...Immediately upon going to MSNBC.com CNN.com, they talked about breaking news of Egypts. On all three sites, I found links to other information about how President in Egypt was preparing to step down. There are also links to click to view videos of how bad the situation really is. CNN.com tells you things such as how the military rulers dissolve parliament and put constitution on hold in moves cautiously welcomed by protestors. I found it interesting how FOXnews.com shows photos and videos about how the Egyptian military dissolves parliament. The site also gives sponsor links to find other information about the breaking news. Currently, FOXnews.com says, Military rulers take sweeping action to dismantle Mubarak's autocratic legacy as they dissolve parliament, suspend constitution and promise elections in moves cautiously welcomed by protesters. You can also recommend the story to people on Face book with a link. People on Face book might be inclined to view the link, since you viewed it and shared it with them on Face book. This increases CNN's publicity, and more people will view the top stories as a result. MSBNC.com has an article about how Egypt puts Midwest peace efforts on hold. CNN has information about the revolt in Egypt and how the people are waiting to see what the President has to say. Upon going to FOXnews.com, I found the article immediately it had bolded letters that said Egyptian Military Dissolves Parliament. This caught my attention and guided me to click on that...
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...Rating the News Sites The links that are used are FOXNews.com and CNN.com. The commentary associated with the stories are the same, but some of the reporter’s words are different such as FOX News use the word “five people” and CNN uses the words “five clergy” , FOX News also used ‘molested’ and CNN used the words “abuse victims.” Even though the story is about the same thing, the reporters’ words are different. Both stories where from interviews that the Pope had apologizing to five people who were molested as children by a priest where a march was held in London. FOX News and CNN are both great station that covers news that happens around the world. Both companies take pride in their works and want to make sure that their viewers are interesting in the stories that they reports. Both FOX News and CNN cover the news 24-hours a day and the information from the stories they report are facts and not opinions. FOX News and CNN are well-known news medias that people all around the world depends on to keep them updated on what is going in the United States as well as other countries. In the story that FOX News and CNN reported about the Pope apologizing to the people that was molested by a priest when they were young, both news medias did tremendous interviews and provided coverage so that all the viewers on the internet and the viewers that watch it on TV could see the Pope apologizing and showing the protestors that march in Central London. CNN reported that they would have...
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...unreliability. Physical Preparations: * All pets wear collars that are clearly marked and coincide with their primary key in our database. * Backup lighting installed and inspected quarterly - 12hr battery life. * Backup generator with fuel to last 72 hours. * Emergency food and water stored in basement. * Three hard copy evacuation routes for each hot site location * Emergency printable animal / owner roster pre-created & available to be printed at any time. * Emergency backup power for server and main computer (allow time for generator to power on) Before: This is a challenging step because in this part of the plan you must decide if you will be staying or evacuating. The safest time to evacuate is prior to the emergency. If you've determined the hurricane will be manageable and you stay, you will have to: Monitor news, check battery levels, maintain accurate roster, touch base with alternate hot sites, prepare a go kit should you have to move (includes evacuation route maps, swappable hard disks, pet / owner rosters, employee emergency contacts, DR plan), contact hot sites and determine availability During: Unfortunately, this is often the most helpless of the steps. Number one priority should be safety. Individuals should move to predetermined hurricane locations in the center of the building under tables or other supportive objects. This is a time to keep each other calm and wait it out. Things to consider doing if safely able to...
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...transition process will be smooth. It is also, in a business’ best interest to practice backup quite often. That will ensure the most up to date information being stored and saved. With natural disasters occurring every day, a business must always prepare for the worst. That is why having a disaster recovery plan is critical to ensure the business isn’t halted for hours, days or weeks. A disaster recovery plan is a plan to basically be able to get back to work after a disaster. This includes recovering information, recovering the system, and having a new location already set for you to get the ball rolling again. Most organizations have either a hot cite, warm site, or cold site. A hot site, which is a separate facility with fully loaded equipment standing by, is probably the best option to have. A warm site has the computer equipment, but needs to be installed and properly configured. A cold site has none of the above, but is simply a...
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...Rodger Covino 21NOV13 COM/150 Week 7 – Introduction and Conclusion Today, the world is more dependent on technology than ever before. More than 90% of Americans own a computerized device (Gahran, 2011). People received text messages and emails on their cell phones, go online to order food, cars are able to park themselves, and while driving, the lights are controlled by centralized computer system (Greenman, 1998). The truth of the matter is, that people have become so dependent on technology that they are not prepared for any type of service interuptions. With non-disaster related blackouts up 124% since the early 90’s (Patterson, 2010) and the increase in disruptive weather patterns, people should start taking steps to sever their dependency on technology, or at the very least have a solid plan in place for when things go black. We should also pay more attention to the information that we make available online. The most damaging information is the information that we make readily available with little regard for who might be viewing it. People are entirely too dependent on technology related services for communication, commerce, and social media. Our over reliance on technology is causing the social life of many individuals to become distorted. Before the boom of technological growth, people socialized and interacted, but today many people prefer connecting with their friends and family through social media, as opposed to face to face communication. The relationships...
