... 2.2.1 Access Control 4 2.2.2 Authentication 4 2.2.3 HSPD-12 Personnel Security Clearances 4 2.2.4 Non-Disclosure Agreements 5 2.2.5 Accessibility 5 2.2.6 Data 5 2.2.7 Confidentiality, Security, and Privacy 5 2.3 Tasks/Sub-Tasks to Be Performed Related to Initiating the Service 6 2.3.1 Task 1: 6 2.3.2 Task 2: 7 2.4 Period of Performance 7 3 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF THE DELIVERED SERVICES 8 3.1 Modifications to Service Level Agreements 8 3.2 Changes to Key Performance Measures. 8 3.3 Quality Assurance Evaluation 8 3.4 Government Roles and Responsibilities. 9 3.4.1 Contracting Officer (CO) 9 3.4.2 Contract Specialist 9 3.4.3 Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) 10 3.4.4 Other Key Government Personnel 10 3.5 Contractor Roles and Responsibilities 10 4 METHODS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE 11 5 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS 11 5.1 Required Policies and Regulations for GSA Contracts 11 5.2 GSA Security Compliance Requirements 13 5.3 Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Activities 13 5.3.1 Certification of System 14 5.3.2 Accreditation of System 15 5.4 Reporting and Continuous Monitoring 16 5.4.1 Deliverables to be provided to the GSA COTR/ISSO/ISSM Quarterly 16 5.4.2 Deliverables to be provided to the GSA COTR/ISSO/ISSM Annually 16 5.4.3 Deliverables...
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...Cloud computing: benefits, risks and recommendations for information security Cloud computing is a new way of delivering computing resources, not a new technology. Computing services ranging from data storage and processing to software, such as email handling, are now available instantly, commitment-free and on-demand. Since we are in a time of belt-tightening, this new economic model for computing has found fertile ground and is seeing massive global investment. According to IDC’s analysis, the worldwide forecast for cloud services in 2009 will be in the order of $17.4bn1. The estimation for 2013 amounts to $44.2bn, with the European market ranging from €971m in 2008 to €6,005m in 2013 2. The key conclusion of ENISA’s 2009 paper on Cloud Computing: benefits, risks and recommendations for information security3 is that the cloud’s economies of scale and flexibility are both a friend and a foe from a security point of view. The massive concentrations of resources and data present a more attractive target to attackers, but cloud-based defences can be more robust, scalable and cost-effective. ENISA’s paper allows an informed assessment of the security risks and benefits of using cloud computing - providing security guidance for potential and existing users of cloud computing. The new economic model has also driven technical change in terms of: Scale: commoditisation and the drive towards economic efficiency have led to massive concentrations of the hardware resources required to provide...
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...and online resources were used in completing this assessment. While the mission of all individual PEO-EIS programs were considered during the assessment, the focus remains on the organization as a whole and recommendations are for improvements to the entire organization and not any individual programs. Keywords: Technology, PEO-EIS, Partnerships, Cloud Computing, Software Factory, Futurist. An Initial Assessment of Program Executive Office – Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS) Operational and Strategic Initiatives Executive Summary Playing the role as arriving Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems and acting as my own Chief Information Officer the following bullets summarize the recommendations that the organization is asked to consider: * Focus on the current PEO-EIS business objections concentrating on operational requirements during the current situation which limits fiscal resources. * Deliver systems that are easy to operate and cost effective to sustain. * At all organizational levels look for ways to exploit emerging technologies. We need to become at least as proficient in using identified technology trends as the local...
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...Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC Corporation Barbara Ferneyhough Managerial Applications of Information Technology – IS535 (ON) Section B DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management December 11, 2011 Course Project Example used with permission from student Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC Corporation Proposal Topic This proposal discusses the use of multiple financial systems throughout ABC Corporation (ABC), the impact that this has upon effective corporate operations and proposes a solution. ABC maintains four different ERP systems (BaaN, PeopleSoft, SAP and Deltek) and a financial consolidation system (Hyperion) across all of its divisions leading to increased IT costs as individual systems must be procured, maintained, and manipulated to provide financial data in a format that is meaningful to the home office for reporting and strategic management purposes. Not only is this a potentially inefficient use of technology, the use of a non-standardized system impacts the ability of management to obtain, manipulate and interpret critical data elements for strategic planning purposes and regular performance monitoring. Problem The business problem to be solved is how to improve operational efficiencies, reduce IT costs, and improve insight into the financial management aspects of the company for improved strategic planning and performance monitoring. Approach ...
