...1.Create a problem statement for the client, Azure Sky Tea, based on the Hofstede model. Problem Statement Azure Sky Tea is an herbal tea company located in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Azure Sky Tea has nine percent of market shares and is looking to increase market share by expanding into different markets. The problem that Azure Sky Tea company is facing is that they are trying to find a market that suitable with their low key culture. In order to find suitable countries one must find the countries on the Hofstede that score similar in all of the four dimensions to the United States scores. It is important to find two countries that are similar to the United States because, Azure Sky Tea wants to operate their office with the same cultures. 2. Classify possible combinations of countries for location of the Azure Sky Tea’s offices based on the Hofstede model. Include a discussion of the home country’s (U.S.) relative position on the Hofstede scales as compared to other countries. Note: Utilize the Hofsetede module to include all parameters (i.e., individualism, uncertainty, power distance, masculinity) for the classification. The Hofstede Model is a model that gives a score about the culture in terms of four dimensions such as, individualism, power distance, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance index. A high power distance score indicates that people accept the difference in power between their superior and themselves and power is concentrated...
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... Expository writing The person I look up to is Axel Manica he is sixteen and also in high school. The question for this essay is who is Axel Manica. This essay will describe Axel Manica in an introducing essay. It will describe his friends his personality and him. Also, what he does on a usual basis. This is not stalker-ish it is for a project in language arts. Also, Axel is my best buddy and so that is how I know a lot of information. The first is what does he do for most of the time. So far that I know he usually goes to school most of his time. He also hangs out with me after school most days. We usually play black ops two and three together on the game mode zombies. After he hangs out with me he will do his homework and his chores. Then after that sometimes he goes and hangs out with his girlfriend. And sometimes if he doesn't hang out with me he goes and hangs out with his other friends. Those are the things he usually does every day. The second question is what is his personality like. The only way I could describe Axel’s personality is free and nice. Not like a hippy where he is loose, but nice and very caring. As well as friendly too, he is very careful around delicate feelings. If you got caught under a rock Axel would be the one to help you. Axel cares about everyone he is the nicest person I know for a long shot. Entirely Axel is a very nice person. And that is one reason I look up to Axel. The last...
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...Advertising affects what consumer buy. Ads appeal us many reasons. For example, in the two ads I found for hair-care stuff. The Beachblonde ad is more effective than Frizz-Ease ad because of its use of propaganda, its use of color, its layout. First of all, the Beachblonde ad uses many propaganda devices. For example it uses some loaded words like ‘blonde’, ’shine’, ‘sun-kissed’. But Frizz-Ease uses only ‘amazing’. In addition, Beachblonde ad uses many glittering generalities. ‘Now, anyone can be a Beacblonde’, ‘Get sun-drenched highlights with high-impact shine anytime, any where.’ On the other hand, Frizz-Ease ad uses glittering generalities like ‘You will see amazing transformation’, ‘whether you have dry, wiry or fine hair, there’s a Frizz-Ease Serum perfect for you’. Beachblonde ad uses plain folks appeal, but Frizz-Ease ad doesn’t use it. Thus because of its use of propaganda devices, the Beachblonde ad is more appealing. Besides propaganda techniques, the Beachblonde ad uses better colors. In the Beachblonde ad, it uses several cheerful colors like yellow, light blue, emerald green, and white. Yellow is an attention getter and it is most visible color of all the colors. So it is the number one attention getter. And blue is one of the most popular colors. To American consumers of both genders, blue is the favorite color. In addition, in this ad they use light blue so it means they want to emphasize cheerful. And emerald green is also the color which looks cheerful. White...
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...Viagra: The small blue pill that enhances the experience of making love Keywords: Generic Viagra 200mg, Generic Viagra Viagra is a small blue pill which proves that big things come in small packages. It is truly a wonder drug that improves the overall experience of making love. Viagra is an innocent looking medicine that is sure to lift your spirit and bring passion in your sex life. Millions of men who suffer from impotence have benefited from Viagra. It is pharmacologically known as Sildenafil Citrate. Generic Viagra was the first of the oral phosphodiesterase 5 enzyme inhibitors approved for erectile dysfunction. The safety record of this medicine is quite commendable. Studies have been carried out regarding the cardiovascular effects of this medicine. Initially, it was studied as an antianginal agent since the hemodynamic profile of Viagra is similar to that of a weak nitrate. The enzyme phosphodiesterase 5 is found in the smooth muscle cells of arteries and veins too besides the corpus cavernosum of the penis. Hence, administration of this medicine will cause a reduction in the blood pressure through systemic vasodilation of arteries and veins. 100 mg and 150 mg are the usually prescribed doses of this medicine. Generic Viagra 200 mg can also be given, if required. It can also be used in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension as it reduces blood pressure. In normal conditions, blood flows to the penis and makes it erect when the person is sexually excited. This...
