment models, will enable government agencies to determine their innovations and customization budgets. In addition, open-source systems allow for flexibility in terms of adapting the software for various solutions. This is because open-source architecture ...

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 ...

- Hardware specification for server and client’s compatibility
The hardware requirements specification for server and client’s compatibility will involve network adaptor which consists of hardware and software that allows communication between interface and physical network as well as operating system to communicate with the interface. PCMI card, USB or Serial devices are some of the hardware choices. The firmware and operating system driver will be needed to run card and enhance communication with the device respectively.(Wepman,2014).For 100 clients(fewer than 250 users) in this case,1 single core CPU(2.13 GHz),2Gb of ...

INTERNET SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Managing users in a domain based network begins right from the pre-installation procedures through implementation and to post –installation of a network. It is one of the most critical tasks that a system administrator takes into consideration as it holds the key to a secure system.
In pre-installation techniques, the organizational policies are taken into consideration so as to clearly define the roles of users of the network. Organizational policies determine the authority of each person as well as the access levels they are to be allocated in the network. Greeeitng.com is using a system where the customers who are remotely connected to ...

What do we know about Apple? First of all, we should admit the fact that nowadays Apple is one of the largest and well-known corporations, which deals with the production of personal and tablet computers, software, phones and media players. Apple is deservedly recognized as the most valuable brand in the world. In 2011, this brand has become a leader in the ranking of Millward Brown’s International Research Center. The company’s innovative technology and the exclusive design of the products created a unique reputation among the consumers. Apple's products are recognized all over the world.
In order to ...

Auditing Windows operating systems

Dalton, Walton, & Carlton, Inc. have a complex IT infrastructure that requires auditing to increase its security and efficiency. The first step I would take when auditing the company’s Windows Operating System is to obtain the system information and the service pack version and compare that information with the policy requirements. Policies are established to make the working environment more secure, manageable and auditable (Davis, Schiller & Wheeler, 2011). In case the Windows Operating System is not genuine I would install a genuine and validated version Windows Operating System version in order to increase security. This is because the company’ ...

In every economic undertaking, one has to consider the security perils associated with his undertaking before realizing the expected utility. Since information is a vital component that determines success of any economic activity, systems keeping, managing and disseminating such information have to be safeguarded in order to protect the information. During this process, several factors are considered:

The severity of the risk; the magnitude of the risks involved in managing and conserving the information determines the trade-off between taking cautious measures and ignoring. The cost incurred after cybercrime hacking, or phishing has taken place in a banking system is high compared ...

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 ...

Introduction

A database is defined as a repository or a collection of logically related facts and figures which are used for the information need of the organization. The meaning of logical is that the database cannot be changed by any user apart from the database administrator. It shows the immunity of the user to change the database. The management of the database is done by software known as the database management system. This kind of software controls the access of the database, changing of the attributes of the database, updating the database through the use of the data manipulation language (DML).
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Q11. List and discuss 5 areas where threats to data security may occur.

i. The operating system
Hackers may check whether a given operating system has its defult settings intact. Once they realise that the operator has not changed any of the settings, they will find it very easy to launch an attack. A hacker may therefore use the vulnerable OS to transmit sensitive data to some third parties or perform some functions in the system that can easily compromise the security of the data.
ii. Web server
They are responsible for running services that gather user requests and then respond to the requests which are made by users through ...

Abstract

Most organizations and businesses have reported a loss of billions of money while others have become bankrupt leading to closure. Security breaches have propagated most of these events due to the kind of technology implemented. Mobile devices and Internet connections have been on top of the list. As technology keeps on evolving, different convenient methods of communication and accessing information keeps on improving. This evolution leads to new cybercrime activities which have posed to be a significant threat to financial growth in different economic sectors. However, there have been the implementation of new methods to curb the security breaches ...

1-Strategic rationale: what are the primary reasons for the acquisition?

In September 2013, Microsoft acquired Nokia at a cost of $7 billion in a bid to strengthen its (Microsoft) position as one of the leading players in the mobile universe. The strategic rationale was in response to the fierce competition in the industry. Microsoft desires to enhance its market competitiveness. Before the partnership with Nokia, Microsoft was virtually irrelevant in the mobile market but its acquisition of Nokia has enabled the company makes inroads in the lucrative smartphone industry. Nokia smartphones run on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. Sale of Nokia smartphones has gradually increased, and Microsoft would benefit ...

Introduction: Issue Identification

The mobile phone business sector is one of the fastest growing industries not only in the United States but in the rest of the world. Industry experts have previously released reports suggesting that the industry grew by at least 7.3 percent in the year 2013 , which was actually a sharp rebound from the mediocre growth rate the mobile phone market industry got a year before. The market growth rate in 2012 was 1.2%. Some of the most prominent names in the said industry are Samsung Electronics, Apple, Sony Electronics, Lenovo, and Blackberry, just to name a few. The two biggest players are ...

