...TiVo Case Analysis A number of technology-based products have had sterling forecast demands as TiVo had before launching the product with some of them going on to disappoint and others living up to the up when they hit the market. Samsung mobile, in its flagship Galaxy S4Smartphone had initial extremely positive forecast on the demand due to the innovation and efficiency (Costello, 2013). They then went on to experience weakening demand due to supply chain challenges. Apple iPhone in recent years have seen their demand forecast fall short despite investing in landscape-changing innovation compared to its competitors. This is blamed on the saturated high-end smartphone market (Rigby, 2014). During the market research in focus groups conducted by Odyssey Research, consumers were shown how to install and use a TiVo prototype. They were also told the price of the set-top box once it went into the market. Several people in the focus groups raised concerns that TiVo was complicated and time consuming to set up while other felt that the price of the set-top box was too high and that they would wait until the prices fell before buying. The insight on buying process however indicated that husbands would initiate the decision to buy TiVo but they would have to consult the wives with their wives before purchasing a set-top box sue to the high price of TiVo. Participants in the study also showed that the decision to buy the TiVo set-top box would largely depend on references by trusted...
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...leading multimedia retailers. Oddly enough, they were not the first company in the multimedia retail. HSN (Home Shopping Network) entered the market two years prior. Embedded in its name, QVC, is quality, value, and convenience. Televising to over 200 million households via cable and satellite services, they have spread throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and recently Italy. Small businesses and entrepreneurs have found they can appeal to a larger audience using QVC's airspace to promote their products to skeptical consumers. QVC has expanded to the Internet and created mobile shopping applications for smartphones and tablets to provide convenience to their customers. They also provided a credit program and a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee. Their products were not just various, they were unique, and some of them were even exclusive. This advantage allowed them to overtake the other competitors within the industry. "Leading product categories include beauty, electronics, home goods, apparel and accessories, and jewelry." (QVC, 2015) Regularly scheduled programs offer the majority of products for QVC. They found that the idea of sight, sound and motion were the best way to sell a product. They felt that it was more effective than presenting a product in print or just putting the product on the store shelf. The QVC shopping network is available 24 hours a day which broadens the customer base for those who are working different work schedules...
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...Case Study: The Business Strategies of QVC Group 2: Michael Kenlan Karen Maxwell Brian McKearney Tara Murphy Zach Smith MIE 480, Spring 2010 Dr. Washington Abstract John Segal founded QVC in West Chester, Pennsylvania in June of 1986, two years behind the launch of its predecessor, the Home Shopping Network. Despite this later emergence onto the cable scene, QVC surpassed its competitor quickly and has maintained a dominant position in the television-retail industry ever since. Never relinquishing its strong commitment to quality, value, and convenience, the company has strategically gained consumer confidence, brand loyalty, and a competitive advantage in the market. Today, QVC has shipped over a billion packages to customers worldwide, and generates an estimated $_________ in annual sales. There are many reasons that led QVC to become the industry leader in televised shopping. Entering the market in the shadow of The Home Shopping Network actually proved to be advantageous to the new company. The founding management of QVC was wise in examining its competitor’s strengths and weaknesses, and learning from these mistakes. QVC set out to break the existing mold and capture a larger audience with quality products. Another wise decision on the part of leadership was to employ experienced TV producers with expertise in the field which resulted in a professional and well-produced...
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...security protocols are being proposed for different applications like Wireless Application Protocol, 802.11 etc. most of them are based on the public and private key cryptography. This paper provides an insight on these cryptographic protocols and also looks into the current research project going on at Sun Microsystems Lab on wireless security. 1.Introduction With the rapid growth in the wireless mobile communication technology, small devices like PDAs, laptops are able to communicate with the fixed wired network while in motion. Because of its flexibility and provision of providing ubiquitous infrastructure, the need to provide security increases to a great degree. As wireless communication takes place mainly through the radio signals rather than wires, it is easier to intercept or eavesdrop on the communication channels. Therefore, it is important to provide security from all these threats. There are different kinds of issues within security like confidentiality, integrity, availability, legitimacy, and accountability that needs to be individually taken care off. One of the key issues of these being, confidentiality and authentication, where the user must be protected from unauthorized eavesdropping. The goal of authentication protocol is to check the identity of other users or network centers before providing access to the confidential information on the users side. When designing any security protocol, there are...
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...WPA2 Wireless Encryption Security By Charles Miller TS8004: WPA2 Wireless encryption Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to explore technologies best suited for wireless security technologies. The paper in itself will include research into WP2 Technology and how it fits in making best security measures for an organization. When an organization implements wireless technology, the aspect of keeping communications secured from sources that could use this information being transferred wireless to gain financial information, market advantage and personal gain is a concern for security involvement and risk. This literary review explores a security involved in WPA2 wireless encryption technology. Table of Contents Abstract.......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction....................................................................................................................................4 Background.................................................................................................................................... 5 Problem Definition......................................................................................................................... 5 Vulnerabilities..............
