...Microsoft project do provide the feature of auto generating 6 different categories of reports which includes Overview Reports, Current Activity Reports, Cost Reports, Assignment Reports and Workload Reports. In Overview Reports, there are 4 types of reports which are Project Summary report, Top-Level Tasks report, Critical Tasks report and Milestones report. Project Summary report is to show users high-level information and at the end of the report it will show the overall task status which includes the number of pending, in progress and completed tasks. Top-Level Tasks Report is to shows the planned schedule with information straight from summary table. Critical Tasks Report is to show how delayed critical tasks may bring impact to the other tasks. Milestones report is to show the list of milestones so that user can see how the project is achieving. In Current Activity Reports, there are 6 types of reports which includes Unstarted Task report, Tasks Starting Soon report, Tasks In Progress report, Should Have Started Tasks report, Slipping Tasks report and Completed Tasks report. Unstarted Tasks report is to show the list of tasks that have not started yet together with whether the task is on time, early or it is late. Tasks Starting Soon report is to show tasks that are going to start or finish in the date range that user specified. Tasks In Progress Report is to show the list of tasks that are currently in progress and also their status. Should Have Started Tasks report...
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...Open and Closed Source Systems For this paper, I choose option 2, which is to explain and compare Open and Closed source systems. Software is identified in two forms, source and binary. Source is the form in which users write software. This is where Open and Closed source systems/software come in. While they both deal with the way systems are accessed, and the software, and the rights and restrictions of that software, they are complete opposites when it comes to what each (Open and Closed) does and protects. Open Source systems and software are those in which the software has no real restrictions on what a user may do with the software. The most common names for Open source systems are free software, Public Domain Software, GNU software and copylefted software. When this type of system or software was first brought to the public most commercial software vendors and users ignored it, claiming it was a fad, and would quickly disappear. Unfortunate for them, Open source systems and software have actually become one of the most prevalent forms of software available to the public, and a lot of “techie” companies and users use it, due to the fact that the source code is open, therefore, the software can be changed and used as the user sees fit. Closed source systems and software are the complete opposite of the Open source systems and software. Closed source systems and software that is sold by commercial vendors and users is sold with the source closed, and in binary form, hence...
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...John Santoro Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics (AE) is a $6.5B, broad-line distributor of electronic parts, including semiconductors and passive components. It was founded in 1935, and grown to the number two position, largely through acquisition. Arrow / Schweber (AS), a division of AE, provides semiconductors, components, value added services and has sales of ~$2B. Their closest competitor trails by more than 20% but grew 14% in the previous year compared to 10% for AS. The major customer segments for AS is 56% small and mid-sized OEMs, 20% contract manufacturers, 11% who purchased the x86 Intel chip only and the balance are customers who purchase entire systems or assemblies. The situation AS has been approached by Express Parts, a new, independent distributor, that has developed an internet-based trading system that would allow for customers to cross-reference equivalent parts from multiple manufacturers based either on part number or technical description. Express estimates that over 50,000 OEMs would have access to their system. For their services, they will charge of fee of 6% and pay 30 days after a shipment is made. Jan Salsgiver, president of AS, has to decide whether or not to accept Express’s offer. Alternatives and pros/cons Option 1 is to accept the Express offer. This would allow the potential to significantly increase sales through the additional exposure AS would receive. This is particularly thought provoking as Express only wants...
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...designed to probe a server or host for open ports. This is often used by administrators to verify security policies of their networks and by attackers to identify running services on a host with the view to compromise it. 2. What is the goal of Port Scanning? The results of a scan on a port is usually generalized into one of three categories, Open or accepted: The host sent a reply indicating that a service is listening on the port. Closed or denied or not listening: the host sent a reply indicating that connections will be denied to a port. Filtered, dropped or blocked no reply from the host. Open ports present two vulnerabilities of which administrators must be wary, Security and stability concerns associated with the programs responsible for delivering the service- open ports. Security and stability concerns associated with the operating system that is running on the host. Open or closed ports. 3. Would you prefer an open source or proprietary port scanning software? Depending on who you ask? Many people in business prefer to use proprietary software instead of open source software, due to the misconception that proprietary software is better supported than open source. After several years of supporting both open source and proprietary software it becomes clearly evident that just because you pay for proprietary software does not mean that supporting that software is any easier. In fact there are plenty of reasons why supporting open source software is actually easier....
