Essays on Software

The advent of HIPPA Act in 1996 provided for security and provision of health electronic record (EHR) or personal health record (PHR). PHR are records entered by patients through certain software and hardware (Al-Ubaydli, 2010). PHR are different from EHR where the latter are used by health care providers while the former used by patients themselves. Hence, this presentation will discuss the data ranges, solution types, and benefits of PHR in advancing information security of a hospital in accordance to the HIPPA act.

Common data ranges of PHR are: family past, daily living annotations, immunizations, Lab ...

Management Information System

Management Information System Some common types of malware or malicious software include the software used to hack online accounts of people when making payments online. These malware programs create invisible transactions both to the user and the bank; therefore, end up not being noticed at the time. The use of such malware best describes the man-in-the-middle attack. This means that the software acts as the man in the middle as it is in a position to change the details in both sides.

Authentication factors include human factors, personal factors and technical factors. I have experienced the human, personal ...

Amidst controversies on the use of electronic voting machines, the 2012 Presidential Elections pushed through with reports of computer glitches occurring in several voting precincts across the United States, raising alarm as citizens lined up to cast their votes. One such occurrence happened in Pennsylvania where the voter reported about a faulty voting machine that highlighted Romney's name when selecting Obama's name (Jauregui). Although the malfunctioning voting machine was immediately fixed, residents recall Gov. Tom Corbett's comment that although Obama leads by almost five points in state polls, "[Pennsylvania's] electoral votes would go to Romney" (qtd. in Jauregui). Similar happenings ...

IDENTIFIED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR APPLE

How Steve Jobs Identified the Opportunity for Apple

Apple, Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Bellis 2012) in 1977 (Anon., Apple Computer, Inc. n.d. ). The two had been friends for a long time, and even before they met, Wozniak already had a passion for computers and electronics (Livingston 2007). He badly wanted a computer of his own, but his family was poor and computers were very expensive at the time. He knew that the only way he could a get one was if he built it. Wozniak then taught himself about chips and computers and given the limited ...

Purpose / Objective

The CIRT or Computing Incident Response Team is the urgent response team for information security events at XYZ Union Bank. This team is crucial to defending XYZ Credit Union Bank\'s company electronic emails facilities. This policy provides the Chief of Information Security office, who manages the CIRT, with the power to develop recommendations and requirements to meet the protection needs of users and to protect the systems of the bank. Support from all areas of the XYZ is vital to the CIRT's success. The following plan suggests those using Financial institution processing sources regarding ...

Knowledge workers spend most of their time searching for information. They work from different places such as home offices and airport lounges. They are people who think to make a living such as nurses, teaches, students, computer analysts, architects and many others. They are mostly dependant on information technology with the increase in business demands. This is because information technology makes their work easier. The different personas have different interests and job descriptions. This brings a difference in the type of system software that would be suitable for each user. There different responsibilities make them have personalized needs. Therefore, it ...

Summary

The relationship between the people working on a project has been overlooked. Most IT professionals rely on software and methodologies than on developing relationships between the members of the project. They overlook the social part of undertaking the project. This is an area that has caused many projects to fail (Levingson p 4). The reason why most IT professionals rely on software and methodologies is that most of the curriculum that they undergo is about software and technologies. At the end of the training, most of the IT professionals Assume that for a project to be considered successful, it has to be ...

I am writing in response to your advertisement for an IT Support Supervisor position currently available at the University of Florida. Looking for full-time employment in my field of studies and competence, I have come across this job advertisement on the web chronicle. It immediately caught my attention.

Information technology has been developing and advancing ever since the humanity entered the scientific revolution. It is understandable and predictable that the emergence of modern science is growing and needs more specialists in all its fields. Both developed and developing countries have experienced ...

A tech-savvy person would surely know about the Operating Systems (OS) built by the computer giant, Microsoft. Every computer that runs Windows operating system will have one of the OS flavors such as XP, Vista, Win 7 or Win 8. Windows XP is considered to be the most widely used operating system, because of its user-friendly features, and third-party software compatibility; however Microsoft plans to end the support for this 12 years old OS on April 8th, 2014. Microsoft is aware that most of its users have upgraded to the newer version of OS like Windows 7 and Windows ...

Management Information System

Management Information Systems

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

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

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 ...

