...Harnessing the power of business intelligence: A proposed use case for small, MEDIUM AND MICRO businesses Introduction The subject matter of this research project is based off of a need to know what tools are available for small businesses who wish to compete with their bigger and more financially equipped counterparts. As someone who has always had a great interest in being an entrepreneur, I believe this is as great a medium as any other to delve into the topic of affordable business intelligence solutions for small businesses. In a recent study of small and medium businesses, it was found that they collect a lot of data but are face with the problem of having too much information and a great majority of them did not know how to make best use of it. In essence, they know the importance of collecting data but do not comprehend how to make sense of the data. (Aggarwal, McCabe, & Aggarwal, 2011) The study went on to show that 25% of the small and medium size businesses that took part in the study reported that one of their biggest challenges is getting better insights into the data they collect. But as Todd R. Weiss so put it, it’s also getting much harder for small businesses to find excuses for why they cannot compete with larger competitors on a regional, national and global scale because of the accessibility of software and services (specifically BI tools) via “the cloud”. (Weiss, 2012) This paper will briefly discuss what business intelligence is; why it is so important;...
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...Growth in Internet Consumption Bangladesh Internet User Profile: Macro Statistics (1 of 2) Fact Insight ISP = 1.25m WiMax = 0.35m Multiple users at home, cyber cafes, offices etc. Fueled by demand from young population (70% G&R Offers Unique Solutions Suite Digital Media Presence Mindshare, Mediacom, Top of Mind (Zenith), Starcom Asiatic (JWT), Bitopi (Leo Burnett), Market Access, Benchmark Zanala, webspice, Technovista, Digimarka, devsteam Techhaven, SSL, Aamra, GP IT BDJobs, BDNews24, Prothom Alo, clickbd TechTunes, biggapon Komli, AdMax, Google, Tribal Fusion Nielsen, Ryans Archive Digital Media Planning/ Buying X Lack of expertise & scale Digital Creative Services incl. Website Dev X Lack of expertise & scale Data, Analytics and Insight Media Agencies Creative Agencies Web Dev Agency IT / Software Company Media Owner Local Ad Network Int’l Ad Network X Lack of expertise & scale X Lack of expertise & scale X Some strong web dev firms X Weak in design X Lack of Scale X Access to SMB X Late entry X...
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...the effects that the consumers are looking for on their jeans. Denim jeans have almost become a necessity in the present scenario. By age, jeans wear sales have increased significantly in the 13-17 and 25-34 age groups. By volume men's/boys jeans shipment market is more than that of women's/girls jeans shipments in US. Denim jeans make up one of the most fragmented, but also one of the most lucrative sectors of the apparel industry, with products aimed at men, women, teens and infants.(In Text Cit) Denim jeans accounted for US$5.2bn of the US$15bn bottoms market in 2006, according to report author Koncept Analytics, but a decline in the market in 2007 is seen as the start of a downward trend that is likely to continue in coming years. Sales of women's jeans among 25 to 34 year-olds fell a sizeable 15.3% to US$1.09bn in the 12 months through March 2007, says the 'US Denim Jeans Market Report: 2008 Edition'. The most significant growth is coming in the 55- to 64-year-old age group, with sales rising 15.2% to US$592.5m. (In Text Cit). In recent years market growth has also been driven by demand for premium denim - jeans priced at more than US$100. The worldwide premium denim market is...
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...Abstract This paper explores the origin of wire services, major new agencies providing those services, and the evolution of the service over its history. Wire services are necessary for the facilitation of news internationally. The methods of providing news from a wire service, or news agency, to other newspaper, periodical, radio, television, or other communication outlet has evolved throughout history. This paper explores the humble beginnings of wire services and highlights several of the major wire service providers, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP), and Bloomberg. The Evolution of Wire Services: Then and Now Wire services are integral components of international communication. Also referred to as a news agency, a wire service is an organization “that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission (Mish, 1997).” With origins dating back to the early 1850s (McPhail, 2010), wire services have not always conducted communication transfers with advanced technology like satellite transmissions. From telegraphy to teleprinters to radio, the process of getting news from a wire service to its dependent news and other providers has evolved substantially throughout the years. The conception and continued modernization of wire services can be attributed to various agency titans, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP)...
