...Dell was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, while he was a student at the University of Texas with only $1,000; he presently is the CEO and chairman of the board for the corporation. The original name of the company was PCs Limited and was changed to Dell Computer Corporation in 1988; then to Dell Inc in 2004 (Hitt, 2011). Dell Inc is one of the leading technology companies that offers a broad range of products, including desktop, personal computers, servers, networking products, storage, mobility products, software and peripherals, and services. Today, Dell has global revenues of over $60 billion and employs more than 78,000 individuals. Despite this tremendous growth, the organization has remained committed to its core values. The “Soul of Dell” creates an ethical framework in which people are the common thread which links the organization’s current position and future aspirations. The organization’s mission is “…to be the most successful computer company in the world at delivering the best customer experience in the markets we serve” (Soul of Dell, 2006). The vision of the company is: “…to lead in all regions we serve. The foundation of our success is the same in the United Kingdom and France, China and Japan, Canada and other countries. Customers want technology products that are relevant to them, offer great value and can be easily purchased and used. That’s what our team around the globe consistently delivers” (Fiscal 2005 in Review, 2005). Considering variations in customer...
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...There were many things that I observed during the Capstone experience. The first thing was that many of the nurses were severely fatigued throughout the night shift. Some nurses relied heavily on caffeine throughout the night and others would get multiple items from the vending machine. A couple nurses had a hard time keeping their eyes open, while other nurses were wide awake throughout the entire shift. I also observed nurses taking breaks and walking the stairs to help themselves gain more energy. I found it most shocking that one of the individuals having a very hard time coping with the night shift had over 10 years of permanent night shift experience. This individual often mentioned how he would only sleep a few hours in between shifts...
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...NETW600 Telecommunications Capstone Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Project Background 3 Industry 3 Trends and Projections 4 Competition 5 Strength 5 Weakness 5 Opportunity 5 Threats 5 Problem and Definition 6 Problem 1: Infrastructure 6 Problem 1.1 Cabling 6 Problem 1.2 Disaster Recovery 6 Problem 1.3 Equipment Life Cycles 6 Problem 2: Security 7 Problem 3: No Internal VoIP 7 Problem 4: Inability to Switch to Telecommute Employees 7 Project Overview 8 Goals & Objectives 8 Assumptions 9 Identification of Issues & Requirements 10 Findings and Recommendations 14 Budget Requirements 14 Recommended Approach – Telecommute 14 Alternative Approach 1 – High Availability (On-Site) 15 Alternative Approach 2 – Telecommute & Cloud 16 Network Design 17 Recommended Approach – Telecommute 18 Alternative Approaches 19 Alternative Approach 1 – High Availability (On-Site) 19 Alternative Approach 2 – Telecommute & Cloud 20 Implementation Plan 20 Project Plan 21 Milestones and Measurements 21 Implementation Strategy 22 Works Cited 23 Appendix A 24 Recommended Approach – Telecommute 24 Alternative Approach 1 – High Availability (On-Site) 27 Alternative Approach 2 – Telecommute & Cloud 30 Executive Summary Travel Agency, Inc. is a large travel firm that was founded in 1999. They pride themselves on personal relationships along with fast and accurate customer service. Travel Agency,...
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...Dealing with Neighborhood Preservation Mike Stephenson. EN3220-Written Analysis December 14th, 2012 Abstract This is a short paper on one of my few dealings with Neighborhood Preservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The issue they had with me was the fact that our house had chipped and peeling paint on the exterior trim. The rest of the paper includes what I did to resolve the issue they had with me. Dealing with Neighborhood Preservation This all started when one day coming home from our capstone class there was a piece of paper taped to the front door. The piece of paper was from the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation/Code Enforcement Division. It stated they were conducting inspections in our area and that our property was found to be in violation. The violations were for chipped and peeling paint on the exterior trim of the house. If the violations were not corrected within thirty days then there is the possibility of being fined up to $2,500.00. Upon receiving this, I began to develop a step by step procedure to help resolve the issue, since most of my time was already being spent on work for our capstone class. The first step was to call and talk to the Code Enforcement Inspector. This step took almost a week to complete because we ended up playing phone tag with each other. Once we were finally able to catch each other, I was able to ask a few questions concerning the violations, time frame for completion, and to notify them of my...