Question 1

Computers have been embraced by most people due to their benefits like speed of work, a complex storage area hence space saving, and the accuracy of the data and information. Nevertheless, laptops are prone to some failures which can have adverse effects on the organizations and individuals who solely rely on it (Liu, Ashok 165). The failure mode of laptops and the effects they have are all diverse in nature since they are different and affect different soft wares and hard wares in the laptop.

Failure mode

The power supply failure is the most common modes of failures in laptops especially if ...

Compare the business models and areas of strength of Apple, google and Microsoft?

Microsoft, apple and google are the three major companies with major stakes in the mobile services, computers and the internet services all over the world. The three are prime competitors with each trying to get a lion’s share of the market niches. However they are all known to prevail in an area respectively.
Microsoft dominates the computer and PC field, the company has developed the best operating systems, and computer application programs. For a long time now, Microsoft has been the leading supplier and developer of user friendly Windows operating system and the reliable and easy to use Microsoft ...

How Samsung Has Moved From Being a Copy Cat to a Leading Brand

Undoubtedly, Samsung’s journey from the position it was in the 1970’s to where it is today, is one of the biggest success stories of all time. The organization, which is currently the biggest exporter in Korea, recently overtook Apple Inc as the most profitable company in the Smartphone industry. The main force behind Samsung transformation from copycat to brand name is continuous improvement through a management method referred to as kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese term, which literally means, change for the better. Notably, the organization has continuously changed in all aspect, most significantly in management. In the 1990s, ...

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, ...

Apple is a multinational company that is headquartered in the Californian State of the United States of America. The company mainly develops, sells and designs the major apple consumer electronics. The company also develops consumer hardware and software. Among her hardware products include; iPad tablets, iPhone smart phones, iPod media player (portable) introduced in the year 2001, Apple smart watches, Mac personal computers, Apple digital televisions and Mac personal computers. The company has also increased its online services that suite productivity and creativity. Subsequently, the apples consumers’ software’s have been developed to meet customers’ needs and satisfaction. This ...

Introduction

Apple Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Cupertino, California, and was founded in the year 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company produces hardware and software products including smartphones, personal computers, tablet computers, media players, iCloud and iOS operating systems. The current paper is aimed to enlighten the SWOT analysis of the company in order to incorporate the self-assessment to fit within the organization.

Strengths

According to Forbes (2016), Apple has the highest brand value of $145.3 billion, due to which it is the most recognized brand in the world. Apple Inc. has the competitive ...

Liferay Development Model vs Closed Source Development Model

Liferay uses an open source development model. Open source refers to software for which the source code is available freely over the internet from the original developers of the software (Niu, 2016). Android operating system is one of the most popular example of open source software. On the other hand, closed and commercial software is usually closely protected by the company that developed the software, using proprietary license agreements. For example, Microsoft windows is a closed source software protected by a license of Microsoft. Other users cannot use the source code of the software and develop variations of Windows ( ...

The purpose of this report was to analyse and identify the key strategic issues that were important to develop a new market strategy for Nokia. Although Nokia is doing well in its low cost mobile segment market, and is still second behind Samsung in the overall sales, the real problem lies in the smartphone category. Nokia has lost its market share to the likes of Samsung and Apple in the most competitive smartphone category.
1. Some of the internal issues that the company needs to address were: Its inability to break into the US market, that is considered to ...

Google is a result of collaborative efforts of Sergey Brian and Larry Page; they were the students of PhD at the Stanford University. This bright idea hit them during the education, to develop a worldwide search engine, which could be used and deployed worldwide. The page ranking algorithm developed by Brian and Larry was rated as the most intelligent software as it could cater any content throughout web and could tell the importance of the pages as well. The mechanism deployed behind the Google search engine was that it uses page ranking algorithm in connection with back-linking of data. Also, the ...

Company profile

In 1989, Clarion School was founded by investors from Chicago local area, mainly to help children. They were interested in giving help to young men who are wayward in seeking motivation, direction, and become productive society members. In 1993, Milwaukee Division was opened and therefore were the second oldest in the Clarion system School. It was classified as a private school, profit facility for residential treatment for delinquent boys of age between 10 and 18. Clarion Milwaukee in 1999 set themselves apart from the competitors by emphasizing information technology use in conjunction with its staff that considered communication with one ...

Undeniably, Black berry is of the well-known companies in the whole world. It is well known for the great products that it produces to the market. This organization has been able to go through various stages of a normal company life cycle. However, the company has always been willing to rise up, and continue or even where necessary, to restart the life cycle stages. Many organizations have to go through a life cycles that are similar to the life cycle of blackberry. Several factors influence the longevity that is related to a given life cycle. These are saturation composition, as well as, ...

Data is an asset for a person. It contains useful information personal information (Bashaand & Ameen, 2012). So, risk management of data is very important and is an audit of the computer in order to access the discovered vulnerabilities and to take steps for managing loss. As far as asset identification of my personal computer is concerned, the assets comprise of personal computer hardware, operating system, the software, data that I have created, and accessed networks.
My personal computer hardware is identified by the manufacturer, type, model, location, serial number, computer address i.e., Internet protocol, media access control etc and ...

