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PlayStation 3, 2007.
This paper notes that the Sony PlayStation 3 is costly and discusses whether it is worth its price.
1,664 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)product had been widely anticipated all over the world, since Sony ran a teaser ad campaign, and put posters up everywhere in the international Electronic Entertainment Expo in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The writer points out that the PS3 has more than any other games machine has ever had. With features almost too numerous to mention, it looks confidently at commanding the future. Yet the writer notes that there is a quandary over the fact that the PS3 is difficult as a development platform. The writer concludes that the Sony PlayStation 3 may be the most expensive game console available today, and though its game titles are not impressive, its futuristic design and list of features make it worth the price.
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"However, others believe that the game is over for Sony. Cynics around the world have predicted that, despite Sony defeating the odds in past years, this year Sony will have a hard time dominating the market, as it once did, competing against the technologically superior Xbox and GameCube. They recall that Sega was once a market leader in games, but now, ten years later no longer even makes consoles. Sony built its market base on satisfying hardcore gamers with providing innovative new experiences to widen console gaming's reach beyond traditional audiences. Having caught up on technology does not guarantee its lead. Many people were waiting to hear the price of the PS3 before they decided whether to buy an Xbox 360. Now they probably will buy that Xbox."
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Loan Management Systems, 2007.
This paper explains the commercial advantages of computerized loan management systems over manually-based systems.
2,718 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper defines the advantages of computerizing manually-based loan management systems. The paper provides definitions of hardware, software and integration requirements for completing the development of a computerized loan management system where manual processes are automated. This proposal includes integration of loan modeling and pricing data in real-time data and supports the uploading of loan quotes into the distributed loan management system (DLMS).
Outline:
Introduction
Technology Project Plans: DLMS Application Development and Real-Time Integration for Loan Modeling and Pricing Data
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"The primary design goal of this project is to create thin client-based application that can easily be delivered through a browser to any sales representative at any time. The reliance on J2EE programming standards for integrating application logic to the graphical interface is undergoing a significant change today with the widespread use of AJAX programming as well. While this emerging programming standard is admittedly complex, the essence of it is that only the changed parts of a web page or web application are propagated to the user interface via the browser. For DLMS systems to be truly thin-client and deliver the level of performance necessary even in dial-up and slow DSL connections, the use of AJAX is a requirement for this project."
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e-Business Commerce in the Pharmaceutical Business, 2007.
This paper looks at how online business has changed the pharmaceutical business.
4,264 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in the past decade, the topic of e-business and its' utilization in the pharmaceutical industry has emerged as a significant factor for patients, doctors and online pharmacies. The writer discusses that the operation of e-business has revolutionized communication and has changed the ways hospitals and pharmacies conduct business. The writer points out that from online customer service to remote diagnostics, the World Wide Web offers businesses tools that enhance production, sales, customer satisfaction and profits, as a result. The writer concludes that in the future, perhaps e-business will revolutionize itself so much that prescriptions and medical evaluations will be able to be conducted online, through the use of online video portals and the like.
Outline:
Introduction
Online Pharmacies
Online Pharmacies and Ethical Issues
Healthcare Computer Systems Security
Healthcare-related Websites
Conclusion
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"The legal system has been greatly affected by the security and regulatory concerns affecting e-business, and as a result, existing laws have changed and new ones have been implemented accordingly. In recent years, the importance of legal issues in information systems security as it affects the pharmaceutical industry is a pressing concern for both governments and healthcare organizations regarding the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. The regulations implemented by HIPAA increase the security of patient sensitive information, which cannot be exchanged by third parties unless consented to by the patient. This law was implemented to increase the protection of identifiable information of patients such as name, address, contact information, and diagnosis."
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Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Tool, 2007.
A discussion regarding the impact of using a computer-supported collaborative learning tool.
6,705 words (approx. 26.8 pages), 35 sources, MLA, $ 153.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the impact of using a computer-supported collaborative learning tool to develop students' critical thinking skills. The paper uses the subject of history to illustrate the effectiveness of computer-supportive collaborative learning tools. The paper also takes a look at various literary articles discussing this subject.
