...suggesting at least two wireless technologies that will help in continuing the financial growth that would not only benefit the company but our employees. These technologies we are suggesting for implementation are Wi-Fi or wireless fidelity and smartphones. This will not only boost growth but it plays a very large part in reducing cost. These cost reductions comes from inventory reduction, speed of transactions, access to markets and suppliers, and efficient supply chain management. Wi-Fi is allows computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area. Because of its reliability and speed, it will help in generating business globally and locally. This will allow Party Plates to market a large variety of products and services worldwide. It will also open up online sales to international markets at a low cost. Wi-Fi allows employees to have access to their jobs assignments via the internet from home or anywhere in the world. The next wireless technology we would like to implement would be the smartphones, which would be able access Wi-Fi anywhere anytime. The smartphones could also be used when there is not access to a desktop, laptop, or tablet. Smartphones are beneficial because employees will never be out of touch. We will be able to create numerous apps that will do many things and have access to the internet at any time. Party Plates employees will have mobile...
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...years ago. There are more benefits of social media and smartphones technology then its harm to the public. Social media is a great source of communication. Social media and social networking are becoming the daily routine of millions of people all around the world, especially college student and some high school student and the new generation children. Phones have lost their primary function of communication after smartphones were invented. The impact of social media and smartphones is controversial and it has both pros and cons. Smartphones were invented to do multiple tasks on a single device essentially. It's an alternative to a desktop computer to smart devices a lot of people are moving from using desktop computers to using sub-compact smart devices such as smartphones and tablet, smartphones has its pros and cons. Smartphones can help people do multiple tasks at one time, with the newer software and technology people can do video chat other communication purposes, and even use other advance application such as online banking, advance calculator, and other useful application. After the invention of advance micro-processor and advance GPU, people can play extensive games on their smartphones that used to be played on a big desktop computer. As smartphones have these so many benefits that I mentioned above, smartphones also have its bad side and flaws to the social life of public. Recently people starting using smartphones more anything in their life and affects people lifestyle...
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...The Advantage of Wireless Systems Learning Team C University of Phoenix BIS/220 Mark Kolesinsky August 1, 2013 The Advantages of Wireless Systems As Party Plates continues to expand, technology must remain a major focus of our growth. While transitioning from Excel to a relational database such as Access will allow our employees to perform their tasks more efficiently and enjoy a greater level of communication, there are other wireless technologies available which can increase both efficiency and communication even further. These wireless technologies and the increased efficiency and production will allow even greater levels of production from our employees and eventually higher profits, in addition to the cost savings which are provided by other features of these technologies. Wireless Local Area Networks The first wireless technology that Party Plates should make use of is a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). A WLAN would allow Party Plates the benefits of our current Local Area Network (LAN), but also allow several other benefits that we don’t receive from a LAN. With a LAN, an employee must be present at a computer that is connected by cable to the network, along with each printer. With a WLAN, employees could bring their laptops to work and log into the WLAN. Or, since smart technologies are growing rapidly, employees can even access the WLAN on their phones or tablets. This will result in no longer requiring workstations for employees, and instead cause a more free...
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...1 Problem Statement RIM’s iconic product, Blackberry, has lost its lead in the smartphone market and continues to decline. Now RIM faces the decision of whether they should continue with their focus on business users or enter a new market segment that has been growing: users of useful, yet entertaining smartphones. How can Blackberry stop declining and become competitive again? 2 Situation Analysis In 2003 RIM launched the Blackberry. RIM gave users the first way to take the internet with them everywhere on their cell phone. They were pioneers leading the market. By 2008 RIM had 45% of the US smartphone market share and became the most popular smartphone in the USA.1 Blackberry targeted business professionals and government clients. RIM intended to provide the user with a useful interface that could synchronize computers to phones and simplify work regardless of where you were working from. They also offered a messaging system that was superiorly secure. Blackberry’s main competitors are Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platform. Apple required all App’s for the iPhone to be sold through their store. Android, being free source, could be modified by any programmer. In 2012 Blackberry’s App World Store had less than a 5th of the selection compared to the Apple AppStore (Exhibit 1). The iPhone and Android phones had a touch screen interface which provided a novel interaction and a much larger screen. This, added to the attractive designs, hundreds of apps offered, and...