Part with complexity and bring simplicity in your salon by use of a reliable POS system

Even as you look for repeat customers, you also need to lure new customers with a salon experience, one that takes them out of the ordinary. An efficient Payment system software is what can turn all your rings of stress into smiles of greatness, just in a minute. If you want to gain stability and ride on your ambitions to make more out of less, a POS system helps you work out the magic.

Yes, there are over 91214 salons in the U.S alone. In the year 2013, statistics reveals that the salon industry sprouted to $ 7.48billion, which represents a phenomenal number. ...

DMAIC Improvement Cycle

DMAIC is an abbreviation for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. DMAIC is a data-driven cycle that is used to stabilize, optimize and improve the design and process of business operations. This is the main tool that is used to support projects that incorporate Six Sigma. DMAIC is not restricted to Six Sigma and can be used with other frameworks as well for improvement of business applications (Sokovic, 2010).

Define

The main goal of this phase is to define the problem for which the DMAIC cycle is used along with the resource allocation and time required to resolve a business problem.

Measure

The ...

Slide 2: Technology Implemented by Netflix

Customer Relationship Management - The custom-built intelligent agent helps the user and acts on his behalf to execute repetitive tasks in computer. - A buyer agent provides assistance to customers in finding and selecting a product or service according to his or her liking.

Example:

- An intelligent agent is Cinematch which combines both the collaborative and adaptive filtering by - Placing the customer in a group of users sharing similar tastes. - Asking the customer to rate a product or service and then the customer is monitored over time to keep a track on his likes and dislikes. ...

Introduction

For the purpose of the presentation, the company that will be the focus of this project is Amazon.com. Its central offering is online shopping where consumers are able to search for the items they’d like to purchase online. They are also able to pay for their purchases online and have the items delivered to their home. In this e-business, the categories of information that may need applications of cryptography are the users’ or consumers’ passwords and their credit card or checking account numbers.

Feasible Attacks

Some of the methods that hackers can use to attack e-commerce websites such as Amazon.com ...

Brief Background to the Topic

MYSQL is a relational database management system and falls under the category of application software. It runs a server that provides a multiuser access to a number of databases. It is a powerful and the most popular open source Software relational database management system. MYSQL was started in 1995 under the name of MySQL. However in 2008, the company was then sold to Sun Microsystems at a cost of 1 billion dollars. The study of MYSQL helps to gain the understanding on how different IT systems can integrate and connect to a database. It also helps in gaining an understanding how information in a database can be ...

Abstract

I believe that the integration of digital technology in designs is very necessary and cannot be avoided. This is because of its extensive effects on architecture and its general ambiguity. This paper, I believe, will make it possible for individuals and institutions to analyze and decide appropriately on the use of digital prefabrication, as a new technology in the design systems. Although many opinions have been presented with different position statements, the immediacy of proactive consideration on the digital systems is of utmost importance. In this paper, I have explored the relationship between CAD and CAM, computer and production.

Introduction

Digital ...

Netflix, Inc. provides on-demand internet streaming media to United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway Ireland, and both South and North America. The company offers flat-rate DVD by mail within the United States of America (Stahi and Yager 23). Netflix sends mailed DVDs through Permit Reply Mail. The company has developed strategies for growth and counteract threats and weaknesses while maximizing on its strengths.

- I recommend that Netflix should partner and network with other hardware and software providers. - These include Windows or Mac OS X, Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple TV, LG Electronics and Philips manufacturers. This is ...

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 ...

Brown & Adler (2008) explain that Social learning in this era creates alternative learning environments. People in this revolutionary age should not only master a field of knowledge but can make the effort to become a full participant in the field. According to Brown & Adler (2008), learning to be encompasses acquiring practices and norms in a certain field by interacting with the experienced people. Earlier on students used apprenticeship programs to harness skill from the experts.

Students under this program could perform work under the guidance of the experts in the field. Social learning also employ the studio system as a model of learning ...

Network security has been the primary concern of most enterprises and commercial organizations. Network security used to be seen as a mere firewall erection between the network and the internet. Nowadays, managers are finding for ways to integrate security end to end all over the organization where policies and capabilities allow every place and device in the network.

