...Date: 20th November 2012 Timothy D. Cook Chief Executive Officer Apple Inc. SYNOPSIS: Apple Inc. is at a crossroad in the company’s existence, where it needs to decide in which direction to move for the continual success of the brand. Through innovation and sound product lines, the company has managed to triumph tremendous odds of continuous success over the past thirty plus years of the company’s IPO. Co-founder and former CEO Steve P. Jobs, put the company on the right track for success. It is my suggestion that the company stay true to the vision and direction Jobs set course for Apple Inc. The success of the company lies on the following product lines: iPhone, iPad and Mac devices. All other product lines must be formed to support these three products. It is quite clear that Apple Inc. has put much of its technological resources into the iPhone. The iPhone has now become the major revenue provider for the company at over 50% of total income. The iPad, taking the second greatest majority of revenue at over 22% for the company, also needs to stay aggressive in its category of technology. It is my belief that table devices will eventually make the laptop obsolete. I will cover this theory in further detail in the actual report. Next, the home computing devices, the original product line of Apple Inc., must continue to exist. This is the reason the company came to be and is a sure bet to stable profits for the company. This too, will be covered on the following pages...
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...Copyright © 2010 Juniper Networks, Inc. www.juniper.net BUSINESS CHALLENGE: GRANT ACCESS VS. ENFORCE SECURITY Maximize Productivity with Access... Allow partner access to applications (Extranet portal) Increase employee productivity by providing anytime, anywhere access (Intranet, E-mail, terminal services) …While Enforcing Strict Security Allow access only to necessary applications and resources for certain users Mitigate risks from unmanaged endpoints Customize experience and access for diverse user groups (partners, suppliers, employees) Enable provisional workers (contractors, outsourcing) Enforce consistent security policy Support myriad of devices (smartphones, laptops, kiosks) …And the Solution Must Achieve Positive ROI Minimize initial CAPEX costs Lower ongoing administrative and support OPEX costs 3 www.radiusconsultingghana.com Copyright © 2010 Juniper Networks, Inc. www.juniper.net THE SOLUTION: JUNIPER NETWORKS SA SERIES SSL VPN APPLIANCES Mobile User – Cafe Secure SSL access to remote users from any device or location Easy access from Web-browsers – no client software to manage Dynamic, granular access control to manage users and resources SA6500 VoIP Teleworker Business Partner or Customer Single comprehensive solution to access various application types from various devices available Wireless User Airport Kiosk User 4 www.radiusconsultingghana.com Copyright © 2010 Juniper Networks, Inc. www.juniper.net JUNIPER NETWORKS...
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...Dell Inc. & Amazon.com Inc. | Dell Computer Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company based in Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world, employing more than 103,300 people worldwide. In 2012 it was the third largest PC vendor in the world after HP and Lenovo. Dell is currently the #1 shipper of PC monitors in the world. Dell sells personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals, HDTVs, cameras, printers, MP3 players and also electronics built by other manufacturers. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management and electronic commerce, particularly its direct-sales model and its "build-to-order" or "configure to order" approach, delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications by implementing a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing approach. Dell was a pure hardware vendor for much of its existence, but a few years ago with the acquisition of Perot Systems, Dell entered the market for IT services. The company has since made additional acquisitions in storage and networking systems, with the aim of expanding their portfolio from offering computers only to delivering complete solutions for enterprise customers. Its Business/Corporate class represents brands...
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...impact this industry. The first market force that impacts the computer industry is economic and the decline of consumer spending. Since the economic downturn in 2007, consumers tightened their wallets and began to spend less than what they had been spending in prior years (Hartley, Kerin, & Rudelius, 2013, p. 73). This led to slumped sales within the computer industry. Several other markets experienced this slump, and it primarily occurred from consumers judging their purchases on necessity instead of desire. In addition, computer parts such as hard drives, motherboards, peripherals and more were already experiencing a drop in price over the last ten years. Currently, the prices for manufacturer parts dropped to 50 percent (Hoover’s INC, 2012, ch. 11). As the economy slowly heals, consumers are still wary about spending excess money (Chappell, 2011). The computer parts industry and others rely on consumer spending in order to make a...
