... There is a lot of competition on the internet and captivating the attention of customers will not be an easy task. The E-Commerce business strategy for Simply Unbelievable will be implementation of a cloud-based digital commerce platform that will create an exceptional shopping experience for consumers. Company Background Simply unbelievable is a home-based business that sells boutique fashions specializing in women’s clothing, jewelry, and handbags and has been in business for 10 years. Location is critical to the success of any business and Simply Unbelievable does not maintain a traditional brick-and-mortar store. The success of Simply Unbelievable has been by the home party plan business concept of direct selling to their customers. The home party plan has provided the perfect location for customers to view current fashion trends in the comfort of their own home or surroundings. Women who are comfortable spend more money and this has generated Simply Unbelievable revenues for the past 10 years. Simply Unbelievable has had no significant internet presence other than email blasts to their customers for special events. Customers started sharing their shopping experience on Facebook. Facebook is a huge social networking site that allows users to share interests, make connections, and Facebook created a positive following for Simply Unbelievable to reach new customers and generate new sales. Dressy-Women’s Fashion...
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...Cloud Computing | Henry Knipschild | IS-535: Managerial Applications of Information Technology: Professor Goyden | Hok1964@yahoo.com | Henry Knipschild | 1/15/2012 | ”As times continue to change it is evident that technological changes will become advanced.” | Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..............2 Proposal……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Milestone 1………………………………………………………………………………………...4 Background Cloud Computing……………………………………………………………………5 Approaches & Solutions………………………………………………………………..................6 Methodology....................................................................................................................................7 Options & Solutions………………………………………………………………………….........8 Milestone 2………………………………………………………………………………………..9 Cost Analysis...…………………………………………………………………………………..10 Types of Services……………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Infrastructures Changes………………………………………………………………………….12 Application……………………………………………………………………………………….13 Milestone 3.....................................................................................................................................15 Summary of Milestones.................................................................................................................16 Conclusions and Recommendations..............................................................................................18 References………………………………………………………………………………………..19 ...
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...CLOUD COMPUTING Saas and Paas Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. N.NGQAYANA 2851522 9/27/2012 TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract…………………………………………………………………..3 Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 Overview………………………………………………………………3 Universities Implement Cloud Computing……………..............4 Software as a Service (SaaS)……………………………………...6 Platform as a Service (PaaS)………………………………………6 IBM cloud computing……………………………………………….7 Advantages…………………………………………………….8 Disadvantage: Unused resources……………………………………..9 Disadvantage: Interoperability issues………………………………..9 Challenges of cloud computing…………………………………………………………10 Security concerns………………………………………………………..10.1 Disaster recovery………………………………………………………..10.2 Data protection……………………………………………………………10.3 Examples and Experiences OF Universities and IBM …………11 Why Cloud Computing is Important for Business……………..11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………..13 References……………………………………………………………..14 Abstract Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. Unfortunately, not all educational institutions often...
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...case-specific workspaces. Column Case HR only disadvantage would be its price; smaller businesses might not have the resources to afford its services. HR Quik is a Human Resource Management System that simplifies the processes and procedures of tracking employee information and generating forms that are critical to the employment process. HR Quik advantages include affordability, user-friendly; can easily track history of job, salary, and manager changes, track benefits plans by employee, employment forms are easily generated and ready to print, and running reports are hassle free. HR Quick also doesn’t have any management features that would allow the company to manage employee or organizational performance. There also seems to be a lack of security features also to ensure only qualified individuals have access to confidential information. Another slight disadvantage to HR Quik might be that their service is ideal for small to medium sized companies, although their system can handle an unlimited amount of employee data. The system that would fit the needs of...
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...and goals of the ARB (or review and update if already established) Formalize and document processes and procedures for the HUD Architecture Review Board (ARB) Establish governance structure to review modernization projects and determine alignment with cloud migration efforts and alignment with business impacts/needs Oversee vendor selection process and contract establishment Oversee cloud migration activities • Re-prioritize initiatives based on business needs, IT constraints, and security level • Review cost / benefit analysis for cloud migration initiatives • Review initiative specific migration plans • Oversee initiative migration activities • Monitor cloud service provider to ensure compliance with SLAs Pre Migration Planning Key activities -Install / enable application and network monitoring tools -Monitor and collect applications usage data to determine current utilization and future cloud virtual machine needs -Monitor and collect network traffic to estimate inter-system and...
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... Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………9 References……………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Executive Summary Technology is moving fast and to keep up with our competitors we must embrace the latest technology and begin implementing cloud computing. Cloud computing is using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server. This will allow us not only to continue to build our business but to put us on top as leading our competitors in this word of technology. I have done some extensive research on the new technologies available and cloud computing is where I recommend we place our IT dollars in the coming year. I know our budget is limited and I have taken that into consideration. It can be very costly to take on this type of project, however, I have found many cost saving options that will make this successful and within our budget. I have not prepared a cost saving analysis, but I don’t think one is needed to see the savings by using this new technology. We essentially lease the service of software, computing power and data storage from a third party. This eliminates the costly expense of us building a space and storing our servers, purchasing...
