Essays on Dell

Foundation Course – Fundamentals of Networking

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Contents2

Introduction..3

Pricing4

Discussion of Design Considerations5
VLANs 6
Protocols Involved in Constructing a VLAN Based Switched Network7
Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).8
Classless Sub-Netting.9
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)9
Router on a Stick.9
Network Diagram for the Gaming Competition10
Three Layer Hierarchical Model11
Bandwidth Requirements for a Gaming Network..11
Conclusion12

References13

Introduction
This paper includes the monetary quotation that will require to setup a network for playing Online and LAN games. All the state of the art technology used in the gaming industry is present in the quotes at the current market price. This Continue reading...

Thesis

This paper is on Evaluation of Acer resources, cost positions and competitiveness. The first section of this paper is on the present state of the firm. The second section of this paper will discuss the important resources and capabilities of Acer. The third section is on the power of Acer’s resources and capabilities. The next section will discuss the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats posed to Acer. Final section of this paper is on the future of Acer.

Evaluating Acer

Acer is the one of the largest PC manufacturing company in the world with significant growth in emerging markets. Although, Continue reading...

Executive Summary

This report shows the purported business plan of Nerd Patrol, a partnership business formed by three friends- John, Mary and Nabil. The business will be on hardware and software services, debugging, networking and franchise sales. The strategy to be adopted by the company would be using innovativeness in creating top quality for clients. Financial discipline would be adhered to. The long term goal of the business is to grow and start manufacturing innovative hardware components and software programming. Each role of active and passive managers is spelt out in this report. Employees would constitute of four units – computer engineers, Continue reading...

This case deals with the story of Apple Inc. in 2010. In spite of the great recession that had hit the United States in 2008, Apple Inc. had celebrated the record quarterly revenues and sales of its computer, smartphones and tablets during the third quarter of 2010. The company’s quarterly revenues of $15.7 billion were its highest ever quarterly sales figure. Apple had sold 3.47 million Macs, 3.3 million iPads and 8.4 million iPhones during the quarter (Marino,L. & Gamble,J.2010. Apple Inc. in 2010. c153). Although the sales of its flagship iPod declined from the previous quarter, Continue reading...

Laptop Contrast Comparison Essay

In these times for those who are not submerged in technology matters, can result very difficultly to make the best decision when buying a new laptop. There are a lot of brands that manufacture laptops, different base software, and each manufacturer made different laptops, to cover different needs, and as it wasn’t enough around every 3 weeks a new laptop or upgrade comes up. This makes people to study very much at the time of getting a new laptop and analyzing what is the best option given the price in most times.
In the past two years a Continue reading...

Introduction

Dell Inc. is leading computer companies in the world. Michael Dell founded this computer company in 1984. The company develops, sell, and support a wide array of products in the computer industry. In the Fortune 500 list, Dell Inc. is at position 41 (Shetty, 2010). In the computing industry, Dell Inc. comes third after the giant Hewett Packard (HP) and Lenovo. The history of Dell’s computer company borders on the business model developed by this entrepreneur. For over 28 years the company has been operating, it has attracted the interest of considerable population of consumers across the globe. Continue reading...

SOCIAL MEDIA

The advent of social media as a medium for communication and interaction has in essence created a new space for businesses to target and tap in the consumers of their respective products and services in view of the availability of the consumers sans any clutter that is found on TV.
The social media has impacted a great deal on the lives of the people in view of the fact that it has altered lifestyles in terms of behavior with regards to taking in communication in terms of marketing and also purchasing online through social media (H. S. N. Al-Deen Continue reading...

Abstract

Does it pay to invest company’s time and resources in broadening its diversity, and in getting its employees to work together peacefully? The obvious answer to it would be a “yes”. This article studies the factors that give rise to diversity and how it can be used to an organisation’s advantage. It also answers some questions such as measuring the effectiveness of diversity training and other related initiatives. It tries to explain how a company can achieve long term success and productivity by applying diversity training in a cross cultural environment.
Key Words: Diversity Management, Cross Culture, Continue reading...

Introduction

Supply chain management is a term that is very common in many businesses enterprises. It is a term that has been subjected to a variety of definition but in its simplest form, supply chain management is a management philosophy whereby manufacturers or service providers utilize various integration and partnership efforts with suppliers to reduce the cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated logistics, supplier integration, integrated purchasing strategy, supply chain management, value chain management, Just-In –Time (JIT) logistics, supply chain synchronization and lean production are some terms that are often mentioned alongside supply chain management. Continue reading...

Summary of the Case Against Mr. Didid

This report is for the evidentiary file of Mr. Isure Didit. The five contraband images previously discovered on Mr. Didit’s laptop were matched by using hash values by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to those of known child pornographic images (previously tied to known underage victims) Because of this discovery, Mr. Didit’s company exercised its right to monitor employee activity at all times and to take company property back into its possession. Thus, we instigated an investigation into the contents of Mr. Didit’s office. In the office, the digital evidence was : Continue reading...