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...everything we do day to day in a matter of seconds. We can also post pictures, tell who are with us, and inform people of our location. These are all excellent things if they are used in the positive light of social networking, but how often are they not? Teenagers are now using these sites to harass and bully peers online. They also leave doors open for adult predators and identity theft. There has been research on the effects of social networking in teens that closely link them to low grades, psychological and social problems, and not being as active which leads them to being overweight. Statistics show that about 75% of teenagers have cell phones, which raises the question “Are we aware of what our teens are posting online”? There are many pros to our children using social media but we as parents have a duty to protect them. We must be good role models and be aware of privacy issues and concerns. There are advancement’s in today’s technology that make it easy for our children to network and stay in touch with their peers. Children who are not likely to socialize the traditional way because of shyness and social anxiety can use their PC’s to communicate with others. Children that have disabilities that prevent them from going out are still able to keep in contact with the outside world. Kids join groups with kids that have similar lifestyles and interest. They can converse with others that share the same religious beliefs, culture, hobbies, and many other things that they may have...
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...eMarketing Mid-Term 1. After reading the article I have changed my thinking on how I would reach out to the baby boomer generation. I used to think it was wrong to use social media to market towards baby boomers and generation x and I was wrong. I am pretty amazed on how many people from this generation are using sites like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and Myspace. I will definitely keep social networking at the top of my list as a way to market towards these generations. More specifically I will primarily use Facebook as the main source of marketing because more than 1/3 of baby boomers and half of Generation X has a Facebook page. Mavens are most likely to be Generation Jones and working full/part time and these individuals could have huge impact on the target market. These are the type of people who are always expanding their social network and are recommending products and services more than 10 times a year. This could be a domino affect by mavens in your target market continuing to speak about your product through their social network. In a matter of time you could expand your business from being very well know just being using social networks like Facebook. Targeting towards Generations Jones and workers. 2. As an eMarketer choosing digital marketing vs. traditional marketing to means revolutionizing ways companies reach their consumers and target audience. Here in New York City we see that with basic billboards going digital displaying different images and content...
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...Alternatives Recommendation Alliance with Microsoft Thank you! Focus on Low cost devices Pros: Even more reduce the cost and controls the emerging market Down structuring the company and operates more efficiently Cons: Smartphone market is rising rapidly Smartphone is replacing cell phone Nokia is still the leader in smartphone market by 2009 Alliance with OS provider Pros: Quick respond time Better compatibility, better performance Improved R&D Brand name Cons: Less control on the product Share revenue with alliance company Why Microsoft? 2007-2008 51%-40% for Nokia 68%-47% for Symbian Nokia's R&D team was not reliable anymore Nokia must return to the market with its new product ASAP to stop the decline Both sides need help to compete with Apple and RIM Complement each other (Hardware and Software) WP system has more experience than other reachable OS Problem statements What's Nokia's next move? Should they focus primarily on developed or on emerging markets? Or both? Threat of new entrants - high High technology requirement High start-up fund requirement Bargaining power of supplier - low Marketing leader Bargaining power of buyer - moderated sell to operator and retailer Threat of substitutes - no substitute no real substitute can replace mobile phone Rivalry among competing firms - high Core Competency Core-Competencies Valuable Rare Costly to Imitate Non-Substitutable Business Level Strategy: Unclear due...