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...GIS™ for Asset Management, Permitting, Licensing, and more! InPrint Spring 2013 In This Issue: Cityworks GIS-centric Platform Scalability from the Top, Down Cityworks Contracts Module Harnessing Cloud Computing InPrint Empowering GIS TM for Asset Management, Permitting, Licensing, and more! Advisory Board: Brian Haslam, President & CEO Carl Horton, Chief Technology Officer George Mastakas, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions Wayne Hill, Vice President of Client Relations Tom Palizzi, Vice President of Marketing and Sales Brent Wilson, Executive Director of Sales Steve Thomas, Executive Manager, Customer Support Cityworks® Editor’s Page Scalability W InPrint Staff: Editor in Chief: Tom Palizzi Managing Editor: Kaye Ryser Associate Editor: Lindsay Ferguson Copy Editor: Reece Hanzon Graphic Design: Kent Hepworth Graphic Design: Rachel Haslam Advertising: Cindy Curletti Subscription: To subscribe, change your address, or cancel your subscription: inprint@cityworks.com Contact Us: Tel: 801-523-2751 Email: info@cityworks.com Archives available at: www.cityworks.com Azteca Systems Inc. 11075 South State Street, Suite 24 Sandy, UT 84070 801-523-2751 www.cityworks.com e hear the word scalability used extensively to describe today’s technology. For all intents and purposes, it is typically used to illustrate a solution’s ability to accommodate a variety of needs and preferences. Most software starts as a solution to a specific problem or need—a defined...
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...General: Process of attaining close and seamless coordination between several departments, groups, organizations, systems, etc. 2.Companies: Merger of two or more firms resulting in a new legal entity. 3.Contracts: Amalgamation of two or more agreements into one contract that serves as a full expression of the intent of the contracting parties. A term used to describe the use of the Internet to replace physical components of a company with information. A business engaged in virtual integration owns only their brand and their clients. This eliminates the need to physically produce, ship or handle any products as they are now outsourced. Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/virtual-integration.html#ixzz3EphPUex0 ://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/integration.html#ixzz3EpfP12T2 DEFINITION of 'Vertical Integration' When a company expands its business into areas that are at different points on the same production path, such as when a manufacturer owns its supplier and/or distributor. Vertical integration can help companies reduce costs and improve efficiency by decreasing transportation expenses and reducing turnaround time, among other advantages. However, sometimes it is more effective for a company to rely on the expertise and economies of scale of other vendors rather than be vertically integrated. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Vertical Integration' Backward and forward integration are types of vertical integration. A company that expands backward...
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...Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet April2014 greenpeace.org For more information contact: enquiries@greenpeace.org Lead Author: Gary Cook, Greenpeace Co-Authors: Tom Dowdall, Greenpeace David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Yifei Wang, Greenpeace Editor: David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Creative Direction & Design by: Arc Communications Published in April 2014 by Greenpeace Inc. 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001 United States greenpeace.org 2 Contents Executive Summary 5 Company Scorecard 7 Cloud Source 9 Global Energy Snapshot 13 The Cloud’s Next Stop: China 17 The Road Map to a Green Internet 19 Your Online World: Green IRL, or #dirty? 25 Green Internet Leaders and Best Practices 29 Where the Cloud Touches the Ground -- Map: Global Data Center Hot Spots -- Map: US Data Center Hot Spots -- US Regional Profiles 35 36 38 40 Appendix 1: Methodology 42 Appendix 2: Company Scores Explained 44 Appendix 3: Company Data Center Facilities and Estimates of Power Demand 64 Notes 78 03 4 © Frank van Biemen / EvoSwitch / Greenpeace Greenpeace USA Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet Executive Summary Executive Summary For the estimated 2.5 billion people around the world who are connected to the internet, it is impossible to imagine life without...
