...Ghanaians were sponsored by the DAAD for various programmes. In that same year, some 121 Germans were sponsored for various programmes in Ghana. Data for the 2010 year are not yet available, but since the beginning of this year alone, there have been more than 12 DAAD scholarship awards given to Ghanaian students to pursue various Masters and PhD programmes in Germany. If you want to apply for DAAD funded programmes for the 2012/13 academic year, visit our website or email us. We hope that you will enjoy reading this newsletter in a more comfortable format. Welcome to Germany, the Land of Ideas! Dr. (Mrs.) Heike Edelmann-Okinda Director, DAAD Information Center Accra DAAD Programmes: • • DAAD Information Center, Accra—New Counselling format from 1st April, 2011 Call for Application— Scholarship for Courses with Relevance to Developing Countries 2012/13 Germany - Best Destination for International Students New Member—AGGN • • In this Issue: • • • • • New Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship Programme Gerda Henkel Foundation Fellowship Programme International Masters—Water Resources and Environmental Management. MSc. In Management—The Kühne Logistics University MSc. Molecular Bioengineering / MSc. Nano Biophysics / MSc. Regenerative Biology and Medicine— TU Dresden Pre-Study Course: University of Applied Sciences, Bremen DAAD Summer Academy in Immunology—Hannover Medical School Future Now...
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...Fabfurnish Following my under graduation, to tap the taste of start ups and ever growing interest in marketing – I started working ……<framing this> The front end marketing analytics, where direct cum indirect interaction with the customers and their reaction pushed us how to increase the conversion rate and engagement with audiences. <need to frame this> Customer Insights – based on that taking further actions Launching the new campaigns on facebook and optimizing them on the key metrics like CTR(Cost to revenue Ratio),CPC(Cost per Click),CPV(Cost per Visit)– lowering the CRR (Cost to Revenue Ratio – inverse of ROI) bought down by 70%. Optimization was done on the basis of reports in which number are stacked up from Google Analytics and FB Power Editor to check the bounce rate and Conversion Rate Good with reports and reports making Engaging in Mobile as this was the time in India (late 2014) where mobile grew as a major player in the advertising industry and various different inventory of FB like MPA (multiple ads) and doing the category wise segmentation & performing the strategic group analysis which help in growth of 40% mobile revenue. - - -> key insight ran ads of those products which have low basket value (<1000 INR) since audience have more interaction for these products on mobile platform and thus increasing the funds in this segment and generating a 14 lac transaction in a single day through optimized reports * To show interest in...
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...Borough of Brent were siloed across 12 different databases, one for each of the council’s functional divisions. Every division had its own separate copy of resident data, and each one was incomplete or incorrect in some way. The council’s two separate customer relationship management systems also had different resident data sets, each with its own particular faults and omissions. This situation meant that while one department might know that a resident was blind, and therefore required special services, the others might still treat them like any other. It also made the council’s clerical processes inefficient, as employees would spend much of their time calling other departments to find out supplementary information. The council’s solution was to build the Brent Client Index, a system that aggregates the 1.5 million customer records held in the council’s 12 data silos to create a central, ‘virtual’ registry. Deployed in 2008, the Index is based on master data management technology from Initiate, a US-based vendor that was acquired by IBM last year. It works by statistically analysing the contents of multiple databases, resolving conflicts by comparing data from the same field across multiple datasets. This master data can be accessed directly, or it can then fed back into business systems such as CRM applications. The Index has proved a hit with users. ““When we started out, we envisaged about 30 users of the systems,” says Raj Seedher, Brent’s Information Governance Manager...