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...company they have standards which include but are not limited to; the service must be independent of specific mobile telephone operators, the service must not require smartphones or high end feature phones. In essence they want anyone and everyone with a phone in Africa to use their service. In order to give this service, they already the MobiKash system is based on Sybase 365 mCommerce software, an independent software apart from their company. Many questions arise from the fact that they are renting an available software. Is it in fact better for companies to use other software available on the market or to create the software themselves and create the code and house the servers. The answer in the end like many broad questions such as this is, it depends. It depends on the usage the company will give it and the company itself. In this case we have MobiKash, an African based company who most has the vision to give this service to many countries but doesn’t have the software and or capital investment needed to create such software. For them it would be more useful to use and outsource this software. As with many scenarios in real life it is always a good idea to do a Pros and Cons list or a SWOT analysis (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats). For MobiKash there may be even the same quantity of pros and cons, but what it mostly comes down to is the opportunity cost and the comparative advantage of...
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...is as fleshed out and intuitive as Apple's. The Galaxy Tab is a beautiful product with features that will make iPad owners envious, but its in-between size and possible carrier commitments hold it back from broad appeal. The ViewPad 7 offers a solid platform for Android 2.2, but it comes off as an oversize, overpriced smartphone--not a Netbook alternative. Now there are two competitors that we want to note as their product has not hit the markets yet, but they are targeting our segment target as well, BlackBerry Playbook and the Vizio VIA tablet both are due to release their tablets in the next 3 to 6 months. But we also have to address what the competition is using as their key platform or landscape options for their tablets as this will affect the target market as well: Apple iPad - There's probably no explanation needed for this one. With a million iPads sold within the first month of its introduction, the iPad has quickly taken the lead position in the tablet category. Pros: Elegant hardware; vibrant App Store; ideal for media playback; large selection of games; fast processor; responsive multitouch screen; long battery life; priced as low as $499. Cons: Users must buy their software from Apple;...
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...while others might think of saving money and still being able to get holiday gifts for their family's. According to @NerdWallet. "The Pros and Cons of Shopping on Black Friday - NerdWallet." NerdWallet. N.p., 25 Nov. 2015. Web. 30 Nov. 2016. ''You’ve scanned the ads and thought about the gifts you need and the things you’d like to find on sale during Black Friday. You’ve done price comparisons and even mapped out where you want to shop. But you might be feeling relaxed after Thanksgiving dinner, and the thought of getting up before the sun (or, in some cases, shopping late into the night) might not be so appealing. As the holiday fades,...
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...October 25, 2014 Android or iOS, Which Will You Pick? You check your phone bill online and notice you are eligible for an upgrade. Good timing too, the Nokia 3310 that you have been using since 2000 was on its last leg. So you go and look at the new phones that are out and there are so many to choose from. But you want the best of the best, brand new phone, so you do some research. What you find is that Android and Apple are the big names in the game. You end up picking an Android phone, I will tell you why. Apple has been building computers since 1976, but they decided to try their hand at smartphones in 2007, releasing the iPhone. Microsoft, Palm, and Blackberry already had smartphones on the market by then, but the iPhone was the first to offer a touch screen. Apple focused on speed and consistency between apps. There was a lot lacking in the iPhone. It did not support 3G, you couldn’t copy and paste, it did not support third party apps, it had minimal buttons, and it didn’t have a customizable home screen. (IOS: A Visual History) However, no one seemed to care, Apple sold 3.7 million by 2008. Over 500 million iPhones have been sold worldwide, as of June 2014. (How Many IPhones Have Been Sold Worldwide) Everything Apple does is proprietary, so only Apple products will work with Apple products. Android started as a company in 2003 and was acquired by Google in 2005. Google released the first Android emulator in 2007. They kept working on the emulator, getting close and...
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...In the recent years, cloud computing frameworks such as Amazon Web Services, Google AppEngine and Windows Azure have become increasingly popular among IT organizations and developers. We have seen a phenomenal increase in the usage and deployment of smartphone platforms and applications worldwide. We further identify research gaps covering critical aspects of how MCC can be realized and effectively utilized at scale. These include improved resource allocation in the MCC environment through efficient task distribution and offloading, security and privacy. Mobile cloud computing has recently attracted significant attention from both academia and industry. According to a recent study from Heavy Reading [9] the direct revenue of mobile cloud market will grow to about $68 billion by 2017. It is expected to achieve $1 trillion for the broader mobile cloud market. A similar forecast has also been made by ABI research , which predicts that the number of mobile cloud computing subscribers (like mobile users and mobile application providers) worldwide is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years, rising from 42.8 million subscribers in 2008, (approximately 1.1 % of all mobile subscribers) to over 998 million in 2014 (nearly 19 %). Security and privacy are challenging issues for MCC applications such as m-commerce, m-health and mobile social network applications. These applications are naturally resource intensive in terms of computation and storage. Using cloud computing resources...
