Essays on Functionalities

I. Physical Network Design

Introduction

A. Network Topology Business Needs In order to complete the needed full-time assignment efficiently and effectively, the University of Maryland University College will need a system in addition to tools to help the student attain their objectives. This entails new office space, a library, classrooms and computer labs will be able to achieve this capacity and optimize student learning potential

Proposed Topology

In order to plan for the facility of the network, I am proposing a star network topology for the facilities networking. This kind of network infrastructure is considered expensive due to numerous network devices that ...

A private club refers to any type of a club that is limited to private members thereby implying that it is not open to the public. It brings out the difference between a private club and a restaurant where the restaurant is open to anyone who can pay the menu process while the club is limited to private members (Davis et al. 34). The customer base is comprised of the registered members in addition to guests or new members, who have been accepted by board members after being recommended or sponsored by an existing member of the club. After ...

Introduction

At present, the global positioning system (GPS) has helped in pinpointing locations and routes, saving time, providing fuel efficiency for aircrafts, and improving pilot performance. However, pilots and traffic controllers have commented on the lack of more accurate data and functionalities. Experts have also noted that GPS has a long way to go to make air traffic controllers more efficient in ensuring safe air traffic. With new technology being introduced in everyday activities, software developers and aircraft manufacturers will be able to introduce a more effective GPS in the near future (Wickens et al., 1998).

Purpose of the research

This research aims to ...

Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

Self-actualization theory is built to determine the conditions under which an individual can develop his or her potentialities. The primary principle of the theory is the actualizing tendency that is a single force of life (Ivtzan et al., 2013). Actualizing tendency refers to the inbuilt motivations that are found in every human being and can develop to the fullest extent possible. Carl also argued that individuals work hard towards achieving the fullest of their existence. An individual can grow and improve life if only they are provided with a conducive environment for self-development. The conducive environment may contain elements ...

Introduction

Customers are a vital part of any business entity because they are the life of an organization. Many companies take their relationships with their clients very seriously hence this begs the attention of customer relationship management. The process customer relationship management is primarily the practices, strategies and most importantly technologies used by companies to interact with their clients (Rouse). It entails the analysis and management of the rate of customer interaction with the business. Key areas of interest are within the points of contact with the customer like direct mail, telephone, live chat, websites, social media and even trough ...

A & F Ltd.: Integrating Learning into Mashup Implementations

I. Introduction Organizations are learning differently. Compared to a conventional model by which individuals, work groups and whole organizations used to learn new business processes, current business practice has opened up new potentials for company-wide learning enabled by ICT platforms and applications. The growing collaboration, communication and sharing learning (and fun) experiences in current business practice is, indeed, both evolutionary and revolutionary. The learning behavior of operating businesses is evolutionary by phasing out older modes of learning (e.g. formal professional development, meetings and water cooler chats) and implementing similar platforms and applications (e.g. interactive, collaborative, user-friendly wikis). Thus, by ...

There has been increasing awareness of the role of waste in the production of greenhouse gas emissions and its impacts on climate change. Diminishing natural resources has led to the recognition that what is discarded as waste has the potential to be reused as resources. Governmental legislation on prohibiting toxic materials and prevention and control of the volume of waste has helped in decreasing adverse environmental effects. There is a growing public awareness about waste prevention and its beneficial effects. The society has to replace the linear model of extract-produce-consume-dispose to closed Loop's approach of resource recovery and waste ...

Introduction.

In the automotive industry, today, electronic systems and mainly semiconductor technologies have really helped improve vehicle performance and harness numerous capabilities that were not present years ago. Key among these technologies are microcontroller chips which are involved in a wide array of functionalities ranging from braking, engine control, air bags, chassis control, entertainment, lighting and even infotainment among other functions that are now part of modern “smart cars”. In modern microcontroller chips, new functionalities can be implemented using software by leveraging the improved performance and memory features seen in modern designs. On the other hand, technology standardization and the ...

