...CLOUD COMPUTING: A TECHNOLOGY APPRAISAL REPORT _______________________________ Nicole Simon Presented to Dr. Surendran MG/IS-575 Information Technology Management Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO Spring, 2014 Abstract This report will discuss the history of cloud computing, its relevance to the information technology world today, and its possible or potential applications. Thorough research will show that cloud computing has an extensive history and is still a major player in the technology world. Furthermore, the applications that can be implemented on behalf of cloud computing could potentially improve the way of life today—technologically speaking. History of Cloud Computing Cloud computing has a long history in the technological world. In fact, it goes back much further than people believe. According to the article, “30 years of accumulation: A timeline of cloud computing,” in 1997 the term cloud computing was first coined (GCN Staff, 2013). University of Texas professor Ramnath Chellappa coined the phrase which means “new computing paradigm,” (GCN Staff, 2013). Many years passed and small developments were made. In 2006, cloud computing took a huge step. During 2006, Amazon launched its Elastic Compute Cloud (GCN Staff, 2013). Elastic Compute Cloud is an infrastructure as a service that allows organizations to contract for computers to run their selected applications (GCN Staff, 2013). Then, in 2007, Dropbox was developed by a...
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...` Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas & Animesh Giri (Assistant Professor, Dept of Information Science technology, PEs Institute of Technology-BSc) Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – BSc Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com animeshgiri@pes.edu Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – South Campus, Bangalore Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com ABSTRACT Cloud Computing is the hot topic in today’s World. Cloud computing comes with the great advantage of providing higher energy savings, a fact which translates into being environmentally friendly. In the last few years, technology has improved immensely, taking the environment into account and providing a solution for those worrying about carbon footprints and the impact of technology into the environment. In the last couple of decades, HR has re-invented itself from the mundane activities like Industrial Relations, labour etc. to the front of a Company’s Business radar on par with Marketing, Finance, Administration and other departments. HR managers today use hundreds of strategic and collaborative technology tools to keep up the HR function fast moving. But lot of these technology tools is not implemented in a large number of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) who forms 75% of our country’s market. Why? Because many of the SME’s are of...
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...Information Systems Dissertation The Impact of Cloud Computing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Word Count: 12,497 Abstract In recent years a new computing paradigm has emerged: Cloud Computing. Whilst there seem to be an endless number of definitions for this new term, including one by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is nearly 800 words long, nobody seems to be able to settle on a true characterisation of the subject matter. In its simplest form cloud computing can be described as IT-as-a-service. Instead of building your own IT infrastructure to host databases or software, a third party hosts them on their own servers. Companies have access to their data and software over the internet (which in most diagrams is depicted as a cloud). However, is this new paradigm simply a new term for something we are already doing or is it truly going to change the future of IT as we know it? This dissertation investigates the phenomenon commonly known as cloud computing, focussing closely on its impact on small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s), and ultimately attempts to assess the future of cloud computing. The research throughout this paper is based solely on secondary research. No primary research into the topic area has been made. In order to gain a broad view and understanding of the topic various existing papers and studies, on the topic of cloud computing and technology adoption within SME’s, have been studied and critiqued...
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...POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA HAROLD PUPKEWITZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc Case Report By Leonardo Imerne Strategic Human Resources Management (SHM910M) Date: 21 June 2014 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report will focus on the performance management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc, which is a cosmetics and beauty products oriented business. The business started off well with a fast expansion approach. As the company grows, performance management of its staff was necessary to reward top performers as a motivation factor, and also to identify poor performers so they could be trained further or relieved from their positions. The report will therefore highlight the problems associated with performance management and rewards appraisals at Vitality Health Enterprises Inc, such as failure to reward top performers accordingly, identify worst performers, and recommends solutions thereof. STATEMENT OF KEY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES Vitality Health Enterprises Inc was founded in 1987 in Ames, Iowa by an Fred Kikuchi who identified a market niche of health, wellness and beauty products in the Ames where he resided after he left Japan. The company at the beginning of its operations relied on importing re-branded beauty products from Japan until it established its manufacturing plant in the United States of America. As planned, the company grew rapidly and later acquired Herba Nutraceuticals to increase its market share and profitability...
