...CSS 422 11-7-11 Mohammad Shakir Kamali Executive Summary This paper will discuss in detail the software currently in use at the four facilities of Riordan Manufacturing. Likewise, the paper will discuss the recommended software upgrades suggested by Team A in week 2. These recommendations will allow Riordan Manufacturing and its employee’s to work more efficiently and have greater overall productivity. This will ensure that Riordan Manufacturing will stay one step ahead of their competitors and have the ability to do business in a more professional manner. To do this, Riordan Manufacturing will need upgrades involving both hardware and software with minimal training and downtime. Introduction Riordan Manufacturing must update their current software and hardware systems to become up-to-date and competitive. Riordan Manufacturing consists of four separate locations, which all currently use dated software systems such as Microsoft 98 OS and Microsoft Office 2K, updating these outdated systems will increase efficiency with the advancements in newer systems. Riordan Manufacturing also has older outdated servers and switches that should be replaced to increase computing speed and transfer time. Updating the overall software architecture of Riordan will see gains overall for Riordan Manufacturing. Company Background Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan...
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...Windows vs. Linux Enterprise Distribution Recommendation Introduction to UNIX Linux vs. Windows Enterprise Distribution Recommendation X Industries is a large sized business that is in the midst of a decision regarding wither or not to switch their existing Windows-based IT system over to a less proprietary product, Linux. This is no easy choice to make, considering X Industries is currently running 170+ Windows-based servers of various types. Their staff fulfills company operations on these servers with their 750+ array of desktop and laptop computers – all running Windows XP Professional. Linux may just be a little dog in the Microsoft park, but a company that makes the big switch can expect Linux to yield benefits in cost savings, increased security, and arguably better usability. However, each individual enterprise situation is always different, so a cookie cutter solution of which system to use will never suffice. Rather, the numbers through subjects of cost, market share, programming capabilities, software compatibility and availability, and the ever-important user interface will tell the best choice. Cost The only way to evaluate cost is to get down to the basics, and look at the statistics. The first topic of cost will center solely on the price for Windows operating system software, first for the network side, then the node side. Other topics will focus on the cost of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which will run on the servers and desktops,...
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...Microsoft Business Plan DD Business Plan Executive Summary The mission statement Microsoft has defined for its self is: “to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.” ("About microsoft,") In addition to aspiring to fulfill their mission statement they also uphold a set of core values. These values are practiced by the employees as well as the company as a whole. Microsoft’s makes the following statement concerning the values they admonish their employees to emulate: “Our values guide our behaviors and must shine through in all our interactions with each other and our stakeholders. Microsoft employees are great people who share the following values: integrity and honesty; passion for customers, partners, and technology; open and respectful with others and dedicated to making them better; willingness to take on big challenges and see them through; self-critical, questioning, and committed to personal excellence and self-improvement; and accountable for commitments, results, and quality to customers, shareholders, partners, and employees.” ("Microsoft standards of," 2010) Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company currently based in Redmond, WA in the United States of America. It was founded in 1976 by two very young entrepreneurs by the names of William H. Gates III (Bill Gates) and Paul Allen. Both men are natives of Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates was just 19 and Paul Allen was 21 when they first started their venture...
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...section # b Bsit-13-f-125 Strategic management of Microsoft short study of microsoft Strategic management of Microsoft short study of microsoft Contents Introduction to Microsoft 2 Analysis of VISION, Mission and Core Values 4 Vision STATEMENT: 4 Core Values 4 mission statement 5 Industry Structure (Five Forces Analysis) 5 Industry rivalry: (HIGH) 5 Threat of New Entrants: LOW 6 Threat of Substitutes: LOW 7 Bargaining Power of Suppliers: LOW 7 Bargaining Power of Buyers: LOW 7 Competitive profile matrix 8 CONCLUSION: 10 Introduction to Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a software company which is located in Redmond, Washington DC. Microsoft's most prominent product, the Windows operating system, is the single most popular operating system being used for home desktop , laptops and handheld devices use. Its other desktop products, namely * Microsoft Office, * Internet Explorer, * Security essentials * Windows Media Player These product come either pre-installed with the Windows operating system, or are often sold together with Windows as preinstalled software on new computer systems. Additionally, the company manufactures and sells computer hardware such as keyboards and mice. Microsoft owns or possesses interest in several content-distribution channels such as MSNBC, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta electronic encyclopedia. The Microsoft Windows operating system started life as an optional addition...