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Introduction

In information systems development (ISD) projects, three parties must understand each other’s knowledge domains for the project to proceed seamlessly and efficiently. These are the project manager, the development team and the business users. Project management and system development each have their own methodologies to work with while business users have the knowledge and deep understanding of the enterprise’s business objectives that are relevant to the project. One can liken their relationship as a triangle when each has to relate well to the other two.

Project Management, Systems Development and Business Users

The three sides have challenges in working with the ...

Innovation and Risk Management

Innovation and Risk Management

Introduction

This report aims at producing a strategic growth report for Apple Inc. Apple Inc is a telephony company that provides innovative products to suit customer’s needs. The innovativeness of Apple Company is a significant factor in steering its growth in the international market. The paper delivers the strategic growth plan in four parts. The first part is an overview of Apple Inc and why it is innovative. The second part contains the strategies that Apple can adopt to realize the proposed growth. Third is the components of New Product Development and how it can ...

Business Problem

Abstract In today’s business world, customer service is a crucial part of the business practices aimed at growing the company and increasing overall effectiveness in the supply chain. Customer satisfaction is an important factor when it comes to customer service and it relates to the customers being satisfied with the services they get in terms of availability of information, speedy responses, and overall convenience. Many companies today have not been active in providing efficient customer service. This is because they rely on traditional communication channels and strategies such as the use of e-mail services and landline phone communications. ...

Executive Summary

Storage, scalability, accessibility and security have always been the key problems faced by technology officers across industries ever since their operations have been made to run on enterprise platforms. With the progress made in the area of information and communication technology along with the development and popularity of social media and other data sources, the volume of data generated is huge, which every organization wants to exploit in order to arrive at meaningful intelligence that can help in growing their businesses. Storage of this huge amount of data, its retrieval and the associated costs are challenges for the organizations, ...

Introduction

Leadership in the business plays a critical role in offering the direction to the organization, motivation to the workers, and in fostering internal relationship and smooth production (Adrian, 2011). The management plays the dual roles of structural and systematic directives as well as leadership roles along the socio-cultural perspectives. The roles and effective responsibilities of the directorship in the organization is critical in improving the business response and crisis management. Crisis may arise in the firm because of various reasons that can be centered in the internal enterprise operations or from the external factors associated with the industry operations ( ...

Scale of Geographic Measurement and Analysis can both Create and Propagate Uncertainty

As defined by Monmonier (1995) that the reliability and accuracy of Cartography depends on its source of information mostly because other design principals are standard. There are so many famous or rather notorious examples in history related to the errors due to mapping and misinformation. With the advancement in technology and rapid use of maps for commercial, defense and personal purposes the national mapping agencies are now focusing more on moving from precise or hard information which is precise and accurate to another form of soft or uncertain information to converge multiple maps. This leads to wrong scaling and ...

Benefits of Occupational Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation

Occupational therapy involves helping a patient relearn day to day activities, consequently enabling the patient to lead a fulfilling and quality life. Being a COTA provides me with the necessary skills and knowledge to help people with sensory, cognitive, and physical disabilities to become independent in their lives. OTs and COTAs adopt a holistic approach of delivering the required care services to the patients by focusing on improving the environment and tasks to fit the patient. OTs and COTAs are part of the multidisciplinary team that delivers care services to patients who need therapy, and they collaborate with other ...

Business: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) For Wynn Hotel.

Introduction Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a word that in used in reference to the well detailed strategies, practices and technologies that organizations use for the analysis and management of customer information. Customer relationship management has the capacity to hold a client’s information as long as he is still a customer of the organization. In a nutshell, it stores and handles information relating to the clients throughout the business period. It has the capacity to analyze and store even the most vital and sensitive information relating to a client’s interaction with the company (Greenburg, 2009). The primary ...

Back in the days, before the late 2000s, most people relied on their television when it came to broadcast programming, and the web served to provide people with digital content. That simplicity is long gone due to the rapid advancement in technology which has brought with it sophisticated devices together with content workflow which allows for cross-consumption of both digital and traditional content in almost all available device endpoints. This convergence of traditional and digital methods of content viewing have resulted into individual viewers watching their favorite shows on tablets, phones and televisions anywhere and at any time. This ...