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...ET 153 A20 Introduction to Computer Networking Term Paper Cisco Valet Plus Wireless Router While exploring my text book for a topic for my term paper I chose a subject that I have recently been involved with. Several of us have configured and installed a basic home wireless network. In many homes today it is very popular to have a wireless router installed in your home office creating a connection of convenience to the internet. Installing a wireless router is relatively easy. At the beginning of this semester I had to replace my old wireless router due to an electrical surge through my Ethernet port from my modem. While looking into the purchase of a new wireless router I came across the Cisco Valet Plus Wireless Router. The purpose of this paper is to provide the manufactures specification for the Cisco Valet Plus Wireless Router, the function, the appearance, the operation, and the pros and cons of this device. I chose the Cisco Valet Plus Router Based on the specifications listed on the products exterior package. What caught my attention were the Data Link Protocol; Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE802.11g, Fast Ethernet, and the data transfer rate 300 Mbps. In today’s day and age it seems the speed and efficiency is very necessary and takes priority in our daily lives. The frequency band is 2.4 GHz. A feature that I have never seen offered in a wireless router is the Anti-Malware protection, Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), URL Filtering,...
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...com Finance 3 rd semester Submitted to, Santhosh Thannikatt, Department of Commerce,Naipunnya Institute of Management and Information Technology Submission date : 15thjuly 2015 By Gokul Manoj B.com Finance 3 rd semester Submitted to, Santhosh Thannikatt, Department of Commerce,Naipunnya Institute of Management and Information Technology Submission date : 15thjuly 2015 By Wireless communication Wireless communication Wireless technology exists to enhance the human sensory feelings to give people the opportunity to be heard, to listen and be educated, to recognize and be recognized. It is a type of technology that allows you to express yourself anywhere, anytime toward achieving a greater level of communication. The objective in this paper is to become familiar with the concept of wireless technology. Various topics are covered to include Wireless history, standards, basic principles, regulatory change, and global implications. There was a time when you could easily count all the men in the country who even pretended to know anything about wireless. No one of the few who were working with wireless then, knew whether a set carefully put together would work at all or how far the signals could be heard. Transmissions of a hundred miles or more were hailed as remarkable. Present-day radio listeners are quite prone to think of radio as nothing more than telephonic broadcasting. But before the wireless telephone, came tremendous amounts of hard, sometimes discouraging, but always...
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...Term paper of computer networking (Design wireless network) x.y.z. Abstract: this document tells us about wireless network and various techniques to design a computer wireless network Keywords—wireless networks, connecting devices, switches, hubs. [pic] Campus network A campus network is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within a limited geographical area. The networking equipments (switches, routers) and transmission media (optical fiber, copper plant, Cat5 cabling etc) are almost entirely owned (by the campus tenant / owner: an enterprise, university, government etc). In the case of a university campus-based campus network, the network is likely to link a variety of campus buildings including; academic departments, the university library and student residence halls. [pic] | | | | Introduction A computer network allows sharing of resources and information among devices connected to the network. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) funded the design of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) for the United States Department of Defence. It was the first operational computer network in the world. Development of the network began in 1969, based on designs developed during the 1960s. For a history see ARPANET, the first network . Purpose • Facilitating communications. Using a network, people can communicate efficiently and easily...
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...Network Attached Storage ITMO 557 Research Paper Submitted by: Ashif Anwar CWID: A20318587 Date of Submission: This is a research paper on Network attached storage covering the various areas given in the contents below. Fall 2014 ASHIF ANWAR Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago 11/30/2014 Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. History. 3. Product demonstration. 4. NAS future perspective. 5. Introduction Network Attached Storage is basically defined as a file level computer data storage server connected to a computer network. It is specialized for file server operation by its hardware, software or configuration of elements to provide data access to wide range of clients (Wikipedia, 2014). In simple words we can say “a network attached storage is a external hard drive which is a computer storage system that access and remains on a computer network via Ethernet and wireless connections. The drive is then accessible to all computers in a network, instead of one just hard wired computer”(Networking, 2014). Figure-1: NAS Storage on a network infrastructure. (slideshare, 2013). NAS is one of the popular approaches which allow homes and business to store and retrieve large amounts of data in an efficient and affordable manner. One can wirelessly backup their computer files such as music, videos and other important documents...