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...Page 13 Current and Projected Labour Requirements (3-5yrs) cont. Page 14 Current and Projected Labour Requirements (3-5yrs) cont. Page 15 Gap Analysis Page 16 Monitoring and Evaluating Workforce Trends Conclusion Page 17 Reference List Introduction: This intent of this Workforce Planning Report is to ensure the correct management of current labour supplies and demands and those for the next 3–5 years and to enable Video Ezy to correctly and efficiently manage its overall workforce. Video Ezy is one of Australia’s best-known and largest names for DVD, Blu-Ray and video game rentals and purchasing in Australia, with both in store and online shopping available. Video Ezy employs 70 people at their head office in Rhodes, Sydney, New South Wales. With the inclusion of 375 franchise stores, over 2,600 people are employed under the Video Ezy banner. Video Ezy has also created synergetic partnerships with the likes of McDonalds, Coke, Virgin Mobile, Pizza Hut and Smiths. In the busiest hour on an average Saturday night, Video Ezy stores serve approximately 100,000 people. Company History and Background: Video Ezy opened in 1983 with the first store in Hurstville, Sydney. Video Ezy expanded rapidly and now boasts 375 stores nationwide. 2009 - Video Ezy acquired DVD retailer, EzyDVD Pty Limited from its administrators. 2008 - Video Ezy...
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...Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Learning System Table of Contents Chapter 1. Purchasing and Supply Management Chapter 2. Supply Strategy Chapter 3. Supply Organization Chapter 4. Supply Processes and Technology Chapter 5. Make or Buy, Insourcing, and Outsourcing Chapter 6. Need Identification and Specification Chapter 7. Quality Chapter 8. Quantity and Inventory Chapter 9. Delivery Chapter 10. Price Chapter 11. Cost Management Chapter 12. Supplier Selection Chapter 13. Supplier Evaluation and Supplier Relations Chapter 14. Global Supply Management Chapter 15. Legal and Ethics Chapter 16. Other Supply Responsibilities Chapter 17. Supply Function Evaluation and Trends Other Facts101 Titles 2 3 Title Textbook Outlines, Highlights, and Practice Quizzes Purchasing and Supply Management by P. Fraser Johnson, 14th Edition All "Just the Facts101" material written or prepared by Cram101 Publishing 4 Copyright Information Just the Facts101 ®, Cram101® Textbook Outlines, Cram101 e-StudyGuides and Cram101.com are Content Technologies Inc. publications and services. All notes, highlights, reviews, and practice tests are written and or prepared by Content Technologies, Inc. and Cram101 Publishing. Copyright © 2014 by Content Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. eISBN 9781490281032 E-5 23479 www.Cram101.com 5 LearningSystem "Just the Facts101" is a Cram101 publication and tool designed to give you all the facts from your textbooks...
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...Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), The Fair Credit and Accurate Transaction Act (FACTA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) and other federal, state and local mandates. EFFECTIVE DATE This Policy is effective as of January 20, 2016, (the “Effective Date”) and applies to all documents created after the Effective Date. However, to the extent possible, the Policy will be applied to all documents regardless of creation date. LEGAL HOLD A legal hold suspends all document destruction and supersedes all procedures under this Policy. The purpose of a legal hold is to preserve and protect appropriate records under special circumstances, such as litigation, or when litigation is reasonably anticipated, or a government investigation. All employees and Board members will be notified by the President of the Premier College or his or her designee when a legal hold is required, and...
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...Attempt Only 4 Case Study CASE – 1 MANAGING HINDUSTAN UNILEVER STRATEGICALLY Unilever is one of the world’s oldest multinational companies. Its origin goes back to the 19th century when a group of companies operating independently, produced soaps and margarine. In 1930, the companies merged to form Unilever that diversified into food products in 1940s. Through the next five decades, it emerged as a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) multinational operating in several businesses. In 2004, the Unilever 2010 strategic plan was put into action with the mission to ‘bring vitality to life’ and ‘to meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good, and get more out of life’. The corporate strategy is of focusing on bore businesses of food, home care and personal care. Unilever operates in more than 100 countries, has a turnover of € 39.6 billion and net profit of € 3.685 billion in 2006 and derives 41 per cent of its income from the developing and emerging economies around the world. It has 179,000 employees and is a culturally-diverse organisation with its top management coming from 24 nations. Internationalisation is based on the principle of local roots with global scale aimed at becoming a ‘multi-local multinational’. The genesis of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in India, goes back to 1888 when Unilever exported Sunlight soap to India. Three Indian, subsidiaries came into existence in the period 1931-1935...