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...Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness BUS 499- Business Administration Capstone Strayer University- Augusta Campus April, 2014 Abstract The purpose of the paper is to research and understand how the changes of globalization and technology have impacted the music industry. This paper will also apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how the music industries earn above-average returns. This paper will explain how the music industry’s success is through its mission and vision statements with Universal Music Group as an example. Finally, this paper will evaluate how the importance each category of the stakeholder impacts is to the overall success of the music industry. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched. The company researched was Universal Music Group because the music industry is ever growing and wanted to know more about the company. As we all know, technology has been a major part of the music industry both good and bad. Technology has helped plenty of artists and hurt others. Since the introduction of the mp3 and the popularity of the IPOD device, compact disc sales have declined and more music is being released without the record company’s permission. Some may view this as a major problem to the other major record labels that distribute music globally. But some are using the mp3 to their advantage. A while ago an artist could not walk out of a studio...
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...Identification Paper IT 280 Week 3 CheckPoint Power Supply and Power Supply Installation IT 280 Week 4 CheckPoint CPU and Memory IT 280 Week 4 Assignment CPU and Memory Installation Paper IT 280 Week 5 CheckPoint Hard Drive and Hard Drive Installation IT 280 Week 6 CheckPoint I/O Devices IT 280 Week 6 Assignment Windows 7®Upgrade Technical Information Paper IT 280 Week 7 CheckPoint I/O and Multimedia Devices and Video Card Installation IT 280 Week 8 CheckPoint Mass Storage Devices IT 280 Week 8 Assignment External Mass Storage Letter IT 280 Week 1 DQ 1 IT 280 Week 1 DQ 2 IT 280 Week 3 DQ 1 IT 280 Week 3 DQ 2 IT 280 Week 5 DQ 1 IT 280 Week 5 DQ 2 IT 280 Week 7 DQ 1 IT 280 Week 7 DQ 2 IT 280 Week 9 Capstone IT 280 Week 9 Final Project Computer Maintenance and Training Manual Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of IT 280 COMPLETE CLASS in order to ace their studies. IT 280 COMPLETE CLASS To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/it-280-complete-class/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM IT 280 COMPLETE CLASS IT 280 Week 1 CheckPoint Computer Hardware Simulator and Computer Research IT 280 Week 2 CheckPoint Comparing Computers IT 280 Week 2 Assignment Motherboard Components Identification Paper IT 280 Week 3 CheckPoint Power Supply and Power Supply Installation IT 280 Week 4 CheckPoint CPU and Memory IT 280 Week 4 Assignment CPU and Memory Installation Paper IT 280 Week 5...
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...answers to the things that I don't know. Most importantly I have learned how important literature and language are. When I started at CI, I thought I was going to spend the next 3 years reading classics, discussing them and then writing about them. That was what I did in community college English courses, so I didn't think it would be much different here. On the surface, to an outsider, I am sure that this is what it appears that C.I. English majors do. In most all my classes I did read, discuss, and write papers; however, I quickly found out that that there was so much more to it. One specific experience I had while at C.I. really shows how integrated this learning is. Instead of writing a paper for my final project in Perspectives of Multicultural Literature (ENGL 449), I decided with a friend to venture to an Indian reservation and compare it to a book we read by Sherman Alexie. We had a great time and we learned so much more that we ever could have done from writing a paper. The opportunity to do that showed me that there are so many ways that one can learn that are both fun and educational. The English courses also taught me how powerful the written word and language can be. Words tell so much more than a story. Stories tell about life and the...
