...Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Corporation has proven that innovation is key, and even with a few years of a steady, and sometimes drastic, decline in revenue and profit, there can be light at the end of the tunnel. HP has gone through 4 CEOs in 8 years which has caused changes in environment, culture, and the trust of stockholders and investors. However, current CEO Meg Whitman has a positive outlook. In the last year since her start with HP, she has implemented a four year restructuring plan. The restructuring plan will be discussed in detail in this paper as it is a vital part of Hewlett-Packards situation financially and in the Market. When the economy is in a recession, all industries suffer. For a company like HP, the down market mixed with the increasing rate of technological advances, it is a double hit. HP has been the leader in PC manufacturing for over 70 years and is still one of the top in the industry. The future of HP looks promising. Faith in HP has been shaken over the last 5 years but with Meg Whitman on board, her experience and knowledge will be a much needed change for the company. In this paper, the strategic innovations for a changing market will be discussed in detail with what HP has in store for its future and how the company will rise in hard times. Also discussed will be the tactics that have already been put in place by HP including new products that will, in hopes, positively change their image. Human Resource...
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...IT426-1302B-02 System Integration and Organization Deployment Academy Carpets Integration Project 06/24/2013 Contents Project Outline 3 Integration Model and Tasks 5 Standards and Regulations 7 Support Strategies 9 Best Practices 11 Cultural Implications 15 References 17 Project Outline The organization I have targeted for this assignment is Academy Carpets. They are a small business located in my hometown of Colorado Springs, Colorado. They have three locations, and currently employ about 100 employees. They are relatively small company but over the last three to four years business has been steadily rising. Before the influx of new business the slow systems didn’t really bother the business or the employee’s production, but over the past years the need to upgrade their systems processes has become apparent. Academy Carpets now desperately needs a new system integrated, some salesmen are still using a pen and pad to track sales and request their orders, as a result of this their orders are constantly getting misconstrued up due to the lack of organization. The goal is to get the entire organization on an integrated computer system and provide the staff with a user friendly system that will give them the organization and performance that is needed for the company to continue to grow. Academy Carpets hopes by achieving this goal, not only will the salesmen have a less complicated workplace but Academy Carpets will have the ability to place, track and...
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...MGT 6503 LD & CM SPRING 2013 CAPSTONE CASE- HEWLETT PACKARD Armah Q. Fahnbulleh Wilmington University February 19, 2013 Abstract From the Introduction to Leadership to the Negative (Dark) Side of Leadership and everything thing in between, this has been a life changing seven weeks. My mind was impacted with knowledge that I did not have prior to taking this course. This course has taught me about how to go about bringing change by getting everyone involved especially, the people that are going to be affected by the change. Working with my team members on our Capstone Case, I have learned what it takes to be a team player and a team leader. Listen to all opinions, be very thoughtful and make a sound and decisive decision on which direction to lead your company. Most of all I learned that Leadership and Change are about “PEOPLE.” 1. What have you been assigned to provide in the development of the Capstone Case? Why is it important to the major premise of the Teams initiative? I have been assigned to research company personnel needed to be included in the planning, implementing, sustaining the change and why? A strong leader with a vision, plans, and surrounded by a team of individuals that believe in the vision and trust the leader can effect change. The leader is very important to the major premise of the team initiative because without a leader the team will not have direction. This is like steering a ship without its captain. For our capstone case on Hewlett...
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...Oracle Service Bus Lunch SOA Lab 1 – Mediator & Adapters SOA Lab 2 – BPEL SOA Lab 3 – Business Rules Q&A - Wrap-up Lab Set-Up 3 Oracle BPM and SOA Solution Enterprise Modeling BPA Suite 11g Organization and Business Goals IT and Business Infrastructure Document Publish Repository Business Focus Social BPM Workspace Process Spaces Enterprise 2.0 Services Business Process Guides Unstructured Processes BPM Suite 11g User- centric Design BPM Studio Process Composer Process Analysis and Simulation WYDIWYE Model Multichannel Development BPEL Human Tasks Business Rules BAM SOA Suite 11g Service Infrastructure Unified Engine Business Catalog End-to-End Management Integration Services Scalable Architecture IT Focus Application Server Foundation Weblogic Suite 11g JEE Engine Security Services Messaging Scalability High Availability Unified Process Engine Unifies execution to reduce complexity and cost Oracle BPM Suite 11g Oracle BPM Suite 11g • Single efficient engine with Native BPMN 2.0 BPEL, Rules, and Human Workflow execution • Unifies execution of all types of processes • Unified runtime with SOA with shared SOA Services with common persistence, binding, policy management and adapters • Unified security with OPSS Value Value • Reduced complexity and greater reliability and performance • Choice of BPMN 2.0 or BPEL modeling or using both • Simplified integration with a services based environment...