Question 1

a) Information Systems for an Airline: Airline industry has been utilizing the merits of computer based information systems to provide a better class of service for its customers, since the 1970s. These industries had invested a lot in transaction processing systems and management information systems since then. Even though decision support information systems is still at its infancy in Airline industry, latest studies have revealed their importance in fixing business related parameters of Airlines (such as Airfares) in improving their business value without making unnecessary compromises in profits . Integration of decision support systems with either of the aforementioned information ...

VEBLEN HOTELS

Introduction The hotel industry is often entangled in varied economic situations that keep changing. While business is in most cases good to hotels, it remains critical for hotels to adapt to the changing business environments. The modern business platform is changing towards technological framework and models of doing business. It is essential for the hotels to adopt new technology in a bid to solve business model problems and enhance the service delivery to customers. Businesses in the hotel industry thrive due to efficiency in service delivery. However, several hotels are still locked in their traditional ways of doing business ...

Organization Value and Business Reflection Topic

Introduction Business management is a fascinating topic, more so when the lessons in the class are integrated with real-world case studies. The integration offers the students opportunities to employ the management skills learnt in the class through creative thinking and problem solving approaches to provide solutions to real business problems. The experience equips the learner with practical skills that enables the student to be an economic productive person in the society. The paper will evaluate the critical management skills the author has leant in the class. The paper will review management functionalities in the firm, relevance of effective communication ...

Introduction

Engineering is the use of science to solve day to day problems as well as to make work easier. On the other hand, engineering design is the sequential or step by step process through which engineers follow to come up with the ultimate solution to a problem. Design mainly involves coming up with a new or an improved product, for example, a machine or a computer program that is useful in accomplishing a certain task. In the current world, engineering design is mainly carried out through computer aided software. In this article, we will discuss the impact and significance ...

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Anxiety and depression 3 Stress 4 Sleep quality 5 Conclusion 7

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Smartphone Addiction Introduction The utilization of smartphones has become indispensable to the daily life of many people, as they have quickly evolved from the first mobile phones, used only to make phone calls, to devices with broad functionalities including instant messaging, video calls, internet browsers and access to numerous applications developed to check e-mails, join social media platforms, play games, read e-books, edit documents, among many countless other purposes. According to Statista (2016), over two billion people worldwide are smartphone users, and surveys conducted in the United States ...

SolidWorks is a software solution that covers all the product development processes with an integrated workflow in the process of verification, data and communication handling, and ensuring a design that is sustainable. It is used by designers and engineers to handle large areas of design with a lot of simplicity; this reduces the cycle of design and enhances productivity, thereby, producing products which are innovative in the market. SolidWorks is a design automation software used to sketch ideas and experiment with different design tools to create 3D models. It is used by students, designers, engineers, among other professionals to produce simple and ...

Question 1

There are different operating systems in the world today. This paper will focus on Windows Operating Systems and Linux Operating Systems. One feature of Linux Operating System is that it is portable. This means that Linux will work in the same way in any hardware. Another feature is that it is open source. This means that the code that was used to develop the program is available to any person to use. Another feature is that it is multiprogramming which is that it allows many programs to run in the operating system. One problem with Linux ...

Statistics show that diabetes is among the top ten causes of death in the world. The disease does not only cause death but also leads to various chronic complications like infections, major pathological changes occurring in kidneys, retina or nerve system, and hypoglycemia. The cost of treatment for diabetes is high causing medical professionals to come up with means of ensuring less number of people suffer from diabetes. With the high rate of technology advancement, doctors and physicians have come up with mobile web portals that give advice to people on how to prevent diabetes, and for those who ...

Introduction

The Department of Homeland Security is tasked with ensuring that the citizens of the USA are provided with the security that is a right of theirs as per the constitution. They are to be protected by the government from all forms of danger by all means necessary that are under the law of the land. The government formed this department so as to prevent the atrocities that may have befallen such people are they were not safeguarded by their government. The department was tasked with ensuring that all forms of law breaking were prevented and if not prevented, they would ...