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...loading a file system would be to define permissions’ to allow people to get access to either the application or data on the server. I suspect that a lot of thought would have to be put into doing this, if it is not done correctly it will be ad hoc or have to be redone multiple times to get it right. Having to redo it might require all of the users to lose access while it is being redone. I think explaining how to set up the file/directory permissions relating to the access capabilities of the user/groups will also be interesting to learn. Finally the other reason that I chose this topic is that it has the most words so I in my thinking if it took that long to describe the topic hopefully there will be enough material to fill up a research paper. My goal in doing the research is to gain an understanding on these topics and pass that information on to anyone that is as clueless as I currently am on Linux. I will accomplish this by separating the two topics into individual sections and then finally tying them all together to show how they interrelate. By focusing on how to implement them in an enterprise perspective I will be looking at scalability and ability to change without impacting a large number of people. First I will focus on how to set up users and some considerations about how the users should be...
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...Term Paper Christopher Talbott American Public University System Wireless Networks and their Security Risks This purpose of this paper is to discuss the current state of Wireless networks. Their different security features and known issues with wireless technology. As well as how business implement Wireless networks, the different hacking methods used against Wireless networks and its future technological uses. There are many different wireless standards ranging from 802.11b to the new 802.11ac standard. Many manufactures exist with their own unique features for both home and business use. Each Wireless network standard was set forth an agreed upon by the IEEE or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. “IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, ("About IEEE," 2014)”. The IEEE sets forth the standards for each 802.11 standard, starting with 802.11b, which is a “Wireless radio-frequency local area network. 802.11b, adopted Sept. 1999, operates at 11 Mbps in 2.4GHz band. By end of 2000, IEEE to approve backward-compatible 22 Mbps version of 802.11b HR, to be dubbed 802.11b HRb, (Palenchar, J. (2000)”. 802.11b was the first widely adopted Wireless network for home use. Routers and wireless cards...
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...Routers Term Paper INTRODUCTION Router is a hardware device designed to take incoming packets, analyzing the packets and then directing them to the appropriate locations, moving the packets to another network, converting the packets to be moved across a different network interface, dropping the packets, or performing any other number of other actions. In the picture to the down, is a Linksys BEFSR11 router and is what most home routers look like. [pic] A router has a lot more capabilities than other network devices such as a hub or a switch that are only able to perform basic network functions. For example, a hub is often used to transfer data between computers or network devices, but does not analyze or do anything with the data it is transferring. Routers however can analyze the data being sent over a network, change how it is packaged and send it to another network or over a different network. For example, routers are commonly used in home networks to share a single Internet connection with multiple computers. [pic] In the above example of a home network there are two different examples of a router, the router and the wireless router. As can be seen in the example the router is what allows all the computers and other network devices access the Internet. Below are some additional examples of different types of routers used in a large network. Brouter Short for Bridge Router, a "brouter" is a networking...
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...Interested in learning more about security? SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room This paper is from the SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. Anti-Hacking: The Protection of Computers While the term Anti-Hacking may have different meanings to different people, one thing is certain. By definition, it means , "the opposite of hacking." If hacking is defined as an attack on a computer system, then Anti-Hacking is the protection of that system. The three aspects discussed in this paper: Education of the Security Adminis trator, Securing the Environment, and How to Fight Back are just one combined definition of how to protect a system. Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights AD © SANS Institute 2003, Author retains full rights Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 © SANS Institute 2003, As part of the Information Security Reading Room. Author retains full rights. Anti-Hacking: The Protection of Computers Chadd Schlotter In the Computer Security industry, there are many solutions available to help combat cyber crime. Firewalls and Intrusion Detection systems are in place across the Internet to help protect more networks than ever before. Teams at software corporations work diligently on creating patches for known vulnerabilities, yet everyday the number of computers that are compromised increases...
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...Introduction Computer Networks were the pioneer of the Internet era. The definition of a computer network is “A network of data processing nodes that are interconnected for the purpose of data communication. 2. A communications network in which the end instruments are computers.”[1] The first networks were narrowly used by important personnel like military bases so they can maintain connection with their traveling co-workers, keeping them safe, and giving them direction. These networks were not connected to the Internet, as we know it. They were just basic networks for the sake of communication. Networks became much more widely used in the 1990’s when the internet emerged to the masses. Now corporate offices and residential homes alike could start a network of their own so they can to connected to whatever they like. The importance of networking was realized very quickly, the number of networks rose at a rapid pace, and today there are billions of people connected to each other in different ways. Whether it be in a small corporate office connecting employees, or the network that connects a business to its manufacturer in China, its very obvious that the network changed the world, and helped it prosper. In this paper I will discuss every networking feature in the Windows operating system as well as its importance to the network. Importance Of A Network Now that it is common for a household to have multiple devices with the ability to connect, networks have become more important...
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... This course provides a foundation in the basic telecommunications and networking technologies fundamental to the industry and to the broad field of telecommunications. Analog, digital, and radio frequency technologies are covered. Also covered in this course is an introduction to the OSI protocol model, network-switching systems, basics of wireless communications, and network security. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Goleniewski, L. (2007). Telecommunications essentials. (2nd ed.) Boston, MA: Pearson. Panko, R. R., & Panko, J. L. (2011). Business data networks and...
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