Nov 30, 2009
Business by Smartphone Smartphones are taking the business world by storm. Every businessperson today has the ability to check, monitor, and receive instant updates about their business by touching the screen of their phone. The most popular smartphones that you see on the market today are the Blackberry and iPhone. Both have similar capabilities and [...]
Nov 30, 2009
Mobile Phone Wallet: The culmination of convenience Researches say that within the next five years, our mobile phones will have yet another use; doubling as a wallet for the ultimate convince. Countries that are usually ahead of the United States in technology, such as South Korea and Japan, are already making these futuristic phones into [...]
Nov 30, 2009
James Strootman Nov 30, 2009 I chose my research paper topic on smart advertisements. I chose this topic because I believe that this is going to change the advertisement industry for the better. The whole process is really quite exquisite. All you need is an idea and a computer (Advertising Trends…). Do not get the [...]
Nov 27, 2009
Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry According to the article posted on Businessweekly.com food banks all over the country are currently have a “high-tech revolution”. They are adopting advanced databases, GPS tracking, using bar codes, and other such technologies. The new technologies have help food banks come a long way from past years [...]
Nov 27, 2009
This week’s chapter reading is on Globalization, Innovation and the 21st Century Organizational Trends, and one of the biggest trends in this current time is social networking sites. According to an article on PC World, Facebook is dominating the social networking sites. I have always been a fan of the Facebook social networking site, especially [...]
Nov 26, 2009
You can’t just throw your electronic waste away. It contains several toxins and a number of reusable metals and plastics. In fact, in California it is illegal to simple toss the old computer/VCR/DVD player/etc into the trash bin. So what do you do to comply with the law? You keep your ear to the ground [...]
Nov 25, 2009
Gmail is a free email service offered by Google. Businesses use this free email service. A subscription can be purchased which offers additional services. Google, which offers Gmail, is new to the clouding industry. Electronic Mail (email) has become increasingly integrated into businesses. Mail, reports, memos, and newsletters are steadily being sent by email. A business can buy and maintain its own email [...]
Nov 25, 2009
Holidays are and time of giving is among us. Giving to those who are in need is important. It shows that people care about others. One group of people are very caring, they donated money to charities and did so in an unconventional way. The group of people is the online users, specifically SecondLife users. [...]
Nov 23, 2009
“HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights” This article is about the HIPPA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and how it will need to be more productive in keeping patient’s personal information confidential. The rule was sent to the OCR, Office for Civil Rights to be discussed upon. [...]
Nov 22, 2009
Innovation deals with the application of new methods, technologies, and equipment. The result of innovation is often an invention. Time decided the 50 best inventions of 2009. The invention the topped the list was Nasa’s Ares Rocket. It makes us able to travel farther than ever thought possible in space becasue of its light design. [...]
Nov 19, 2009
How to build a (strong) virtual team This article written by Anne Fisher is about IBM’s experience building a virtual team. They have found that 90% of workers in the U.S. work somewhere away from their company’s headquarters and 84% work in locations other than where their bosses work. We are becoming an [...]
Nov 19, 2009
China has been the world’s largest exporter, now it changing its attention to globalization. According to the article, Beijing Automotive Industry has made a bid to buy Opel from bankrupt GM. This means that china companies are eyeing on other companies to expand themselves. The Chinese companies have had great success with two types of [...]
Nov 19, 2009
In the article, Facebook Issues Privacy Upgrade, PC Magazine writer Chloe Albanesius, explains Facebook’s new changes to it’s privacy control settings. Facebook was becoming concerned about the difficulty users were having accessing their control settings. Though the security settings offered by Facebook were very good they had become extremely complicated. In the old system users [...]
Nov 19, 2009
The article is based on recycling e-waste and who should be the one paying. There has been study done that “over 76 percent” of consumers see recycling as one of the way to reduce the world’s e-waste. There are still 37 percent of the people that do not think that. They think that recycling [...]
Nov 19, 2009
In the article I discovered in businessweek the topic is globalization. The article talks about the airplane manufacturer Boeing and how globalization can be both positive and negative for companies. In this article Boeing is on the negative end of globalization. Boeing recently lost a $35 billion contract with the US Air Force to foreign [...]
Nov 19, 2009
Project management is an important part of business as we realize that stagnant business is dead business. In order for businesses to stay out of these stagnant areas businesses need to innovate their systems and products. In order for these innovations to take hold and increase efficiencies and profits businesses must assemble teams or project [...]
Nov 19, 2009
Global markets are creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses. These businesses really need to focus on the integration of their information to make sure proper decisions are enforceable. The speed of decisions becomes very important in these fast paced global markets. In order for businesses to make these quick and proper decisions proper integration [...]
Nov 19, 2009
Ewaste has been a major concern on the minds of many. In a recent study it found that 80% of Americans throw their old electronics in the trash. Every day Americans throw 350,000 cell phones, and 130,000 computers. This is the fastest growing part of United States garbage. Improper disposal of the electronics can cause [...]
Nov 19, 2009
According to BusinessWeek, SAP’s first significant foray into software provided over the internet and its performance is likely to influence the future of the company’s cloud strategy. However, senior VP of Business ByDesign, Rainer Zinow, announced that the company won’t make it available to all customers until the company has enough “referencing accounts” which is [...]
Nov 19, 2009
This week’s chapter reading in chapter nine revolves around business intelligence. With companies all around the world and chains developing more and more, it is difficult for many companies and restaurants to stay on top of what is happening within their workplace and to develop future plans for it unless they have access to business [...]
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