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...at the palm of their hands. The high usage of social media sites is creating a new medium for companies to communicate with consumers on a personal level they were not able to years ago. With the usage of smartphones sky rocketing consumers are now able give their “two cents” about products or services the second they experience them. This is an essential element for companies and consumers because social media allows them to view reactions about new products, whether they are negative or positive. Where would you like to eat tonight? Be daring and try the new bistro that just opened down the street or play it safe and go to Applebee’s? This could be one of the most daunting decisions someone may have to make throughout their day. When it comes to where one would like to spend their hard earned dollar on a meal 45% of consumers turn to leading social media sites like Yelp for recommendations (Pann). 57% of consumers rely on the reviews from these sites on restaurants to determine where they will dine that night (Pann). But how reliable are these reviews that consumers are putting such high importance when it comes to their dining experiences? When it comes to the reviews on websites such as Yelp, a recent study by Gartner a tech research company has determined by 2014 that 10% to 15% of reviews found on these sites are falsified (Pann). These falsified reviews are hurting the reputation of social media review sites because if consumers are not able to trust the information...
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...Environment Description 13 Essential Equipment 13 Disaster Recovery Scripts 15 RECOVERY PLAN ELEMENTS 17 1. Recovery Plan for Major Disasters 17 A. Detection and Reaction 17 B. Identifying the problem – Notifying the authorities 17 C. Establishing a Command Center 17 D. Reducing Exposure 17 2. Roles and Responsibilities 20 A. Management / Damage Assessment Team: Initial Response 21 B. Disaster Recovery Teams — Emergency Contact List 22 (AGENCY) FUNCTIONAL AREA MANAGERS 23 3. Recovery Plan for Major Disasters 24 A. Establishment of Full Recovery at Backup Site 24 B. Disaster Recovery Team Checklists 24 C. Restoration of Facilities and Operations at the Original and/or Alternate Site 24 4. DISASTER RECOVERY TEAMS 24 A. Emergency Contact List in Section 2-B & Activity Checklists Provided in Section 3-B 24 B. Description and Responsibilities 24 C. On-going Functional Responsibilities 29 5. Providers 30 A. New and Used Hardware Providers 31 B. Software Providers 31 C. Communications Providers 31 D. Special Equipment...
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...do in case of an emergency. Drills that need be conducted should include natural disasters such as a fire, network outage due to a hacker, and an onsite intruder. II. Disaster Recovery Processes A. Offsite backups provide businesses a redundancy safe guard in case of a disaster. This service can usually be done with just a monthly fee and includes automatic backups of your entire network. Tape drives which used to be the best practice for backups but they are expensive to maintain and require a large amount of space to store the data. External hard drives are another option but they were not meant for frequent transportation and constant over writing of data can cause bad sectors which leaves the data unreadable. B. Hot and cold sites allow for a network to be back up and running in as...
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...subsidiary located in New Hampshire and Vermont, currently has 2 weeks to prepare for a meeting with Chip Knight, the recently appointed director of pre-operating systems for CelluComm. Peterson has faced numerous issues that prior management seems to ignore or consider inaccurate, and thus, Peterson feels that it is of upmost importance to accurately explain current issues to a new voice of reason. The first issue facing Peterson is that GMCT is a relatively new division in the CulluComm family, meaning that Peterson will be challenged by occurrences that previously haven’t been documented. Initially, Peterson was under the impression that he would be reporting to Ric Jenkins, CelluComm’s president and founder. However, Peterson soon found out that he would actually be reporting to Jeff Hardy, director of budgets and planning. To Peterson’s dismay, Hardy has little prior experience and is unable to offer advice and support to a new manager who could use minor guidance in regard to these two areas of company growth. Cell tower construction is also several weeks behind schedule, which means that the turn on rate for new customers is not what it should be and thus, cell service is disrupted. Efforts to get the subcontractor to increase construction completion times failed and aggravated customers have begun to complain of poor cell phone coverage, as expected. Peterson tried to convince the Los Angeles headquarters to switch to a local subcontractor in New Hampshire from an existing...
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...put visuals that would help the turf vendor or anybody that is looking at the presentation understand what kind of work we will be doing and what work we will not be completing I also tried to show pictures of a cell site and what type equipment that is used on cell sites to show the turf vendor or anybody who is looking at the presentation to understand where the equipment is going. The first slide it is basically a slide just telling what the presentation is going to be about this slide is to give the viewer the information that they need to know before they get in to the actual presentation it is to show them what is going to be shown to them during the presentation. The second slide is to tell the viewer what the proposed scope of work is the reason for the slide is to tell the viewer the type of equipment that is to be installed at the site. This is to let the viewer know that this is the equipment that is going to be installed on the site and tell the viewer that this is the equipment that we install. The third and fourth slide are slides to show the different proposed scopes of work. The reason for these slides are to let the viewer know that there are different types of sites and that there will be different types of work that has to be done. The sites are different and there is some work that we cannot perform because we do not do that type of work. Either we are not capable of doing the work or it would cost to much for us to do the work and would not...