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...Social media is ubiquitous. Critically assess the opportunities and threats for Irish businesses. Technology in the 21st century is a very important aspect to when dealing with any business.”Technology is the equipment used to perform particular tasks, and the way that it is organized has a major influence on the workforce management (P. Gunnigle 2001). A huge part of technology is social media.Social media in today’s society is a wide spread necessity of our every days lives, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or even blogging it seems that everyone is involved in some shape or form. It has become so popular that the majority of businesses are now using most social media sites in hope to benefit their company. In a recent study conducted it was said that “79% of businesses are using or planning on using social media for their business” (M. Ennis 2012) The majority of companies use social media to keep up with the current trends and use it is a cheap and resourceful way to promote their company. “As of June 2012 it was estimated that there was 955 million active Facebook users” (M.Sebastian 2012). This is a substantial amount of user just for one social media site, and in addition to this there are a vast amount of other users on comparison websites. For instance in the UK alone twitter account users reached over “7 million in 2012” (S.Bernard & H.Barret 2013). It is evident that social media is a powerful tool when it comes to any business as there substantial...
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...The New York Times Paywall Every newspaper in the country is paying close, close attention [to the Times paywall], wondering if they can get readers of online news to pay. Is that the future, or a desperate attempt to recreate the past?. . . Will paywalls work for newspapers? — Tom Ashbrook, host of On Point, National Public Radio1 On March 28, 2011, The New York Times (The Times) website became a restricted site. The home page and section front pages were unrestricted, but users who exceeded the allotted “free quota” of 20 articles for a month were directed to a web page where they could purchase a digital subscription. The paywall was launched earlier on March 17, 2011, in Canada, which served as the testing ground to detect and resolve possible problems before the global launch. The Times website had been mostly free for its entire existence, except for a few months in 2006–2007 when TimesSelect was launched. Traditional newspapers had been struggling to maintain profitability in the online medium, and they were eager to see how the public would react to the creation of a paywall at the most popular news website in the U.S. Martin Nisenholtz, the senior vice president of Digital Operations at The Times, was optimistic about the willingness of users to pay: I think the majority of people are honest and care about great journalism and The New York Times. When you look at the research that we’ve done, tons of people actually say, “Jeez, we’ve felt sort of guilty...
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...Intellectual Capitalism 2 Verizon Q1: How can this video inform your company president based on the contents of his letter? (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd98Naz8jvQ One of the key focal points of Verizon’s strategic position is exploring the Internet of Things. Understanding and creating solutions on this new platform will be paramount to staying ahead of direct competitors. To address this topic and the challenges and opportunities that lie therein, Chad Jones, formerly of Xively by LogMeIn, delivered the above-linked lecture at the Harvard Innovation Lab entitled “The Business of the Internet of Things”. The Internet of Things (aka Internet of Everything, Industrial Internet) is viewed as the next great technological revolution that will transform how we experience our daily life. The exploration of this new frontier has captivated many different industries, such as energy, health care, manufacturing, construction, and transportation. Many have begun to “connect” devices by incorporating sensors or software that can be remotely monitored, enabling seamless communication in real-time between computer networks and the physical world. Estimates are that by the end of 2014, there were 1.2 billion connections in Internet of Things, and future projections have that number leaping by as much as 5 times by 2020 with the potential to boast nearly 1 trillion connections by 2025. The economic impact is being estimated at $4.6 trillion by 2020, at which point could...
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... Edited Extracts from Chartered Institute of Marketing (Case study: June 2011) Contents Introduction 4 Movie and TV programme licensing and distribution 5 Netflix, Inc 6 Netflix – advertising and marketing 7 Netflix’s competitors 7 Top ten movie download services 10 Data protection issues 10 The future for the industry 11 The future for Netflix 12 References 13 Home Entertainment Introduction Total global sales of pre-recorded DVDs and Blu-ray discs of movies, TV shows, pop videos and other content for home use have been falling over recent years. Although the newer technology, Blu-ray, is experiencing growth, its adoption is not fast enough to compensate for the overall decline. According to Strategy Analytics there was a 4% drop in the combined sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs in 2009...