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...1. | | | Secondary storage is also called ____. | | Possible Answers | 1. | volatile memory | 2. | primary storage | 3. | permanent storage | 4. | main memory | | | | 2. | | | ____ are NOT commonly used smartphone operating systems | | Possible Answers | 1. | iPhone OS and RIM OS | 2. | Symbian and Palm OS | 3. | HP-UX and z-OS | 4. | Android and Windows Mobil | | | | 3. | | | People using commercially available software are usually asked to read and agree to a(n) ____ | | Possible Answers | 1. | end-user license agreement | 2. | purchase order | 3. | privacy statement | 4. | copyright agreement | | | | 4. | | | ____ investigates the additional profits or benefits that are generated as a percentage of the investment in IS technology. | | Possible Answers | 1. | Earnings growth | 2. | Market share | 3. | Net present value | 4. | Return on investment | | | | 5. | | | Embedded operating systems ____. | | Possible Answers | 1. | all of the above | 2. | represent a small, niche market | 3. | are changing the way we interact with many household devices | 4. | are used in a narrow range of applications | | | | 6. | | | With the ____ basic processing alternative, isolated processing devices are placed at various remote locations and cannot communicate with other devices. | | Possible Answers | 1....
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...As the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverage company, Coca-Cola generates petabytes of data from various sources. Multi-channel retail data, customer profile data from loyalty programs, social media data, supply chain data, competitor data, sales and shipment data from bottling partners as well as transaction and merchandising data. Coca-cola collects vast amounts of data and they take a refreshing approach in exploiting that data and deriving value from it. Chief Big Data Insights Officer, Esat Sezer, explains that Coca-Cola takes a strategic approach instead of a tactical approach with big data. They use the vast amount of available data sets to change the way they approach IT. They have embraced big data technologies and as such were able to create a shared services centre for their financial transactional activities as well as an employee service centre for HR activities. They moved from a decentralized approach to a centralized approach, where the data is combined centrally and available via the shared platforms across the organization. In addition, Coca-Cola has almost 70 million Facebook followers and big data enables Coca-Cola to connect to these followers better and be able to grow the brand advocacy. Coca-Cola also leverages Point of Sales data from companies like Walmart (Walmart alone is responsible for $ 4 billion in Coca-Cola sales annually) to build customer profiles, create centralized iPad reporting across the company and enable Collaborative Planning, Forecasting...
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...Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Deabra Hardrick-Crump DBM/502 September 30, 2013 Warren Von Worley Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Mountain View Community Hospital has opportunities for improvement in its data management and security functions. The data governance functions will be analyzed, as well as the data quality and data integration of the existing and newly implemented systems for the Mountain View Community Hospital. Mountain View Community Hospital’s information technology team will evaluate their current operational, clinical, and financial information (Hoffer, Ramesh, & Toppi, 2011). The integration of these systems will be beneficial to the hospital and its staff members. The system that the Mountain View Community Hospital is planning on implementing is an EMR system. This system would link all the different departments and information within application in those departments. Almost all forms would become electronic and this would eliminate uncertainties in illegible handwriting. All this information entered would automatically be uploaded into a database. This new system could even catch dangerous interactions with medications that the patient may be taking. This new system will make the jobs of the physicians and staff members a lot more efficient, and productive. This system allows their visits with their patients to be faster while still being informative and accurate. Having a larger amount of information at their...
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... personalized medicine, drug discovery, biotechnology, crop improvement and other health science research fields. Program strengths The Master of Science in Bioinformatics for Genomics and Drug Design is a novel learning experience that differs from conventional programs in several ways: • Intensive one-year master’s program (60 ECTS). • International degree program. All classes are taught in English. • Highly practical orientation. The MSc in Bioinformatics provides training to create bioinformatics professionals ready to succeed. • Focus on three expertise areas. Genomics, Drug Discovery and High Performance Computing. • Highly qualified faculty. Faculty are leaders of international research groups and prestigious professionals from bioinformatics industry. • Student mentoring programs. • Bioinformatics resources. • Networking and job vacancies. Open positions offered by research groups and companies. • Financial aid may be provided. MSc in Bioinformatics for Genomics and Drug Design Program content and structure Module 1 Programming in Bioinformatics (6 ECTS) Module 3 Genomics (12 ECTS) Module 2 Core Bioinformatics (12 ECTS) Module 4 Structure and Function of Proteins and Drug Design (12 ECTS) Module 6 Professional Practice (15 ECTS) Module 5 High Performance Computing in Bioinformatics (12 ECTS) Module 7 Master Thesis (15 ECTS) Compulsory modules Elective modules (select only one module) For more information about the program,...
