Aug 30, 2010
Hyundai More than ten years ago, when hyundai started its car manufacturing, the quality of the company is not reliable. Most people that bought that brand complain about the quality of the car and the reliability of the car. But a couple years ago when the recession hit the United States, hyundai was the only [...]
Aug 30, 2010
Wal-Mart is a huge company in the United States. Michael Porter suggests there are three generic business strategies. The three strategies are broad cost leadership, broad differentiation, and focused strategy. Wal-Mart definitely exemplifies broad cost leadership. Wal-Mart markets towards normal people looking for the best deals on clothing, home items, groceries, and virtually any life [...]
Aug 30, 2010
Chapter 1 Section 1.2 By: Bryant Vang In the article from PCWorld “SSDs May Give You More Bang for Your DRAM,” Stephen Lawson describes the future of SSD. SSDs (solid-state disks) are starting to take over the hard disk segment market. What separates SSD from ordinary hard disks is that there are no moving parts [...]
Aug 30, 2010
Chapter 1 Section 1.2 Blog Post By Matthew Yang In an article from ArticleBlast.com, Yvonne Miller explains why Nike is the biggest shoe company in the world and how it has a competitive advantage over its competitors. Phil Knight, the founder of the Nike, started the Nike brand in the back of his car [...]
Aug 30, 2010
Porsche is one of the most famous German premium sports cars around the world. The man behind this company is Wendelin Wiedeking who becomes the CEO at Porsche in 1993. In an interview he gives us some answers how he keeps his company so profitable and recognizes where his business focus lies. Porsche has got [...]
Aug 30, 2010
Chapter 1 Blog Post By Ryan White IS 130 Section 5 8am In an article from PC World entitled “Does $500 Million Dollars Mean That Windows 7 Phone Will Flop?,” Barbara Hernandez compares the results of previous launches of Microsoft products in order to offer insight into Microsoft’s entry into the cell phone market (2010). [...]
Aug 29, 2010
Groupon is an organization that does coupons right! Each day a local daily deal is offered to cities throughout the U.S. For example, Fresno’s August 6th’s daily deal was for Maxx’s Bistro. Ten dollars gets you Twenty dollars worth of anything on their Dinner Menu. This past weekend was a 3 day deal (Friday, Saturday, [...]
Aug 25, 2010
The New New CIO Role: Big Changes Ahead The New New CIO Role: Big Changes Ahead is an article about the up and coming changes for the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) as well as the difficulties that arise from being a CIO. Changes are being made that make it impossible for CIO’s [...]
Aug 25, 2010
What is next for iTunes? According to Bloomberg news, the next big step for iTunes may be allowing iTunes users to rent TV shows using iTunes for 99 cents. The rumor is that Apple will announce this new feature of iTunes in a press conference in which they will state what companies they have [...]
Aug 25, 2010
Is Apple working on a ‘desktop iPad?’ According to this article, it states that Apple is currently working on a new touchscreen laptop that looks like the iPad. The article claims that they have seen a blueprint of the actual product but are not sure if Apple well be releasing this product anytime soon. The [...]
Aug 25, 2010
Clifton Wahlberg Having worked for several different businesses over the past five years, I have seen the wide array of different IT frameworks that companies use to track merchandise, communicate with employees, or improve employee collaboration. Choosing an IT system that is right for your business can be a very difficult decision, especially if you [...]
Dec 16, 2009
Why are there no Mac Viruses In this article Philip Elmer-Dewitt discusses the reason for the lack of Mac OS X viruses. He argues that there aren’t any viruses capable of infecting the Mac OS X system. He defined a virus as a program that infects a computer and has the ability to spread to [...]
Dec 16, 2009
Is twittering a new marketing tool? In the business world new technologies are becoming more and more common. But what are the risks and what are the rewards for using these new markets. The article “Can the Twitterati help sell your soda pop?” posted on Cnet looks into that question. The article states that an [...]
Dec 14, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Chapter 1. IS in Business I’m sure its happened to us all, being on the last paragraph of a report working off of your laptop with no charger to supply the power it needs for you to finish or on that important phone call on your cell phone hoping it doesn’t [...]
Nov 17, 2009
Netflix is a leader in innovation and dominate in its industry. This is no coincidence. Netflix has been able to revolutionize the movie rental industry. With the internet Netflix can reach the masses without physical rental stores located throughout select regions. Movies are sent and received by mail and/or online. A new feature has been [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Skype is software that enables the world’s conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. eBay Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive [...]
Nov 6, 2009
Steve Rice is a consultant and implementer of Information Systems. He has fifteen years of experience and he has worked with organizations with revenues from five million dollars to sixteen billion dollars. In conjuction with chapter one, Steve believes that organizations that understand technology thoroughly are more successful than organizations that don’t. In particular, Steve [...]
Nov 5, 2009
Samsung, most famous company in Korea, is well known of electronic product, not only in Asia but around world. I saw a lot of Samsung’s products since I was young. When I was young, Samsung was a good company, but it was not multinational company. At that time, there were many other competitive, like Daewoo, [...]
Oct 30, 2009
An article that I found very interesting was about a Canadian software company, Brightspark, who came up with the idea to help companies rent the extra space directly to other for short-term use. The idea evolved as Brightspark noticed that many tech companies had tons of extra space available. Randy Busch, vice president of marketing [...]
Oct 29, 2009
In his 1998 article entitled Is This Job Really Necessary? , Thomas Stewart discusses the role of a chief knowledge officer (CKO) 11 years before today. He examines to see if the role is actually necessary and what it actually is. He states that a CKO has two parts to his or her job: collection [...]
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