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...2nd Floor 90 Pitts Bay Road Pembroke HM08 Bermuda http://www.tyco.com T Ict I ati nat nal t99 1 A An u e R t T y c o y n oe r n t e r o n ailo L t d . L1 d . 9 9 9n9n u a ln R a lp o re p o r t The Zurich Centre Ty c o I n t e r n a t i o n a l L t d . 19 99 Annual Report Get to know we are the world’s largest supplier of electronic and electrical connectors WE ARE THE WORLD’S LARGEST INSTALLER AND SERVICER OF we are the world’s largest producer of FIRE AND SECURITY industrial valves SYSTEMS w e h a v e g row n o u r ea rni ng s a t a 35% com pounded r ate for the past fi v e y ear s we lead the burgeoning global market in undersea fiber optic telecommunications W E H AV E 1 8 2 , 0 0 0 EMPLOYEES IN OVER 80 COUNTRIES AROUND THE we are a global leader in disposable health care we achieved sales of over $22 billion in fiscal 1999 we do not make toys . . . and never have 1 1. telecommunications and electronics If you knew Tyco last year, look again. The Company has evolved into a leader in the fast-paced, high-tech world of electronics. Our merger with AMP, the world’s largest maker of electrical connectors, and the acquisition of Raychem, a leading manufacturer of high-performance electrical components, created the nucleus for the formation of Tyco Electronics Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of passive electronic components. The diverse capabilities of AMP and Raychem, combined with...
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...The Story of AMP 1 Abstract This case study provides an excellent example of the importance of business strategy. It demonstrates how the correct corporate strategy can provide prosperity for a company while a poor strategy can result in dire consequences. The study also highlights how factors such as company size, economic conditions, competition, and corporate culture influence the development and the ultimate success of the business strategy. AMP Incorporated was used as the basis for this case study. AMP Incorporated is a global company that specializes in electronic and electrical connectors. The company, which was started in 1941, quickly grew into the world’s largest manufacturer of connector and interconnection devices. But in 1998, the company’s stock fell, resulting in a hostile takeover bid by Allied Signal and the eventual purchase of the company by Tyco International. History of AMP Founder of AMP Born in Lincoln, Kansas in 1900, Uncas Aeneus Whitaker grew up in a tiny southwestern town in Missouri. He was named after the hero of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic tale, The Last of the Mohicans. In the fall of 1941, Whitaker would start his quest to live the legacy of a hero by taking over a small firm called Industrial Manufacturers in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Industrial Manufacturers was a producer of solderless electrical terminations for the aircraft and shipbuilding industry. Prior to World War II, terminations of electrical conductors were accomplished...
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...Bankruptcy of a Retail Giant Blunders by former Chairman Charles Conaway and President Mark Schwartz led Kmart into bankruptcy. The retailer had to close 284 stores, including this one in Novi, and lay off 22,000 workers. They lived the good life of gated estates, a 47-foot yacht, corporate jets at their beck and call, and multiple pay hikes, perks, bonuses and loans. But even as Kmart Corp. struggled for survival, its chairman, Charles Conaway, and president, Mark Schwartz, wanted more, renegotiating employment contracts that would ultimately net them a combined $34 million in less than two years. Conaway and Schwartz, the leaders of the $37-billion-a-year retail giant that lost $3.9 billion in its past five quarters and laid off 22,000 workers this year, were the central figures in the company's demise. Their management blunders led Kmart into bankruptcy, and questions abound as to whether they hid the company's financial condition from its board of directors, employees and shareholders. But one thing is clear: As Kmart spiraled downward, Conaway and Schwartz grew richer. With Kmart mired in bankruptcy, the payouts to Conaway and Schwartz came under scrutiny in a federal criminal investigation of accounting practices. Federal investigators zeroed in on the personal finances and compensation deals struck by Conaway, Schwartz and other former Kmart executives in the months leading up to the company's Jan. 22 bankruptcy filing in Chicago. The Kmart investigation...