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...A Guide for Writing a Technical Research Paper Libby Shoop Macalester College, Mathematics and Computer Science Department 1 Introduction This document provides you with some tips and some resources to help you write a technical research paper, such as you might write for your required capstone project paper. First, congratulations are in order– you are embarking on an activity that is going to change the way you think and add to the overall body of human knowledge. The skill of gathering information, deciding what is important, and writing about it for someone else is extremely valuable and will stay with you for the rest of your life. Because we humans have been doing this for quite some time, we have some reasonably standard forms for technical research papers, which you should use for your capstone. You should do this because your paper will better understood by readers who are familiar with this form. Before you can begin writing your paper, you need to have a sense for what research entails, so I’ll start there. Then I will give you some tips about writing, including connecting with your readers, defining your topic, the format of your paper, and how to include references from the literature. I am a computer scientist, so be aware that parts of this paper are biased toward my discipline. 2 What is Research? A short definition of research, as given by Booth, Colomb, and Williams (Booth et al., 1995) is “gathering the information you need to answer...
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...context-driven research skills, and active participation in the UMW community. Written and oral communication skills make up the basis for presentations of your work. I am far better at written communication than am oral. My teachers in high school stressed the proper ways to write essays to be clear and show our knowledge on the topic, so I was able to learn that before college. That being said, writing papers is always something that can be improved upon. Sometimes I get off topic in my papers, straying from my thesis and arguing completely different points than I mean to. With practice in my classes hopefully I can solve my paper writing issues. Oral communication I struggle far more in. While I have done lot of presentations before, I have serious stage fright, which causes me to forget what I am supposed to say or jumble my words. In high school I was able to get through by just doing the baseline for presentations and making up for it in my other work. This won’t work for important college presentations While I know that stage fright is unsolvable, I hope the honors program capstone project presentation will teach me how to present better and speaking center can help me manage my stress....
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...Although having one source to write a paper can be good in some cases, being able to rely on multiple sources to back up the given information, creates a sense of credibility as it is clear a person has done proper research. While writing my APA paper, my annotated bib became a primary source, as I relied on it for most of the information I included. While integrating the facts and statistics from my annotated bib, I used my profile as a secondary source to fill in any gaps and provide personal anecdotes to make the paper more interesting. For example, when writing about the benefits of adoption through the statistics I found in my annotated bib, I was able to incorporate my cousin’s adoption story from my profile to add a real life connection. This course taught me how to increase credibility in any paper, as I had never used more than one source in my writing before. Clear credibility is shown especially when providing a fact that can be proven by multiple sources, then being able to cite both to show how much research took place. By including multiple different citations, the audience is more likely to believe the information, therefore making any form of writing...
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...Strategic Analysis Marcel Campbell University of the Incarnate Word Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………… 3 Company Overview…………………………………………………………………. 4 Mission, vision, Values……………………………………………………………… 5 History……………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Key Executives………………………………………………………………………. 7 Logo………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Awards……………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Internal Analysis……………………………………………………………………. 10-22 External Analysis…………………………………………………………………….23-36 Strategies…………………………………………………………………………… 36-53 References………………………………………………………………………….. 54-58 Executive Summary Groupon Humans are living in the digital age and technology has become crucial to the development of the world. Technology helps people in many positive ways, such as faster communication, easy access of vast quantities of information, and efficient, fast transportation. Therefore, businesses also benefit from technology. Technology helps companies to reach consumers fast and help to study the behavior of consumers when buying a product or service to create profit. Groupon uses technology to provide coupons to savvy consumers. Groupon is a company in the daily deals industry. The company provides daily deals online, usually provides coupons with a half price discount from local restaurants, bars, movie theaters, luxury hotels; helping other companies to attract customers by offering savings on things to eat...
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...writing. In fact, the three universities that I have attended in the past have all required me to use the APA style of writing. As I recall my high school years, the APA style of writing also seemed to be a favorite amongst my high school teachers. They all required that term papers be written in APA style as well. This type of writing actually does not differ much from the ones included in the text reading. The text mentioned the APA style of writing several times. In my opinion, it appears to be the most popular style of writing, especially amongst college students. Based on the results of the quizzes, my grammar skills were actually a little better than average. I actually had expected to do better, but I guess my grammar skills are not as good as I thought they were. In any event I feel very confident when it comes to spelling, as I have always been a great speller. Even in grade school, I was a good speller. I learned at a very young age to challenge myself when it comes to spelling. Challenging my-self in that area really paid off as I became older, as I’ve never had a problem with spelling. However, I feel that I need more help with run on sentences and with thought patterns. Though I proof read my paper several times, it’s hard for me to see that I have several run on sentences until after I get my grade back. In general, I feel that my writing is just mediocre. However, I also believe that when it comes to writing, I am my own worst critic. Reason being, I am never...