Dell is one of the largest companies in the computer and technology industry. It was established by Michael Dell, and currently it operates as a public limited company. According to a requirement by SECP (Securities and Exchange Commission) all companies including Dell have to file 10-K report at the end of every fiscal year. This reports contains financial records, and a statement regarding the internal controls are procedures that are present in the company.
There is an audit committee for the company that looks that all the legal and financial matters of the companies are in compliance with the Continue reading...

- Organizational Behavior.
- Introduction
- The aim of this project is to encounter the current issues of Dell company.
- in order to encounter the issues different case studies and research paper and books have been analyzed.
- Two topic that are focus of multiple organization have been chosen to discuss that are diversity and employee engagement.
- Description of problem
In order to apply the theories of organizational behavior Dell has been taken as targeted organization and current issues that have been recognized are as follow:
1. Diversity issues; company is facing age diversity issues that is ongoing Continue reading...

Supply Chain Management

In every business, there are some suppliers as well as some customers. For our suppliers we are customers and for our customers we are suppliers. Moreover, our suppliers also have suppliers and our customers have customers too. Therefore, the concept of supply chain management is to manage the coordination in flow of materials or service from our supplier's supplier to our customer's customer. The aim of supply chain management is to generate information from company's supply chain activities to gain competitive advantage by reducing cost and through increasing sales because of the customer satisfaction (Boyson, Harrington, & Corsi, 2004). With Continue reading...

Analysis of ‘This Lime-tree Bower my Prison’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The poem ‘This Lime-tree Bower my Prison’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge elucidates the complex joy of friendship and a man’s mystical union with the natural world. The poem is powered by an imaginative walk that allows the narrator to be a part of a journey that he could not physically make. Leaving the narrator home due to his injury, friends William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, and Thomas Poole go for a nature walk. The poem describes the scenes they might encounter in a walk taken without him. In this poem, imagination enables the narrator to embark on Continue reading...

Tiziano Vecellio native of Pieve di Cadore (1480/1485), but Venetian by choice, has reached precocious stardom when, little more than a adolescent, worked with Giorgione in the decoration of the facade of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. He soon became a painter sought by important personalities such as Francis I, Charles V, Philip II, the Duke of Mantua and Urbino, the Duke of Ferrara and Pope Paul III. His ongoing research and its persistent renew, certainly due to the strong consensus, to the honor and the celebrities, has kept his pictorial vein always fresh, almost inexhaustible. The development of his Continue reading...

SIX SIGMA

- Introduction:
Different scholars have presented several definitions of Six Sigma, so much discussion some time make the concept blur. Is the Six Sigma is utilized as a quality goal the in true mathematical terms the meaning of Six Sigma is to take the product close to the zero error, defect or mistake. Zero does not mean exact zero, but it represent 0.002 mistakes per million defects. This process is highly disciplined, which encourages and helps corporations to give their focus on manufacturing near-perfect services and products. Six Sigma is a statistical term through which organizations measure that how Continue reading...

Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Inventory refers to raw materials, finished goods and work-in-progress (WIP) that form part of a business’s assets which will be ready or are ready for sale. Inventory turnover is the primary revenue generation source, hence making inventory an important asset for most businesses. Holding large quantities of inventory is undesirable for most businesses since the holding costs are high. The holding costs of inventory include storage costs, spoilage obsolescence costs, insurance costs, inventory tracking, etc. However, possessing very little inventory is not good either since the business runs the risk of not meeting the customer demands, Continue reading...

Performance measures are an important tool for organizations to assess the performance of their organization. It helps them understand their position in the market as compared to competitors. These performance measures can also be used by companies to improve in areas where they are lacking. In specific performance measures tell companies the following; how well are they doing, how effectively are they achieving their goals, customer satisfaction levels, whether processes are in statistical control, and if there are any improvements required. Companies measure performance in all business units across the entire organization. However, the specific major processes of that Continue reading...

The primary objective of a marketing and communication campaign is to connect with the consumers of the product and service in view of the targeted goal of the campaign.
The dawn of social media gave the marketers and brands the chance to keep their communication and brand features and services alive in the minds of the consumers on a more connected manner through social media tools.
The social media has turned the wheels in terms of consumers having the authority of choosing a product or service in view of a globalized business environment thus giving them power to invite Continue reading...

Equality: My mind is boggling. I do not no what to think about. I have to complete this duty.
International: Think about something; just let your mind do its duty. Don’t help it to think.
Equality: I know you do not know the significance of the duty at hand. It carries significance now and many years to come. My mind is entrusted with such a phenomenal duty that it is breaking under its weight. Offer something wise as a suggestion.
International: Phenomena, significant, these are qualities that connote something universally important. Is about the anthem you have to Continue reading...

