...Food Giant Standardizes on HP for Infrastructure of Champions HP success story One of the largest food companies in the world, General Mills has one of the lowest IT spends per revenue dollar in the consumer packaged goods manufacturing industry. The company, which has long pursued a strategy of IT standardization and consolidation, operates its entire global enterprise on HP systems — from the HP Integrity servers that run its SAP ERP and Business Information Warehouse, to the HP iPAQ Pocket PCs used by its retail salesforce. In addition to cost savings, the simplified infrastructure has enabled quick response to business change — most notably when General Mills acquired Pillsbury, a company of near equal size, and integrated it into its infrastructure in just 16 months. General Mills markets 100 of the world’s best-loved food brands, including Betty Crocker, Haagen-Dazs, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Wheaties and Cheerios. It holds the No.1 or No.2 market position in virtually every category in which it competes. It also relies on a single vendor for its IT systems worldwide: HP. “We think that we’re extremely different in the way that we manage information systems at General Mills,” says Vandy Johnson, senior director of I.S. Operations, who oversees the $12.3 billion - dollar company’s business warehouse, data management, telecom, network, I.S. security, data center, and server and web infrastructure operations. General Mills operates the core of its business...
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...& Scanner Innovations (HP) 2011 Print from places you seldom thought possible Products like the HP Officejet Pro K8600 e-All-in-One (AIO) printer connect to the Internet, enabling key benefits such as ePrint—letting you print from virtually anywhere with a web connection by emailing the printer’s unique email address. Another benefit of web-enabled printing is print apps, which allow you to enjoy instant access to printable web content from your printer’s control panel. The ePrintCenter feature on the HP Officejet Pro K8600 lets you view printer status, add or remove print apps, use a host printer’s apps, and manage ePrint settings remotely and through any web browser. [pic] Scan more than just flat objects Scanners have traditionally been used primarily as a tool for scanning photographs and the document management, but the evolution of technology has opened the door to many new and exciting possibilities. The HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 is HP’s first web-connected color laser multifunction printer with the power to scan 3D objects, which can be used to create unique artwork and presentations. In addition to 3D objects, converting your paper documents into electronic form allows you to store, share, and use them more effectively. Considering document management with scanners like the HP Scanjet 5590 is just smart business. | |HP Officejet Pro 8600 |HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus |HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium...
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...HP Photosmart 5510 Series User Manual M. Raquel Medina ENG/221 August 14, 2012 Gregory Bontz Recently purchased, by the writer, was an HP All-in-One printer, scanner, and copier, the HP Photosmart 5510 series. A manual was provided in the boxed package but can also be viewed online at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02983578.pdf. The manual provides simplicity, clarity, attractiveness, organization and graphical illustrations. It is a well written instructional manual for users of any technical level, although the length of the document is a little too long. According to Don Norman, “People do not want to read manuals — they want to do their activity. Help them get right to work, with minimum reading” (Norman, 2012). At times a reader can become confused and frustrated with a user manual that is too big. Keeping the manual clear and simple is important. Simplicity • Positive: The HP Photosmart 5510 series user manual is made simple because of the shortness in its index. There are only nine major topics that are covered in the manual but these nine are the key points to operating the device. The manual has each topic linked to the page so a simple point and click gets you to the information needed. • Negative: The Technical Information portion of this manual was not easy to follow. Although, technical information is not the easiest to make simple. Clarity • Positive: Clarity is important when reading a user manual because your...
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...HP Universal CMDB Software Version: UCMDB 10.10, CP 13.00 Universal Discovery Content Guide - HP Integrations Document Release Date: November 2013 Software Release Date: November 2013 Legal Notices Warranty The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Restricted Rights Legend Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. Copyright Notice © Copyright 1996 - 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Trademark Notices Adobe® and Acrobat® are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD and the AMD Arrow symbol are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Google™ and Google Maps™ are trademarks of Google Inc. Intel®, Itanium®, Pentium®, and Intel® Xeon® are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Java and Oracle are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows NT®, Windows® XP, and Windows...
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...professions and four computers. For the computers, I have chosen the Dell Inspiron Desk Top, the Hp Pavilion Slimline desk top, the Toshiba Satellite Laptop and the Hp Envy laptop. I have chosen author, educator and lawyer as my profession. I will pair the appropriate computer with its profession. An author may seem like they would not need much in the way of computers. Often times they do not even use computers to write, but instead prefer pen and paper. However, the work will have to put into a computer sooner or later. An author probably would not be in need for very much space. Their work will most likely be stored on portable storage devices so that they can transport it agencies. Because of this, I think that a suitable computer for an author would be the Toshiba Satellite laptop. It has memory and hard drive space, just not a lot. It is cheap and would serve its purpose for the author perfectly without having the extra features. Teachers and instructors have a little more of need for space. Again, however, they don’t need a lot. They would have to save their lectures and all their classwork saved on their computers as well as the students’ grades. All of this would indeed take up space, but not enough to warrant the extra money for the memory and hard drive. They would do just fine with the standard amount of space. For this reason, I suggest either the Dell Inspiron desk top or the Hp Envy series laptop. These...