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...An Organisational Analysis of SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd SECTION-D, GROUP-IV Archit Prasad (12 DM-037) Debaleena Biswas (12HR-007) Himanshu Garg (12 FN-054) Madhavi Verma (12 DM-081) Tapapriyo Maitra (12 DM-151) Yogaesh Sharda (12 FN-159) Yogesh Khanna (12 IB- 061) Introduction India has always been chosen as the preferred Research and Development centre by many multinational organisations; SAP Labs was no exception. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd is SAP AG's largest R& D center in the world. The functional areas of SAP Labs India are Research & Breakthrough Innovation, Product Development, Customer solutions and Operations, etc. Due to its excellent employee learning system, effective management control and state-of-the art infrastructure, SAP Labs India is rated among Top 5 Best workplaces in IT software industry. The next few Pages aims at analysing the Oragnisational structure, culture, life/cycle stage , size , business environment and finally the right “fit” of SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. About SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd SAP Labs is the research and development organization of the parent company. SAP has its development organization spread across the globe. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd was opened in the year 1998. Other labs are located in Germany, France, Bulgaria and Hungary in Europe; Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore and Gurgaon, India; São Leopoldo, Brazil; Ra'anana and Karmiel, Israel; Montreal and Vancouver, Canada and Shanghai, China. SAP Labs India is the largest...
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...PART Overview of Accounting Information Systems Chapter 1 The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective 3 Introduction to Transaction Processing 31 Ethics, Fraud, and Internal Control 91 Chapter 2 I Chapter 3 1 CHAPTER The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective nlike many other accounting subjects, such as intermediate accounting, accounting information systems (AIS) lacks a well-defined body of knowledge. Much controversy exists among college faculty as to what should and should not be covered in the AIS course. To some extent, however, the controversy is being resolved through legislation. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 established new corporate governance regulations and standards for public companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This wide-sweeping legislation impacts public companies, their management, and their auditors. Of particular importance to AIS students is the impact of SOX on internal control standards and related auditing procedures. Whereas SOX does not define the entire content of the AIS course, it does identify critical areas of study that need to be included for accountants. These topics and more are covered in the chapters of this text. The purpose of this chapter is to place the subject of AIS in perspective for accountants. Toward this end, the chapter is divided into three major sections, each dealing with a different aspect of information systems. The first section explores the...
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...A user or a process functioning on behalf of the user that attempts to access an object is known as the ____. | Selected Answer: | b. subject | | | A(n) ____ model is a standard that provides a predefined framework for hardware and software developers who need to implement access control in their devices or applications. | | Selected Answer: | c. access control | | The most restrictive access control model is ____. | Selected Answer: | b. Mandatory Access Control | | | In the UAC dialog boxes, the color ____ indicates the lowest risk. | | Selected Answer: | c. gray | | The ____ model is the least restrictive. | Selected Answer: | d. DAC | | | ____ is considered a more “real world” access control than the other models because the access is based on a user’s job function within an organization. | | Selected Answer: | d. Role Based Access Control | | | ____ is often used for managing user access to one or more systems. | | Selected Answer: | c. Rule Based Access Control | | | ____ requires that if the fraudulent application of a process could potentially result in a breach of security, then the process should be divided between two or more individuals. | | Selected Answer: | a. Separation of duties | | | A(n) ____ is a set of permissions that are attached to an object. | | Selected Answer: | b. ACL | | | ____ accounts are user accounts that remain active after an employee has left an organization...
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...Summary ..............................................................................................................................1 Global trEndS .......................................................................................................................................2 Habits of Self-reported Pirates ...........................................................................................................2 Emerging Economies Exert Greater influence ....................................................................................4 Key market Highlights .........................................................................................................................4 Pcs continue to overshadow tablets and cloud computing, for now ............................................ 6 Strong Support for iP rights................................................................................................................7 Pc Software Piracy rates and commercial value of unlicensed Software.........................................8 mEtHodoloGy......................................................................................................................................10 “a rigorous and Well-designed Effort”............................................................................................10 bSa bluEPrint for rEducinG SoftWarE Piracy .........................................................................14 about bSa .....................
