...BLACKBERRY The product that we have chosen Is Blackberry smartphone. The term BlackBerry refers to a line of wireless handheld devices and services designed and marketed by BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited (RIM). Target Markets: Its target markets are Business professionals who opt for high security text messaging and E-mails. Productivity of BlackBerry and why it has Targeted the business professionals: During the early 2000s, Research in Motion's BlackBerrys were the most popular smartphones in the world; since then, though, RIM's market share in the industry has been eaten up by Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. Still, the BlackBerry remains a popular model amongst business professionals, as it offers not only a fast and powerful processor, but also BlackBerry's Enterprise Services. This corporate email system makes it easy and convenient for professionals on-the-go to connect to their respective corporate email accounts and is unduplicated by other major smartphone lines like the iPhone and Android. Visualizers and risk taking streategy: Blackberry main strategy is how secure the customer data and E-mails with this agenda they mainly targeted the business proffiessionals which can be called as a Niche market . With the development of new technology and O.s the Android smart phones and iphone devices which made the technology user friendly with millons of apps. These Android mobiles and iphone has targeted each and every individual...
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...Common Information Security Threats NAME CMGT400 – Intro to Information Assurance and Security DATE INSTRUCTOR Common Information Security Threats Information is one of the biggest and most important assets an organization has. This information is what drives a company, such as Bank of America, to be profitable and retain a customer’s trust. Without the customer’s trust, an organization will lose those customers, and therefore will be unsuccessful. So, in order to manage information securely, a risk assessment of all data storage devices and data transmitters should be produced to weigh the potential risks involved, the vulnerabilities of the risks, the impact the risks may cause, and the mitigation needed to safeguard any threats from occurring. The most well known, and one of the biggest threats to information loss are undoubtedly viruses, Trojan horses, and worms. These threats are no longer only considered childish annoyances as they once were. They can cause serious damage to an organization whether it’s financially, or to their reputation. Often referred to as malware, which means malicious code, these programs infect information systems that can replicate at a rapid rate by exploiting vulnerabilities in a computer’s operating system or network. These malicious tools can be used to steal company data, destroying information completely, or bringing down an entire corporation to its knees. In addition to malware, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks...
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...be made that could cost the company wasted time, wasted effort, lost goodwill, and legal issues (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). Business communication is continually changing to keep up with technological advances. The 10 current business trends affecting business communication today are: Technology changes, including information overload and data security versus privacy; a focus on quality and customer’ needs; entrepreneurship; teamwork; diversity; globalization and outsourcing; legal and ethical concerns; balancing work and family; job flexibility; and the rapid rate of change (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). I personally have witnessed several of these trends in my current workplace. I currently am a full-time medical assistant in a physicians’ office. The current business trends I have noticed while working in the medical field are: Technology, teamwork, and diversity. Technology plays a huge role in my day-to-day work activities. I communicate with my coworkers using instant messaging through network on a software program. We communicate with the physician using the landline, our cell phones, and through emails when he is away from the office. When communicating in an online setting, depicting the correct tone is important in order to convey a comprehensible message. Teamwork is another trend that is mandatory and part of my daily work experience. Teamwork “brings together people’s with varying strengths and talents to solve problems and make decisions” (Locker...
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...Personal Dilemma CJA324 May 2, 2011 Personal Dilemma “What is ethics? In a general sense, ethics is the study of right and wrong, good and evil. Who decides what is right and wrong? What one person may believe is right; another person may feel is wrong.” (Braswell, 2008) This means that any one person can make a good decision based on their upbringing. A well-made decision is a thought out decision that proves the foundation of thinking what is right or wrong. At my place of employment each employee must have annual ethics training. The Human Resources, Information Technology and Legal departments work together to find trends that the workforce requires reminders to respect not only each other but to respect each other’s knowledge and the company’s overall reputation and ethical use of company assets. There are trends found with monitoring internet access. The highest internet traffic that is monitored is newspaper websites, personal electronic mail outside of the firewall, social media and dating, gambling and pornographic websites. The main issue that concerns the company is the time spent by the employee using the computer to accessing none job related websites such as a personal “Facebook” page and not paying attention to their job. Gambling and pornographic website access by any employee results in immediate employment dismissal. Recently, the threat of being monitored has kept many employees from accessing any websites outside of what is job related. It has...
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...Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Student Theses Spring 2011 Exploring the Effects of Text Messaging on the Spelling Skills of Ninth and 12th Grade Students James G. Muhammad Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/theses Part of the Communication Technology and New Media Commons Recommended Citation Muhammad, James G., "Exploring the Effects of Text Messaging on the Spelling Skills of Ninth and 12th Grade Students" (2011). Student Theses. Paper 32. For more information about the academic degree, extended learning, and certificate programs of Governors State University, go to http://www.govst.edu/Academics/Degree_Programs_and_Certifications/ This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Theses by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact opus@govst.edu. Exploring the Effects of Text Messaging on the Spelling Skills of Ninth and 12th Grade Students By James G. Muhammad B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1976 THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts, With a Major in Communication and Training Governors State University University Park, IL 60466 2011 ii Acknowledgements I am forever grateful to Dr. David Rhea for his counsel, guidance...
