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 12, 2009
“Going green” is picking up a lot of steam lately. The marketing department in every major US company seems to be jumping on the bandwagon. It’s too bad they have waited this long to jump on, or this long just to create the “green” bandwagon in the first place. Being ecologically oriented is an important [...]
Nov 12, 2009
It would appear we are living in some sort of backwards bazaar-o world. As someone who is calling tech support on a regular basis I frequently get to talk to tech support that has been outsourced offshore. Not surprisingly this usually means talking to someone in India (though I did get someone in Canada once [...]
Oct 28, 2009
“I know how we could have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9/11.” Would you believe such an outlandish statement from someone outside the government? That seems to be the stance that Tom Siebel of Sieble System is taking. He believes that if the government had implemented a CRM like system the could have predicted and [...]
Oct 28, 2009
This chapter talks a lot about supply chain management and how it affects a business’s bottom line and also the customer receiving the goods or service. A recent survey was conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas and found that the healthcare industry is in dire need of supply chain management. Heather Nachtmann, who [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Mobile phones have come a long way. Once upon a time mobile phones were just that, phones that did not need to have a wireless base station plugged into your wall. However as with all things time brought innovations. Now most people have smart phones or phones with many smartphone capabilities. However, with great features [...]
Oct 28, 2009
It administrators jump though all sorts of hoops to ensure data in a database is secure. User names and passwords are often use. Access levels determine which users can access certain information. Access controls regulate the abilities to manipulate data by giving some users the ability to delete information while other users have read-only access [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Grid computing means data centers.The book mentions Google as one of the largest grid computing systems in the world. These data centers suck up a lot of energy. One way to reduce the energy used is to reduce the heat generated by using virtualization to minimize hard ware in use. However the island of Mauritius [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Have you ever been “caught with your pants down” when you have said something about someone when you thought they were not listening? How about saying something incriminating with out realizing that the phone was still on the hook? I know I have accidentally called people on my cell phone and my only major concern [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Would you pay for an product or service using your phone? Would you send money to someone via an mcommerce model? Does the idea of having your phone tied to your money supply make you a bit uneasy? If so you are not alone. Mcommerce is an emerging business model that is having a hard [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Many medical facilities are stepping up their efforts to completely implement Electronic Medical Records, or EMR. The source of this new found enthusiasm for EMR is the Obama Administration’s medical stimulus package. One of the main focuses of this package provides are cash incentives provided to compliant businesses. This push will drive further development of [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Chapter 2. Strategic Decision Making Are you a robot/AI? I don’t believe you please read this text. We have all seen these Turing-like tests. Captchas help safe guard sites against spammers that use automated AI bots that try to exploit them. Spammers, much like the hacker subset, have proven to be extremely resourceful and determined [...]