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...Advertising Inc. Below is a project for my Windows Server Administration Course. This was the first course of the kind I have taken. Let me know what you think. Summary Servers are the backbone of an organization. The implementation and configuration of a server network can determine the prosperity or failure of a business. After reviewing the needs of Worldwide Advertising Inc., I have come up with what I think is the best solution. I will be covering infrastructure server roles such as: DHCP and DNS, which work behind the scenes, to the application servers which give life to your advertising dreams. I have prescribed an active directory schema that will require effortless management. I have proposed a File and Sharing implementation that suites a growing enterprise as well as state of the art data storage. I have also noted some preliminary estimates of scheduling and manpower required for the solution. Deployment and Server Edition Throughout the infrastructure the most advanced server operating system, Windows Server 2008 R2, will be used. Enterprise edition will be leveraged on all servers, because it has 4 virtual licenses per OS. To increase reliability and security Server Core will be on all servers. There will be a total of 10 servers for the Worldwide Advertising Inc. internal network. The majority of the servers will be managed from the Los Angeles main office while four servers will be located at the New York branch. All 35 desktops will run...
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...methods of networking techniques in order to build a successful network in Ocper, Inc. On the last proposal, the company was ready to expand its business by changing its network from peer to peer to client/ server network. Today, wireless network become more popular. In order to compete with other businesses and to adapt with the evolving technology, Ocper, Inc is getting ready to proceed to adapt wireless networking. Wireless networks are uniquely positioned today to support corporate enterprise client/server efforts in order to extend the reach of information systems to the front lines of business operations. VPN access in wireless network is also beneficial to Ocper, Inc.; because it allows an organization to carve out a private WAN through the internet, serving only its offices, while keeping the data secure and isolated from the other (public) traffic. The best option for VPN access for the employees to remotely access the Ocper, Inc. network is by way of SSL-based VPNs. They provide remote-access connectivity from almost any Internet-enabled location using a Web browser and its native SSL encryption (Greene, 2008). Keywords: wireless network, VPN access BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL NETWORK 3 Building a Successful Network A wireless network is the best network to use at Ocper, Inc. because a wireless networks are becoming increasingly popular. The president of Ocper, Inc. would like to add four servers to the network so employees can share files. With the...
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...Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) Reference Architecture October 5, 2010 What You Will Learn Enterprise IT departments are pressured to control costs, improve manageability, enhance security, and speed-up the deployment of new capabilities while supporting a consistent user experience across diverse endpoints. Desktop virtualization (DV) has become a popular solution for addressing these needs. With hosted DV, the end-user’s desktop experience (operating system, applications, and associated data) is abstracted from the physical endpoint and centralized. The user’s desktop image is hosted as a virtual machine on a data center server. Users can access hosted virtual desktops from anywhere through DV appliances, smart phones, tablet computers, laptop and desktop computers, and other clients. Organizations deploying DV face many challenges, as the DV technologies potentially affect the entire IT infrastructure. To address these challenges, Cisco has developed Cisco® Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI), a comprehensive architecture for desktop virtualization. Cisco VXI, which uses three existing Cisco architectures, includes designs for virtualized data centers, virtualization-aware borderless networks, and virtualized workspaces, and the critical services needed to support these architectures. Cisco VXI reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO), streamlines operations, simplifies management, and positions organizations for growth. This document describes...