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...WAN to tie all three KFF locations together. Make the internal network configuration in each store a WLAN, and add VOIP to the multi-store network. * Define which store will house the central servers. * Design the network to be expandable beyond the existing stores. The current specifics of the setup is as follows. La Jolla Store : 100baseT environment, IBM Blade System C3000 running UNIX, Corporate SAP ERP SW, 10 TB NAS Backup, 5KVA APD UPS for power backup, Retail Operations entail NCR RealPOS 82XRT POS Terminals, Management 19 Dell Vostro Computers and 3 HP networked Printers. 2 Cisco routers and firewalls, Inter-store Network, 25 mb Ethernet. 19 VOIP Phones Del Mar/Encinitas Store : 100baseT environment, IBM Blade System C3000 running UNIX, 10 TB NAS Backup, 5KVA APD UPS for power backup, Retail Operations entail NCR RealPOS 82XRT POS Terminals, Management 6 Dell Vostro Computers and 1 HP Laserjet Printers. 2 Cisco routers and firewalls, Inter-store Network, 25 mb Ethernet. 6 VOIP phones per store. La Jolla Diagram : Del Mar, Encinitas Stores (same set up) I find no current issues with the hardware, although I do believe software can be a small issue. The corporate SAP ERP SW software, should be available to the management at the other three stores as well. The standards that would apply to this system and the next system will of course be IEEE 802x depending on if the company has or will invest in developing their own standards. For the purpose of...
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...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 Management and its role in meeting strategic goals will be described and if investing in HP as a mutual funds manager would be beneficial. The goal of this paper is to analyze HP and their business processes and how...
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...QUICK TEST PROFESSIONAL 11 Table of Contents 1 Session 1 INTRODUCTION TO QTP 9.5 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Add-ins in 9.5 3 1.3 Use of Addins 3 1.4 Add-in Manager 4 1.5 Benefits of Automated Testing: 4 1.6 The 7 phases of QTP 5 1.6.1 Preparing to record 5 1.6.2 Recording a session on your application 5 1.6.3 Enhancing your test 6 1.6.4 Debugging your test 6 1.6.5 Running your test 6 1.6.6 Analysing the test results 6 1.6.7 Reporting defects 6 1.7 QTP Main Window 7 2 Recording Modes and Run Modes 11 2.1 Major steps before scripting 11 2.2 Exercise 11 2.3 Recording Modes 12 2.3.1 Normal 12 2.3.2 Analog 12 2.3.3 Low Level 14 2.4 Run Modes / Execution Modes / Playback Modes 15 2.4.1 Run Mode 15 2.4.2 Maintenance Run Mode 15 2.4.3 Update Mode 16 3 Session 3 17 3.1 Introduction 17 3.2 Object Repository Types 17 3.2.1 Local Object Repository 17 3.2.2 Shared Object Repository 18 3.2.3 How to associate Shared Repository 19 3.3 Object Repository Window 19 3.4 Exporting Local Objects to an Object Repository 20 3.5 Managing Shared Object Repository Associations: 20 3.6 Object Repository Manager 21 3.6.1 Performing Merge Operations 22 4 Section 4: SYNCHRONISING YOUR TEST 25 4.1 Synchronisation Options 25 4.1.1 Modifying Timeout Values 25 4.1.2 Adding Exist and Wait Statements 25 4.1.3 Creating Synchronisation Points 25 4.2 Exercise 26 4.2.1 Using Wait statement...
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...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 Packard, I selected the best leader available to lead Hewlett Packard through this change and surrounded her with individuals with impeccable credentials to lead the charge for change during this challenging time at HP. Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer comes to her new position with a wealth of knowledge and experience. From March to September 2011, Ms. Whitman served as...
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...I chose Zips, a company for portable wine containers. The initial offer from the pitch was a 2.5 million dollar investment for 10% equity stake in the company. The Zips business is the best solution to drinking wine on the go. I chose this product because I was very impressed with the offer and the backup that the presenter had. Zips is going to be a successful company simply in the utility of the product. Many people who want to have wine somewhere have the problem of having a nice way of drinking it. The consumable product itself is sellable and generally a high-class commodity. People who buy wine have money so the target audience is profitable. What I am very impressed with is the mobility of the product. The holistic utility of the product is mainly in its mobility. Not only can you take it anywhere but also the glasses are extremely strong. The presenter even stood on top of his class product and it didn’t break. Keep in mind this is a only a glass to hold wine. Secondly the twist on cap that can attach to the bottom is a well thought idea that greatly increases the mobility. I think that the patent that the company has is a valuable one. Selling the company’s own wine might not be the best idea however if they sell the packaging license to a huge company that either distributes or bottles wine, the company could be sold for a lot of money. Just the idea behind the franchise is valuable in itself. Yes, it isn’t as good as having an actual wine glass...
