Nov 19, 2009
The Newsweek article, “ Now Green Means Business” talks about how companies are taking steps toward saving money by reserving energy and staying green. “U.S. companies led by behemoths such as General Electric, Wal-Mart, Google, Dupont Chemical and others have been launching new green initiatives. These two realities—of the largest companies in the world adopting [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Outsourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house. In some cases, the entire information technology department in outsourced, including planning and business analysis as well as the installation, management, and servicing of the network and workstations. Outsourcing can range from [...]
Nov 11, 2009
The CNN article, “Start me up: Setting up business in India”, talks about the difficulties of setting up business in India for entrepreneurs. “It seems that despite the potential riches to be had by tapping in to all the talent, energy and potential in India, going it alone is still a unique experience in the [...]
Nov 5, 2009
Videoconferencing is now being introduced to online networking websites to help businesses form profitable relationships quickly and efficiently without leaving their place of work. Apple new patent reveals that Apple plans to introduce video call to the iPhone. “The video-call feature is the boldest one; a potential market game changer, which could knock competitors like [...]
Oct 29, 2009
Chapter 9: Customer Relationship Management and Business Intelligence A woman’s clothing company in Hollola, Finland, is embedding RFID tags all over its stores. They’re sewn into the clothes, placed on the shelves, and laced in the screens of the dressing rooms. They say this is in efforts to improve customer service. The RFID technology will [...]
Oct 28, 2009
This article talks about customer service and the 21st century business model. Basically this article emphasizes the importance of making changes to businesses as technology and times change. This article talks about the importance of customer service, changing ones business plan with the times, and keeping a focus on the businesses mission statement. “The changing [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Chapter 7: Networks, Telecommunications, and Mobile Technology “Global positioning system (GPS) is a constellation of 24 well-spaced satellites that orbit the Earth and make it possible for people with ground receivers to pinpoint their geographic location”. (Baltzan & Phillips 2009) GPS services are available on Smartphones, portable devices, and in automobiles. The latest personal navigation [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Social networking sites such as Facebook are commonly used but security experts are skeptical about whether sharing information, such as birthdays, with a broad audience is a bright idea. Because they are commonly used people tend not to think about the security aspect. Experts say that giving out personal information about yourself to everyone can [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Advanced technology is now readily available to us all the time, for example in our smart phones. Advanced technology is coming an integrate part on pretty much all the fields. One interesting concept I came across on the cnn.com website is the concept of new technology in contact lens. The article, “Digital contacts will keep [...]
Oct 28, 2009
According to the article, UC Berkeley researchers found that more the half of the Internets top websites use Adobe’s Flash plugin to track users and store information about them, but only four mention them in their privacy policies. Flash cookies are different from traditional browser cookies. Many web users know very little about Flash cookies. [...]
Oct 28, 2009
It is estimated that number of internet users will exceed three billion by the year 2010. The evolution of the internet began in the mid-1960s, when it was primary used by a limited number of people for mainly military business. Today, the internet is used by billions of users. It’s estimated that children ages 2 [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) are systems that help increase efficiently and speed of decision making in business. The main goal of AI is to have something equal to human intelligence and understanding. AI systems stimulates human intelligence, such as the ability to reason and learn. AI systems can learn from experience and understand information. AI [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Netflix is taking an interesting approach to improving their online movie recommendation system by 10 percent. To solve its problems or to improve their efficiently, Netflix is holding a contest with a $ 1 million cash prize for someone to create a new and improved movie recommendation system for their online business. This is a [...]