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...Q2. Who are Tyco’s competitors? How well does Tyco do compared to them? About Tyco International Tyco International Ltd. is a security Systems Company incorporated in Ireland, with United States operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey During 1997 they had six primary divisions. 1. Fire Protection 2. Flow control 3. Disposable Medical Products 4. Simplex Technologies, Inc. 5. Packing Materials 6. Speciality Product Currently Tyco is a market leader in a security solution and fire protection sector which is a $100 billion industry. Competitors According to the case Tyco do not have any of the big competitors because most of the companies they buy are the competitor, but if see through current scenario these are the following competitor 1. 3M 2. General Electric company 3. Siemens AG 4. Federal Signal Corporation 5. Hochiki Corporation How Tyco Is Better 1. Experienced management team. Executive officers have the proven track record and experience necessary to execute our business strategies team has successfully rationalized our operations, reduced financial leverage, implemented world-class corporate governance standards and improved our financial performance. 2. Diverse portfolio of services and products. Tyco offered broad portfolio of services and products, which allows customers to fulfil many of their needs by purchasing solely from them. 3. Leading market positions and brands. We have...
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...When Dennis Kozlowski became CEO of Tyco International he reincorporated the aggressive management style and lavish lifestyle of mentor and former CEO Joseph Gaziano. During his tenure as CEO, Kozlowski seemed to have a lot of control over what the company did. He acquired many acquisitions, one of which was to expand the company into noncyclical industries since cyclical industries were one of the company’s weak points. He did this by acquiring and reviving Kendall Company from bankruptcy and rebuilt the company to be the core of the “new Tyco Healthcare Group.” This double earnings, which pleased the board of directors, who gave Kozlowski a salary increase. Kozlowski also acquired ADT Security Services, which happened to be a British-owned company located in Bermuda. This allowed Tyco to create offshore subsidiaries to shelter their foreign income from U.S. tax. Sheltering foreign income from U.S. tax is not illegal, but it can certainly be considered unethical. Under U.S law, there are two provisions that allow companies certain benefits with regard to foreign income. One of these benefits is the foreign tax credit, which allows a company to reduce the U.S. marginal tax rate by the foreign marginal tax rate, so the company is not double taxed. The other provision allows companies to delay paying taxes on foreign income indefinitely unless the profits are brought onto the parent company’s books. So, while Tyco sheltering its foreign income is not illegal, it is...
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...University and worked for two high tech firms in Ottawa. In 2002 while on a flight home from Zurich, he was stopped and pulled aside for questioning at JFK airport in New York. After this he was interrogated intensely for three days by the United States government, about possible links to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, he denies all of these allegations and continued to request a lawyer these requests were all denied because he was not an American citizen. Eventually Arar was asked to sign forms without the ability to read them and no legal counsel he signed the forms indicating that he would like to return to Canada. They asked him why he had originally fled Syria, he answerd honestly that he had left to avoid mandatory military service. They continue to say that he will not be returned to Canada and that he will most likely be returned to Syria because he also has citizenship there. the Syrians are known for their torture of prisoners and their willingness to interrogate prisoners from other countries. He was eventually allowed a two minute call which he used to call his wife and tell her to get him help. After this he was flown to New Jersey then to Amman Jordan, from there he was driven to the Syrian border. While in Syria he was beaten and tortured into giving false confessions of his involvement with al-Qaeda. He was kept in a cell the size of a coffin for just under a year while he was...