The cell phone is undeniably a great technological innovation of the twenty first century. It started off as an expensive gadget used by security agencies, government agencies and members of the high society. Gradually, the cell phone became a very important tool of communication especially in business. For quite sometime, the cell phone remained a symbol of status and not many people talked about the possible hazards posed by its continued use. The few members of the society fortunate enough to own a cell phone continued to use the device oblivious of the dangers they got exposed to. As the cell phone grew ...

As an Information Technology analyst, I act, upon my mandate, to provide a network solution for XYZ LLC. The proposed network will ensure high connectivity, secure access and scalability for future expansion. Already, a WAN connectivity is in place with ample bandwidth to deliver excellent connectivity.

PROPOSED SOLUTION

businesses competitive edge lies in its ability to develop regional and global presence while offering and maintaining best services at par or better than rivals. In an attempt to control a larger market share in solar panel manufacturing and distribution, XYZ has three branches, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. Remote users in Los Angeles need to ...

Operations management is very crucial a process in the control of activities and decisions involved in the production, maintenance and delivery of goods and services. In encompasses all the activities and responsibilities that are employed in managing resources in production, maintenance and delivery of products and/or services. In at least every organization, there exists an operations arm that is mandated with such tasks of decision making and responsibility taking in trying to manage a company’s resources. This arm of management is usually headed by an operations manager who is responsible for supervisory work in managing these resources that form the ...

Management

“On March 13, 2014, we had the pleasure of having Mr. Däl B. Lee lecture us on ‘The importance of Lean in Systems Engineering.” Mr. Lee graduated in Mechanical Engineering and completed his Master’s in Systems Engineering from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. While talking on the importance of Lean in systems engineering, Mr. Lee said that horizontal integration was an area that has been forgotten because of the shift in product specifications and responsibilities. In addition to this, Systems Engineers need to focus on developing a sound systems approach. To ensure a sound system, all mechanisms ...

INTRODUCTION

This project is undertaken to find out how natural user interfaces can enhance the use of devices for illiterate people. This is given the fact that the rate of illiteracy is an issue of concern in South Africa and the world over. This chapter will focus on previous research which have been carried out and the gap that is lacking in this field. It is important to understand the work that has been carried in order to research on what is still lacking in this field.

What is Natural user interfaces?

A natural user interface (NUI) is a system for human-computer interaction that the user ...

Executive summary

The use of information systems will bring enhanced management of business processes in companies. The company has not invested much in information systems in their business processes. Most of the processes are done manually. The company deals with distribution and, therefore, has to manage the entire process of supply. With the intent to expand to newer markets, there is a need to have systems which will scale with this growth. This proposal suggests the implementation of three enterprise systems. These are SAP ERP, SAP CRM, and SAP SCM. ERP will be used for managing the daily business transactions of the ...

INTRODUCTION

Toofa Beauty Salon is a business enterprise offering beauty services and solutions. In a bid to expand more in the beauty industry, the store desires to establish a website where it can interact with its users more rewardingly. This paper details the development of the website of the company. The website puts in place the best industry wide practices for availability, access, navigation and usability. Specifically, this specification report explores the accessibility techniques employed in the development of the website, website description, design and implementation. It also includes evaluation mechanisms and validation and testing Aspects. Finally, it will provide recommendations for future ...

INTRODUCTION

Worldwide Advertising Inc. is a new advertising firm located in Los Angeles and New York. The firm is looking to hire new IT support staff to take over IT management. Prior to that, they need their IT services configured and as such requires a solution which takes into consideration implementation and configuration of core IT services.WAI looks forward to starting with 90 employees distributed in executive departments, accounts and sales, creative media and production, human resource and finance and IT departments. Most of these staff will be located in Los Angeles with at least one person in each of the departments ...

OVERVIEW

An international pharmaceutical company is headquartered in New York, NY and has other six operational locations. The corporate headquarters in New York has 1000 employees while the other centers have a considerable number of employees and remote workers. San Diego has 250 employees, Houston has 750 employees in central research, Madrid has 500 employees, India has 50, and London has 150 while China has 300 employees and 500 remote sales workers. There is a diverse computing department with no universal standard. There is a combination of devices and operating systems in place. There are also different data center centers in operation. The ...

