...Running Heading: Huffman Trucking Operating System ANTHONY MEREDITH HUFFMAN TRUCKING OPERATING SYSTEM CSS/561 January 17, 2011 Introduction Huffman trucking is a national transportation company. The company's 1,400 employees work in its logistical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey; its central maintenance facility is in Cleveland, Ohio (University of Phoenix, 2005). Since Huffman Trucking has so many different location their network is often overlooked and their network is a big part in determining if they are going to successful or not. I will be taking a look at their operating system and determining the usefulness of their system. Huffman network consist of many different operating systems. Those operating systems that are utilized at those different facilities are mostly Windows based, with Windows NT, Windows SP, Windows 2000 servers, Microsoft Exchange and IIS. The Missouri office uses a mixture of different operating system, using several different windows base system and the use of Macintosh environment. That office also uses Lotus Notes for email rather than using Microsoft Exchange. The result of so many operating systems is developed over time and is due to the evolution of the company. The evolution of Huffman caused them to expand and add needed systems for the increase in demand for products or new business requirements. The expansion of the overall operating systems is due to necessity, but not necessarily...
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...Evolution of Computer Applications and Architecture By Ken Jacobi, Computer Architecture (IT-501) In discussing the evolution of computer architecture, we find that there are many angles on how people tend to view things. Some will take consideration in how things have changed over the last few years. Others will take a stronger look at the direction of where they believe technology is going. A third focus is in regards to the unexpected mistakes that people have made. In conjunction with the past, how can these mistakes be avoided in the coming future and evolution of technology; both for equal and competitive reasons. In part with this, we can turn to the very basic view about what makes a good design. Many architectural topics once began with the idea that if you build something and develop it correctly, change is not something one should expect. If it’s developed right the first time then you don’t have to change it. In this successful strive, people have come to the underlying conclusion that this is a very unrealistic position to be. A very good place to stress the relevance here is by dating back to the start of an exciting architectural turn of events that have gotten us to where we now are: the birth of modern computing. Many will say that this “landmark” of progress has lead to an evolutional launch that we constantly live within. It’s safe to say that these embarking events once began somewhere amongst the early 1970s. Coming out of the...
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...Raj Narayan Saha | CIT1533 | SCM-024155 Raj Narayan Saha | CIT1533 | SCM-024155 Introduction to Operating Systems assignment 1 Introduction to Operating Systems assignment 1 Contents The Linux Operating System 1 The History of Linux 3 The linux mascot 4 linux and its fued with microsoft 4 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Linux 6 Comparing Linux to Windows 7 The increase in complexity of Operating Systems 8 advantages and disadvantages of this increased complexity 10 Client-Server Operating System 11 Plug and Play & Multitasking in Windows 13 plug and play 13 multitasking in windows 15 References 17 The Linux Operating System Before getting into Linux, a short introduction on what an Operating System is – An Operating System is a software layer that is between the hardware and the software that you actually use to get something productive. In other words, the operating system is what allows the software to talk to the hardware, such as storing information to the hard drive, to send out print jobs to the printer and so on and so forth. Figure [ 1 ] An excerpt from the Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) website on how and why it's free Figure [ 1 ] An excerpt from the Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) website on how and why it's free Now, onto Linux. Linux, like Microsoft Windows is an Operating System. Unlike Windows, however, Linux is open source, meaning one can readily find the source code for the OS for free and add or edit...
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...Oliver 1 Comparison between Microsoft and VMware With the Microsoft Cloud OS vision, people get one consistent platform that goes beyond just virtualization, and includes management, automation, development platform, network, data, and identity. Microsoft offers a platform that supports peoples’ needs from bare metal up through applications and out to devices, including mission-critical workloads, from leading solution providers that include Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. People can choose the platform that's right for their entire business, and adapt as the needs of their business change. In-text reference: (Microsoft, 2014). Microsoft changes Hyper-V in each version, which creates a learning curve for IT staff with every new Windows release. In-text reference: (IT World, 2014) VMware has publically changed its product roadmaps several times over the last few years. VMware touts these changes as product evolution, but existing people are left behind with a product that might be unsupported or unfit for the future. VMware's approach is to virtualize everything, and other components like apps, management, identity, and data are viewed through that lens only, without true consideration for the benefits provided by cloud services like application portability, resiliency, and elasticity as well as a common identity platform. Unlike Windows Server and Azure, VMware is not certified and supported by Oracle. In-text reference: (Microsoft, 2014). With its 2 initial...
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...the number of firms, barriers to entry, pricing decisions, output decisions, interdependence, LR profit, and P and MC. Microsoft is a great example of a Monopoly with the vast amount of products that they offer and no other firms to compete with for most of their products. However since they do have so many different products they can only classify as a Monopoly for some. Products such as X-box would not classify as a Monopoly product since there is competition in that market. Even though X-box would not classify as a Monopoly the vast majority of the products that Microsoft produces are. This makes it virtually impossible for any other firm to come along and enter this market. Microsoft is the undisputed leader in the market for operating systems (Sheremata 1997). The Microsoft Corporation has produced the vast majority of operating systems for all personal computers (PCs); moreover, operating systems that Microsoft has created are Windows95, Windows 3.1, and DOS. They also have produced the leading spreadsheet and word processors for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. They own 85% of the market share with their office software Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft Access. Not surprisingly, most of us have used some if not all of these products and/ or services provided by the Microsoft Corporation. How did the Microsoft Corporation develop into a software monopoly? For the most part, one or several combinations of the following forge monopolies:...