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...http://www.licensedcounselor.com/onlinetx3.html website which is for Erica Russina provides services via internet and in the office. The website states “Online therapy may serve as a bridge to overcoming these barriers for those who may be deaf, ill, live in remote areas with few resources, are afraid of the "stigma",” (Rusina, 2012). However the site also mentions that an individual is experiencing an actual crisis to contact the local emergency agency. The prospective client can review the website, check the counselor’s credentials, rates and fees, and determine if the services provided are needed. Once the decision has been made the individual can then agree to the online therapy review the disclaimer, submit the request for therapy by email and then pay for services via PayPal. According to the website Erika Russina is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Missouri; Erika also is a National Board Certified Counselor (NCC) (Rusina, 2012). The second online counseling site Serenity Online Therapy offers services for individuals who suffer from anxiety, anger management and addition. Carl Benedict...
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...Propriety software and open source applications are anything but similar. What are the pros and cons of buying Microsoft Office (proprietary) versus downloading and using Open Office (open) for free? I believe the pros of buying propriety versus downloading and using Open office is that for one that by purchasing the product you have all of the features available to and it lasts. When you download a free trial off of the internet it normally only last for a certain amount of time which is usually somewhere between 30 to 90 days. Also often times with the trial version it doesn’t allow you to do everything that you would normally be able to do if you had the paid version. A pro for using open office, of course is that it is free. So if you don’t have hundreds of dollars to go out and spend on software which most people don’t then downloading the free version will allow you to get the job done while being able to keep your money in your pocket. Social networks allow people to connect for a variety of reasons in a digital environment. You might join LinkedIn to meet business contacts, MySpace to find a band member, or Facebook to see pictures of old friends and meet new ones. Whatever environment you decide to be a part of, posting information about you has become an issue of concern. What are those concerns? I mean what is the big deal about privacy? I guess the biggest concern most people have with privacy is worrying about who can see what they post on the internet. I myself...
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...multiple tasks at one time. For instance, one could be chatting with a friend online while listening to music and doing homework. Although multitasking can indeed be helpful in completing tasks in a timely matter, one must recognize the definite price that is being paid for this practice. Media multitasking is damaging today’s students by not only hindering one’s ability to fully absorb information, but by changing student’s understanding of what the term socializing means. In order to fully understand how media multitasking is damaging students, we must first realize what exactly is happening in the brain during multitasking. Those students who multitask during homework may be doing things such as browsing Facebook, checking email, texting, and instant messaging. Scientists believe that when a person is trying to complete multiple tasks like this, the brain is distributing low amounts of information to each task instead of concentrating on one task at a time. This creates a sort of “brownout” effect inside of the brain. University of Michigan Professor David Meyer states that “all the lights go dim because there just isn’t enough power to go around.” This means that even though you think you are giving most of your attention to that homework assignment, your brain is actually rationalizing instead. During this rationalization, the brain is simply distributing a low dose of focus and concentration to your homework assignment, and an equal amount to your social life on facebook. As...
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...Costs and Benefits Advantages of Telecommuting for Companies • Improves employee satisfaction - People are sick of the rat race, eager to take control of their lives, and desperate to find a balance between work and life. - Two thirds of people want to work from home. - 36% would choose it over a pay raise. - A poll of 1,500 technology professionals revealed that thirty-seven percent would take a pay cut of 10% if they could work from home. - Gen Y’ers are more difficult to recruit (as reported by 56% of hiring managers) and to retain (as reported by 64% of hiring managers) but they are particularly attracted flexible work arrangements (rating among benefits as an * on a 10 scale as impact on overall job satisfaction) - 80% of employees consider telework a job perk. • Reduce attrition - Losing a valued employee can cost an employer $10,000 to $30,000. - Recruiting and training a new hire costs thousands. - 14% of Americans have changed jobs to shorten the commute. - 46% of companies that allow telework say it has reduced attrition. - 95% of employers say telework has a high impact on employee retention. - Almost half of employees feel their commute is getting worse; 70% of them feel their employers should take the lead in helping them solve the problem. - 92% of employees are concerned with the high cost of fuel and 80% of them specifically cite the cost of commuting to work. 73% feel their employers should take the lead in helping them reduce their commuting costs...
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...capturing an analog signal in digital form. For a document the term means to trace the document image or capture the "corners" where the lines end or change direction. The term digitization is often used when diverse forms of information, such as text, sound, image or voice, are converted into a single binary code. Computers predate to the Digital Age. Prior to the 1950s, computers were analog, using vacuum tubes. Later, vacuum tubes were used in conjunction with diodes. Like the digital computers that came later, analog computers used binary logic, but instead of being directly controlled by a program consisting of 1s and 0s, the state of the vacuum tube was changed by a change in voltage. The voltage change was analogous to a 1 (power on) versus a 0 (power off). In 1956, MIT built the TX0, the first general-purpose, programmable computer to use transistors. Digitization occurs in two parts: Discretization and Quantization. Discretization is the reading of an analog signal A, and, at regular time intervals (or frequency), sampling the value of the signal at the point. Each such reading is called a sample and may be considered to have infinite precision at this stage. Quantization is when the samples are rounded to a fixed set of numbers (such as integers). Data Communications There are many different ways in which analog converts to digital. For example, signals are continuous electrical signals; digital signals are non-continuous. Analog signal can be converted to digital signal...