Other Details

Abstract Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) are the most popular database systems today. The relational model of database management emerged from a dynamic database model called DataBase Management System (DBMS). Dbase and FoxPro were the popular DBMS in the 1970’s and 1980’s. RDBMS emerged in the 1990’s. Though RDBMS is a popular form of database management, few appreciate its true potential. Modern applications that allow multiple devices to access and manipulate data are overshadowing RDBMS. NoSQL models such as Hadoop and MapReduce allow document processing which is a feature that the relational model lacks. An in-depth understanding of the ...

Introduction

Mobile applications are software programs designed for use on mobile devices such as a phones and tablet computers. Mobile applications provide similar services to those offered by programs on personal computers. When mobile devices were introduced, they were used mainly for sending and receiving voice calls. Technology advanced rapidly, and mobile applications were introduced owing to the need for more functionality in mobile devices. Mobile devices are accessed by billions of people and have become necessary for daily living. The great number of mobile devices in use today has spurred the growth of mobile applications. The applications allow users to ...

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The report covers the third and final phase of the chat server implementation. This phase includes implementation of functionalities that control the chatting behavior of clients, including private chat, making friends and initiating chat request as well as notifying clients about chat messages from other clients. The above functionalities are implemented by means of several methods as well as data objects. This report discusses each functionality in detail and describes the mode of implementation ...

Information system methodologies

Introduction System development methodologies will affect the way systems are developed. It is important to understand the requirements of the system can meet the objectives of the users of the system. Choosing the methodology that will be used in developing a system will determine the way the system will be developed and how the developers will interact with the system. This paper will focus on the development approaches for the Westminster case study and offer recommendations on the best approaches that can be used to develop the system that is required.

Agile planning refers to the repetitive process where ...

One of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software products for Microsoft is the Microsoft Dynamics AX. Its early versions from 1.0 to 3.0 were referred to as Axapta while the modern versions such as AX 2012 are known as Dynamics AX. The initial versions include Axapta 1.0 which was the first version to be released. It supported both Oracle and Microsoft SQL database servers. Its remarkable features were trade, logistics, financial, production and inventory management. The second version was Axapta 1.5.It was followed by a third version, Axapta 2.0, whose remarkable features were Warehouse Management, ActiveX support, Project Accounting module, ...

SYSTEM INTERFACES AND DESIGN

The need to have patient navigation capability is an important aspect for any cancer center. There are many benefits that are associated with the development of this database. Having the system integrated to the corporate information system will have connectivity issues with the wider Cancer Center Network. Having a database that will help to navigate the patient information will save the nurses from having to wait for longer periods of time. This is an important aspect that will improve the business process of the cancer center personnel. There will also be better management of the patient data. With the growth ...

Introduction

Business environment today is based on multivendor pasterns and most of them cut across several regions or nations. These businesses are designed in such a way that they can be controlled from a central point. The emergence of computer technology and high quality internet connections across several regions has been a major boost for multivendor business operations. Despite this, it is imperative that the various business entities or branches of a particular organization have systems that can be effectively managed from a central point through server based technologies. Managing several business entities from a single point has its challenges and associated risks. For one, these ...

How texting affects college students' academic grades

Introduction With the emergence of information technology and advancement in engineering smaller portable, multifunctional and affordable mobile devices have emerged. These devices have been integrated in schools and colleges to deliver and disseminate information between students and teachers. With the emergence of social media and affordable telephone services students have been using texts as a common communication tool (Vosloo). According to (Horstmanshof and Mary 75) the current modern college students multitask more than any other in the past. Today’s Net Generation University students multitask more than any previous group, mainly utilizing e-communication tools (Horstmanshof and Mary 75). This ...