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...Introduction Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.[3] It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.[4] Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The company's 1986 initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date.[5] As of 2012, Microsoft is market dominant in both the PC operating system and office suite markets (the latter with Microsoft Office). The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including internet search (with Bing), the video game industry (with the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles), the digital services market (through MSN), and mobile phones (via...
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...become dependent but addicted to our text trance inducing, video playing, face booking internet device wrapped in plastic and glass. The split second our precious phone could touch social media and the internet it was over, we were hooked and there is no turning back. The cellphone has become the single most used portable computing component of our lives and the most disposable and the most intertwined. We could start our story with vendors or marketers but I will discuss some of the more main stream ideology first, i.e. what makes a smartphone a smartphone by definition. From a technological point the discussion is fairly simple really, you take a small LCD screen, battery, cellular radio, CPU and RAM plus a really cool operating system. Voilà! A cell phone. The advanced micro-technology coupled with highly consumable content and our social interactions make the Internet larger and the world smaller. A user could be texting a colleague in Christ Church who could be doing a Facebook Check-In while texting a Twitter post exposing his or her comments or thoughts to tens of thousands of internet denizens almost simultaneously. Within seconds subscribers throughout the planet are touched or notified minute by minute of goings on all over the globe. Newspapers, magazines, technical groups all “ in the cloud “ and the service providers are laying out the mediums required for the interconnection, the smartphone.(Laptopmag.com 2009 ) From an engineering standpoint...
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...Training Tip Guide for Operating Systems at Datamax Inc. IT/282 2013 Introduction to Operating Systems Before we start we should know what an OS (operating system) is. It’s an operating system that manages your hardware, it will run the applications and provide an interface for users, stores, and it retrieves and manipulates files. Basically, every Windows operating systems have variations one being better than the next over time. I will start with Windows 2000, it is an upgrade of Windows NT, which came in a couple of versions, and some were designed for the use with desktops while others were designed for high-end servers. Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server are network server operating systems. Windows 2000 offered several improvements over Windows NT, including a more stable environment, support for Plug and Play, Device Manager, Recovery Console, Active Directory, better network support, and features specifically targeting Notebook computers. Windows 2000 has a lower system requirements and it has also has an easier interface, whereas Windows XP has all of the features like Windows Movie Maker, inbuilt CD writer support, Internet firewall, as well as Remote Desktop Connection. Windows 2000 is a lot better version of Windows NT and it’s also available in several different versions. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on December 15, 1999 and launched to retail...
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...winning tactics, to help companies fighting today's—and tomorrow's—battles. There is no doubt about the significance of standards battles in today's economy. Public attention is currently focused on the Browser War between Microsoft and Netscape (oops, America On-Line). Even as Judge Jackson evaluates the legality of Microsoft's tactics in the Browser War, the Audio and Video Streaming Battle is heating up between Microsoft and RealNetworks over software to deliver audio and video over the Internet. The 56k Modem War of 1997 pitted 3Com against Rockwell and Lucent. Microsoft's Word and Excel have vanquished WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 respectively. Most everyone remembers the Video-Cassette Recorder Duel of the 1980s, in which Matsushita's VHS format triumphed over Sony's Betamax format. However, few recall how Philips's digital compact cassette and Sony's minidisk format both flopped in the early 1990s. This year, it's DVD versus Divx in the battle to replace both VCRs and CDs. Virtually every high-tech company has some role to play in these battles, perhaps as a primary combatant, more likely as a member of a coalition or Prepared for the Cnlifornia Management Review.Jh'is material is adapted from our book, Information Rules:A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1998). See www.inforuies.com for further information about the book.To order a copy, call 888-500-1016. We are indebted to our colleagues Joseph Farrell and Michael L Katz...
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...remain a leader in this competative market. To help them stay on top of the market they have requested a comprehensive review of their business systems servers and operating systems. This review will benefit their managing of their information technology data resources. The primary systems this overview concentrates on are Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. Within each of these systems are sub-systems that will be addressed as needed. Features and Benefits of Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional includes Active Directory integration along with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that is a server and domain management tools. “You manage Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 domains using tools loaded into a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) window. You can access these tools over the network directly or over the Internet via Internet Information Server.” ("Windows XP and desktop management," 2011). Windows XP Professional is an excellent choice to serve as a client-based network administration workstation. Windows XP Professional contains two remote connectivity tools. First XP Professional contains the Remote Assistant and second it contains the Remote Desktop. Remote Assistant allows a help desk operator to view and take control of the desktop of another system over the network. If the user needs more than just oversight, the remote help desk operator can take control of the user's desktop and perform operations and...