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...computer and communications equipment (owned by MIS) magnetic media (owned by Manager) power supplies and plant, such as air-conditioning units (owned by MIS) Software assets (owned by MIS) • • • • application software system software development tools utilities Information assets (owned by Manager or MIS) ‘Information’ means information held by the Company on its own behalf and that entrusted to it by others. The following are examples of the media which may contain or comprise information assets. • • • • • • • • • • databases and data files system documentation user manuals training material operational or support procedures continuity plans and fallback arrangements back-up media on-line magnetic media off-line magnetic media paper Services • • computing and communications services (owned by MIS) heating, lighting and power (owned by Manager or Building Services Manager) 1 17/01/03 First•Base Technologies Town Hall Chambers High Street Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN43 5DD UK Tel: +44 (01273 454 525 Fax: +44 (0)1273 454 526 info@firstbase.co.uk Guidance on Information Classification Categories for classifying document security Category 1 : Routine (non-confidential) documents Description: All documents of a routine nature. Effects of disclosure: No measurable damage to the company or a department. Examples: Normal memos, routine reports, circulars. Estimated occurrence of this classification: More than 80% of all documents would be within this class...
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...TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: CC: [CLICK HERE AND TYPE NAME] SAMUEL NEWMAN-BREMANG [CLICK HERE AND TYPE SUBJECT] OCTOBER 22, 2013 [CLICK HERE AND TYPE NAME] C R E A T I N G W A T E R M A R KS I N M I C R O S O F T W O R D [Note: Some steps may vary in Word 97. For additional help, search for “watermark” in the product help or on the Microsoft support site at http://support.microsoft.com.] A watermark is any text or graphic image (such as the “Draft” in the background of this document) that is printed to overlap existing text in a document. A logo printed lightly behind a letter or the word "Confidential" printed lightly on a contract are other examples of watermarks. The rotated “Draft” watermark on this page was created using the Word Art feature. You can insert pictures (such as a logo) from a file or using Clip Art. All three features can be found by clicking on Picture in the Insert menu. To view a watermark as it will appear on the printed page, click Print Layout on the View menu or click Print Preview on the File menu. The watermark will print on every page of this document, just like headers and footers. To edit the watermark or insert a new one, you need to click Header and Footer on the View menu. TO FORMAT A WORDART WATERMARK (LIKE THIS “DRAFT” EXAMPLE): Use the WordArt… command on the Format menu to choose your desired settings for your watermark. There are multiple tabs in that dialog. Use the “Colors and Lines” tab to set the color and transparency. (This “draft”...
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...How to Write a Good Academic Paper? That is a question which most students ask and most of them are new to academic writing. Academic writing if taken as a whole, then it would help you figure its significance and what is more important is, it would help you understand the purpose of it. Any good academic writer’s quality is his/her mind is loaded with creative set of ideas that help him navigate through the whole topic of academic paper. Ideas lead you to somewhere and only a few good students are gifted by nature and if you are not then you can also build up a good rhythm of academic writing. Secondly, you should also have a good sense of your audience; you should know what element of your academic writing would entice them and also create some space for your write-up for reading in their schedule. You then research for resources and data that would be of great use to enlighten your readers. Knowing what you audience wants, should be in your priority because readers enjoy what they seek in your writing. Usually what they look out for is something that could either bring them a smile or get them to think over the subject. Having creative ideas doesn’t guarantee a good and well-researched academic writing. You need to able to figure out ways of putting your research in a proper format so that readers don’t feel deviated from the focal point of your write-up. You should use your sources with proper attentiveness else it would completely ruin your efforts from top to bottom....
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