Context-aware Middleware for Mobile Social Networks

Abstract

Introduction

Since the early days, people have been sharing information about their activities ranging from social activities, professional activities and individual lives in different ways. Schools, bars and restaurants have been the most favorable places for sharing this information before the development of information technology. Technology has changed completely how people communicate and share information. Technological advancements in wireless networks coupled with widespread use of portable devices have offered a unique opportunity for improving social networking services. The diverse use of Hoc and mobile networking solutions in many areas has led to a paradigm shift from fixed to mobile infrastructure. Currently ...

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INTRODUCTION 3

OVERVIEW OF POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMARTPHONE CUSTOMIZATION 4 TOWARDS AN IMPROVED AND STANDARDIZED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM 5 Diagrams 5 Smartphone OS Interface examples for the Android OS Versions 6 CONCLUSION 6

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ABSTRACT The use of smartphones and tablets is in abundance in the current 21st century world age. The end users for this particular technology are steadily growing in number exponentially all around the globe. The development and design of smartphones are being met with different expectations form consumers. Smartphone and tablet companies standardize their end products according to their trademarks and patents. ...

Buying software is akin to entering into a contract with the providers of the software one purchases. In the event that one buys the software online, he or she has to append his or her consent that he or she agrees with the terms and conditions of the software. Often, many users ignore the terms and conditions of these agreements. This is usually the case especially when the software user is an individual. However, dealing with large organizations may be quite tricky. Accepting the software terms and conditions of agreement may be detrimental to the security of the organization’s ...

Introduction

Customer satisfaction in the field of technology can be a very tasking chore. Market research may provide a comprehensive market analysis reflecting the needs of a particular target market for a product. The tastes and preferences change over time. This forces a firm to conduct regular market researches to update the needs of its clients. This is the only sure way of remaining relevant in a particular industry. For telecommunication industry, changes in tastes and preferences are faster than fashion industry. What may be the best technological advancement of today may be obsolete the next day. This work attempts to look at a service quality model ...

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the whole aspects of information and computer security in general and its effects on the performance of an organization. Information and computer security is a crucial part of security in an organization. Most of the security breaches are associated with external and internal aspects of security in an enterprise. The main aspects of security involve authentication, confidentiality and availability of information in the format and manner desired. This has lead to implementation of security protocols and procedures that are intended to foster the integrity and safety of information relayed within company systems and with external partners. The ...

- Supports service-oriented-architecture Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) is a java platform used in the industry to develop applications that are compatible to the ever changing needs of users. The main characteristics of such applications are portability, robustness, scalability and high security checks and measures. Java2EE is an advanced version of Java SE that provides for a compatible platform to aid the implementation of service-oriented architecture and also all other Web 2.0 applications. - Multiple platforms J2EE has so many advantages that give its users reasons to appreciate and consequently implement it. A key advantage is the developer ...

Lehn defines the concept of Supramolecular chemistry as 'chemistry beyond the molecule'; chemistry of the intermolecular bond that includes the functions and structures of the entities resulting from the bonding between multiple chemical species. According to Vogtle and Alfter (1991), supramolecular chemistry, contrary to molecular chemistry, is based on intermolecular bonding or interactions, while the later is predominantly based on the covalent bonding of atoms. In other words, supramolecular chemistry deals with the bonding between two or more building blocks that are bound together by means of intermolecular bonds. The aforesaid concept bears on the organized entities of ...

Abstract

Animals whose body temperatures are affected by their surroundings are said to be ectothermic. If an ectothermic organism is exposed cold conditions, the heart rate of the animal lowers. In high temperatures the heart rate of the animal is very high. Caffeine being a stimulant works by causing the nervous system to work faster. It further leads to the constriction of the blood vessels. The Daphnia magna sometimes referred to as the water flea lives in the fresh waters. It is an exothermic crustacean. The results of Table one shows that Daphnia’s heart rate lowers as temperatures the temperatures ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is regarded as a subset of technologies group, which is used for automatic identification. This technological equipment is mainly used with other machines to identify objects (Bolic, Ryl and Stojmenovic, 2010). Technologically RFID technologies include things such as smart cards and bar codes. Technologically, RFID is a term used to identify a subset of automatic identification, which uses radio waves to identify bulky and individual items automatically (Bolic, Ryl & Stojmenovic, 2010). The technology used in RFID has been available for a long time. However, with advancement in technology, this technology has been improved and its uses have grown to ...