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...Business plan of the SaaS Company Content 1. Introduction …………………..……………………………………………...... 1 2. Marketing Strategy ……...…..………………………………………………... 1 2.1 Background …….….….……..…………………………………………... 1 2.2 SWOT Analysis .……..………..…………………………………………. 2 2.2.1 Strengths ……………………………………………………….…. 2 2.2.2 Weakness ……………………………………………………….… 2 2.2.3 Opportunity ….…………………………………………………… 3 2.2.4 Threats ……….…………………………………………………… 3 2.3 S.T.P.---- Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning …..….….…………… 4 2.3.1 Segmentation ………..…………………………………………… 4 2.3.2 Targeting ……………….………………………………………… 4 2.3.3 Positioning …………..….…...…………………………………… 5 3. Implementation of the strategy for 4ps …..……..…………………………… 6 3.1 Product……………..…………………………………….………………. 6 3.1.1 Core product ……………….…………………………………… 6 3.1.2 Extended product ……….………………………………………. 7 3.1.3 Branding ……………….…………………………...……………. 7 3.2 Price …………………………………………………..…………………. 7 3.2.1 Payment method …………….…………………………………. 8 3.2.2 Price policy ………………….………………………………….. 8 3.2.2.1 Differential pricing ……………………………………. 8 3.2.2.2 Membership pricing policy …………………………… 8 3.3 Place …………………………………………………………………….. 8 3.3.1 Online channels ………………….……………………………... 9 3.3.2 Offline channels ………………………………………………... 9 3.3.3 Distribution channels ………….….……………………………. 9 3.4 Promotion ………………………………………………………………. 10 3.4.1 Online promotion ………………………………………………. 10 3.4.2 Offline...
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...Jess Westerly? For Example, would you have used a top-down rapid strategy, a high-involvement-staged strategy? Why? What would be your implementation plan? For example, what would you do first? How would you time phase it? What are the critical (pivotal) actions that must succeed? Based upon my reading and analysis of the Jess Westerly case study, I would have implemented a high-involvement, phased change strategy. Changing the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sales approach from targeting of small and medium business to large organizations is a strategic change for Kauflauf. In order for changes to be made, it is necessary to implement through phases. Key elements are leadership engagement and compensation design. In order to inform my approach with industry best practices, I interviewed a Saas sales leader. To illustrate and frame my approach, I will use Kurt Lewin’s three-phase model for change. In Phase one, we must unfreeze the system. During the first three months, the CEO of Kauflauf must champion the change to pursue SaaS contracts with large organizations (Sales Class 1-3 firms, $500,000+ annual revenue). Using Jess Westerly’s data affirming the opportunity for 30% growth, the CEO must communicate the organization’s change in client targeting; he must also indicate the implied crisis: only those SaaS firms that seek and earn business with Class 1-3 firms will survive and thrive. By creating a compelling need to do business differently, the CEO will...
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...simple to run with all its data being generated in Excel. It can track the costs and benefit plans of employees and all the data within the systems can easily be merged with an employee’s documents (Lee, Tan & Wuwongse, 2006). This database also generates forms automatically with regards to the newly hired employees and those who have been terminated; it saves the documents which have been scanned and offers sample forms for guiding users in their generation and use (Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson, 2011). However, the database also has several disadvantages manifested in its inability of creating security profiles, facilitating the effective performance of audit trails due to its concurrent access anomalies and it only offers cloud-hosting features as an optional tool only in some of those models found in the market (Singh, 2009). On the other hand, the Oracle Human Resource Management System also offers several advantages to its users that include the creation and definition of user and security profiles, enabling the effective performance of audit trails and enables the HR to make payroll payments as it has the capability of handling multiple assignments. The Oracle Human Resource Management System has features for enabling and disabling audit trails, enabling the integration of web ADIs and setting up responsibilities among the different users (Singh, 2009). However, it also encounters disadvantages in that instances of data redundancy or inconsistency, data isolation and other integrity...
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...CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES TO APPLY IN COUNTRYPAL INTRODUCTION CLOUD/WEB PLATFORM Cloud computing offers business owners like countrypal an opportunity to take their businesses to the next level without having to invest heavily. The entire foundation of cloud computing is based on Iaas or Infrastructure as a Service, which extensively deals with providing the hardware in a cloud. This includes servers, routers, network equipment, firewall etc. However, all this hardware is of no use without a platform to help developers develop their applications, based on which the businesses can actually operate. Cloud computing platforms, which are otherwise known as Platform as a Service (PaaS), are therefore the middle level of cloud computing, which is extremely important for businesses to utilize the infrastructure and software that are available in the cloud. In order to make the most out of cloud computing platforms, irrespective of whether you are a business owner or a developer, it is important to understand the various aspects of this middle layer. Here is a brief overview of this aspect of cloud computing. When a business requires an application to be developed for its use, usually developers invest a lot of money into gathering the requisite infrastructure for its onsite development. But with cloud computing platforms, they can be delivered on the web. So, you can easily develop your applications without investing heavy amounts of money into buying software and other necessary tools for...