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...focus is on cloud computing and storage, and specifically public cloud, which is one of the four deployment models in our textbook. Cloud computing is a rapidly growing industry in our culture. The public cloud is a place where you can store data without it taking up space on your computer and also giving you the ability to access it anywhere over the internet. There are some concerns over security but all in all the advantages outweigh the disadvantages and usage the cloud in business as well as personal life is not going away anytime soon. Utilizing public cloud for applications is less expensive than owning and managing your own platforms or software because if it’s not free, you only pay for what you use. For example, Windows Azure Services Platform offers virtual machines, SQL database and SQL reporting as well as countless others. These are applications that you would need to purchase and download, and they may not even be right for your needs. This service in particular can cost as low as 2 cents per hour to run any of the applications that they have to offer. [1] So, for an individual or business who does not need a lot this is definitely the way to go. Google drive is still fairly recent and to most people it seems to have just replaced Google Docs. The difference is that it is actually more like Dropbox in that you can store much more than what you create there.[2] They also are offering up more features, one really cool one being PDF to text conversion...
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...the services are provided. This simplified view is called an abstraction. Similarly, cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of the details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called The Cloud. The key characteristic of cloud computing is that the computing is "in the cloud" i.e. the processing (and the related data) is not in a specified, known or static place(s). This is in contrast to a model in which the processing takes place in one or more specific servers that are known. All the other concepts mentioned are supplementary or complementary to this concept. Example: Microsoft Windows Azure The Windows Azure platform is a flexible cloud–computing platform that lets you focus on solving business problems and addressing customer needs. No need to invest upfront on expensive infrastructure. Pay only for what you use, scale up when you need capacity and pull it back when you don’t. We handle all the patches and maintenance — all in a secure environment with over 99.9% uptime. IOT基本理论模型 智能卡 条形码 二维码 GPS 传感器技术 网关设备 近距离 通信 因特网 跟踪定位 高速 数据 网络 个人保健 人身上可以安装不同的传感器，对人的健康参数进行监控，并且实时传送到相关的医疗保健中心，如果有异常，保健中心通过手机，提醒您去医院检查身体。 O2O, Online To Offline, is a new business mode combining the online shopping and the front line transactions. The first successful application of O2O mode was carried out by the largest...
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...CLOUD VENDOR REPORT SECTION 3 - GROUP H In the given scenario, we’re looking for the matching cloud-vendor for the young CEO of a wealth management company in central London. Since, the company is active in the financial industry, there is a high importance on the security of the client’s data and the need for highly analytical tools. The business will employ 13+ sales analysts by the end of the year and is hooked up to a well-performing Internet connection. The CEO requests cloud services to set up customized application tools in order to manage his clients’ portfolios and ensure a high security of the clients’ data, in addition. Standardized off-the-shelf cloud products might not fulfill all the needs, which the wealth management business requires. Depending on the size of a company, staff and budget, there are three different types of cloud computing service models, which build upon one another (see appendix A). Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the most complete cloud service model in which whole applications are being managed from a central location and made available to the end-users.i Then there is platform-as-a-service (PaaS), which supports the creation of software, rather than fixed software, being delivered over the web. It gives the opportunity to easily develop applications and not to depend on specific platforms to run. Additionally, there is the flexibility to take advantage of cloud benefits while retaining data and applications on site as needed.ii Finally...