Routing and switching are the core technologies behind any network infrastructure. Major implementations such as network implementation, legacy network upgrade, optimization, and others all depend on routing and switching infrastructures to function effectively. Wally World is a large enterprise comprising of ...

Internet is an indispensable resource in today’s business world. No business can ignore the internet and still remain visible on the international market. Businesses rely on the internet to connect to customers, break geographical barriers and to promote and distribute products and services (Miller, 200). Moreover, internet facilitates communication and enhances the process of getting feedback from clients. All these processes are undertaken by business employees. Consequently, their internet usage and habits have an influence on the achievement of business goals. It is for this reason that businesses are implementing internet monitoring policies to control non business related ...

One of the most important network design considerations for an organization network is the selection of the network operating system. The Network operating system shapes the entire network and determines the operation of the network. The choices available for the proposed network at Ocper Inc. are few and provide sophisticated features, relatively easy setup and administration and high reliability.

For Ocper Inc., the Microsoft Windows NT operating system is the most ideal network operating system. The operating system offers some services that are rarely offered by the other network ...

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 ...

The breach in data use causes billions of dollars in wastage. This risks the credibility in medical well being, and the future of most healthcare providers. To help protect the breaches, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) controls and protects the usage, transmission and storage of healthcare information. It protects both electronic and paper formats with the main aim of guaranteeing the privacy and security of healthcare information. On the other hand, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) came into law on February 17, 2009 mainly to improve and promote the adoption ...

The continuous study of natural systems has led to the development of nature inspired computational systems and techniques. The candidate solutions for the optimization problems at hand take on the role of individuals in a population function while the quality of the solutions is determined by the fitness functions. A commonly used nature-inspired algorithm is the Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm which is a heuristic search algorithm derived from the reproduction strategy of the cuckoo birds. The Cuckoo Search algorithm has widespread applications in various domains such as weight optimization in neural networks, job scheduling, image processing, radial basis functions and clustering ...

Management information system can be defined as a special form of information system that helps in providing information in a computerized way for management of the enterprise. Interdependence between the firms information system and business capabilities are growing with time and business invest heavily on their information system to achieve success. There are numerous ways in which information system have transformed business, one way being the increased use of wireless communication such as mobile phones and wireless telecommunication devices. These devices help in keeping managers, suppliers, customers, business partners and employees in touch all the time. ...

Company Overview

Microsoft Corporation is a $234.5 billion dollar company engaged in software licensing, support and developing of a wide array of software products and services. The company is also engaged in manufacturing gaming and computing electronics including a sub-division for corporate solutions software and services. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates, the company is voted as the second most valuable company in the world with annual average revenue of $72.93 Billion. Microsoft Corporation is headed by Steven Balimer as CEO and currently headquartered in Redmond Washington in the United States. On September 22, 1993, the company was incorporated and went public, which paved ...

The case in study is about a conflict that existed between J. McGuire a construction/framing company owner who was the customer in this case and H. Hughes of H.H hardware. The case involves a saw which J. McGuire bought from H. H hardware and got broke in the process of usage before the warranty period expired. When J. McGuire came to back to the hardware to claim a replacement as he was told that the saw had a warranty, his comments were ignored by the manager claiming that the warranty was only for those who used the saw for un-professional services. The case study ...

Abstract

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

Introduction

The fashion images have now changed and they become surreal because of the easy availability of the editing software and the photography tactics and tools. Such software, tactics, and tools are letting the designer and photographer to do as much of the processing and editing as their mind come up with, which has changed the fashion images. Now the images do not look real because they are changed to such an extent that their originality is lost. Being a photography student, in this paper, I have focused on the the improvement in the photography, the use of tactics in order ...

Sometimes it is hard to decide for a person that wants to become a smartphone user which of the smartphones is actually better. As I see today we have a worldwide competition between three great rivals, which are: Apple, Android and Blackberry. All three rivals are good enough to compete, however, they all have their cons and pros. Today I wanna talk about cons of Android phones.

Android is a software, that is developed by Android Inc, that was bought by Google Inc and the Open Handset Alliance, that was created by Google Inc in for supporting the Android system. (Gold, S. ...