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...Unit 1 Case Analysis: Apple Inc. Background In January 2007, Apple Computer Inc was renamed Apple Inc. after 30 years of being a very productive organization. Apple Inc. changed from being known as strictly a Macintosh computer company into a diverse technology company that is known for its art, video, and graphics. They presented this diversity by selling new products such as; the Ipod used together with the iTunes store and the iPhone. In 2008, Apple Inc earned a profit of $1.07 billion from revenue of $7.46 billion. Over half of Apples income was generated from the sales in these new products (Yoffie &Slind, 2008). Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in April 1976. Their first computer was called the Apple I. Apple Computer was incorporated in 1977 by bring on another partner, A.C. “Mike” Markkula, Jr. With the help of Markkula, Jobs and Wozniak introduced the Apple II computer in 1978. The Apple II drove the PC industry up to $1 billion in annual sales in less than three years. Apple, of course was the industry leader by selling more than 100,000 Apple IIs by the end of 1980 (Yoffie &Slind, 2008). Apple Inc. Obstacles In 1981, IBM entered the market with its DOS operating system and a microprocessor from Intel. This made them competitors for Apple because IBM’s system was one that other producers could clone. Apple saw a 6.2% drop in their market shares in 1982 and the net income fell 17% between 1983 and 1984. This left the company in dire...
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...issues, highlighting problems such as the Canadian seal hunt, the devastation of the world's whale population and the international transportation of horses. Today, WSPA has 13 offices worldwide and over 400,000 individual supporters. WSPA is also the world's largest network of animal protection specialists having a membership of over 400 animal protection societies in 91 countries. The society is represented on numerous international bodies and has consultative status at the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Key Features: · · · · · Online Manged Anti-Virus Protection for Desktops Quick , two step deployment Automated updates 24x7 Web-based reports Managed for you by McAfee experts The Environment WSPA has a very distributed environment with locations in the UK, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and USA. The desktops run a combination of Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95. The headquarters and most of WSPA’s servers were located in London. The Business Problem In 2001, security vulnerabilities increased in frequency and complexity, with virus attacks alone accounting for over $13 billion in damages across the business world due to loss of productivity during downtime and damage or loss of documents. Most IT administrators recognize the need for comprehensive protection...
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...Diana Brooks Future Tek, Inc. 28345 Beck Rd. Suite 101 Wixom, MI 48393 August 20, 2012 Tracy Birch Contracting Manager J Avenue DDC J7-AB, Bldg. 404 New Cumberland, PA 17070-5001 Dear Tracy Birch: Attached is our proposal for solicitation #SP3300-12-R-0007 for the On-Site Support Services project. This proposal assumes that if it is granted, all parties will work together to develop an on-site support service that is both robust and reliable for a lower price than our competitors. We are currently offering a 20% discount for our entire list of services or 10% on the minimal required services to complete this ongoing project. Please keep in mind that this proposal is based on information provided at this time. Any revisions made to the solicitation after today will be subject to a price review. We reserve the right to withdraw this bid if it is not accepted within 45 days. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Diana Brooks Sales Contract Manager I have enclosed a copy of Future Tek, Inc.’s resume, technical capabilities and pricing information. Copyright © 1998 by Ann Poe Future Tek, Inc. has been in the Information Technology for a total of 11 years. During those years we’ve dealt mainly with the integration of new information technology systems into Financial based institutions. We are looking to not only expand our services to other industries outside of banking. After reviewing the bid solicitation...
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...Colorado Technical University IT326-1404-A-01: Network Infrastructure Administration P1-IP1 – Defining and Building Networks AWEGXE EYWVWQ Assignment Due Date: 10/13/2014 Table of Contents Target Organization 3 Proposed Network Solution 6 Network Design 7 Installation and Configuration 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 9 Remote Access 10 Network Pro Prep Toolkit 11 References 12 Target Organization New York based DAR Information Systems Inc. (DAR InfoSyS) is a worldwide initiative offering a leading-edge collaborative suite of custom-built virtual training videos. DAR InfoSyS produces, markets, and supports training videos for organizations of all sizes, brick and mortar, and virtual. DAR InfoSyS’ scalable offerings have been attributed to new customer acquisition, value-added products, and impeccable customer care for all of our clients. DAR Information Systems Inc. is the superlative solution for today’s converged communications, information, and entertainment services providers. Having solicited and won our most prominent client, Verizon Communications Inc., a U.S. technology leader in multi-media services, broadband, wireless, and wireline communications to government, consumer, business, and wholesale customers. Having cumulative assets of approximately $275 billion, and over 177,000 full-time permanent and part-time employees, Verizon is currently seeking to expand its customer base throughout the mid-western United States in direct...