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...Microsoft's Windows 8 Pros | Cons | Best uses | * Speed, particularly time to boot up/start Windows. * New passwords. In place of typing your passwords, you can use gestures or your favorite photos to serve as your password. * Can be used on many devices, including smartphones and tablet PCs. Supports touch screen technology. * The largest library of programs and applications. * Almost all hardware has drivers that are compatible with Windows. * Windows 7, still available and probably still the most widely used on PCs; Windows 8 is installed more often on newer hardware and is required for some of the newer tablets. | * Rigorous system requirements, possibly requiring hardware upgrades to maintain performance. * Steep learning curve. * Not compatible with some older software versions. * Prone to viruses, spyware, and adware unless software is installed to guard against these (and such software reduces performance speed). * Requires regular maintenance to avoid system errors and reduced performance. * A Windows license/install disk can be relatively expensive to purchase. | * Gamers. * People who must use Windows-only software for work or school. * People or businesses who are looking for an inexpensive computer but cannot use Linux. | Apple Mac OS X | | Pros | Cons | Best uses | * Reliable and high performance. * Relatively simple and intuitive interface with many advanced features. * Typically not a target for virus or malware...
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...BYOD (Bring You Own Device) YT Strayer University Abstract BYOD (Bring You Own Device) promises many benefits such as greater innovation, better work-life balance and improved productivity, but it also increases pressure on IT to manage and secure devices and data. How to do BYOD successfully is a challenge. This paper discusses some of the pros and the cons of BYOD as well as an example of an organization that uses it. Bring Your Own Device BYOD is famous because it brings freedom, to employees and to employers. It means that workers can bring their own computers, tablet PCs, smartphones and other productivity and communication devices in their places of work for professional activities. While it is much appreciated by most, it comes with many drawbacks and has to be dealt with with particular caution. In this article, we look at how people in businesses are welcoming the idea, its pros and its cons. The Pros of BYOD Workplaces Organizations who implemented BYOD have several benefits such as: Enhanced Productivity. Mobile devices offer the benefits of convenience and speed. Sales executives can do their jobs while traveling, management can keep up with emails or review important documents on their tablets, and anyone can stay connected with their Smart phone. Smart phones have become a primary player in how workers communicate and share both work-related and personal data throughout the course of a day. Cost Savings. Within Bring Your Own Device environments...
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...CONCLUSION The Samsung Galaxy S II is a worthy heir of the best-selling smartphone with the Android OS, and it will surely have similar market success due to its impressive features, excellent display, modern and elegant performance, advanced and up-to-date user interface with an abundance of functions. There's no question this is going to be Samsung's best smartphone, and it will surely satisfy the needs of even the most demanding of users. All the top U.S. wireless carriers offer a version of the original Galaxy S, and it seems likely they will be picking up its newest version later this year. Pros: • Very good display • Elegant design • TouchWiz 4.0 user interface • High-quality full HD video recordings • Great performance Cons: • No dedicated key for turning the camera on • Poor photo quality in low lighting • Marketing Genius of Samsung • Samsung has unarguably made the greatest marketing ploy with the Samsung Galaxy S3 imitating in several aspects the marketing strategies of Apple and their products. The company as such has been highly secretive about the Samsung Galaxy S3, often denying the rumors that come out or actively concealing any information that usually is given. The genius of it all remains not in the secrecy, but rather in the “leaks” that actually occur. Photographs taken with the 12MP camera that’s supposed to grace the camera, blurred images of the body of the phone, even invoices of pre orders from various channel partners bearing...
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