Introduction

Bureaucracy as a management of an organization by non-elected officials has long been there in society and firms since 20th century. This form of organization is prevalent both in the public and private sector. The evidence of techno-management or technology management being usurped by bureaucracy is plentiful. For example, techno-managers need for control and domination is evidenced by their language at work by use of words and phrases such as “how many people work for you?”, “subordinates,” “my people” and “staying on top of things,” etc. These indicate the necessity of separating bureaucracy from techno-management; while doing so, one Continue reading...

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Marketing
Competitors find it difficult to match Dell’s business strategy because the company approaches the building of computers differently. During the 90’s many competitors were building computers, but Dell built it computers on how the customers wants. Dell asked the customers how they wanted to build their computers, and they build it to order. The strategy made other competitors unable to match Dell’s business strategy. Other competitors were doing what they think the competitors want, but Dell was building its computers on what the customers need. Confusion with the management team was on how to match Continue reading...

Section 1: introduction

Jane “Bitzi” Johnson Miller was a born leader. She is the type of leader that the people of Texas can count on to perform and deliver to their wishes. “Bitzi”, is a granddaughter to the renowned former governor Joe Johnson alias “Big Daddy” of fictional Texas between 1954 and 1958. Bitzi’s grandfather was a proactive politician and a conservative Republican who devoted his life relentlessly to serve the people of Texas in his reign as a governor. Bitzi fully understands the plight of the poor and the less fortunate in the society. She was born and brought up Continue reading...

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Abstract

This paper intends to show the tax avoidance strategies which can be used by a tax lawyer or an accountant to reduce a multinational technology company’s taxes. Furthermore, this paper intends to show the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance, as defined by specific scholarly articles. The strategies which will be mentioned include: the “Double Irish,” the “Dutch Sandwich,” and the “Check-the Box Rule”. Each strategy will be defined and examples of companies which have used such strategies will be given. This paper, which is essentially a tax plan which will instruct a Continue reading...

Introduction

The field of finance is a broad one and it applies with different aspects in particular. It is required to apply numerous concepts that come under the ambit of financial management and accounting based stances. Among these concepts, the name of Cost of Capital is one of them
Organizations use different analytical methods to analyze the cost of capital in particular and among these methods the name of Pure Play Method (PPM) is one of them, which has its own significance and importance lies in a broad nutshell. The main theme of this assignment is to analyze the Cost Continue reading...

Difference in payment

The greatest problem that the company Dell had sometimes in the past was about the disparities in the payment of workers in relation to gender. The women had found out that their payment was so meager compared to their male counterparts (Buenger & De, 2011). The problem in Dell Company was however small. Women never used to be in the employment scene until the recent times especially after the industrial revolution when women started getting into the industries in search for jobs. The number has increased in the present times and women demand equal rights with men in organizations (Thompson & Continue reading...

Alexander III of Macedon or Alexander the Great, the mighty king of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire was born on July, 356 B.C. to Philip II, the King of Macedon, and Olympias, the princess of Epirus. Long before becoming a young, but already great military leader, who has not only united the Greek states, but also subdued numerous peoples of the East and South, thus, rightfully gaining the name of the King of Babylon, King of Asia, King of the Four Quarters of the World, Alexander received a profound education from the philosopher Aristotle, who is nowadays Continue reading...

The short statement on my role as IT manager at Magnum aims at identifying the role of IT Manager in organizations, role of IT Management in organizations, role of IT manager in integrating software, hardware and business management capabilities, Challenges anticipated as head of IT management at Magnum, and Integration of information technology in to business operations.
The management of IT resources according to priorities and needs is referred as the IT management discipline. The various IT resources include data, software, networks, hardware etc. Management of these resources involves functions like integration, planning, budgeting, staffing, training, change management, reporting, Continue reading...

Introduction

In order to manage and supervise the operations of the entire company effectively, XYZ Company must consolidate the network infrastructure of the two long-distance sites, and build up one effective and secure network. Each site has its own server-controlled network operating on the Microsoft Windows Server technology. The Dallas site runs MS Windows 2012 Server, while the second site runs MS Windows 2008 Server. The fact that both sites are based on Microsoft Windows Server already gives XYZ Company a major advantage because the consolidation will mainly involve configurations based on the same network operating system.
There may be Continue reading...

PERSONAL COMPUTERS: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

1.0 Personal computers: Where did they come from and where are they going?
1.1 Overview
NASA’s first computer, a typical UNIVAC, filled a room the size of a house (Tomayko 1987). Since that time computers have become smaller in size until finally, they have reached the size of micro-mini. The micro-sized computers are used in mobile devices as small as a cell phone. The personal computer appeared when computers became small enough to sit on a desktop. With the advent of the desktop PC, the computer market opened up to small businesses and home use consumers.
The development Continue reading...