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...and transportation. Transportation has always been a target or method for terrorism to transfer their message to the public. While transportation keeps economic moving, nationally and globally, business relies on transport and transport systems at every level no matter transferring goods, transporting customers or staff commuting. From jet airliners to mass transit buses and rail terminals, vehicles and transport facilities are all-too familiar targets of terrorist attacks in all country and abroad. The impact of large-scale disruption of transport infrastructures can be critical for national and global business because transport systems have long been viewed as targets for terrorists groups worldwide. Also we will elaborate more on how terrorism can be spread or being use through the four methods of transportation like rail, road, aviation and maritime. For the incident strikes on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York on September 11, 2001, this has exposed critical security flaws within the United States transportation system which required urgent attention. The first attack on public transportation involving weapons of mass destruction occurred in 1995 when the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway system. Then we will explain about what are the factors and effect of terrorism behavior....
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...and Director GTS Pty. Ltd., Suite 2, 16 Figtree Avenue, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia b Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, Australian National University, Canberra 2000, Australia c Energy Markets, TTA Pty. Ltd., Suite 12, L6, 321 Pitt St., Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia d School of Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia e School of Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Science, UTS, 1 Stella Vista Pl, Greenwich, NSW 2065, Australia Available online 29 March 2013 Communicated by: Associate Editor Frank Vignola a Abstract There is a general consensus that solar power is one of the cleanest energy technologies available. Nevertheless, investment in largescale Solar Power Generators (SPGs) is largely impeded by the intermittent nature of solar power. Since the electricity market has a critical responsibility to maintain the reliability of energy supply, the SPG can be registered only as the market semi-scheduled generator (AEMC, 2011). This option excludes the advantages of providing baseload supply, which in turn impedes efficient market contracting for SPGs. The existing approach relies on energy storage or co-generation facilities to be built at the same connection point as the SPG to compensate for output shortages when there is insufficient sunlight. The co-located facilities require significant additional investment in infrastructure. This paper proposes a market based financial approach...
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...Pinkus Date: [ 9/29/2010 ] Re: PAC-10 Overview of Water Crisis: Key Opportunities How to Use This Memo Template Global shortages of potable water have signaled an emerging crisis. The shortages impact developed and developing nations, though the evidence is harshest in the developing world. Despite available drinking water and seemingly abundant domestic water supplies, the United States faces increasing and accelerating shortages. However, in this era of crises (global warming, the energy crisis, the financial crisis), a crisis means business opportunity. 1,4 The average resident of the United States uses 616 gallons per day. Comparatively, this ranks United States second to Canada for per capita consumption. However, the United States population is approximately 10 times that of Canada and therefore total domestic consumption exceeds Canadian several times over, ranking first globally. The scale of water demands strains the hydrologic cycle, which governs the replenishment of fresh water, thereby jeopardizing long-term water resources. 3 Meeting the United States’ water demands traditionally required engineering solutions to a consistent question: Where can we get more water? However, continued strain on resources reveals the need for more than the quick fixes engineers have always turned to. 1 Water-conservation solutions now offer a cost-effective alternative to acquiring new sources, while providing co-benefits to the environment, economy, and health. 4 Assessing...
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...Module 1 - The Accoutant As Strategic Business Adviser The Need For Advice 1.4 (9 issues small business entrepreneurs seek advice about - business structure, IP, liability, regulation, contracts, etc) 1.4 (Malach, Robinson & Radcliff 2006) 1.4 (business efficiency & productivity, management information systems, risk management & internal controls) 1.5 (strategic level - selecting appropriate growth strategies, identifying new products and markets, etc) 1.5 (the need for advice variety of reasons - consider the demand for advice arises) 1.5 (Xiao & Fu 2009) 1.5 Table 1.1 - Characteristics Of Different Sized Organisations 1.6 (SE MSE LE - organisation, strategy, customer/community, financial, governance, work force, IT processes) 1.6 Requests For Advice: Operational - Srategic - Global 1.7 (improving operational performance, greater strategic role, globally relevant issues) 1.7 Example 1.1: A Busniess Dilemma 1.7 Counterpoint (opposing arguement, soft skills, first: make the right decision about the services they perform - second:) 1.7 Providing And Implementing Advice (technical skills, soft skills) 1.8 Figure 1.1 - Providing Business Advisory Services 1.8 (issue, requirement, request, investigation, advice, decision, implementation) 1.8 (recommend actions should be well supported, identify key stakeholders) 1.9 Figure 1.2 - The Chain Of Events For Business Advisory Services) 1.9 Example 1.2: Succession Plan - Please Help 1.9 ...
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