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...Leadership Point of View MGT-605 6.4.2013 Leadership Point of View Growing up I had a few key people who helped shaped who I am today. The first was my mother. Her kind and loving spirit showed me that a gentle spirit is conducive to a serving attitude and living God’s kingdom here on earth. A servant attitude is imperative to becoming a strong leader. The second key influencer in my life was my youth pastor Ryan. He was always there for me during my first 2 years of high school. If I ever needed someone to talk to or to hang out with he was always available. He led our youth group by being relatable. He showed me how to lead through relationships. If you can affect a person’s life by showing them your own, your ability to lead them increases dramatically. I have proven this concept to be successful through building relationships at church camps throughout the years. I have been able to effectively lead youth by building relationships with them first before trying to lead them. I grew up with a younger brother and sister. Their age difference is only 1.5 years which puts them relatively at the same maturity level growing up. They fought constantly, always bickering with each other and causing my parents’ parenting job to become increasingly stressful. I saw this situation as an opportunity to lead my brother and sister so that my parents could alleviate some of their stress. I learned how to create peace between two conflicting entities and found ways to make sure both...
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...Data Interpretation is a method that is used to derive useful information from the collected data. This collected data could be in the form of a pie chart, graph, table etc. The data has to be analyzed and utilized by the student to form a paragraph providing factual information. In simple words, you will be presented with a data in the form of a pie chart/bar graph/ line graph/table etc. and based on the given data you will have to write a paragraph. For example: Example: Look at the data given below which shows the changes that have occurred between 1995 to 2010 in Bilaspur regarding the women education. Write a paragraph in about 100 words to record the changes by interpreting the data. Female Education in Bilaspur 1995 2010 No. of girl 's schools 10 15 No. of women colleges 3 4 No. of students in schools 10,000 16,000 No. of students in colleges 6000 10,000 Literacy rate 30% 55% Distance Education Centres Nil 03 Ans: Woman education plays a very crucial role in the overall development of a country. Due to gender discrimination in our country, education of the girl-child is still lagging behind. From the above table, one could conclude that provisions for the education of the girl-child in Bilaspur changed but little over the period of 15 years. During the year 1995, there were only 10 schools for the girls which rose to 15 in the year 2010. The number of the students studying in these schools rose to 16000 as against 10,000 students in the year 1995. Over the period...
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...Open Source vs. Closed Source Open source and Closed source, two topics that have become quite the buzz in the world Information Technology (IT). Chances are, if you work in IT, you will eventually be faced with having to decide on witch of these technologies you will have to go with when planning for an upgrade or new IT system implementation. Before choosing which technology to go with we as IT professionals must first understand the difference between the two as well as carefully weight the benefits and disadvantages of each solution. An Open Source Operating system refers to software whose source code, the medium in which programmers create and modify software, is freely available on the Internet; whereas, by contrast the closed source code for proprietary commercial software is usually a closely guarded secret and is not available to the public. (Crooke, 2012) Notable open source operating systems include Android and Linux. Notable Closed source OS include Apple iOS. The two major benefit of using an Open source software is that the software is distributed under a variety of licensing terms, but almost all have two things in common: the software can be used without paying a license fee, and anyone can modify the software to add capabilities not envisaged by its originators. (Crooke, 2012) These benefit help to lower cost of products as well as offer customers the ability to customize platforms as needed to meeting business needs. The disadvantage that is associated...
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...Paper Microsoft and FOSS 4/23/2012 IT 302 Research Paper Free Open Source Software also known as FOSS has fared pretty good since the Microsoft posted a high-level summary of 235 patents that were allegedly violated in 2006. Since this scenario happen FOSS has grown and partner up with big name companies. In an interview that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that ”We live in a world where we honor, and support the honoring of, intellectual property, FOSS patrons are going to have to play by the same rules as the rest of the business. What is fair is fair." Today FOSS is still going strong because of its high quality and because the most important reason it is FREE. Software that is free is good to anybody. It’s good to individuals that used open source applications on their smart devices, to large companies which use these applications for daily activity for their need in their company. FOSS is great for everyone because it can be shared, copied, changed and of course downloaded. Everybody now in days have smart phones that carry FOSS operating systems. An everyday person likes FOSS instead of paying five dollars to 30 dollars for applications from apple, when if you have an Android phone it’s free. FOSS is not going anywhere just for the reason being that it’s free. Since 2006 big corporate companies have been changing their philosophy on open source software. Major corporations like IBM, Oracle and Google have been using FOSS. They are...
