...effects and it might cause in disturbance in the existing process of communication and etc., so these kind of situations has to closely watched for any kind of hacker intrusion from that vulnerable location apply other risk mitigations in the form of configuration changes or isolation. Credentials, an easy source for intruder: Almost most of the attacks will target to get the credentials of the user, so that, they no need to go through all the difficulties in finding out the ip address then look at the ports and all that stuff. Of the reported incidents in 2015 as per the report, 63% of proved date breaches involved weak, default or stolen passwords. These happen mostly in the Web application attacks, and the POS Intrusions. One simple thing that we ignore is that by maintaining static credentials, a user is luring the attacker for easy way of intrusion. Compare to other methodologies of...
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...Bernard Madoff and the 2008 Financial Crisis On December 11, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged and arrested Bernard Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, with securities fraud for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. On March 12, 2009, Madoff pled guilty to an 11-count criminal complaint admitting to running an international Ponzi scheme and defrauding thousands of investors. The SEC defines a Ponzi scheme as an investment fund that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors (SEC). In the 1920s, the originator of the Ponzi scheme, Charles Ponzi, conned thousands of New England residents into investing in a postage stamp speculation scheme. Ponzi promised his investors returns of 50% in 90 days, which, at the time, was exceptionally high considering the annual interest on bank accounts was only 5% (SEC). Unlike Ponzi, who targeted average people and was very open with his scam, Madoff was very private and targeted wealthy individuals promising them steady returns of 8 – 12% each year. Madoff was perceived as a successful Jewish investor in the financial community and his investment fund was considered as an exclusive membership club. The key to running an ongoing Ponzi scheme is an unlimited supply of new investors because without new incoming money the entire system would collapse. Unlike most Ponzi schemes, which usually fail due to a lack of new...
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...Origin of Conflict Internal reports have detailed hundreds of technical issues and outages. The Electronic Medical Records system of Kaiser Permente has been nothing short of an IT project gone awry. Questions began to rise when Cliff Dodd, the company’s CIO, resigned. Dodd stepped down January 14, 2010 after another Kaiser employee, Justin Deal, sent a memo to every company worker warning of technological and financial repercussions related to the rollout of the nearly $4 billion system from Epic Systems Corp. Deal said he also sent letters to Kaiser management expressing his concerns. But in internal memos, officials said they investigated those concerns and denied that the implementation of the Health Connect system has been a failure. The system is suppose to give more than 100,000 of Kaiser’s physicians and employees instant access to the medical records of some 8.6 million patients, along with e-messaging capability, computerized order entry and electronic prescribing. In addition, the system is suppose to integrate appointment scheduling, registration and billing functions and will offer various features to Kaiser members through KP.org. A power outage on May 9, 2009 at Kaiser’s data center in Corona, California, lasted for 55 hours and 7 minutes and affected the ability of numerous health care facilities to access the Health Connect system. This outage affected every Kaiser Permente region. Providers/clinicians across KP would not have access to medical information...
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...Kevin Dunn MGT 364- Section 01 Research Paper: Product Development Dr. Denton November 21, 2013 Table of Contents: I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 II. Developing Products………………………………………………………….4 III. Product Differentiation……………………………………………………..10 IV. Conclusion and Recommendations ………………………………………..13 V. Works Cited…………………………………………………………………..15 Introduction Product development is one of the most important aspects to any business. New and innovative products have placed companies like Apple, Google and Samsung on the map. Companies like General Motors have been able to rebound from bankruptcy thanks to product development. On the other hand, companies like Eastman Kodak have fallen by the wayside due to their inability to keep up with new products. According to an article in the European Journal of Engineering Education, “Product development is the set of activities starting with the perception of a market need and ending in the production and sale of a new product satisfying that need” (Silva, Arlindo, Elsa Henriques, Aldina Carvalho). By successfully developing a product firms can see increased profits as well as an increased market share. To the helicopter game players, proper product development can set one team apart and earn them more profits. The purpose of this research paper is to explain how to successfully build a product through the phases of product development and product differentiation. As well as to give recommendations...