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...CHINTAN VORA ‘Arihant’, 163/2-C,Railway Lines, Solapur-413001,Maharashtra, India Tel: 9833393475; Email Address: vorachins123@yahoo.co.in OBJECTIVE: To contribute to research in networking and security in emerging technologies like Cloud Computing. EDUCATION: * University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology at D.J.Sanghvi College of Engg(Exp. Date May 2011) Secured 63.02% aggregate in first six semesters with First Class * Sangameshawar College (Junior College), Solapur, India Secured 88.5% at the HSC Examination, March 2007 * St.Joseph High School (High School), Solapur, India Secured 87.33% at the SSC Examination, March 2005 ACADEMIC PROJECTS: * An ecommerce application based on Google’s Cloud - Final year B.E. Project Developing a state of the art ecommerce solution using Google’s cloud computing framework (Google App Engine) in association with L&T Infotech, a global IT services and solutions provider. * An auction engine Developed a real-time auction engine based on client-server architecture, using Java RMI as middleware technology. * Pizza delivery management in Visual Basic - Database Management project Developed a Pizza delivery Management system modelled on “Domino’s Pizza” using MS-SQL as back end and Visual...
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...Datenbankdienste in der Cloud II Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis ................................................................................................... II Abbildungsverzeichnis .......................................................................................... III Anlagenverzeichnis................................................................................................. V 1 Einleitung ............................................................................................................ 1 2 Relationale Datenbankmanagementsysteme in der Cloud .................................. 2 3 Vorstellung ausgewählter Anbieter..................................................................... 4 3.1 Microsoft SQL Azure .................................................................................. 4 3.2 Amazon RDS ............................................................................................... 5 3.3 Oracle Database Cloud Service ................................................................... 5 4 Vergleich der relationalen Cloud Datenbankdienste .......................................... 7 4.1 Vergleich 1: Einrichtung und Verwaltung ................................................... 7 4.2 Vergleich 2: Kompatibilität ......................................................................... 9 4.3 Vergleich 3: Datenbankgröße .................................................................... 10 4.4 Vergleich 4: Kosten .................
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...17-26.In the current year, Azure Company has $350,000 of net operating income before deducting any compensation or other payment to its sole owner, Sasha. In addition, Azure has interest on municipal bonds of $25,000. Sasha has significant income from other sources and is in the 39.6% marginal tax bracket. Based on this information, determine the income tax consequences to Azure Company and to Sasha during the year for each of the following independent situations. a. Azure is a C corporation and pays no dividends or salary to Sasha. b. Azure is a C corporation and distributes $75,000 of dividends to Sasha. c. Azure is a C corporation and pays $75,000 of salary to Sasha. d. Azure is a sole proprietorship, and Sasha withdraws $0. e. Azure is a sole proprietorship, and Sasha withdraws $75,000. 17-28. Benton Company (BC) has one owner, who is in the 33% Federal income tax bracket. BC’s gross income is $395,000, and its ordinary trade or business deductions are $245,000. Compute the Federal income tax liability on BC’s income for the current year under the following assumptions: a. BC is operated as a proprietorship, and the owner withdraws $100,000 for personal use. b. BC is operated as a corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary, and pays no dividends to its shareholder. c. BC is operated as a corporation and pays out no salary or dividends to its shareholder. d. BC is operated as a corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary to its shareholder, and pays out the remainder...
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...Solution name: DOCS Scheduler Company: ACME Express Website: www.docsscheduler.net Country or region: United States Company profile ACME Express is a software development company that focuses on scheduling management for hospitals. Supporting Microsoft software and services Microsoft Azure SQL Database Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines * * “Essentially no IT resources are required to implement DOCS Scheduler, except for due diligence. But with Azure, it’s a no-brainer: Azure helps us satisfy all the medical healthcare regulations in terms of security and privacy. It simplifies the entire due diligence process for IT.” * * Don Scipione, President, ACME Express Solution name: DOCS Scheduler Company: ACME Express Website: www.docsscheduler.net Country or region: United States Company profile ACME Express is a software development company that focuses on scheduling management for hospitals. Supporting Microsoft software and services Microsoft Azure SQL Database Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines * * “Essentially no IT resources are required to implement DOCS Scheduler, except for due diligence. But with Azure, it’s a no-brainer: Azure helps us satisfy all the medical healthcare regulations in terms of security and privacy. It simplifies the entire due diligence process for IT.” * * Don Scipione, President, ACME Express | | | | | Microsoft Healthcare Solution Case Study | | | | | | | On-call...
