...Jeff Knight_Lab4A.doc Instructor * Differentiating Between File Systems Which File System Is Intended Primarily For Use in USB Flash Drives FAT32 refers to the 32-bit version of FAT or File Allocation Table. FAT is a computer filing system typically used in a variety of portable devices including floppy disks, memory cards, and USB flash drives among others. This filing system is very simple which is why it is commonly used on portable devices. But this particular filing system can also be applied to older operating systems including that of MS-DOS and Windows 9x versions. FAT32 uses disk space more efficiently than older file allocation standards or formats. It is also capable of handling drives of up to 2 TB in size. And even if drives have bigger sizes, the FAT32 system allows for the use of smaller clusters which results to better use of disk space. The FAT32 file allocation system also allows relocation of the root folder or the (highest folder in the hierarchy). and at the same time utilizes the backup copy of the file allocation table in doing this operation. This increases FAT32’s robustness and efficiency. Having numerous root folders at various locations is also not a concern with the FAT32 system. This results in the possibility of resizing the FAT32 partitions dynamically. But not all systems are compatible with FAT32 including old types of motherboards and BIOS. Some also...
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...In differentiating between the File Allocation Table (Fat) 32 and New Technology File system (NTFS) file systems it is important to know what each is. In this assignment I will define in more detail what each system is. The file system that is primarily for use in large USB flash drives is the FAT system which uses an 8KB allocation unit size for drives as large as 6GB, and a maximum logical partition size for as large as 16 GB. It can also be used to format hard disks, flash memory, and removable media. The NTFS provides can provide support for anywhere from 2 TB to the maximum of 16 Exabyte’s. It has access control, built in compression, and individual recycle bins. It also supports the encrypting file system file and mounting drive. It has a disk quota that support hot swapping and indexing as well. FAT 32 systems are not necessarily preferred over the NTFS due to the fact that the NTFS has more security features as well as other features that the FAT 32 does not have. However there is one thing that it does have that can make it more preferred than the NTFS, this being the fact that it can be used on the older systems where the NTFS cannot be. That and the fact that it is also used for floppy disk use, the backward compatibility makes it more preferred as well. The use of Windows in multi boot systems is another advantage that it has over the...
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...COMPARISONS OF UNIX AND WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS The Comparisons of UNIX and Windows Operating Systems Herlinda Gibson Instructor: Richard Guirguis CIS 155 – Strayer University August 20, 2012 Abstract In today’s world filled with computers and computer technology, having an Operating System (OS) is a must in order to utilize or do anything on your computer but what are the differences in the operating systems and which one would you use? This paper will investigate and analyze some of the similarities and difference between two major Operating Systems; UNIX and Windows XP by comparing and contrasting with some key features such as; cost measurements, market share availability, hardware requirements, file processing, programming capabilities, availabilities of applications software and graphical user interface (GUI) with the hopes of selecting a better computer when purchased. The Comparisons of UNIX and Windows Operating Systems We now live in a world that is basically run by computers and in order to do anything on your computer you will need to have or run some type of Operating System (OS). An operating system is a program that allows you to interact directly with all of the software and hardware on your computer by entering various commands (Haas, 2010). But which operating system should you use? Two major types of Operating Systems are UNIX and Windows. The UNIX operating system which began as early as 1969 (Duvall...
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...Differentiating Between Market Structures ECO/365 April 15, 2013 Sangeeta Bishop Differentiating Between Market Structures Microsoft is the software giant responsible for bringing Windows to the PC. Microsoft is also a known and respected company in a global market. The tech giant has dominated the computer industry since its start in 1981. Due to the nature of such a huge company, Microsoft has its hands in multiple markets. Microsoft currently competes in file hosting, software, operating systems, and gaming consoles. Unfortunately, each one of the aforementioned markets differ from one another. For the purpose of this discussion, the market that is of concern is Microsoft’s evolvement in operating systems. Determining the market structure Microsoft competes in with regards to operating systems makes it much more manageable to implement competitive strategies to maximize profits. At a quick glance at the competitors, Microsoft has in operating systems one might think Microsoft operates in a monopoly. However, this is untrue. In a true monopoly, there is one seller, no close substitutes, blocked entry, and one firm that controls price. Microsoft currently competes with multiple companies like Apple, Google, Linux, Unix, and Sun Microsystems. Even though the market share of these companies is rather small if even noticeable, Microsoft would not fit into a monopoly category. In a recent study on market share of operating systems, Microsoft currently holds 91.62% of the...