UNIX is an operating system parallel to the Windows and DOS operating systems. UNIX offers the facility for multiple users accessing the system at one time. Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and few others were the first developers at AT&T of the UNIX operating system. They developed a set of tools that were present in the system, and were able to perform a limited number of actions but with precision. The C-programming language of the system allowed for compatibility with the PDP-11, and UNIX could then be used on a computing platform. In the late 1970’s and 1980’ ...

Strategic talent management in any organization is essential in achieving of the organizational goals. In order to effectively manage talents with an organization, it is necessary that the following elements be implemented. Use of software talent management incorporates the following to reach easily and assess and finally recruit the best out of the available candidates. Therefore, the advancement of human resource management system by the introduction of software that aid talent management has made the work of human resource managers to be precise and specific. The software is helpful in training of the employees and provision of other work ...

- Imagine that an associate of yours just designed a table with captions outside the table’s borders. The font on the Website is black, and the text inside the table is red. He is frustrated because the captions he placed outside of the table are not black, but rather red. Predict how this happened and provide three recommendations to help resolve your colleague’s dilemma.

Caption must be the first element in the table and in this case it was placed outside. Inline CSS styling was use by my associate to change color. The appropriate recommendation is to ...

Q1.Advantages and Disadvantages of adopting server virtualization

Virtualization refers to the separation of a service request from the essential physical delivery of the same service. Virtual memory is used to create more space than the physical memory.

a) Advantages

The deployment of virtual infrastructure by the organization provides an obstruction layer between storage, computing and networking hardware. By using this obstruction technique, it is non-disruptive because the layout remains unchanged once it has been deployed. Virtual infrastructure also helps in managing resources in a pooled manner across the enterprise being used as a single entity (Menasce, 2005). In this way, the Information Technology administrator responds to the dynamic ...

Having different width has been a challenge in web design. This forced many web designers to specify the web browsers that their websites can well be displayed. This is because web pages were designed with fixed measurements. I assume that I am a web designer for a retail store. Wed designers should be able to explain the possible source of inconsistency in the web browser. The following are some of the reasons why there could be inconsistencies in the web pages of a website.

There are many reasons why a webpage will be different for different users. The first issue is the hardware ...

The overall experience of using money tree software for financial planning was profound and knowledgeable. The usage of software did not only help me recognized various factor associated with financial planning, but also the method by which effective financial planning could easily be carried out. I would describe my learning outcomes as I kept going through using the money tree software.

The first thing that appealed me was its user-friendly interference. The software has been designed in such a way as, every person related to finance, whether novice or professional could use this software without any adversity or predicament. ...

Internet-Based Software in Highly Regulated Industries

Industries having the United States Food and Drug Administration as their regulator have to put in lots of efforts in order to implement business software for their needs. After identifying an application that best suits their needs and carefully purchasing it, it is a requirement that the software applications undergo a scrutinizing validation process to ensure compliance with FDA standards. The validation may take weeks or even months for the actual implementation of the software to see the light of day. Such inconvenience has led to most companies to drift away from the use of traditional software applications to ...

All this is necessary to realize the mission and purpose of Microsoft, made ​​by the CEO (CEO) Microsoft Steve Ballmer - to give people and businesses around the world the opportunity to realize their potential by providing software solutions to their problems.

"Create the Future".

How the company leads: -This is one of the largest global corporations, with offices in more than 112 countries and 90.4 thousand employees. -Microsoft brand is supposed to be the most expensive and recignized trade mark. according to research by Best Global Brands 2012, its value is about $ 59 billion – the 5th place amont the ...

Abstract

Website design is like using the best technology for building WebPages for internet. The business is developed as people and consumer prefer to know about business from exceptional quality design of WebPages which make coherent the example and content of business marketing. The website design is colourful, easy to understand and apply using software such as Dreamweaver. Use of website makes providing detailed information, location, professionally a reality than a dream conserving scale of marketing while widening its scope to wider horizons. Thus website makes marketing promotion available and conveys all important aspects to consumer in time, saving costs and at ...

Running a telecommunication business is to provide outclass services to customers based on their satisfaction. To provide customers with satisfactory services, our company keeps personal information of all of our customers including their name, contact numbers and their preferences based on their orders. Company uses an electronic system to store all the data. Our store is a one-stop shop as everything is done to make it as suitable as possible.

