The Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service Michael La Motte CIS 512 Dr. Robert Culver Strayer University 01/13/15 There where news that government officials and Petrobras, Brazil national oil company, have been targeted of electronic spying by the NSA and other agencies, based on the documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff consider this action a breach of international law and the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service known as Serpro
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s, WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result, their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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Pfizer's SWOT Analysis 36 Appendix 10 - Protalix's Financials 38 Appendix 11 - About the Valuation Methods 40 Appendix 12 - List of Companies and Their Multiples 41 Appendix 13 - Complete Results of Multiples Valuations 42 Appendix 14 - DCF Data and Assumptions 43 Appendix
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1 of 37 DECS – 433 Excel Functions and Tools DECS - 433 requires knowledge of various Excel functions and tools. This document attempts to explain and summarize your basic responsibilities in this regard. The information is presented in the following general categories: • Basic Excel Functions SUM PRODUCT SUMPRODUCT • MAX MIN Excel Functions Commonly used in Simulation RAND RANDBETWEEN IF IF(RAND( ) … ) IF( … IF( … )) IF(AND … ) IF(OR … ) COUNTIF SUMIF LOOKUP LOOKUP(RAND( ) … ) • Excel
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installation of Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP), and the design of a high-speed Wide Area Network (WAN) that will enable Packet Filters (PF), or firewalls to connects three other hospitals with Patton-Fuller. Lastly, Duvv Enterprises will implement the following three processes: the first process will identify the hardware and software needed to secure Patton-Fuller’s choice of networks against all electronic threats. The second process will distinguish
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LAN • LANs are made up of the following components: • Connection or cabling system • Microcomputers with interface cards • Network operating systems • Other shared devices • Bridges and gateways [ For details see the book by Huthcinson and Sawyer, chapter 8] Uses of Computer Networks Business Applications 1. First goal is the resource sharing to make all programs, equipment, and specially data available to anyone on the network without
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variations in net migration for British and for foreign citizens, across countries and over time. A simple economic model, which includes the selection effects of differing income distributions at home and abroad, largely accounts for the variations in the data. The results suggest that although improved economic performance in the UK relative to overseas has tended to increase immigration, rising UK inequality has had an even larger effect. Immigration policies at home and abroad have also increased net
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Analysis for Outsourcing Decisions Linda Duvall CMGT/442 Mr. Thomas Maricle February 23, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify the possible risks to an organization in each of the following outsourcing situations: a) the use of an external service provider for your data storage; b) the use of an enterprise service provider for processing information systems applications such as a payroll, human resources, or sales order taking; c) the use of a vendor to support your desktop
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10-K 1 d855870d10k.htm 10-K Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 000-28167 Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc
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prerecorded list of instructions (a program). § It can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data. Therefore computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably. Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery (wires, transistors, and circuits) is called hardware; the instructions and data are called software. All general-purpose computers require the following hardware components: § Central processing unit (CPU): The heart of the computer, this is
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