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...Organizational Structure Simulation Shyeta McClain-Bitoy COM/530 September 7, 2015 Robert Beaudry Organizational Structure Simulation Since technology is always making leaps and bounds to ensure that tomorrow’s technology is ten times better than today's. It’s only natural that Synergetic Solutions Inc. opened themselves up to a new market that coincides with their internal and external changes. Thus allowing the company to revolutionize itself. By evaluating what leaders need to successfully implement a change, coming up with strategies on how to carry out the change and what type of resistance would be met in the process. Internally they are facing changes in technology, relevance, and long term foreseen financial crisis for either not keeping up or trying to catch up. With Synergetic Solutions Inc. being a business that caters to assembling and reselling technology that becomes obsolete every six months. They have to change or recalibrate every so often how they handle their products. For example computers no longer have tubes or thirty-pound monitors, and towers are now becoming a thing of the past due to all-in-ones and touch screen options. Ever changing technology has made computers run faster and produce better graphics. For speed with an Intel Core processor, i7 beats out i5 and i3, and for better graphics for gaming or presentations AMD 8 outperforms AMD 7 and AMD 6. While this just deals with the chips, it’s easy to understand that the structure of...
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...COMPANY PROFILE Dell Inc. REFERENCE CODE: 8E2C53C7-29AC-4848-9511-9B752758E3B4 PUBLICATION DATE: 24 Sep 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Dell Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 Business Description...........................................................................................4 History...................................................................................................................6 Key Employees...................................................................................................11 Key Employee Biographies................................................................................12 Major Products and Services............................................................................20 Revenue Analysis...............................................................................................21 SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................22 Top Competitors.................................................................................................28 Company View........................................................
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...Research 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Center Architectures Sponsored by: DELL, INC. The combination of a consolidated data center with a virtualized 10GbE data center can offer your company numerous benefits, including increased adaptability, improved business continuance, and reduced space requirements. Download 10 Tips For Overcoming IT Certification Struggles Sponsored by: SKILLSOFT This resource examines the challenges and benefits of IT certification and includes tips for improving pass rates. Download 10 tips: How to handle 2013 IT challenges Sponsored by: PROJECTPLACE In this resource, CIOs and other IT leaders will find 10 useful tips for how to handle some of 2013's biggest IT challenges, including security issues, consumerization of IT, transparency and collaboration demands from stakeholders, general cost cuts, and mutiple options for cloud-based services. Download 13 Infrastructure Decisions That Result In Poor IT Security Sponsored by: GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE This white paper presents 13 somewhat common infrastructure decisions that can result in poor IT security. It is possible that your organization can improve its security in one or more of these areas. Take the time to assess your current security policy in each of these areas to see if there is room for refinement or improvement. Download 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report Sponsored by: RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC. Riverbed is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for...
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...DELL INC. was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell at age 19 while he was a student living in a dormitory at the University of Texas. As a college freshman, he bought personal computers (PCs) from the excess inventory of local retailers, added features such as more memory and disk drives, and sold them out of the trunk of his car. He withdrew $1,000 in personal savings, used his car as collateral for a bank loan, hired a few friends, and placed ads in the local newspaper offering computers at 10%–15% below retail price. Soon he was selling $50,000 worth of PCs a month to local businesses. Sales during the first year reached $600,000 and doubled almost every year thereafter. After his freshman year, Dell left school to run the business full time. Michael Dell began assembling his own computers in 1985 and marketed them through ads in computer trade publications. Two years later, his company witnessed tremendous change: It launched its first catalog, initiated a field sales force to reach large corporate accounts, went public, changed its name from PCs Limited to Dell Computer Corporation, and established its first international subsidiary in Britain. Michael Dell was selected “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Inc. in 1989, “Man of the Year” by PC Magazine in 1992, and “CEO of the Year” by Financial World in 1993. In 1992, the company was included for the first time among the Fortune 500 roster of the world’s largest companies. By 1995, with sales of nearly $3.5 billion...
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