Printers are devices that are capable of transferring data stored in a computer to a human readable, hard copy usually a paper (Andrews, 2010). Many printers are peripherals that are directly connected to local personal computers. Printers allow computer users to print cards, emails, announcements and other materials. Networked printers are used in multi user and can be shared by users across an environment. Printers print documents from a variety of sources including memory cards and scanners. Today’s printer is multipurpose and comes with an collection of functionalities including scanning and faxing (Andrews, 2010). There are several types of printers and are ...

Executive Summary

Nokia is one of the leading brands in the whole world, and its main industry is the information and communication sector. Currently, it has engaged in sales in over 150 countries with about 130,000 employees in the countries where it has established its base. The company has managed to gain annual revenues of approximately 50.7 billion, generated by its main mobile technologies namely GSM and CDMA. The communication industry is growing very fast and the competition is rising among mobile phone providers. To cope with this competition, Nokia has managed to stay at the top of the game ...

System Center Configuration Manager

Introduction The system center configuration manager is used to provide IT services in a more effective way. This is usually achieved by enabling a comprehensive asset management of mobile devices, desktop computers, laptops, and servers. It also helps to achieve effective IT services through compliance setting management and a scalable and secure development of software programs. The technology of system center configuration manager is important because it helps address the current challenge of consumerization faced by IT companies. It has become apparent that the line between life and work is blurring as many people are into consumption of technological gadgets. People ...

Computer based Horizontal prototype

The application developed in the following section, is meant for facebook users and takes care of the news feed manager and the users’ login page. It has a news feeds manager imbedded in facebook and a person the news feeds by a person are filtered according to the users’ needs. The user is first prompted to log into their facebook account and then their news feeds are filtered for them. Once the newsfeed has been filtered, they are arranged for them at the top of the page as shown in the preceding sections.

i. The user is prompted to enter his/her login ...

Vista Entertainment Solution’s organizational structure and management

Vista Entertainment Solutions, an Aukland based company, is a global leader in providing entertainment software solutions. The company produces softwares such as for more than 1000 cinemas in over 50 countries around the world such as USA, Mexico, UK, China, and Australia among others. Some of the company’s clients include Greater Union, Cinemex, Apollo Cinemas, and VUE Cinemas among others. In addition to providing software for cinemas, Vista also offers solutions for beverage and food outlets with a particular emphasis for those associated with entertainment attractions and avenues (vista.co.nz.)

Until 2010, the company was coowned by SKYCITY Cinemas- 50% and ...

Gene Knockdown in Plants

Gene knockout refers to the genetic of making inoperative one of a given organism’s genes (Richmond, 2001). In order to know more about genes that have been sequenced, knocking out is normally done. Close comparison carried out between a normal and a gene knocked down organism would definitely make out a difference (Ralf, 2008). Through such comparisons, the difference would enable the observer to know which genes are knocked out. Knocking down is achievable through combination of vast techniques. Firstly, a plasmid is placed in test tube together with other DNA construct followed by a cell culture proceeding. DNA construct process genetically transfects the ...

Software design is the process of developing software and applications for different users and for different purposes. A successful software is one that is easy to use and user friendly. It is, therefore, important to study the users of the software, identify their needs and priorities them. Users vary and are of different categories, these users will have different needs and preferences. The attainment of a reliable and a good system is entirely based on the consideration of the user at each step of the design process from the beginning to the final design of the system.

Successful software companies have ...

Introduction

Mobile phone applications are very important components for the enhanced functionality of the mobile devices. The applications help in enhancing user friendliness of the device as it ensures enhanced performance. The applications can also in some cases be delivered as web applications using the client-server side processing, the client side processing or the server side processing. Development of software involves computer programming and all the processes which are involved during the production of given software until the final version of the software is produced. It includes the process on software conception all the way to the manifestation of the ...