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...how it evolved from the first time. You are also going to find out about the past history about the model and the other name is what called before. OSI Model The OSI model has been used for a long time. Why do we use it? OSI, formally known as the ISO OSI model, is the most standard model for networking communication. The ISO formed the OSI or Open System Interconnection, so that you can communicate and connect with another system over the network without having system specific configuration. The OSI model consists of 7 different layers: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Sessions, Presentation, and Application. One reason why the OSI model was created, is so that the process of communication that were between two end points in a telecommunication network can be split into layers. The main reason why the OSI Model was created was to standardize the networking rules so that all the systems can communicate over the OSI reference model, which was a set of seven layers that data had to travel through from one device to another one over the network. The defined standards for: the way in which you can communicate between devices, when to inform a device to send data and when not to transmit data, to ensure that the device has the correct data flow rate, to make sure that the data is passed to and received by the intended recipient and the way...
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...worth 30 points Describe a work task, a hobby, or another activity that you regularly do, and sequentially list the various actions you take in order to complete this activity. Consider the complexity of your list and the amount of steps required to complete the activity. Answer the following questions in the space provided below: 1. Differentiate the main actions between doing and improving your activities. 2. Determine the overall manner in which variation has affected your activities. Type your answers below and submit this file in Week 1 of the online course shell: The differentiating main actions between doing and improving my activities are in my former job as an Executive Compliance Management Analyst. The doing activities were directing organizational compliance of government regulations with special attention to quality systems that meet global regulatory expectations and enables the organization to effectively work with patients, families, and staff. Work required providing compliance management and senior staff level briefings and reports of the Enterprise Knowledge Management Systems (eKM); developing, review, and analysis of proposed organizational reports and regulations/directives for managing the organizations strategic plan. Provided Human Resource (HR) advice in change management programs, service area projects, and working groups. Liaising with operational managers and finance officers in ensuring maintenance of staffing establishments...
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...Accenture made the very bold decision to separate from its parent company Arthur Andersen. The start-up company faced the same problem of building a new IT infrastructure but it has its bright potential ahead. The main dilemma is to be chosen in between 3 options: to keep using the decentralized approach in which each country chooses its own IT platforms and has autonomy to run them, to try with a mixed approach in which the same standard applications would run throughout the enterprise but would be managed independently by individual offices or to switch to a single firm approach and boldly shoot for a centralized implementation of its most critical systems with all its offices interconnected on the same instance of a software platform. Case Context: Accenture has annual revenue of $11 billion, 75000 employees and more than 50 offices available around the world. Furthermore it had the right to use Andersen’s technology for one year. The biggest challenge that Andersen’s system faced, is the interconnectivity of the legacy applications. In addition due to the obsolete software platforms the remote access and control over internet of the key systems and data bases is impossible. Moreover individual accounting and human resource software systems is applicable for different offices. The IT department was thought as a cost center with an assigned budget, run by technology engineers with less management involvement. The technology priorities had a political component in which the internal...
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...control of drugs and drug use, differentiating between regulating drug use and taking a laissez-faire approach. In the 1800 the United States took a Laissez-faire approach to drug use by individuals. A laissez-faire approach would be considered as the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character, believing that government should intervene as little as possible. It was up to the buyer and seller of the drugs to conduct business without the government getting in the way. Substances such as heroin, morphine, and cocaine are readily available and sold as part of "patent" medicines to cure everything from menstrual cramps to toothaches in children. The United States government started to intervene is such transactions so they could regulate drugs. It was believed that sellers were taking advantage of people by not properly disclosing the drug information. In this country, the restriction of use and distribution of drugs on a Federal level is less than 100 years old. In 1906 Food and Drug Act enacted-- strictly a "labeling law"-- only affected misbranded foods and drugs. Main concern was "patent medicines" that could be made up of tar, animal secretions, cocaine, heroin, or whatever and no one would know. As far as the law was concerned, the medicine could contain all of these as long as it was labeled properly. Previous to 1906, any restrictions were on the State or local level, and those restrictions were few and far between and commonly targeted to...
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...customers. Investing in OTISLINE Service market was more fragmented than the new equipment sales. Company’s market share dependent on responsiveness, price and quality. Responsiveness to customer call backs was seen as the main differentiating factor in assessing the quality of a service company. OTISLINE not only helped in this regard but also improved Otis’ service by impacting the following headers: Customer Service – Call back responsiveness was greatly enhanced since OTISLINE made service available 24 hours a day and reduced the time to fulfil the service requests. Microprocessors technology – The future of elevator technology lied in microprocessors and to provide servicing to those microprocessor powered elevators required access to propriety information which small service providers would not have. Thus Otis with OTISLINE would have a comparative advantage in better handling the needs of the future. Process automation – Otis had historically pursued automation of their manual process, OTISLINE would help cut down on those costs since these benefits such as automated billing and price estimating would be an integral part of this system. This would be achieved by the further expansion and integration of SMS and OTISLINE. Management Information System – OTISLINE would serve as a robust source for information needed by management to better run the business by providing timely and...