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...services are not free of charge. Amazon charges 15 cents per gigabyte per month for businesses to use the S3 service. For 10 cents per hour for one basic server, Amazon provides the EC2 to rent out processing power (Rainer, Turban, 2009). “The Mechanical Turk combines processing power with networks of real people who are paid to do the kind of work that machines cannot do” (Rainer, Turban, 2009) (Ch.1, p. 26). Companies use the Mechanical Turk to post pieces of work, and then Amazon receives 10 percent of the commissions from this service. Managing data can sometimes be a difficult task to do. Even for a manager of a large business, or an employee for a small business managing information can become an issue. When companies are using data management, issues can arise. Amazon, as we have discussed earlier, offers services that are data oriented, and relate to customers, products, finances, etc. If Amazon begins to drown in their...
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...environment in the context of operations and the associated generated data. Describe any sources of redundancy and data pollution. Describe how a master data system may be designed for a product development function. Compare and contrast ERP and MDM in respect to source of data. List the available commercial products in the market for ERP and MDM system. What are the characteristics of SAS or other data management systems? Compares and contrasts ERP and MDM to their respective sources of data; prepares a summary of findings that includes characteristics of database analysis tools. Master data can be defined as the information required to create and maintain an enterprise-wide system of record for core business entities in order to capture business transactions and measure results for these entities. Obviously, this master data spans all organizational business functions. Describes the significant components of master data in great detail and with clarity. At a minimum, a company should include entities related to their customers, suppliers, products and finances. The next step is to analyze each entity across the information systems for accuracy, completeness, structure business rules compliance and uniformity. Assesses any sources of redundancy and data pollution in great detail and with clarity. Describes how a master data system may be designed for a product development function in great detail and with clarity. Communicates effectively and engages the reader...
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...of Brent were siloed across 12 different databases, one for each of the council’s functional divisions. Every division had its own separate copy of resident data, and each one was incomplete or incorrect in some way. The council’s two separate customer relationship management systems also had different resident data sets, each with its own particular faults and omissions. This situation meant that while one department might know that a resident was blind, and therefore required special services, the others might still treat them like any other. It also made the council’s clerical processes inefficient, as employees would spend much of their time calling other departments to find out supplementary information. The council’s solution was to build the Brent Client Index, a system that aggregates the 1.5 million customer records held in the council’s 12 data silos to create a central, ‘virtual’ registry. Deployed in 2008, the Index is based on master data management technology from Initiate, a US-based vendor that was acquired by IBM last year. It works by statistically analysing the contents of multiple databases, resolving conflicts by comparing data from the same field across multiple datasets. This master data can be accessed directly, or it can then fed back into business systems such as CRM applications. The Index has proved a hit with users. ““When we started out, we envisaged about 30 users of the systems,” says Raj Seedher, Brent’s Information Governance Manager...
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...data-driven IT infrastructure By Lisa Kelly Data will be at the heart of decision-making as companies return to growth and the public sector looks for greater efficiency. IT managers will need to manage data securely, making the right information rapidly accessible and available to the people who need it, when they need it. And as data volumes grow, the IT infrastructure must be able to scale and store that essential information. This report examines the key strategies for IT managers and the technologies that will deliver effective information management. + a whitepaper from ComputerWeekly in association with IT managers are tasked with making the right information rapidly accessible and available to the people who need it, when they need it, while ensuring data is managed securely. Building a data-driven IT infrastructure that can scale and store essential information is at the heart of any effective information management strategy to meet these challenges. Madan Sheina, principal analyst at Ovum, says data-driven IT infrastructure is about delivering value to the business by managing an organisation’s most important asset – data, whether it is related to customers, internal processes, supply chain or financials. “Data should be treated as an asset for business benefit, but often IT chiefs are concerned with the plumbing and mechanics and don’t pay attention to the content. Any IT project should start with the data, but sometimes people are blinded by the infrastructure...