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...Beginner's Guide To The Bloomberg Terminal: Introduction Filed Under » Fundamental Analysis, Investment, Technical Analysis, Trading Systems Welcome to the Beginner's Guide to Bloomberg. This portion of the guide is aimed at new Bloomberg users, and will provide an overview of how to use a Bloomberg terminal. If you are a more experienced user, or if after reading this guide you want to go into more detail on Bloomberg's capabilities, please be on the lookout for the Advanced Guide to Bloomberg which will soon follow. (For more, see Day Trading Strategies For Beginners.) In this Basic Guide, we will examine how to sign up for, install and access Bloomberg. We will then go on to covering basic navigation on the Bloomberg system. Navigating Bloomberg is somewhat unique in that the system uses a special keyboard with some keys that are different from those found on a "normal" keyboard. Therefore, the navigation section of this guide will be important to newcomers. After gaining a working knowledge of these basics, in chapter four we will then move on to discuss some of the market and news monitor functions that are available on Bloomberg. Chapter five will focus on the basics of analyzing securities on Bloomberg. Advanced functionality in this area will be covered in the Advanced Guide; in this Basic Guide we will focus more closely on the types of analysis that Bloomberg allows users to perform. Finally, chapter six will provide some tips and tricks for navigating Bloomberg...
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...teens ages 14-17, who went from a median of 60 texts a day to a median of 100 two years later. Boys of all ages also increased their texting volume from a median of 30 texts daily in 2009 to 50 texts in 2011. Black teens showed an increase of a median of 60 texts per day to 80. Older girls remain the most enthusiastic texters, with a median of 100 texts a day in 2011, compared with 50 for boys the same age. 63% of all teens say they exchange text messages every day with people in their lives. This far surpasses the frequency with which they pick other forms of daily communication, including phone calling by cell phone (39% do that with others every day), face-to-face socializing outside of school (35%), social network site messaging (29%), instant messaging (22%), talking on landlines...
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...Text Messaging: The Effects on Our Society A Report By: Blake Hogan, Emily Gilbert, Megan Leckington, and Chris Morris 1 Abstract: In today’s day and age, most everyone in our society has and uses a cell phone. Most of those who use cell phones also use the SMS text messaging that these phones feature. This study takes a look at some of the effects and potential problems arising from the use of this text messaging. A survey of students and instructors at Lane Community College found that 70% of those surveyed believed that texting had harmful effects on students writing skills. However, studies that were analyzed found that texting is actually beneficial. While 54% of teenagers text others on a daily basis only 33% of teenagers talk to others face-to-face, yet it is too early in research to draw a conclusion on whether texting is harmful to their social skills. Most people know that text messaging while driving is very dangerous, yet the studies analyzed as well as the surveys conducted show that some people are still willing to take that risk. Table of Contents: Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………….1 Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………….1 List of Figures……………………………………………………………………………...1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..2 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………...
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...Using clues from the automatically generated IDS alarms, forensic examiners can pinpoint which system logs to further examine. Internet Service Provider Records Internet addresses, email header information, time stamps on messaging help the analyst piece together interactions and processes that will give them a snapshot of the crime committed. Evidence can be found on the Internet such as chat rooms, instant messaging and websites. Malware Installation Malware refers to a variety of malicious software, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs. It can take the form of executable code, scripts, active content, and other software. These codes are often hidden in websites or embedded in web advertisements (Goodrich, 2012). Live System Data After a suspect system is identified, all traffic coming to and leaving the system should be captured to include searching for hidden files inserted by malware, most likely located in alternate data streams (Overton, 2008)...
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...Looking back five to ten years ago, it’s easy to imagine that just about every household that could afford a PC desktop owned one. I can distinctly remember sitting in the office room at my mother’s house, sorting through my (very new) email, and instant messaging friends on our very big and spacious computer. The year was 2000. Twelve years later and what a difference the world has made, technologically speaking. But are PC desktops becoming extinct? That is highly doubtful in my opinion. As Pam Baker states in her article on ReadWrite.com, she believes the PC era will be around for a while; with physical changes to occur most definitely. “Projected screens and keyboards that can be used on walls and other surfaces are also a given. As are hologram projection screens and keyboards, both 3D and flat (Baker, 2011).” As bulky and spacious as PC desktops are, there are also positives about them as well. One reason you won’t see PC desktops vanish is because of their ability to process and store much more than any mobile device. A mobile device just can’t handle as much as a regular computer can. A lot of that has to do with the fact that researchers are having a difficult time trying to give mobile devices the same “power” as a desktop computer but in a much much smaller space. The main reason manufactures want to claim the desktop as being dead is because they want their product (mobile devices or wireless notebook/tablets) to sell quickly and then they can be off to...
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