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...Historiography It is the study of the history and methodology of the discipline of history. The term historiography also denotes a body of historical work on a specialized topic. Scholars discuss historiography topically – such as the “historiography of Catholicism,” the “historiography of early Islam,” or the “historiography of China" – as well as specific approaches such as political history and social history. Beginning in the nineteenth century, at the ascent of academic history, a corpus of historiography literature developed. Furay and Salevouris (1988) define historiography as "the study of the way history has been and is written — the history of historical writing... When you study 'historiography' you do not study the events of the past directly, but the changing interpretations of those events in the works of individual historians." Questions studied Some of the common questions of historiography are: 1. Reliability of the sources used, in terms of authorship, credibility of the author, and the authenticity or corruption of the text. (See also source criticism). 2. Historiographical tradition or framework. Every historian uses one (or more) historiographical traditions, for example Marxist, Annales School, "total history", or political history. The historiography of early Islam refers to the study of the early origins of Islam based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and examination of authentic primary source materials and the organization of these sources into...
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...() from other countries. Therefore in terms of America’s identity historically, politically, economically and socially, these should be understood differently because America was created differently. Hence why the idea of American exceptionalism’ stems from the principle of America being unique. Furthermore, In addition to this the idea that “American exceptionalism” implies superiority is a key concept to embrace and identify through out America history, contemporary politics, foreign policy and social culture. However, due to the essay title I will be analyzing and examining to what extent is “American exceptionalism’ identified as U.S superiority. Although due to the wide context of the theoretical term ‘American exceptionalism’’ and word limit. I will focus on the significant impacts that has led to the idea of ‘American exceptionalism’ to be implied as U.S superiority such as American history, foreign policy, economic and social culture. History Explaination The significant impact of America’s revolutionary history sparked an inspirational movement of independency to pervious colonized nations although on a later stages for them. This highlights America as exceptional historically in being “the first new nation” () to become independent and also being the ideology for independency for previous colonies nations. To an extent on this note “American exceptionalism” in terms of it’s revolutionary independency can be amplified as a model to other nations than...
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...Analyse the way in which history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights. – Jake Cronin The interaction between history and memory is a complex and dialectic process through which perceptions of the past are negotiated, reinforced or challenged. Despite official history’s dependency on validating its claims through documented evidence, it must be acknowledged that it is not objective and remains vulnerable to distortion of those with political power or hegemony. Similarly, the subjective nature of memory allows for official history to be vulnerable to the bias of personal experience and differing perspectives. Furthermore, although official history and subjective memory both provide adequate insights into the past, it is through the consideration and combination of the two that compelling and unexpected insights into the past are generated. Paul Keating’s ‘The Redfern Address’ offers a reasonable challenge to the dominant historical narrative surrounding the European colonisation of Australia and their acts of social injustice in regards to Indigenous Australians. Similarly, Shaun Tan’s ‘Memorial’ explores Australia’s wartime history through the medium of a community’s personal experiences, perspectives and memories converging to form history, and illuminates the way in which history is dictated by those with political power. Through the dialectic interplay of history and meaning, compelling and unanticipated comprehensions of the past are generated and are...
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...language and reason in history. History as the area of knowledge is virtually indivisible from language and reasoning. Language is one of the most potent means of interpreting and reporting historical information that is derived from the sources pertinent to the events and occurrences. The sources themselves, in their turn, are frequently presented by the written documents, recorded anecdotal experiences, and works of art, archeology, anthropology and photography which, yet again, are interpreted through the language in conjunction with the context of a historical event. It appears to be an endless loop, where language is the alpha and omega, the main vehicle of conveying history. However, to arrive to the valid interpretation of a certain historical event or development, historians frequently use reasoning to connect the factual data of the tangible sources since the latter ones often come in the form of fragments, related to a particular aspect of the happening. Ideally, reasoning, applied to the interpretation of historical data, should be impersonal, unaffected by predominant views and opinions and completely untainted by political agenda. Yet, it is hard to imagine that throughout the centuries those who held power would willingly allow the contemporary historians relate to the masses the adequate information on the details of their governing techniques and actions. As Winston Churchill pointed out, “History will be kind to me for...
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...your parents raise your babies. Even news outlets that are supposed to be legitimate and unbiased are telling only one side of the news to fill a political agenda. Politics are sugar coated and ignored on some networks, or completely farfetched from reality for political gain and control from one party or another. Media writers can put their own agenda and emotion into any piece they report on to give a one sided view of any subject. It is hard to know what is fact or opinion anymore with so many resources out there. Many things on the internet are also untrue, for example history books in public schools are being rewritten with “facts” that were never taught to us, a rewriting of history to fill some modern liberal agenda. I believe that the media is biased and hates anyone or organization that represents morality and especially if Christianity is in any way linked with it. You have to know your history,...
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