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...1. Introduction 2 2. Certification 2 3. Getting Started 2 4. ‘Bang for the Buck’ Data Models 2 5. Design Patterns 2 6. Master Data Management (MDM) 2 7. Build your Own 2 8. Generic Data Models 2 9. From the Cradle to the Grave 2 10. Commercial Web Sites 2 11. Vertical Applications 2 Appendix A. Business Rules 2 Appendix B. Glossary of Terms 2 1. Introduction 1.1 Our Approach This book adopts a unique approach which is based on using existing Data Models as the basis for designing new ones to meet specific requirements. We have almost 800 Data Models on our Database Answers Website and they define our starting point – * http://www.databaseanswers.org/data_models/index.htm We have used the Dezign Data Modelling Tool to create most of the Data Models in this book. I chose it because it is powerful, flexible and affordable. Members of the Database Answers Community and people who buy this book can purchase Dezign and benefit from a discount of 25%. In order to gain the benefit of this discount, all you have to do is to send an email to dba_requests@barryw.org with your Database Answers Community ID. We will then send you the order instructions. 1.2 Tutorials We have a number of useful Tutorials on our Website. Here are two of them :- * Data Modelling with two young people visiting Windsor Castle * http://www.databaseanswers.org/tutorial4_data_modelling_dimple_and_toby_visit_windsor_castle/index.htm * Beginner’s...
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...MDM Solution Leads and Architects Collaborative Consulting,Bridgewater, NJ Job Description We are expanding our Data Architecture services to meet client demands and are looking for professionals with experience designing and building master data management (MDM) solutions. These individuals will participate in defining master data management strategies for our clients and designing and developing enterprise MDM solutions. Requirements: * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Strong client-facing and relationship-building capabilities * Experience with data quality technologies (e.g. Trillium, Informatica Data Quality) * Experience with MDM technologies (e.g. Siperian, GXS, Oracle Hubs etc) * Experience with either Customer or Product MDM solutions * Expertise with at least one ETL tool, preferably Informatica or SSIS * Experience evaluating and selecting new tools * Data Architecture, design and development * Expertise in data modeling * Expertise with Oracle, SQL Server and/or DB2 UDB. If you meet these criteria and are interested in challenging opportunities and a chance to help Collaborative expand in New Jersey, please send your resume to recruiting. Why should you consider a career as a Police Officer? Aside from the benefits and stability that surpass what many industries are providing today, the police profession offers a variety of work assignments, and unlimited growth opportunities. This is a career that doesn't...
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...extending the time items were on the floor before and after discounting. But implementing that change would have required a complete redesign of the supply chain, which the retailer was reluctant to undertake. The biggest reason that investments in big data fail to pay off, though, is that most companies don’t do a good job with the information they already have. They don’t know how to manage it, analyze it in ways that enhance their understanding, and then make changes in response to new insights. Companies don’t magically develop those competencies just because they’ve invested in high-end analytics tools. They first need to learn how to use the data already embedded in their core operating systems, much the way people must master arithmetic before they tackle algebra. Until a company learns how to use...
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...A leader of Logistics and Supply chain management: Ronald H. Ballou Chen Wang University of Windsor ELIP 3 Section 7 Instructor: Mary Wheeler Introduction: Background information Logistics and supply chain management, as a vital business activity, to some extent, has became a new core of business management today, compared with traditional fields such as finance, marketing, and production. Being a theoretical expert and practical leader in the field, Ronald H. Ballou, who is the professor of Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, has been standing at the top level in modern logistics’ research and application. In academic research, he published more than 50 articles in professional logistics journals and teaching materials he wrote has been using in relative teaching fields. In application area, he is a welcomed consultant to many companies on logistics issues. He is the model of theory- practice bond in the fields. Issue identification It is obvious that there are various components of a typical logistics system, such as inventory control, material handling, plant and warehouse site selection, packaging, traffic and transportation, etc.. Song (2007, p. 11) states that whether these procedures can be reasonably and exactly designed is the key to companies cutting down their costs and creating more value. In simpler words, it refers to reducing redundant spaces and wasteful time. Upon this, Ronald H. Ballou developed the computer software...
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