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...MietelskaCarlton VazJingyi Yang | Group Rho ()Aditya NadkarniScott LeahyGerman SayuntsRuicheng Xu | Group Sigma ()Andrew CampbellYaohua ChungDavid Coughlin | Deliverables There are three distinct deliverables stages, the last two of which incorporate and build upon documentation produced in prior stages. * Project Proposal Stage * Documentation due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Saturday, September 22 (will receive advisory comments) * Initial Presentation and Interim Report Stage * A 15-minute self-running online presentation in PowerPoint show format (PPSX) or MP4 video format due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Friday, October 12. This will be presented during the synchronous class meeting on Saturday, October 13. * Documentation due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Saturday, October 13 (will receive advisory comments) * Project Presentation and Final Report Stage * Self-running online presentation, due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Friday, December 7. This will be presented during the synchronous class meeting on Saturday, December 8 (70 points possible) * Documentation due...
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...6. SAP Vertical Integration…………………………………………. Pg 18 7. SAP International Strategy………….……………………………. Pg 20 8. SAP Non-Diversification and Sybase Acquisition……………...... Pg 23 9. SAP Strategic Alliances.………….………………………………. Pg 26 10. Conclusions and Recommendation…………………………........ Pg 28 11. References Section..………………..……………….………..….. Pg 30 1. Executive Summary We are two students of Carlos III University of Madrid and our report purposes were the ones of detecting the main lines of SAP strategy and finding out which were the key success factors for the company. SAP AG is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise programs to manage business operations and customer relations. It is one of the largest software companies in the world and is the market leader in enterprise resource planning applications (ERP programs). First of all, to start our research, we identified how the business software industry was looking like to understand the company’s surrounding environment. The industry of e-business is using Information Technology (IT) and the Internet to conduct business in order to operate, quickly, efficiently and profitably. The companies that are operating in this market supply integrated business application software designed to provide cost-effective comprehensive solutions for businesses. To deeply analyze our company’s market, we applied the Porter’s Five Forces method and we found out that the absence of proper suppliers and substitutes positively...
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...www.oliverwyman.com Phone: 0857123123 (01) 123123 Fax: (01) 123321 Oliver Wyman’s Consultancy Group Report to Eircom Group Plc Board of Directors February 2010 [pic] - Alia Shafiza (Head of Marketing) - Ausra Ivaskiene (Head of Human Resource) - Svetlana Klimentjeva (Head of Corporate Affairs) Content Page Introduction …………………………………………………………………..…………… 2 Executive Summary ………………………………………………………….……..…. 3 Part 1: Analysis of the Environment ………………………………………………… 4 1. The Environmental Forces ……………………………………………… 5 2. Key drivers of change ……………………………………………..……… 8 3. Future Orientation ……………………………………………………..…. 10 4. Industry analysis …………………………………………..………………. 12 5. Importance of Convergence in Telecoms Industry ……………. 16 6. Irish Telecom Industry Lifecycle ………………………………….…. 19 7. Strategic Alliances within Irish Telecom Market …………….… 23 Part 2: Analysis of Eircom’s Strategic Capabilities …………………...….…… 25 2.1 Resources and Competences …………………………………….……. 26 2.2 Eircom’s Cost efficiency …………………………………………….….. 30 2.3 Eircom’s Sustained Competitive Advantage …………………..… 31 2.4 Usage drivers: Innovation ………………………………………….….. 33 2.5 Importance of Knowledge Management ………………………..… 36 2.6 Benchmarking ………………………………………………………...……. 38 2.7 Advertising campaigns of Eircom ……………………………………. 39 2.8 Appraising Eircom’s Resources and...