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...a long way to go. The information that follows will give some of the history behind Linux and the features, benefits, and drawbacks to the system. In 1986, Linus Torvalds began to learn, quite extensively, hardware programming to help him with his Sinclair computer. He developed a floppy controller driver as well as a programming tool to help him with his efforts to better understand and improve the performance of his machine. In 1991, Torvalds got his first 386-Intel based PC, which ran a version of UNIX called Minix. Minix was developed as a learning system and was very popular in the universities. Torvalds found out very quickly that he did not like the Terminal emulator that was provided, and since the source code for Minix was open source, he began a project to develop his own code to design an improved emulator that provided more functions especially on a hardware level. As he further developed the code and more functionality was added Torvalds decided that his design was more on the lines of an operating system instead of just a utility. Although the code was derived from Minix the Kernel was developed from scratch as to not violate any of the licensing agreements. On September 17, 1991, the very first version of Torvalds operating system was finished and was named “Freax.” After further developments based around the GNU Shell bash and the GNU C-compiler Freax was renamed Linux. Prior to the release of this new operating...
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...organization or any relationship. Also, we learned about the different kinds of negotiation. First, the Integrative negotiation which is you have some alternatives in order to make the deal. Second, the Distributive negotiation, it is that every person has an opinion and is sticking with it and you may use some cleverness before you make a deal. We used the Distributive negotiation tactic against our opponent. The game we played during class was whether or not we should close or open our store on Sunday. At the same time, if we closed and other team is open we will lose $ 40,000. But if both teams will open their store we will both lose $ 20,000. Then, we decided to open on Sunday. Also, the other team did the same thing. I think our choice was right because we guaranteed that we will not lose more than $ 20,000. In my opinion, if we negotiated with our compactor, it would have been helpful. Maybe we could have reached a great deal. Such as, we could set a schedule for the both stores and decide who opens or closes on Sunday. That would have given our employees a break. At the same time, we will keep our profit. From that experience, I learned to listen and talk with anyone before I make my last decision and find the best solution that will work for me and the other person. For example, when I travel to any city or country, I try to find places that can give me the cheapest price than the other places by promising them that I will buy the merchandise from then and not go to...
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...English 241 20 January 2010 When in the face of grave danger, one may be riddled with all sorts of thoughts. Thoughts of a life not yet fulfilled, thoughts of goals not yet accomplished, thoughts of love lost, and thoughts of an early, unjust death. In his short story, “The Open Boat”, Stephen Crane places all four of his characters in the face of grave danger, where they consider the chance of their own untimely death. Death is a theme in this story because Crane uses dark atmospheric undertones, dark language usage and imagery, and the situations that the characters face forces them to consider their own demise. Before they challenge their demise, the characters, crunched uncomfortably in a dinghy thrown around on the violent and threatening sea, are known as an injured Captain, a cook, an oiler, and a correspondent. It is unknown to the reader how the Captain was injured, and because of his injury he cannot help his crew but by orders from his mouth. “There was something strange in his voice. Although steady, it was deep with mourning and of a quality beyond oration or tears” (344). This displays the Captain’s inability to help. He feels helpless with his injury and feels sorry, possibly guilty and maybe feels like there is no hope left for his crew. Crane uses many dark undertones, imagery and word usage in this short story to depict a theme of death. The “wrath of the sea” is described as having black (often associated with death) waves, with water that is cold...