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION The dawn of the information and communication technology (ICT) in a business enterprise is inevitable. Companies that follow with the traditional way of doing business and cannot adapt with the times will be left behind, losing market share, facing operational and financial constrains and eventually fold up as a last resort. The company, One2One Wedding Planners Sdn. Bhd. that we are to develop the B2B, is no exception. Therefore the whole wedding planner concept needs to be revolutionalized through the E-business to promote the sale of the company’s products and services, to react to the present fast and ever changing business environment, and to capture a substantiate slice of the market share. Precisely, we are going to propose to the Company to make use of the capabilities of the computer and the Internet to sell its products and services to the general public. By having a web site in the internet, managers and staffs of the Company will be able to manage their daily business activities in an open environment. This means that the internet allows managers and staffs to interact with the company’s customers anytime and anywhere without having to meet up personally. 2.0 FIVE ADVANTEGES OG HAVING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS (B2B) 1. Removes location and availability restrictions The internet reaches across the world and spans all time zones. That means that when businesses take their operations online, they have the same capabilities. With a physical store...
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...#DBForum digital BRAND marketing 13 2013+ sustained strategic shifts_ 1.17.13 @StevenCook CMO Brand building DNA - global Fortune 50 B2C brand builder that shifted to Silicon Valley funded start-up - not a ‘digital native’ … am a ‘hybrid’ brand marketer … stay current, curious, courageous - strong belief in understanding people & their user experience WW Director Brand Marketing WW VP Strategic Brand Marketing, Biz Dev & Innovation SVP, CMO U.S., Canada, Mexico Global CMO & Biz Dev Contributing writer Contributing writer Brief - digital BRAND marketing state of union - 2013 forecast Goals: I hope our discussion does one or all: - validates your current beliefs and strategic activity - gives you additional business case proof points to advance your digital brand marketing initiatives inside your company or with your clients - gives you something new to think about - gets your juices flowing and your mind racing - gives you additional reasons to connect with Neustar AdAdvisor & Legolas Media About 107,000,000 results About 107,000,000 results insightful & inspirational sources digital BRAND marketing ‘state of union’ How would you characterize the era that we’re in now with regard to the relationship between digital and brands? “Brands for the last 15 years have been looking at online as another media channel to buy ads on. So they buy or rent eyeballs or audiences or uniques from the media properties that provide them. Now you’ve got with all...
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...Zinnov Management Consulting IT Adoption in BFSI Sector in India 2012 This report is solely for the use of Zinnov Client and Zinnov Personnel. No Part of it may be quoted, circulated or reproduced for distribution outside the client organization without prior written approval from Zinnov. India is a fast growing IT market; BFSI vertical constitutes a significant share of the overall spending USD billion $13.7 17.1% FY12 FY11 Distribution of IT Spending in India, FY12 Energy 15.7% Government 15.4% Hardware $11.7 IT Services $12.6 14.4% $11.0 Manufacturing 28.8% BFSI 11.1% Telecom 7.2% Education 1.5% Healthcare 1.0% Software Products $4.2 19.5% Consumers 11.9% Others1 7.0% Retail 0.4% $3.5 Total domestic IT market FY12 ~ USD 30.4 billion Overall, BFSI vertical is contributing significantly to the growth of the Indian economy; its share in Indian GDP is estimated at ~8% Source: Company Annual Reports and Press Releases; Dataquest; Primary Interviews with Stakeholders in the Indian IT Ecosystem; MOSPI; Zinnov Analysis Note: 2 The rapid diversification of the sector including Banks, NBFCs and Insurance presents huge IT opportunity Over 97,000 Scheduled Banks in India (235) Commercial Banks (166) Co-operative Banks (69) Unscheduled Banks Public Sector Banks (26) Nationalized Banks (20) Foreign Banks in India (33) Private Sector Bank (21) Regional Rural Banks (82) Urban Cooperatives (53) State...
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...Executive Summary It is said that the contemporary world survives on the information and this is a precious asset for any organization. Any information has to be organized, stored, managed carefully and should be handled perfectly so that it would be available on demand and facilitate easy access. In this case, it is no doubt that Business Intelligence systems (BIS) are excellent for the modern business. There have many reasons that Business Intelligence systems play an essential role in the success of an organization. First of all, it has the capacity to ensure smooth, incessant flow of information without negotiating on security. Secondly the Business Intelligence Systems duty is to ensure that correct decision is taken with the available data at the appreciate time and this is done basically on the information provided. Business Intelligence systems are used to enrich the timeliness of information necessary for the company, to allow access to all the information wherever it is stored and offer the information in business terminologies. It reduces the distribution costs spent on the information as well as the handling time, helping planning and forecasting. Understanding of its important role, eBay – the largest and most popular marketplace on Internet has applied and used IS in their business and become very successful company. Launched in 1995, eBay started as a place to trade collectables and hard-to-find items, after just few years eBay become more and more popular,...