Our computer is the heart of our success in providing best of our services to customers. The electronic system of storing information is safe and strong method than ...

Numerous practice management software for veterinary practitioners have been available in the market for the past decade. However, owning one or the replacement of an old practice management tool is a very important decision to make as this can shape what the future of a veterinarians firm. Is the software you are about to adopt or implement capable of handling all types of transactions you are about to do like lab results and client communications besides being simple enough and easily understood by you and your staff? (Treymane, 2012)

In looking for practice management software of veterinary software systems, it ...

Target market

The business will target business people, theatre people, teachers and musicians. The business shall confine itself to those non-corporate or non-institutional customers and those who desire same quality as offered by the business but do not have time to be put on the waiting list as other business do.

Expected sales

For the first three consecutive years, the business expects to make sales totaling to $103,500, $267,000 and $299,000. Profit expectations The business expects to make a net loss of $14,500 during the first year of operation. This is due to the high cost of fixed production ...

1. Operating Systems for Handheld gadgets

An operating system that supports handheld mobile devices is known as Mobile Operating System. The first mobile operating system was launched by IBM in 1995 in its Smartphone; IBM Simon. This was the world’s first Smartphone. Subsequently, mobile operating systems were developed by Microsoft, Nokia, Google and Palm Inc. This paper takes an in-depth view into two major mobile operating systems in the market today; Microsoft and Google’s Linux kernel based Android.

2. Microsoft’s Mobile Operating System

Microsoft’s mobile operating system’s history spans back to ...

The invention of smartphones has revolutionized the development of mobile phone applications, popularly known as Mobile Apps. The invention of mobile apps has enabled other functionalities such as playing games, use of mobile web browsers and invention of chat-oriented platforms. There are two major categories of mobile apps, namely: Android Apps and Apple Apps. Android is a mobile phone operating system available in a wide range of phones and most popular globally. It is the largest platform for mobile phones, and the growth has been tremendous over the recent past. Additionally, it provides a world-class platform for developing apps and games for ...

Computer scientists often have the thought of having an important place within the society. They will strive to show everyone in the world how their views have the most positive effects on the entire globe. The use of computers has been a major boost on the current world because many activities are made simple. Communication across the world and all the bulky activities that involved the human nature to carry out have been made simply by programming a computer to take instructions from a human (Agans, 2002). The computer is programmed to carry out a multitude of activities including accepting data, processing the ...

Leading virtual teams is very different from leading onsite teams. Virtual teams are much more challenging to manage compared with onsite management. Virtual teams have several benefits to the office and the individual. For the individual, being a member of a virtual team and working at such give the individual a comfort to work wherever and whatever way is comfortable to the individual. If the individual is comfortable working in his bed then the management does not give a damn as long as he can deliver the required outputs. He can work anytime except on scheduled meetings when he ...

Over the past years, technology has advanced in so many ways making work easier and at the same time improving the quality of work done. However, it has brought both positive and negative things. For instance, the increase in fraudulent activities especially in banks is as a result of technology. Nevertheless, technology should not be avoided due to the challenges that exist (Cherry, N. 2006). IOT has been applied in the smart phones. It has helped in the tracking of activities that one might be having doubts of what ease especially to parents who can man their children when at ...

Computer plays a vital role in our society and it is important in the digital literacy . The computer hardware and the computer software differ in terms of its appearances and functions. Computer hardware is the physical device that is utilized in or with the machine while the computer software is the collection of code that is installed into the hard drive of the computer.

Computer hardware is described as a device that is connected physically to the computers or touched physically. The CD-ROM, printer, video card, and printer are some of the examples of the computer hardware. The computer would not ...

Over the years, web pages have developed from simple platforms to complex and sophisticated web pages, which allow access to videos, photos and different applications. With the introduction of new technologies, web developers have been given the ability to develop useful, interesting web experiences, which the user enjoys on a daily basis.

The web pages were initially developed to provide online access to static information and material. Most of this information was impersonal and was of the professional type. Interaction between websites was less, as opposed to the case currently. This then caused a development of web browsers that have increased ...

Recommended media: Overhead transparencies that have the verses for the sermons printed on them.