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...of monetary incentive as motivator of highest output. Bureaucracy – Another major sub-group of classical approach, it focuses on the importance of administration based on expertise (rules of expert) and administration based on discipline (rules of official) • Structuralism – This approach places emphasis on the relationship between the formal and informal aspects of the organization of the organization, and the conflict of needs between the needs of the individual and organization, and between the workers and management. • Human Relations – This approach underlines the social factor at work and the behavior of employees within an organization. • Neo Human Relations – This approach is concerned on the personal adjustment of the individual work within the organization, and the effects of group relationships and leadership styles. • Systems – This approach is focused on the total work of the organization and the interrelationships of structure and behavior, and the range variables within the organization. • Contingency – This approach highlights the possible means of differentiating among alternative forms of organization structures and systems of management. 2. Assess critically the relevance of scientific management to present-day organizations. Illustrate your answer with reference to your own organization. The work of Taylor has paved the way to many forms of performance-based rewards and incentives. There is a saying that...
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...JetBlue, Cases in Advanced Human Resource Management Jet Blue case study Western Governors University Abstract This paper includes discussions of the processes JetBlue initially utilized to staff their start-up airline, and the challenges faced in obtaining the desired employees to achieve the five core values which are: Safety; Caring; Integrity; Fun; and Passion. Company leadership and human resources began by working together to establish the company values in order to identify the traits desired for employees. Descriptive discussion of the recruiting efforts used, laws that needed to be considered; selection processes; appraisal systems; compensation; and benefits, are included within. When staffing the new airline began research needed to be done in advance of any recruitment efforts could starting. Hours of work were invested prior to the first interview in order to prepare to find the ideal candidates. National employment laws and statutes had to be identified in order to comply with the requirements of each. Three examples of such laws are The Equal Pay Act of 1963; The Age Discrimination in Employment act; and the 1990 Act of Americans with Disabilities (ADA). The first National Employment law that we will discuss is the “Equal Pay Act of 1963” (Mondy, 2008, p. 59). This law forbids the employer from paying employees of opposite genders different amounts, if the same job is performed; they have equal skills and...
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...Levels of Product Differentiation in the Global Mobile Phones Market The sixth product level called compliant product is a connecting element between the physical product characteristics and the strategy of the producer company Stanimir Andonov* The article discusses the differentiation among the product offers of companies working in the global markets, as well as the strategies which they use and could use in that respect. The main idea of the paper is that the principle “differentiate or die” (Jack Trout) has died. Today the global brands don’t strive to differ from their competitors in everything and at any cost. As an example, let’s have a global look at the business of mobile phones. In June 1998 Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion established their own International Strategic Alliance, a private independent company called “Symbian”. Symbian Ltd. is an independent, for-profit company whose mission is to establish Symbian OS as the world standard for mobile digital data systems, primarily for use in cellular telecoms. So, the three biggest mobile phone companies at that time and Psion, a mobile PC company, created a new way for competing and differentiating. Today Symbian Ltd. is owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Figure 1 shows the percentage of shares of each shareholding company: Figure 1 Shareholding companies of Symbian and their percentage of shares Source: Symbian Ltd. – Company Ownership, http://www.symbian.com/about/ownership...
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...for how to improve the company and turn its performance around. He not only consistently pushed for innovative new ideas and products but also enforced several structural changes, including ridding the company of unprofitable segments and divisions (C-143, Thompson).” Through the elimination of Apple’s less useful operations the organization was able to consolidate resources in order to concentrate on innovating, differentiating, and developing new and/or existing products. Apple has applied this strategy to its computer, digital music, tablet, and phone lines to a great deal of success. The most abundant strategy which affects all Apple’s products is how they are differentiated from the competition. From the hardware to the software, an average consumer could easily recognize an Apple product from the competition. An example from the case tells us that, “Apple’s proprietary operating system and strong graphics-handling capabilities differentiated Macs from PCs…(C-143, Thompson).” Apple’s use of proprietary hardware and software are a major force in differentiating the brand’s products from the competition. The software on Macs is similar to the software found on the iPhone, iPods, and iPad. No other brands’...
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...each instant. Uber just created a research center for this work, GM partner with Lyft, George Hotz, an americain car made his own home-made simple self-driving car and even Nvidea created a demo. In this sense, this work is not really original or innovative. We however thought this work was not yet popularized to students projects. This works is also interesting because it’s not ’achieved’ even by the current state-of-the-art, there are still lots of works to be done. II. T HEORY will be very hard to distinguish between them and not useful for a long-term solution. Additionally we would encounter a major problem when defining the color and shape of a car. So instead we design an machine-learning algorithm which uses a similar approach like Google and Tesla does. By training our own classifier for each element in traffic signs, which requires most of the computation, it allows our mobile platform to detect traffic signs and differentiate between them. Once the parameters are available, we can computationally cheap detect our classified objects. The result of our very fast image processing allows us to integrate the method...
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