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...ADJECTIVE * There are 2 places where we can use an adjective: * Before a noun Ex: She is a beautiful girl That is good tea * After a linking verb (some linking verbs are: appear, be, become, feel, get, look, stay,…) Ex: My computer is old I feel happy so much * We can put a word like very or quite before adjective. (They are adverbs of degree) Ex: This is a very good idea Today, weather is quite cold * Adjectives used in one position only * We can use most adj in both position – before a noun or after linking verb. But a few adj can go in one position but not in the other. Ex: Be careful crossing the main road can only go before a noun The only problem is I’ve got no money Some more examples are: chief (=main), elder (=older), inner, outdoor,… At last the baby is asleep I’m really pleased to see you can only go after linking verb Some more examples are: afraid, alone, ashamed, awake, glad, well, alive,… * We can use more than one adjective before a noun. There is usually one correct order. Ex: Nack has got a big white dog * Adjectives and nouns We sometimes use two nouns together Ex: a plastic box a TV program Here we ues plastic like an adjective, to discibe the box. When we use another adjective as empty, it comes before both the nouns a empty plastic box a good TV program * Word order GROUP | EXAMPLES | | 1. Opinion (how good?) 2. Size (how big?) | Wonderful, nice, awful, terrible,… Small, short...
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...Software Piracy in Pakistan Piracy is considered to be illegally spreading of anyone’s work. Being an illegal act measures should be taken to ban it and violators should be punished. The history of piracy goes back to the ancient times when people started trading and they were robbed in their ways to the destination. In the 20th century the word piracy was expanded to redistributing, selling or copying of some ones work without one’s consent. With the advancement of technology and individual work, the piracy on individual or company level is also becoming a burning issue. For instance radio piracy consists of unofficial and part-time broadcasting of different channels. Similar is the case of electronic media where stealing and distribution of CDs, DVDs, softwares, soft copies of documents and other stuff has become common. Among these piracies of electronic media, illegal use of softwares is the utmost issue of today’s world of technology. Software piracy is the illegal copying, distribution, unauthorized resale, software counterfeiting and cracking for personal use. It is obviously an illegal act as it is considered as confiscating one’s intellectual property. In software piracy, software is purchased by one person for one single computer or organization & it is then duplicated as backup or given to other people for their personal use. The different types of software piracy include end user piracy, reseller piracy, trade name infringement and internet piracy. These all types...
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...Closed Source Vs Open Source Pao Yang POS/335 03/06/2013 Mr. STERNIERI Closed Source Vs Open Source In the world of operating system we have two options to choose from these is Unix/Linux which is an open source, meaning that its source code made available and licensed with an open source license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. The other option is the closed source such as Microsoft’s Window which is software released or distributed without the corresponding source code. Generally, it means only the binaries of a computer program are distributed and the license provides no access to the program's source code. The source code of such programs might be regarded as a trade secret of the company. Access to source code by third parties commonly requires the party to sign a non-disclosure agreement. I also will like to discuss what source codes are and why having the right combination will give us free bees. What some of the major differences between an open source and a closed source? I see it all over the internet the heated debate of which is better open source or closed source and even though both sides have good supporting evidence to back up their claim about every from which is more secured to who has the better functional software. The argument of Windows vs. Linux is a greatly debated one, and in recent years has become quite heated. Because Microsoft's attempt to recover...
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...Beowulf Clusters Beowulf clusters were created in the early 1990s by two NASA employee’s, Donald Becker, and Thomas Sterling, to serve their computational needs. They did this by connecting multiple personal computers on a local network that ran on free open source software. This cluster of interconnected computers allowed them to solve task that normally only a supercomputer could perform. Beowulf clusters yield supercomputer performance at a fraction of the cost. They are relatively inexpensive to create since they use commodity hardware, such as personal computers. They also use free open source software such as Linux, to serve as their operating system. Clusters achieve multi-instruction-multi-data multiprocessing by using multiple systems, known as nodes, which are joined together. These nodes are connected via a local area network, which allows them to communicate with one another. These systems are capable of running an application simultaneously on all nodes of the cluster, which in turn, significantly increases performance of the system. However, applications have to be specifically written to utilize all of the computers of the cluster. This is done through parallelization, which is a program that is divided into separate components that run in parallel on individual node of the cluster. Beowulf clusters also yield high availability since each node of the cluster can monitor another over LAN. If one computer fails, another can take over whatever task that...
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