means not real or in a different state of being. In a VPN, private communication between two or more devices is achieved through a public network the Internet. Therefore, the communication is virtually but not physically there. Private. Private means to keep something a secret from the general public. Although those two devices are communicating with each other in a public environment, there is no third party who can interrupt this communication or receive any data that is exchanged between them. Network
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China’s transportation system is rapidly expanding to support economic growth, meet projected global intermodal freight demands, and promote expansion into underdeveloped regions of the country. Given the current understanding of intermodal freight movement that was not available when the United States developed its port capacity, the purpose of this scan was to identify how China provides intermodal access to its new, greenfield maritime ports and the possible application of those methods in the
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The summary determines Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) is an important Cyber Security initiative that requires careful planning and coordination in protecting our infrastructure: 1. What is the Department of Homeland Security’s Mission, Operations, and Responsibilities? 2. What is the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) initiatives are; what are protected, and the methods used to protect our assets? 3. What are the vulnerabilities IS professionals need to be concerned with when protecting
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Business Strategy Analysis Among the whole business analysis process, Strategy Analysis is a key starting point that allows the identification of company’s profit drivers and key risks, it can also determine the profit potential of the property industry in which Lend Lease is competing. This section can be divided into three steps below. Identification of company’s profit drivers and key risks As the chairman of the group David Crawford said in the company’s annual report (2012), Lend Lease has
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policy agenda for the sector. 2. EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 2.1. Physical Expansion The infrastructure sector plays a key role in Malaysia’s economic growth and development. The sector’s share of development expenditure in the various five-years plans implemented since 1966 has fallen in the range between 18 per cent to as high as 34 per cent (Lee, 2000). This emphasis on infrastructure development notwithstanding, the expenditures appear to be targeted mainly at the transport and power
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Introduction a) Definition According to wikipedia Economic integration is the unification of economic policies between different states through the partial or full abolition of tariff and non-tariff restrictions on trade taking place among them prior to their integration. According to business dictionary The elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers to the flow of goods, services, and factors of production between a group of nations, or different parts of the same nation. According
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in the mobile network. Some possible standards for the 4G system are 802.20, Wi-MAX (802.16), HSDPA, TDD UMTS, UMTS and future versions of UMTS. The design is that 4G will be based on OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), which is the key enabler of 4Gtechnology. Other technological aspects of 4G are adaptive processing and smart antennas, both of which will be used in 3G networks and enhance rates when used in with OFDM. Currently 3Gnetworks still send their data digitally over a single
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of cloud computing * History/ background Discussion The different types of cloud computing services * Software-as-a-service or SaaS * Platform-as-a-service or PaaS * Infrastructure-as-a-Service or IaaS The different types of cloud computing deployment Conclusion: * The major inferences that can be drawn from the analysis and evaluation References: *
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Pipelines OZ Location classification I thought I might start a serious of posts on location classification, since it’s an important concept in AS 2885 and some aspects of it cause confusion. To start with the basics, location classification is a way of categorising land uses to reflect the threats to and from the pipeline. Where there are lots of people there is not only likely to be an increased level of activity that might result in pipeline damage, but the consequences of a serious pipeline
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International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, August 2014 Identified Factors Affecting the Intention of Saudi Arabian Citizens to Adopt e-Government Services Sulaiman A. Alateyah, Richard M. Crowder, and Gary B. Wills Abstract—This paper discusses e-government, in particular the challenges that face adoption in Saudi Arabia. e-government can be defined based on an existing set of requirements. In this research we define e-government as a matrix of stakeholders:
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