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...E-Thematic IST–2001-37056 Thematic Network on e-Fulfilment THEMATIC Final Report Report Version: 1 Preparation Date: March 2006 Contract Start Date: 22 July 2002 Duration: 44 months Project Coordinator: Buck Consultants International Partner: ERTICO Members: Allagraf, ECG, ILIM, Neckermann, BTC, S&H, Shipserv, Thomas Miller Project funded under the “Information Society Technologies” Programme (19982002) of the European Union e-Thematic Final Report, March 2006 - e-Fulfilment Future opportunities - Contents Page Chapter 1 3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chapter 2 Introduction 3 3 4 6 7 Defining the Stage 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Chapter 3 Background The e-Thematic project Methodology The Research Consortium Report Supply chain integration and the Internet Traditional versus e-business focus e-Fulfilment Need for end-to-end e-Fulfilment solutions Software Standards Conclusions 8 8 9 11 12 13 15 17 18 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Chapter 4 Differentiation in e-Business 18 19 21 24 25 33 Introduction B2B business models B2C business models Differences between B2B and B2C Regional differences in e-Business Concluding Remarks Best Practices and key issues in e-Fulfilment 35 4.1 4.2 4.3 35 37 42 Introduction Best Practices Key issues e-Thematic Final Report, March 2006 - e-Fulfilment Future opportunities - 1 Page Chapter...
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...Ethical issues faced by Proton Car Ethical issues faced by Proton Car Now a day businesses are considering ethical issues as a terms of administrative compliance to cope with legal environments and following internal organizational rules and regulations. It is also true that following business ethics not only motivate employees but also help them to perform at their level best. The impacts of different ethical issues faced by Proton Car of Malaysia are discussed below: a. Rights, conflicts and responsibilities: While Proton car was established in Malaysia, they don't have the skill and technology to run this business swiftly as a result they hired technology and skill from Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. As the technological and knowledge shifted they started to produce on their own effort. This means, Proton Car Corporation is depended on the skill of the labor. So they must give them some rights to motivate them and increase the profitability. As it engaged in global business the necessity for giving the employee rights increased much. Now Proton car have 10,300 employees to cover up its activities. This essay is an example of a student's work Disclaimer This essay has been submitted to us by a student in order to help you with your studies. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. Essay Writing ServiceEssay Marking Service Who wrote this essayPlace an Order As over 42% of the equity is held by the Malaysian Government the employees...
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...International Economics The German Economy 10th of December 2015 Groupmembers: Con Brunissandre Baitzouroff Pawel Fedko Ha Pham Thai 1 Morenikeji Aina-Badejo Atiwat Hongupathamchai Table of Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..…….. 4 2. The Structure of German Economy…………………………………………………….. 5 2.1 Import, Export and Trading Partners…………………………………………………………….. 5 2.2 Germany’s Main Economic Sector – The Automotive Industry…………………….. 8 3. The Global Financial Crisis and its effects on Germany……………………….. 9 3.1 What are the origins of the 2008 financial crisis?............................................. 9 3.2 The financial crisis plunged Germany in an economic crisis………………………….11 3.3 Government’s Action to Combat Crisis ………………………………………………………. 16 4. Future Challenges and Outlook for Germany…………………………………...19 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….21 6. References……………………………………………………………………………………….22 2 Executive Summary This report provides a concise summary of Germany’s main economic features. It starts off by describing the key sectors and trade patterns that make up German economy. From there, it will further examine how one of the strongest economy in the world was affected by the global financial crisis in 2009, and critically analyze the extensive use of policies used by the German government to counter the crisis. The report will conclude by looking at Germany’s long term key challenges and the prospect...
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...Chapter TWO THE ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER CONTENTS Overview of the Chapter 2 Learning Objectives 2 Key Terms 2 Lecture Outline 3 Learning Objectives Revisited 9 Lecture Enhancers 10 Notes for Topics for Discussion and Action 12 Notes for Building Management Skills 16 Notes for Management For You 17 Notes for Small Group Breakout Exercise 17 Notes For Managing Ethically 19 Notes For Web Exercises 19 Notes for You’re the Management Consultant 19 Notes for Management Case 20 Notes for Management Case in the News from the pages of Business Week 21 Overview of the Chapter This chapter examines the organizational environment in detail. It identifies the principal forces—both task and general—that create pressure and influence management and thus affect the way organizations operate. It concludes with a study of several methods that managers can use to help organizations adjust and respond to forces in the organizational environment. Learning Objectives 1. Explain why being able to perceive, interpret, and respond appropriately to the organizational environment is crucial for managers’ success. 1. Identify the main forces in an organization’s general and task environments, and describe the challenges that each force presents to managers. 1. Discuss the main ways in which managers can manage the organizational environment. Key Terms barriers to entry brand loyalty command economy competitors customers demographic forces ...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT | PAGE NUMBER | INTRODUCTION | 2 | TASK A | 3 | TASK B | 4-7 | TASK C | 8-18 | TASK D | 19-25 | CONCLUSION | 26 | RECOMMENDATION | 27-29 | REFFERENCES | 30-31 | INTRODUCTION A REVOLUTIONARY NAME IN AIR TRAVEL REACHES GREATER HEIGHTS (airasia) AirASia is indeed on its way on becoming the dominant player in the airline industry, It is a low cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who operates scheduled domestic and international flights. The company is Asia’s largest low fare, no frills airlines, a pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. Also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. Their main base is in the Low cost Carrier Terminal(LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). They also have associates with the airlines Thai Air Asia and Indonesia Air Asia fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia. The airlines established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate DRB – Hicom. On December 2, 2001 the heavily – indebted airlines was purchased by the former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround, turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed, undercutting former...