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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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...KGA 1 Windows Server is a collection of server operating systems created by Microsoft. There are multiple editions; Windows Server 2008 Web which is designed specifically for computers functioning as Internet or intranet Web servers, including all of the Internet Information Services 7 capabilities, but cannot function as an Active Directory domain controller, Windows Server 2008 Standard (Standard edition is also limited to computers with up to 4 GB of RAM (in the x86 version) and up to four processors, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise(The Enterprise edition includes the full set of Windows Server 2008 features, and supports computers with up to eight processors and up to 64 GB of RAM (in the x86 edition). Enterprise also supports up to four virtual images with Hyper-V (in the 64-bit version) and an unlimited number of network connections), Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (Designed for large and powerful servers with up to 64 processors and fault tolerance features such as hot add processor support. This edition is available only from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), bundled with a server), and Server Core which is a completely stripped version of windows server, only having a command prompt and limited abilities. There are major advantages and disadvantages of both Windows Server and Linux based systems depending upon the needs of your system. The majority of Linux variants are available for free or at a much lower price than Microsoft Windows. The majority...
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...Vision of Microsoft: “A personal computer in every home running Microsoft software.” Mission of Microsoft: “At Microsoft, our vision and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their true potential.” Values at Microsoft: As a company, and as individuals, we value integrity, honesty, openness, personal excellence, constructive self-criticism, continual self-improvement, and mutual respect. We are committed to our customers and partners and have a passion for technology. We take on big challenges, and pride ourselves on seeing them through. We hold ourselves accountable to our customers, shareholders, partners, and employees by honoring our commitments, providing results, and striving for the highest quality. Introduction About Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a software company based in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's flagship product, the Windows operating system, is the single most popular operating system for home desktop use. Its other desktop products, namely Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player, are either bundled directly with the Windows operating system, or are often sold together with Windows as preinstalled software on new computer systems. The company also manufactures and sells computer hardware such as keyboards and mice, owns several content-distribution channels such as MSNBC, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta electronic encyclopedia. The Microsoft Windows operating system was introduced...
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...Environmental Analysis The information technology (IT) industry has always been highly driven by innovations in technology. It is dynamic and highly competitive, with frequent changes in both technologies and business models. Each industry shift is an opportunity to conceive new products, new technologies, or new ideas that can further transform the industry and businesses. The following PESTEL analysis will try to gain an understanding of Microsoft’s business potential, future market situation and the direction of its operation. The political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors are six components of PESTEL analysis. Table 1: PESTEL Analysis of IT industry | Political * Restrictions on foreign recruitments * Regulations to education * Regulations to the industry * Regulations at emerging markets | Economic * Fluctuations and unpredictable behaviours of foreign currency * Trade cycles * Economic growth rates (around the world) * Disposable income level of people * Demand and supply...
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...Company You are a networking security intern at Richman. You have asked to submit a proposal to Richman senior management. In the proposal, you must choose to address seven of the following and relate it to the appropriate SSCP domains: Issue one. Based on the premise that Richman has 5,000 employees throughout the main office and several branch offices, you must research solutions and detail the appropriate access controls including policies, standards, and procedures that define who users are, what they can do, which resources they can access, and which operations they can perform on a system. Issue two. Based on the premise that most of the managers have BlackBerry devices for instant communications and all employees are provided cell phones, you must research and detail the cryptography methods to protect organizational information using techniques that ensure its integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, and non-repudiation, and the recovery of encrypted information in its original form. Issue three. Based on the premise that there is a mix of computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X, you must research and devise a plan to thwart malicious code and activity by implementing countermeasures and prevention techniques for dealing with viruses, worms, logic bombs, Trojan horses, and other related forms of intentionally created deviant code. Issue four. You must research and formulate a plan to implement monitoring and analysis based on...