Why the play is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? How and where in the play is this addressed and by whom?
The play is called “A Midsummer Night’s dream” because it was directed on Midsummer Night; the shortest night of the year. The play's title is suitable since most of the action occurs around the eve of May. Now the question is where and how the play is addressed and by whom? The answer of this question lies in play as all the four lovers (lysander, helena, hermia and demetrius) believed that they are dreaming and when Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The internet age has brought with it a revolution in business. It has been a departure from the age-old “manual” way of conducting business to an automated and computer generated applications which ensure that the producer, the retailer and the consumer are interlinked by the internet. As a result of the “internet revolution”, e-businesses have now emerged. These businesses conduct all their activities online, starting from marketing, advertising, display of products and even payment for the goods and services by the consumer (Kessler, 2003). This has reduced the expenditure and the time taken when marketers have to visit all Continue reading...

Dell is a computer manufacturing company that has its products in about 90 countries across the world. The company’s main headquarters are in the United States. The company is very passionate in improving its services to its customers. The IT department of the company has cost the company about $ 1.2 Billion annually. The company has now reduced about half the total amount that was used in IT because of the new developments that are in place to better the company. The company has experienced great transformation through standardizing, simplifying and automating its IT infrastructure.
Conducting Dell activities in Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Ford Motors Company is one of the largest industrial corporations in the world. Contemporary business environment continues placing a lot of pressure on the cost-side of the business and the company went through the process of restructuring of its supply chain, called Ford 2000, which brought into the picture such elements as outsources distribution network, Ford Production System, and Order to Delivery approach, allowing significant saving. Today, the company considers two options: continue with its current supply chain setting and try to improve operations to gain further competitive advantage or adapt Dell´s business model.
An analysis of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Employee Development
Employee development is an on-going, joint endeavor on the part of employees and the company for upgrading the employee's skills, knowledge and capabilities (Michie and Sheehan, 2005). Effective employee development calls for a balance amid a person’s career requirements and objectives as well as the company’s need for getting the task accomplished (Howard, 1995). Employee development initiatives make constructive contribution towards organizational outcome. A highly accomplished workforce could attain more and the employers could attain more as staff members gain in knowledge and experience. Additionally, retaining employees saves a large amount of company’s resources Continue reading...

Business Report

Executive Summary
Introduction:
Complains can be termed as the disappointment of the customers. It is very imperative for an organization to manage complaints system so that they can retain their customers because if the customers are not satisfied with the organization, then the business must be ready to suffer dreadful impacts. A good organization can find a different way to make them unique from their business rivals. The management of the complaint is the most challenging stage for any organization because success is predominantly dependant on how efficiently they can manage complaints. It is necessary for the organization to Continue reading...

Saturation, Fluidity and Loss of Meaning

The chapter 13 highlights the modern theories of media in which a puzzling information is stated about the valuable insights based on massive speed-up and saturation of culture. This chapter has named this form of media, as a disorganized proliferation that is part of commercial objects and images. Moreover, the confusing part is the one that defines the delivering of messages and images in the context of its purchase, which is of less worth to its consumers. By describing that it has no relation to the outside world in terms of value except to themselves.
Further, this reading explains Continue reading...

Dell Computers is one of largest U.S. producers of personal computers, storage devices, business servers and workstations. Emphasizing long life-cycles, serviceability and reliability of their products, Dell Computers use variety of brands, this can be basically classified into Business/Corporate and Home Office/Consumer. The first group includes such brands as Latitude (business-focused laptops), Power Connect (network switches) and Dell Compellent (storage area networks), while desktop computers for home use are produced under Inspiron, Studio and XPS, representing budget, mainstream and high-end classes of products respectively (Dell, 2013). For the purposes of this assignment I would like to analyze branding and Continue reading...

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Portfolio Management Concepts
The concept of portfolio management is a lucrative sword as not only it offers not only returns but the investor also have to face risk associated with it. If the Investor is willing to earn higher return he has to associate higher return with higher risk. For an investor to diversify away the risk he can follow diversification rule. Under diversification, investor can include the assets which are not correlated to each other and thus by including these asset classes he can diversify away the risk. However, in terms of the risk there are Continue reading...

Business 107 week 8 discussion 1 & 2

Dell Computer has been able to reduce supply chain costs by sharing information with its suppliers through the initiation of cost reduction strategy. The company has drastically reduced its production capacity thereby cutting down its inventory costs (Dell Official Site, 2013). The company has over the years been striving to reduce its cost of production while improving or maintaining the quality of their products. The suppliers do not need to raise their prices to subsidize for the additional cost that they have incurred since this is faced out by the company’s management. An example of a company that Continue reading...