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...CONTENTS: CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY 1 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A): The Role of the Operating Manager in Information Systems CASE STUDY I-1 IMT Custom Machine Company, Inc.: Selection of an Information Technology Platform CASE STUDY I-2 VoIP2.biz, Inc.: Deciding on the Next Steps for a VoIP Supplier CASE STUDY I-3 The VoIP Adoption at Butler University CASE STUDY I-4 Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City CASE STUDY I-5 Data Governance at InsuraCorp CASE STUDY I-6 H.H. Gregg’s Appliances, Inc.: Deciding on a New Information Technology Platform CASE STUDY I-7 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (B): Cleaning Up an Information Systems Debacle CASE STUDY II-1 Vendor-Managed Inventory at NIBCO CASE STUDY II-2 Real-Time Business Intelligence at Continental Airlines CASE STUDY II-3 Norfolk Southern Railway: The Business Intelligence Journey CASE STUDY II-4 Mining Data to Increase State Tax Revenues in California CASE STUDY II-5 The Cliptomania™ Web Store: An E-Tailing Start-up Survival Story CASE STUDY II-6 Rock Island Chocolate Company, Inc.: Building a Social Networking Strategy CASE STUDY III-1 Managing a Systems Development Project at Consumer and Industrial Products, Inc. CASE STUDY III-2 A Make-or-Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company CASE STUDY III-3 ERP Purchase Decision at Benton Manufacturing Company, Inc. CASE STUDY III-4 ...
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...University of Mumbai B.E Information Technology Scheme of Instruction and Evaluation Third Year -Semester VI Scheme of Instructions Sr. Subjects Lect/ No 1 Information and Network Security Middleware and Enterprise Integration Technologies Software Engineering Data Base Technologies Programming for Mobile and Remote Computers Information Technology for Management of Enterprise TOTAL Week 4 Scheme of Examinations Theory T/W Practical Oral Total Hours Marks Marks Marks Marks Marks 3 100 25 -25 150 Pract/ Week 2 Tut/ Week -- 2 4 2 -- 3 100 25 -- 25 150 3 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 ---- 3 3 3 100 100 100 25 25 25 --25 25 25 -- 150 150 150 6 4 24 10 1 1 3 -- 100 600 25 150 -25 25 125 150 900 INFORMATION AND NETWORK SECURITY CLASS T.E. ( INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) HOURS PER LECTURES : WEEK TUTORIALS : PRACTICALS EVALUATION SYSTEM: THEORY PRACTICAL ORAL TERM WORK : SEMESTER VI 04 -02 HOURS 3 ---- MARKS 100 25 25 1. Introduction What is Information Security? Security Goals. 2. Cryptography Crypto Basic, Classic Cryptography, Symmetric Key Cryptography: Stream Ciphers, A5/1, RC4, Block Ciphers, Feistel Cipher, DES, Triple DES, AES, Public Key Cryptography: Kanpsack, RSA, Defiie-Hellman, use of public key crypto- Signature and Non-repudiation, Confidentiality and Non-repudiation, Public Key Infrastructure, Hash Function: The Birthday Problem, MD5, SHA-1, Tiger Hash, Use of Hash Function. 3. Access...
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...PART I – INTRODUCTION A. Brief Description or Nature of the Study Since 2013, considerable attention has been given to the emergence of Cloud Computing Technology in Luzon, especially its prevalent power in industries like schools, hospitals, retailing and service companies to name a few. New IT services have begun to surface from the synergy between business and technology perspectives that could bring about higher returns on investment as well as competitiveness, organizational agility, and cost minimization on businesses. Hence, Cloud Computing Technology could be cited as a good and practical opportunity even for small-medium enterprises (SMEs) such as local distributors of consumer goods because they do not have the technical expertise to establish the IT infrastructure to catch up with, and to remain profitable and competitive amidst the changes in the industry, growing competition and other external factors. Thus, this study allows distributors as end users to be given the idea about Cloud Computing Technology that is centered on the assessment of their own business environment prior to and when already using this technology. This study is designed for these local distributors of consumer goods in Zamboanga City. This study will allow them to acknowledge the benefits and advantages that they may be able to reap when moving into or adopting this innovation in their core operations – inventory monitoring, sales updating and reporting. Although there is...
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