Advantages - They are readily available in terms of raw material. The material to print the transparencies, in this case, the printing paper is readily available at convenience stores or bookshops. - They are not restricted to any one type of content, that is, they can be used for wide range of content. - Ease of preparation- Compared to other typed of media, the transparencies are relatively easy to prepare. In this case of the church, all that is needed is the printing paper and a printer to print out the bible verses - Simplification of ...

Virtualization is a concept in information technology that combines an organization’s IT resources, such as networks, processors and storage, into pools from which the dynamic allocation of the resources is possible. It has the overall effect of improving utilization of IT resources. The use of system virtualization helps to create several virtual systems using one physical system. Implementation of system virtualization is possible using Hypervisor technology. A hypervisor refers to software with the capabilities of virtualizing system resources.

Type 1 and Type 2 virtualizations are the two main forms hardware virtualizations approaches normally used in IT. In type 1 ...

3A. Data mining involves extracting meaningful information from data. There is much misinformation about data mining. The data is important, and data mining is a larger process applied on that data. It is not necessary that data mining be accurate, but important is to derive patterns and hypothesis. In short data, mining can also be termed as an automated extraction process of information from big data sets. There are various data mining tools and algorithms that enable the extraction of information, though some level of statistical expertise is required to use those techniques. Some data mining techniques are decision ...

With the running of the complete antivirus scan on the computer, the AVG antivirus identified Generic5.RQT Adware and Adware Generic5.ANDA as threats. Below given are the detailed steps to eradicate them. These steps have been found by researching on the internet.

Generic5.RQT Adware Manual Removal Guide

In case that any mistake might occur and cause unpredictable damages, please spend some time on making a backup of important files, data and programs beforehand. Then follow these steps given as below to delete Adware Generic5.RQT virus: 1. Open Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete and end [random] processes related to this nasty virus;

2. ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Glu Mobile deals with the development, marketing and selling of both casual and convectional mobile games. The company has an expansive portfolio of games created innovatively and distributed through wireless carriers for segment of subscribers and through online stores for smartphone and tablet users. There are two broad categories of games that the company deals with, games that the company does not have intellectual property but licenses it and games which the company owns their intellectual property (Mobile, 2014). The social media is another platform that Glu Mobile uses to develop and sell games. Glu Mobile has development studios ...

Software as a service can be defined as a software distribution model in which an application is proposed by the provider to serve as a service on demand (Laudon and Traver, 2011). Third party ASPs (Application service providers) are responsible for providing the licenses (Laudon and Traver, 2011). SaaS would be very attractive for the restaurants due to the fact that as clients, they would only have to subscribe for a fee to get the software functionality online; rather than having to purchase the software, and have it installed on their computers (Laudon and Traver, 2011). The cost for the technology such as ...

Project Management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources in accomplishing a goal in relation to a deadline, budget, and scope. Basic planning includes defining a project, setting project activities, gathering resources, estimating project costs, preparing for quality and risks, and establishing security and communication. Projects have several tasks and activities from planning, implementation, and evaluation. It can get highly stressful and lost during the project period. This why Microsoft came up with a software application called Microsoft Project (Custom Guide, 2011; Microsoft Corporation, 2000a).

One of Microsoft’s product releases is Project 2010. It is a project management system ...

Critique of the prioritizing process at D. D. Williamson

D.D Williamson is a leading corporation that provides caramel coloring as well as burnt sugar and natural colorings for the food and beverage industries (ddwcolor.com, 2013). The company is headquartered in Lousville, Kentucky and has nine coloring operations in five continents (ddwcolor.com, 2013). In 2004 the company embarked on a massive expansion plan and created 16 “critical projects” that needed to be organized, prioritized and selected all within a restrictive time period. The changes to prioritization of the projected selected less than five “Visual Impact Projects” (VIPs) which were to receive high-level focus and attention.

D.D. Williamson used a four-step method ...

Last week, the half-year returns were disclosed, and the new strategic plan was being unveiled, signaling a decrease in returns by 16%. As they say, in the world of business it is a case of ‘shape up or ship out’. Our major undoing has been the continued reliance on obsolete inventory systems that place overheads on ordering, stocking and real-time response to clients’ complaints and wrong deliveries from suppliers. The strategic plan set put a comprehensive approach to achieving an 18% increase in returns by the end of the coming financial year. Having identified our major undoing, we cannot sit and ...