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...Proposal Riordan Manufacturing: Human Resources Integration Proposal In service request SR-rm-004 from Riordan Manufacturing, Chief Operating Officer Hugh McCauley writes, “Analyze the HR system to integrate the existing variety of tools in use today into a single integrated application” (Apollo Group, 2007). The company wants to use a more updated approach to handling Human Resources (HR) tasks. The following document provides a detailed proposal of how to fulfill Hugh McCauley’s request. The document is presented in several sections that are outlined below. 1. Information Gathering Techniques 1.1 Keys to Successful Information Gathering 2. Project Scope 3. Feasibility 4. Application Architecture 5. Data Flow 6. System Implementation 6.1 Coding 6.2 Testing 6.3 Installation 6.4 Documentation 6.5 Training 6.6 Support 7. Conclusion Information Gathering Techniques The information gathering process should begin with an Internet search using key Phrases such as human resources information systems (HRIS), human resources software, human resources handbook, and human resources model. All of these search phrases will return many results that will provide information on HR system designs, software specifically for HR departments, and other companies’ policies and capabilities. One may also receive results reflecting ideas for HR systems that may not currently be in use, and testimonial about ideas that work in today’s businesses. Researchers...
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...between organizations, and accessed by users or applications. The users may be members of the organizations working on-premise, remote workers, customers, or members of the general public. Cloud computing has three service models. These are the basic kinds of service that cloud service providers provide. They are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). [1] Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a cloud model which allows organizations to outsource computing equipment and resources such as servers, storage, networking as well as services, such as load balancing and content delivery networks. The IaaS provider owns and maintains the equipment while the organization rents out the specific services it needs, usually on a "pay as you go" basis. Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a cloud model designed for software developers. PaaS is used to develop web and mobile applications using components that are maintained by the service provider, including programming languages, application servers and databases. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud...
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...How can Play On Toys ensure its information technology systems are ready for growth? Issue: Play On Toys has enjoyed 5 years of success in the European market, experiencing strong growth, particularly in the past year, increasing its staff from 16 to 60 employees. With 200 customers, Play On Toys fulfils 3000 orders annually, with a turnover of 5million Euro and 1.4 million in pre-tax profit. Having expanded its range from 2 to 20 products, Play On Toys now works with 30 suppliers to acquire the 110 parts required to manufacture its wares. Expansion into Asia, Africa and America is planned over the coming three years, with the accompanying growth and challenges of moving into new markets and expanding the operation, Play On Toys is at a critical junction. Ensuring that internal systems are functioning at highest efficiency and are prepared for growth are essential elements for the continued success of Play On Toys. Currently, records and information for critical areas including sales, financial, production, and customer relations are held in isolated electronic and paper files as well as some small databases. Essential reporting and transaction processing are highly dependent on manual inputs. Critically, sales orders submitted via the website must be manually processed by sales administrators in a process requiring printing orders and entering them into a spreadsheet manually. The current system of record keeping and reporting lacks cohesion and efficiency, and coupled...
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...simple to run with all its data being generated in Excel. It can track the costs and benefit plans of employees and all the data within the systems can easily be merged with an employee’s documents (Lee, Tan & Wuwongse, 2006). This database also generates forms automatically with regards to the newly hired employees and those who have been terminated; it saves the documents which have been scanned and offers sample forms for guiding users in their generation and use (Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson, 2011). However, the database also has several disadvantages manifested in its inability of creating security profiles, facilitating the effective performance of audit trails due to its concurrent access anomalies and it only offers cloud-hosting features as an optional tool only in some of those models found in the market (Singh, 2009). On the other hand, the Oracle Human Resource Management System also offers several advantages to its users that include the creation and definition of user and security profiles, enabling the effective performance of audit trails and enables the HR to make payroll payments as it has the capability of handling multiple assignments. The Oracle Human Resource Management System has features for enabling and disabling audit trails, enabling the integration of web ADIs and setting up responsibilities among the different users (Singh, 2009). However, it also encounters disadvantages in that instances of data redundancy or inconsistency, data isolation and other integrity...
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...desiring to invest in a Software that can manage information, and offer a level of security with password protection for wondering eyes (Thomas, 2013). The advantages of a business to use Peachtree Software are rapid access to information, trouble-free reporting, good organization, and many other features. Peachtree Software is written in Microsoft Access, without problems that can rapidly track employee’s attendance, evaluations, payroll, customers’ data, training, and applicants’ data, as well as making sure the company is well informed about any changes in government regulation (HR data manager, 2013). Another database system would be Oracle PeopleSoft that offers compensation, recruiting solutions, payroll interface, time and labor record keeping, travel and expense, and general ledger/budgeting report, which is beneficial to any organization (Oracle. para 4, 2006). However, there are some disadvantages in having these systems such, as a non- manager may engage in identity theft and retrieve an employee’s restricted data, or breach of security with the system could lead to legal matters. The cost per users could range from $40-$100, and then installing the system could start at around $50,000 and up. Another disadvantage is that managers could become solely dependent on...
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