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...Article Executive Summary Reprint: R0612F Companies find it challenging and yet strangely reassuring to take on opponents whose strategies, strengths, and weaknesses resemble their own. Their obsession with familiar rivals, however, has blinded them to threats from disruptive, low-cost competitors. Successful price warriors, such as the German retailer Aldi, are changing the nature of competition by employing several tactics: focusing on just one or a few consumer segments, delivering the basic product or providing one benefit better than rivals do, and backing low prices with superefficient operations. Ignoring cut-price rivals is a mistake because they eventually force companies to vacate entire market segments. Price wars are not the answer, either: Slashing prices usually lowers profits for incumbents without driving the low-cost entrants out of business. Companies take various approaches to competing against cut-price players. Some differentiate their products—a strategy that works only in certain circumstances. Others launch low-cost businesses of their own, as many airlines did in the 1990s—a so-called dual strategy that succeeds only if companies can generate synergies between the existing businesses and the new ventures, as the financial service providers HSBC and ING did. Without synergies, corporations are better off trying to transform themselves into low-cost players, a difficult feat that Ryanair accomplished in the 1990s, or into solution providers. There will...
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...Market Data / Supplier Selection / Event Presentations / Best Practice / Template Files / Trends & Innovation Online Reputation and Buzz Monitoring Buyer's Guide 2010 Online Reputation and Buzz Monitoring Buyer's Guide 2010 Published April 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © Econsultancy.com Ltd 2010 Econsultancy 4th Floor, The Corner 91-93 Farringdon Road London EC1M 3LN United Kingdom Econsultancy New York 41 East 11th St., 11th Floor New York, NY 10003 United States Telephone: +1 212 699 3626 http://econsultancy.com help@econsultancy.com Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7269 1450 Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................... 1 1.1. About Econsultancy ..................................................................... 1 2. Executive Summary ......................................................... 2 3. Market trends .................................................................. 4 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. Market set for strong growth as rise of social media increases importance of online reputation ................................. 4 Buzz monitoring becomes a hygiene factor for businesses seeking to manage risk .........................
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...strategies for revising and taking your ACCA exams We show you how to be well prepared for your exam We give you lots of great guidance on tackling questions We show you how you can build your own exams We provide you with three mock exams including the December 2012 exam We provide the ACCA examiner's answers as well as our own to the June and December 2012 exams as an additional revision aid FOR EXAMS UP TO JUNE 2014 First edition 2007 Seventh edition January 2013 ISBN 9781 4453 6653 1 (previous ISBN 9781 4453 8002 5) e-ISBN 9781 4453 6956 3 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All our rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BPP Learning Media Ltd. Published by BPP Learning Media Ltd BPP House, Aldine Place London W12 8AA www.bpp.com/learningmedia We are grateful to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for permission to reproduce past examination questions. The answers to past examination questions have been prepared by BPP Learning Media Ltd. Printed in the United Kingdom by Ricoh Ricoh House Ullswater Crescent Coulsdon CR5 2HR Your learning materials, published by BPP Learning Media Ltd, are printed on paper sourced from sustainable, managed forests. © BPP...
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...Mathematical Writing by Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts This report is based on a course of the same name given at Stanford University during autumn quarter, 1987. Here’s the catalog description: CS 209. Mathematical Writing—Issues of technical writing and the effective presentation of mathematics and computer science. Preparation of theses, papers, books, and “literate” computer programs. A term paper on a topic of your choice; this paper may be used for credit in another course. The first three lectures were a “minicourse” that summarized the basics. About two hundred people attended those three sessions, which were devoted primarily to a discussion of the points in §1 of this report. An exercise (§2) and a suggested solution (§3) were also part of the minicourse. The remaining 28 lectures covered these and other issues in depth. We saw many examples of “before” and “after” from manuscripts in progress. We learned how to avoid excessive subscripts and superscripts. We discussed the documentation of algorithms, computer programs, and user manuals. We considered the process of refereeing and editing. We studied how to make effective diagrams and tables, and how to find appropriate quotations to spice up a text. Some of the material duplicated some of what would be discussed in writing classes offered by the English department, but the vast majority of the lectures were devoted to issues that are specific to mathematics and/or computer science. Guest lectures by...
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