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...to threaten A’s most profitable markets. Microsoft, threatened by Netscape’s potential to undermine Windows, creates Explorer. The complement here is money (profits lost due to the competition). This action should work only if rival has inferior access to capital markets. 2) Innovation strategy The market information Microsoft collected from B2B marketing indicated that small and mid-size companies were looking for a single business solution that could help free them from IT complexities and focus on business growth and improvement. In response to the customers' demands, Microsoft decided to develop a new product named Microsoft Navision in 2002. This product aimed to integrate critical financial, manufacturing, distribution, customer management, supply chain, analytics, and e-commerce data into one streamlined solution. The ease of use and implementation as well as inclusion of innovative functionality may provide small and mid-size companies new opportunities to grow their businesses. By Oct 2004, Navision 4.0, as the outcome of a responsive and innovative strategic action, was successfully used by more than 45,000 companies and organizations in 39 languages around the world. 3) Outsourcing strategy It feels as though Microsoft execs may have been caught more than a bit off-guard by an announcement from Infosys on April 13, which was headlined "Infosys Technologies to Manage Microsoft's Internal IT Services." Microsoft was going to be outsourcing more of its internal...
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...New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Cincinnati OFFICIAL MICROSOFT LEARNING PRODUCT 10174A Lab Instructions and Lab Answer Key: Configuring and Administering Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Cincinnati Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, place or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft® Corporation. Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property. The names...
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...William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. On June 27, 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He shares his thoughts about the foundation and other topics on Gates Notes, a Web site launched in January 2010. Gates continues to serve as Microsoft's chairman and as an advisor on key development projects. In June 2006, Craig Mundie assumed the new title of chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft and is responsible for the company's research and incubation efforts. 1. Bill Gates’ early life 1.1 Family Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. 1.2 Education Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. 1.3 Personal...
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...Active Directory Design Guide Thursday, 25 February 2010 Version 2.0.0.0 Baseline Prepared by Microsoft Prepared by Microsoft Copyright This document and/or software (“this Content”) has been created in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Intellectual Property Rights to this Content are jointly owned by Microsoft and the NHS in England, although both Microsoft and the NHS are entitled to independently exercise their rights of ownership. Microsoft acknowledges the contribution of the NHS in England through their Common User Interface programme to this Content. Readers are referred to www.cui.nhs.uk for further information on the NHS CUI Programme. All trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. © Microsoft Corporation 2010. All rights reserved. Disclaimer At the time of writing this document, Web sites are referenced using active hyperlinks to the correct Web page. Due to the dynamic nature of Web sites, in time, these links may become invalid. Microsoft is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. Page ii Active Directory – Design Guide Prepared by Microsoft, Version 2.0.0.0 Last modified on 26 February 2010 Prepared by Microsoft TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 Executive Summary ..............................................................................................
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...IT Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times How Microsoft delivers high-value solutions at low cost to help organizations improve productivity, accelerate agility, and reduce costs Abstract Even in uncertain economic times, leading organizations recognize that investing in information technology (IT) is a key differentiator that can help improve productivity, accelerate agility, and reduce costs. Intended for IT leaders and procurement professionals, this paper describes how Microsoft, with a long history of delivering high-value solutions and market-leading innovation at low cost, helps organizations accomplish these goals. Specifically, this paper will help organizations build an optimized IT infrastructure plan, understand important solutions for saving money, capitalize on future innovations, and maximize investments with the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. December 2008 1 The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft or its respective suppliers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This white paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. Complying...
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...IT Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times How Microsoft delivers high-value solutions at low cost to help organizations improve productivity, accelerate agility, and reduce costs Abstract Even in uncertain economic times, leading organizations recognize that investing in information technology (IT) is a key differentiator that can help improve productivity, accelerate agility, and reduce costs. Intended for IT leaders and procurement professionals, this paper describes how Microsoft, with a long history of delivering high-value solutions and market-leading innovation at low cost, helps organizations accomplish these goals. Specifically, this paper will help organizations build an optimized IT infrastructure plan, understand important solutions for saving money, capitalize on future innovations, and maximize investments with the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. December 2008 1 The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft or its respective suppliers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This white paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT...
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