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...image and reputation. Service industry businesses, particularly those that rely on positive word-of-mouth, are exposed to the negative influence of fake reviews and false ratings. This paper explores the ways that online reviews are manipulated, highlighting the effects of the social and anonymous nature of the Internet and online review sites. Additionally, this paper examines several methods that can be employed to mitigate the long-term impact of false or manipulated reviews, including a brief review of US law, and the monitoring of review sites to ensure that identifiably false reviews are removed. Keywords: online ratings, service industry, review manipulation Online Image and Reputation: Mitigating Negative Impact of False Reviews on Service Industry Businesses Chapter 1: Introduction Background Businesses, especially service industry businesses like hotels, restaurants, and rental agencies, rely on several methods of reaching out to potential customers and expanding their market base. One avenue that helps persuade a potential customer to use their services over a competitor is through the use of online review and ratings sites like Yelp, Insider pages, and City Search (Malbon, 2013). Online ratings for service industry businesses differ in several important ways from online reviews applied to retail websites like Amazon, Wal-Mart,...
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...industry as part of his second year job search, and interviewed by Ric Jenkins, its president and founder. He had no previous worked experience in cellular industry. Cellucomm Organization was a challenge for Peterson he felt very fortunate to have opportunity to work directly under Jenkins. Background: Erik Peterson was hired as general manager at Green mountain Cellular, (GMCT) one of Cellucomm ‘s subsidiaries. It is a “pre operating “system and still in construction phase. GMCT will serve 400,000 people and operate 21 cell sites, 16 sites were anticipated to be ready by turn on date and five other in eight month following GMCT is one month behind the target because of numerous problem, the revised turn on date is April 1st and Peterson is schedule to meet Knight in two weeks to discuss various problem that have led to delay. Cellular Telephone Industry Overview: The cellular mobile telephone industry was established in early 1980s. It was new technology that allowed geographic area to be divided into “Cell”. Within each cells a tower communicated with the cellular mobile phone via radio signals. Each tower is...
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...DRP versus BCP Disaster Recovery Plan The Disaster Recovery Plan or DRP is a test of a system back up procedures and practice. DRP is something that is rehearsed before a disaster happens in order to prepare for an event that might leave a company crippled or without a service. In the event something should happen to a company such as an internet connection going down, the crash of a server, or loss of power it is important to what to do in the event of an emergency. Loss of any one of these system could cause a company loss of revenue. DRP needed to be practiced, rehearsed many times periodically to assure that everyone involved knows what to do. Practice makes perfect, the more practice and rehearsal is done the easier and quicker it will be for someone to implement the steps needed to complete the recovery plan. It’s always best to practice these steps during non-peak hours. Typically DRP testing would be done overnight, on weekends, or holidays. It’s important to test the DRP system and process to ensure that the backup system is functioning properly, and the steps taken to get there are effective. Ideally this would all be automated, but not always possible. Step by step instructions and procedures are what make up the DRP, primarily its intended for key departments the most important being the IT department. These procedures and instructions are what will recover critical business systems in the event of a disaster. Making sure they are relevant, work properly, and...
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...department management. Deming’s 14 Principles Dr. William Edwards Deming is known as the father of the Japanese post-war industrial revival and was regarded by many as the leading quality guru in the United States. Deming created 14 Principles for Management that summarised his business philosophy. The principles became a basis for transformation of industry. The 14 principles apply anywhere, from small organisations to large ones, to the service industry as well as to manufacturing. They apply to any division within a company. 2. Adopt the New Philosophy Management should actually adopt the ‘quality philosophy’, rather than merely expect the workforce to do so. When the new clinical trial project is thoroughly planned and the quality matters are carefully embedded into it by the study management, while creating the atmosphere of striving for the best performance, it will penetrate into the study team at all levels, both in-house and at sites. When the management looks forward, not at the competitors, but at the customers, that will be the moment of major change. 3. Cease Dependence on Inspection Quality does not come from inspection; mass...
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...Erik Peterson Starting a new position does not always go as planned. For Erik Peterson, a newly appointed GM, he faced problems in concerns to the turn on date for Green Mountain Cellular Telephone Company (GMCT). Problems delaying the date began right away. Erik planned on reporting to the tough and impressive president of CelluComm the fast growing cellular company, Ric Jenkins, however he was reporting to Jeff Hardy, Director of Budgets and Plans of CelluComm. Another problem Erik faced was the frequently used subcontractor company that was constructing the cell towers was behind schedule and facing complaints from citizens related to cutting private property. To make matters even more complicated, Curt Andrews the Chief Engineer at GMCT was a poor planner and failed to prepare the five activities necessary for the turn on date. To help pick up the pace, Erik hired three more young professionals who unfortunately did not have a lot of experience in the industry but did have impressive credentials. When Curt and another employee found out about the new employee's salaries, their protests led to the new employee taking a pay cut. Another obstacle was that the equipment selection was delayed because headquarters delayed decisions and made changes to the specified equipment resulting in constant changes in patterns for GMCT. Altogether, Peterson faced problems with communication, employees, money, subcontractors, citizens, zoning, and time constraints. Luckily...
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