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...the firm’s specific information system applications. It consists of a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise. • Service perspective is defined as providing the foundation for serving customers, working with vendors, and managing internal firm business processes. In this sense, IT infrastructure focuses on the services provided by all the hardware and software. IT infrastructure is a set of firm-wide services budgeted by management and comprising both human and technical capabilities. List and describe the components of IT infrastructure that firms need to manage. Students may wish to use Figure 5-10 to answer the question. IT infrastructure today is composed of seven major components. • Internet Platforms – Apache, Microsoft IIS, .NET, UNIX, Cisco, Java • Computer Hardware Platforms – Dell, IBM, Sun, HP, Apple, Linux machines • Operating Systems Platforms – Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X • Enterprise Software Applications – (including middleware), SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Microsoft, BEA • Networking/Telecommunications – Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, Novell, Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, MCI, AT&T, Verizon • Consultants and System Integrators – IBM/KPMG, EDS, Accenture • Data Management and Storage – IBM DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, EMC Systems 2. What are the stages and technology drivers of IT infrastructure evolution? List each of the eras in...
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...functionality. Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides CIOs and IT managers with the means to reduce costs while improving operational flexibility throughout their computing infrastructure. The following list provides a brief summary of the more important features: * Virtualization is provided in all Red Hat Enterprise Linux server products and is optionally available for desktop products. * Storage and extended server virtualization are provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform. * Red Hat Network supports virtualized guest operating systems * Virtual-manager, other management tools are available for single system or scripted virtualization management. * Integration with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is available for enterprise virtualization management. Networking & interoperability * Network storage enhancements include Autofs, FS-Cache, and iSCSI support * IPv6 support and conformance enhancements * Improved Microsoft® file/print and Active Directory integration, including support for Windows Security Features * SE Linux enhancements include Multi-Level Security and targeted policies for all services * SE troubleshooter GUI simplifies SE Linux management * Integrated directory and security capabilities * IPSEC enhancements improve security and performance * Exec-Shield enhancements, such as a call frame Canary word, strengthen hacker defenses * New Audit features provide powerful new search/reporting...
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...Operating System Analysis Paper Team A: , POS/355 August 25, 2012 Demetrius Fluker University of Phoenix Operating System Analysis Paper When ruminating over which operating system for a home, business, or office computer or network of computers, it is vital to evaluate all areas of the different operating systems options. The key system options to compare and contrast when evaluating Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Linux operating systems are to consider the system requirements, the different editions available, security features, system features, updates and support, user interface, and cost effectiveness. Moreover, the best fit operating system can be determined depended on the individual’s or organization’s needs. Operating System Requirements Windows XP The system requirements for Windows XP Home Edition and Professional Edition are the same. These requirements are a PC with a 233 megahertz or higher (a 300 megahertz + processor speed is recommended), 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher (128 MB is recommended), 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard drive space, a video adapter and monitor that is Super VGA (800x600) or higher-resolution, CD/DVD-ROM drive, keyboard, and mouse/pointing device. The Windows XP Starter Edition has different system requirements. These are 233MHz processor or better, 256 MB of RAM, Super VGA (800x600) video adapter and monitor, CD/DVD-ROM drive, keyboard, mouse/pointing device, DirectX 9 graphics with 32 MB...
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...adoption 11. Education 12. Future of desktop linux 13. Conclusion Introduction “Bill Gates was the first to realize the power of ‘good enough.’ We don’t have to offer the perfect desktop environment, just one that’s good enough for most people.” [pic] Desktop Linux, also called Linux on the desktop, refers to specialized Linux distributions with features designed for desktop personal computer users. These features include a graphical user interface and personal use applications. Some Linux distributions have targeted the desktop role specifically, while others include all the software available for the platform. In that case, the user will be given the choice to select either a "desktop" or "server" type when the operating system is installed. THE ADOPTION CYCLE Looking back Many technologies have enjoyed widespread success when a new application was released that allowed the benefits of the new technology to fully demonstrate themselves. The Macintosh computer, for instance, started gaining momentum with the release of Adobe Pagemaker and the postscript printer, creating the desktop publishing industry. Likewise, the Internet was used only in academic and technical circles until the release of the Mosaic web browser. As a result, some people believe that the emergence of a “ killer app ”will be critical to broader desktop adoption of Linux. Examining the adoption of Linux servers reveals a different dynamic of adoption, bearing some striking similarities...
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..."Microsoft Corporation, is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44.28 billion and 71,553 employees in 102 countries as of July 2006. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its bestselling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360 and MSN TV" ("Microsoft Corporation by eknowledge"). By law a monopoly is not allowed to exist in the US. It has been long discussion whether Microsoft is a monopoly or not? Among other charges Microsoft was charged with "monopolizing the computer operating system market, integrating the Internet Explorer web browser into the operating system in an attempt to eliminate competition from Netscape, and using its market power to form anticompetitive agreements with producers of related goods" (Economics: Resource Center). Because it obtained the current monopolistic state through innovation and its superior products many judge Microsoft a...
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