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...Azure Regions MY ACCOUNT PORTAL Search Features Pricing Documentation Downloads Marketplace Blog Community Support FREE TRIAL Azure Regions Broad global reach Overview Services Services by region Select a geography to see the service availability by region × × × US GOV IOWA × US GOV VIRGINIA × NORTH CENTRAL US × SOUTH CENTRAL US × × NORTH EUROPE × WEST EUROPE × × SOUTHEAST ASIA × × CENTRAL US COMPUTE Websites Virtual Machines … Reserved IP Service Management Mobile Services Cloud Services … http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/[11/26/2014 2:35:43 PM] JAPAN EAST EAST ASIA EAST US 2 WEST US EAST US Azure Regions Service Management Reserved IP Batch DATA SERVICES SQL Database … SQL Data Sync Storage Import/Export HDInsight Managed Cache Backup Redis Cache Site Recovery StorSimple Machine Learning DocumentDB Azure Search Data Factory Stream Analytics Operational Insights APP SERVICES BizTalk Services Active Directory Service Bus Media Services Encoding Streaming Notifcation Hubs Multi-Factor Authentication...
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...Demo Script Parallel Computing on Azure - Travelling Salesman Demo Demo version: 1.0.0 Last updated: 12/7/2011 Contents Overview 3 Key Messages 4 Key Technologies 4 Prerequisites 4 Time Estimates 5 Setup and Configuration 6 Demo Flow 7 Opening Statement 9 Step-by-Step Walkthrough 10 Segment #1: Scaling-Up Windows Azure Applications using a Single Instance 10 Segment #2: Scaling-Out Windows Azure Applications using Multiple instances 17 Summary 24 * Overview This demo highlights how to scale-up Web Applications on Windows Azure, using the .NET Task Parallel Library (TPL) classes from .NET Framework 4.0. This library efficiently utilizes multiple processors within Windows Azure roles, where the size of the Virtual Machine instance is greater than Small (i.e. where there are multiple processors available). Additionally, the demo shows how to scale-out applications taking advantage of Technical Computing across multiple role instances, using a Job scheduling algorithm. The work is distributed to all the available instances, maximizing the CPU processing of each. Travelling Salesman demo is using a “genetic” algorithm to quickly solve the problem that would ordinarily require very many conventional interactions to solve. The problem and its real–life applications are widely documented (for example, see http://www.tsp.gatech.edu/index.html). The algorithm used in this demo was taken from http://www.heatonresearch.com/online/introduction–neural–networks–cs–edition–2/chapter–6...
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...Intuit Expands Development Platform, Brings Cloud Apps to Millions of Small Businesses In 2009, Intuit launched the Intuit Partner Platform (IPP) to help developers build software-as-a-service applications that integrate with data in QuickBooks—the popular financial software. In 2010, to make it easier for IPP developers to create scalable cloud-based applications, Intuit combined IPP with the capabilities of Windows Azure in a partnership with Microsoft. The company also released the Windows Azure Software Development Kit for the Intuit Partner Platform. Now, developers quickly produce applications using the familiar technology of the Windows Azure environment and market them to millions of customers through the Intuit App Center. Customers benefit from one-stop shopping for an increasing selection of applications—soon including the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite—that can be combined to create end-to-end solutions. Situation Founded in 1983, Intuit is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and midsize businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers; and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken, and TurboTax, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. The company has a growing worldwide user base of 50 million. In recent years, Intuit has focused on using emerging...
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...Before attending this course, students should have: Basic understanding of virtualization technology (Classroom labs utilize virtual machines) To help you prepare for this class, review the following resources: Book: T-SQL Fundamentals for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and SQL Azure MCTS Self Paced Training Kit 70-461 About this Course This 5-day instructor led course provides students with the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2012. This course is the foundation for all SQL Server-related disciplines; namely, Database Administration, Database Development and Business Intelligence. This course helps people prepare for exam 70-461. All the labs for this course can be performed using the provided virtual machines. However, if you have a Microsoft Windows Azure account and the classroom virtual machines connect to the internet you may be able to connect to your Windows Azure server and database from the classroom. Many of the labs in this course are enabled for you to perform the lab while connected to your own Windows Azure database in the cloud. Your instructor should be able to provide a current list of Windows Azure enabled labs. To acquire a trial Windows Azure account click here. Audience Profile This course is intended for Database Administrators, Database Developers, and Business Intelligence professionals. The course will very likely be well attended by SQL power users who aren’t necessarily database-focused or plan on taking...
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