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...[pic] Web Services Security Kerberos Token Profile Version 1.1.1 OASIS Standard 18 May 2012 Specification URIs This version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/os/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-os.doc (Authoritative) http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/os/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-os.html http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/os/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-os.pdf Previous version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/csd01/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-csd01.doc (Authoritative) http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/csd01/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-csd01.html http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/csd01/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1-csd01.pdf Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1.doc (Authoritative) http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1.html http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss-m/wss/v1.1.1/wss-KerberosTokenProfile-v1.1.1.pdf Technical Committee: OASIS Web Services Security Maintenance (WSS-M) TC Chair: David Turner (david.turner@microsoft.com), Microsoft Editors: Ronald Monzillo (ronald.monzillo@sun.com), Sun Microsystems Chris Kaler (ckaler@microsoft.com), Microsoft Anthony Nadalin (droldsecure@us.ibm.com), IBM Phillip Hallam-Baker (pbaker@verisign.com), Verisign Carlo Milono (cmilono@tibco.com), Tibco Additional...
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...white pAper: cloud Securit y Securing the Cloud for the Enterprise A Joint White Paper from Symantec and VMware White Paper: Cloud Security Securing the Cloud for the Enterprise for A Joint White Paper from Symantec and VMware Contents Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Enterprise computing trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Transitions in the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Evolving threat and compliance landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A security strategy for the cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.0 Key elements of cloud security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...Adding connections 15 3.4 Member reputation 16 3.5 Paid membership 18 3.6 Fake members 18 3.7 Lurkers 18 4 Encouraging user participation 20 4.1 Using uniqueness 20 4.2 Using controversy 20 4.3 Using individual recognition 21 4.4 By discouraging low quality contributions (moderation) 21 4.5 Using goal setting 23 4.6 Using E-Mail notifications 24 4.7 By showing the activity of community 24 5 Stimulating Social Interactions 26 5.1 By common Interests 26 5.3 By common current life transitions 27 5.4 By shared experience 28 5.5 By shared education 29 5.6 By showing the distance 29 5.7 By service: Photo Albums 30 5.8 By service: Profile watching 30 5.9 By service: Reconnect 31 5.10 By service: Groups by interests 31 5.11 By service: content rating 32 5.12 By service: Invitations to offline-meetings 33 5.13 By service: Blogs 34 5.14 By service: Polls 34 5.15 By service: Member bookmarking 34 X Sources Used 35 Background Abstract Cloud computing is becoming an adoptable technology with dynamic scalability and usage of...
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...Technical Writing Project Cover Sheet Capstone Proposal Project Name: Upgrading ABC Inc. Internet Edge Student Name: Michael Wakefield Degree Program: Bachelor of Science IT-Security Mentor Name: Signature Block Student’s Signature Mentor’s Signature Table of Contents Capstone Proposal Summary 1 Review of Other Work 8 Rationale and Systems Analysis 16 Goals and Objectives 22 Project Deliverables 26 Project Plan and Timelines 27 References 28 Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 4 Capstone Proposal Summary Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following: In February 2013, Cisco released a study predicting that $14.4 trillion of value (net profit) will be at stake globally over the next decade, driven by connecting the unconnected –people-to-people (P2P), machine-to-people (M2P), and machine-to-machine (M2M) - via the Internet of Everything (IoE). Cisco defines the Internet of Everything as the networked connection of people, process, data, and things. The IoE creates new “capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunity for businesses, individuals, and countries” (The Internet of Everything, Cisco, Inc. 2014). With such a...
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...101 Principles of Enterprise Architecture Principles are the foundation of your Enterprise Architecture — the enduring rules and guidelines of your architecture. They send an important message to your stakeholders — that EA recommendations are not arbitrary. Principles should enable the business to achieve their strategy and be simple, consistent, flexible, enduring and useful: One bad principle can lead to thousands of bad architectural decisions — principles must be chosen with care. Below are a few examples to inspire. General 1. Non-proliferation of Technology Technical diversity will be controlled in order to reduce complexity. 2. Compliance with Law Compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. 3. Business Continuity The enterprise will be resilient to internal and external threats. 4. Business Alignment Every IT project must be aligned with business goals and strategy. 5. Common Use Solutions Cross-silo solutions are preferred over duplicative silo specific applications, systems and tools. 6. Simple Solutions IT will be as simple as possible. Where complexity is required it will be encapsulated and hidden behind a interface that is as simple as possible. 7. Quality A minimum standard of quality will be maintained despite time to market concerns. 8. Think Globally, Act Locally Solutions will consider the enterprise impact of architectural decisions. 9. Shared Resources Solutions will seek to maximum...
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