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...The United Energy Smart Meter Project At the request of the Victorian Government United Energy is currently engaging in “best efforts” to replace the analogue meters on its network with smart meters. Smart meters are an advanced energy meter that measures the energy consumption of a consumer (Depuru, Wang and Devabhaktuni 2011), they allow for demand response energy distribution based on on-peak and off-peak consumption. The benefits of Smart meters are well recognised by many counties with world-wide deployment of digital meters expected to reach 212 million units by 2014, perceived benefits include; energy efficiency, environmental benefits, more consumer choice, better services and greater market competition. (Gerwen, Jaarsma & Wilhite R 2009, Filippini, Hrovatin & Zoric 2004, Victorian Auditor General 2009) About United Energy United Energy is an energy distributor responsible for the infrastructure required to distribute energy from the power station to the consumer. There are currently 16 major distribution networks in Australia with each energy distributor maintaining a monopoly over its designated area. (AEC 2009) Energy distributors own, operate and maintain the network of infrastructure that transports electricity from the generator to the consumer. They do not work directly with the consumer and instead work with energy retailers who are responsible for managing the relationship with the consumer. Energy retailers will bulk purchase energy from an energy...
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...Contents Page Purpose 4 1. External Analysis 5 2.1 Industry Life Cycle............................................................5 2.2 Market Analysis....................................................................6 2.3 PESTEL.................................................................................7 2.4 Porters 5 Force ....................................................................8 2. Internal Analysis 9 2.1 Microsoft Competency Framework....................................9 2.2 Microsoft VRIN Framework.................................................10 2.3 Microsoft Strengths and Weaknesses ..............................10 2.4 Nokia Competency Framework...........................................11 2.5 Nokia VRIN Framework........................................................12 2.6 Nokia Strengths and Weaknesses......................................12 3. Issues and Challenges ...
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...Industries 8 2.1 Similarities 8 2.1.1 Streamlining Operations 8 2.1.2 Greater Responsibilities 8 2.1.3 Change of Mindset 9 2.2 Differences 9 2.2.1 Powers and Balance 9 2.2.2 Product Offerings 9 2.2.3 Market Transparency 9 3 Underlying Reasons for Differences 10 3.1 Understanding Powers and Balance 10 3.2 Understanding Product Offerings 10 3.3 Understanding Market Transparency 10 4 Conclusion 10 5 References 11 6 Appendix 12 A. Definition of Just-in-Time (JIT) 12 B. Definition of New Product Development (NPD) 12 C. Definition of Time-Based Competition (TBC) 12 Impact of IT/IS on Supplier Information Technology (IT), as we know it today, has changed the landscape of major industries. The position of IT in business strategies has grown significantly over the years. In this report, we will be looking at the impacts of IT/IS in these three industries – Automobile, Banking and Music. We will be covering henceforth, the factors of adoption, similarities and differences in impacts. Automobile The current automobile supply sector is without a doubt...
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... Anuranjan Saxena N.Lakshmi Narayana Sanya Kohli Himanshu Rawal Dinkar Sharma INTRODUCTION NIIT Technologies (NIIT) was incorporated in 1981 as an IT training company. It started its software services business in 1984, with a focus on the domestic market. In 2004, the company split its software services business and its IT training business into NIIT Limited and NIIT Technologies Limited. The genesis of NIIT Technologies can be traced to the mid 1980s, when a software arm of NIIT Limited was created to cater to the demands of an Indian market just awakening to computerization. Most of the software and services companies in the country in those days were export-oriented. NIIT first entered the domestic market, drawing sustenance and gaining vital experience from its interactions with customers on its home ground. Seeing its corporate customers grapple with IT deployment issues, the company realized the need to go beyond its training mandate and help companies understand their IT needs, pick the relevant technologies and assist in their implementation. Thus was born NIIT’s software operation, a logical extension of its training endeavor. NIIT pioneered the packaged software distribution business in India through tie-ups with reputed software majors such as Information Builders Inc. and Sybase. Later, more partnerships were developed with their leading technology providers. The 1990s represented a turning point for the company and the country. As ‘export or perish’ became...
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