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 12, 2009
The profusion of online “app stores” for mobile-phone software programs is a nightmare for developers trying to pick which platforms to target because there are so many different types of mobile software available in market. According to the article, there is no sign for the mobile software to move toward a single dominant operating system [...]
Nov 5, 2009
With the increase in gas price that directly increase travel expenses, companies are looking towards videoconferencing as an alternative way to do business, meetings and etc. According to the article, adding more videoconferencing facilities at the company will reduce travel spending by 10 to 20 percent. Although companies are on such a great path that [...]
Oct 29, 2009
This article talks about John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, 500 employees are being taught to be well pleasant when dealing with customers. Tom Murphy, director of the Human Resiliency Institute at Fordham University, has created a three-step process with this challenge in mind. First step when facing angry customers is turning down [...]
Oct 27, 2009
Having a supplier’s contract with Wal-Mart has advantage and cost to it, suppliers should consider before applying for the contract. The advantage of supplying to Wal-Mart is that they have a wide base customers and a large corporation that will not order and not pay for it. The cost of supplying to Wal-Mart is that [...]
Oct 27, 2009
Garmin came out with a new device that can allow phones like Blackberry, Palm Treo, or any type of window base smart phone to turn into a full featured navigation system for only $200. The size of this device is a small as a MP3 player and weighs only 2 ounces, so it could fit [...]
Oct 27, 2009
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. On most days, it takes the right access badge and a biometric scan to make it inside the doors of Microsoft’s massive data center. However, on Wednesday, the company allowed a group of reporters, customers, [...]
Oct 27, 2009
On August 14th 2003 there was The Northeast Blackout, a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada. At the time, it was the most widespread electrical blackout in history. The blackout affected an estimated 10 million people in Ontario and 45 million people in [...]
Oct 27, 2009
If you once thought that online banking security was the same for different banks, think again. A research done by Which? Computing did an online investigation on the visible security of the major banks in Europe found vast differences between them. Barclay has ranked top, while Abbey and Halifax scored the worst. Among the banks [...]
Oct 27, 2009
Iowa Department of Revenue challenge internet provider AOL and other internet provider companies in Iowa about taxes on internet service. The Revenue Department argued that under its administrative rules state sales tax should be charged for AOL’s services because the initial modem call to use the service was made in Iowa, meaning the service originated [...]
Oct 27, 2009
A ‘jerk’ is defined as one who is foolishly narcissistic and thus, are inferior in terms of good decision making. To truly be able to appreciate the reasons behind these phenomena, we have to first understand what is required in making good decisions. Good decision makers are able to incorporate the input of others, to [...]
Oct 27, 2009
As I know, car companies are one of the few largest and most advanced manufacturers in the world market, but lack of attention on Information System they too can miss a great market opportunity. Most car companies have spent millions of man hours and dollars coming up with better ways to improve safety, comfort, and [...]