Chapter 8, pg. 306: Stuxnet and the Changing Face of Cyberwarfare

In the past, cyber crime only dominated the domain of fiction writers. However, cyber warfare as emerged as a daunting and unique problem for every internet security expert, not only in detecting and preventing intrusions but also in tracking cyber criminals and prosecuting them. The most prominent problems include for example, American and Israel hackers used cyber warfare to interfere with the operations of Iran’s nuclear plan, by causing malfunction in one device controlling the nuclear plant. The problem will become worse for countries with advanced technologies such as the U.S., which rely on an electronic banking system and ...

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Abstract

Strategic Management is a function of control, extended to long-term goals and actions of the company. Strategy Formulation (modus operandi) and its precise tools are the core of governance and an important sign of good management of the company.
Strategic management is a development and implementation of actions leading to long-term excess of the level of effectiveness of the company above the competition.

Strategy - the image of organizational actions and management approaches used to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

The five elements of the strategy (H. Mintzberg)
strategy as a plan;
strategy as the position;
strategy as a method;
strategy as a pattern of action;
strategy as a ...

The evolution of computer can be described as a drastic changing technology over the years. The technology has evolved from the use of main frame analog computers to personal computers mostly known as PCs and notebook computers. This change has however been silenced with the introduction of the tablets and convertibles in the computer industry which is currently dominating the modern computer market, thanks to the apple innovations on this computer industry. This paper addresses some of the factors that have made the tablet and hybrids convertibles have a great dominance in the PC industry hence replacing the sales and use ...

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’ ...

1. Discuss competition in the search industry. Which of the five competitive forces seem strongest? Weakest? What is your assessment of overall industry attractiveness?
The assessment of the search industry attractiveness can be done using the Porter’s Five Forces analysis. The framework was developed in 1979 by Michael Porter in his article “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy”. It suggests that the competitiveness of an industry is shaped through five forces that are exerted by the main players in the market: customers, suppliers, competitors, new entrants and substitutes. In more recent versions of the framework it is also ...

Operational activities are critical component of businesses and organisations. Business ventures are started to provide services and products to clients. The operation is concerned with transformation of available resources into outputs which include products and services. Therefore, the management of company operations is crucial. The operation management involves planning designing, and monitoring the production process and improving systems and structures for purposes of achieving high efficiency. This requires a strategy which outlines how an operational objective is to be achieved. This essay uses Apple Inc to illustrate the concept of strategic operation management. It examines the company critical components of ...

Introduction

Apple is a US company whose business is the design, development and marketing of personal computers, portable digital music players, media devices, cellular phones and other personal electronic devices. Apple also develops and markets software, software services, networking services and solutions, peripheral equipment, and internet applications. The company is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and is poised to become the first trillion dollar company of the world. The Apple brand is so strong that it already commands a very strong brand premium. The base customers of Apple’s products span the entire world, across all demographics. Apple’s products ...

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Microsoft Corporation: External Analysis
Introduction
External analysis is an important part of the strategy planning. It provides valuable inputs for the formulation of business strategy of an organisation. The external analysis, primarily, constitutes of two parts: analysis of broader macro-economic factors and analysis of the industry that the company operates in. The objective of the paper is to conduct external analysis of Microsoft to identify the major outside threats and external opportunities for the company. The paper is divided into four parts. In the first part, a scan of macroeconomic environment of the company is conducted. The second ...

The following strategic management paper is about one of the largest organizations in the world, Google Corporation. Google Corporation was founded by Larry Page and Sergy Brin in the year 1998, and it is centred in 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain California (Manjoo, 2011). Being an international organization involved in technology, Google has been providing internet-related services over the years. The most commendable developments have been seen in its enhanced internet search, advertising technologies and cloud computing services. With the rapid technologies in the current world, Google has managed to improve on its products and services, while introducing new technological ...

Discussion

One of the sustainability efforts by Microsoft is using information technology to improve energy efficiency. Microsoft is empowering people and organizations on how to use software to assist in increasing energy efficiency and hasten innovation and the use of clean energy resources. Microsoft is especially focused in upgrading energy efficiency of information technology. This is through working in collaboration with customers and other players in ensuring that there is increased energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy. Additionally, Microsoft is developing new products and services that will aid in solving environmental problems. The company is focusing on developing ...

Computer security involves a conscious effort to preventing and detecting use of one’s computer without their permission. The issue of security on home personal computers would not be much of a challenge if each individual were to be isolated and not connected to any form of a network where there other computer like the internet. In light of this, every home computer owner with a connection to a network needs to take precautions to protect their computers from some not so obvious security threats.
There are several methods that attackers use to access information on personal home computers. Some are so sophisticated ...

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 ...

Eric Schmidt, the current Executive Chairman of internet giant Google said that today’s technological landscape is being ruled by the four horsemen, that being Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. These four companies are growing at unprecedented levels, sometimes competing and sometimes cooperating with each other, in different and distinct platforms. Google corners the search engine field, Facebook the social identity field, Apple the technical consumer hardware field and Amazon the e-commerce field.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ code AMZN) is a global internet company that was launched in 1994. Company headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington although it has global operations ...