Outline:
Statement of the Problem
Background
Critical-Thinking' Defined
Theoretical Framework
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Significance of the Study
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"The work of Lehtinen et al (2004) entitled: "Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: A Review" states that: One of the basic requirements for education in the future is to prepare learners for participation in a networked, information society in which knowledge will be the most critical resource for social and economic development. Educational institutions are being forced to find better pedagogical methods to cope with these new challenges. In this development it is expected that computers could play an important role in restructuring teaching and learning processes to be better prepared for future challenges. Computer-supported collaborative learning is one of the most promising ideas to improve teaching and learning with the help of modern information and communication technology."(2004) According to Lehtinen, et al, two traditions of research that have contributed to the development of ideas surrounding computer-supported collaborative learning are those of (1) cooperative learning; and (2) Computer-Supported Collaborative Work The work of Slavin (1997) presents four major theoretical perspectives which explain the achievement effects in the cooperative learning initiative which are those of: (1) motivational; (2) social cohesion; (3) developmental; and (4) cognitive elaboration. "
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Dr. Tim Berners-Lee, 2007.
This paper discusses Dr. Tim Berners-Lee, the primary architect of the World Wide Web.
1,346 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper relates that Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the interfacing and programming standards that have together revolutionized the World Wide Web. The paper looks at Tim Berners-Lee's education, work experiences and many awards. The paper discusses how he worked to make the web browser, server, client and protocols free for everyone to use. The paper describes him as one of the most celebrated and awarded scientists of this age.
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"In conjunction with his colleagues at CERN, Europe's foremost scientific research center, Tim Berners-Lee developed and first introduced a text-based Web browser in 1991, choosing to make the browser public-domain technology as rapidly as possible despite many lucrative offers to sell his patents. He was invited in 1994 to join MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science as Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, a leadership role he continues in today. He is one of the most celebrated and awarded scientists of this age, and is most respected for his passionate pursuit of keeping Web technologies royalty-free, so as to keep the Internet a public resource for anyone who wants to access and use it."
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Measuring Advertising and Media Effectiveness, 2007.
The paper compares and contrasts the traditional approaches to measuring advertising and media effectiveness versus the digital ones.
1,210 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper discusses the traditional approaches to measuring advertising and media effectiveness as opposed to digitally based metrics. The paper demonstrates how digital metrics are revolutionizing the world of advertising and media effectiveness. The paper concludes that the growth of the Internet and the fragmentation of markets is setting the perfect situation for digital metrics to continually grow.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Traditional Approaches to Measuring Advertising and Media Effectiveness
Digital Metrics of Advertising and Media Effectiveness
Summary and Conclusions
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"Anchored in a series of methodologies that were originally created for the purpose of evaluating social science, the traditional approaches to measuring advertising and media effectiveness began with a series of research designs that were organized by their ability to either prove or disprove a null and alterative hypothesis of viewer behavior. Methodologies looked to isolate the influence of advertising and media exposures and prolonged approaches from companies looking to educate consumers. This has not changed, in the more digitally oriented approaches to evaluating advertising and media effectiveness, yet the measurement techniques and tools have."
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The Economic Impact of VOIP, 2007.
A dissertation to study the economic impact on the Netherlands Antilles of the liberalization of the fixed telecommunication infrastructure in connection with the voice over Internet protocol (VOIP).
21,400 words (approx. 85.6 pages), 30 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper examines what must be done, as VoIP moves away from the early adopter to an early majority market stage, by incumbents, mobile operators, cable companies and ISPs in order to find ways to turn VoIP from a threat into an opportunity. The author reports that the instruments used for this study include interviews, referrals and consultation feedback, which includes a Web-based survey. The paper discovers that broadband development has led to a situation in which the moratorium in the Netherlands Antilles puts national long-distance licensees at a disadvantage.
Table of Contents:
VOIP Economic Impact Study
Introduction
Approach
Interpretation
Phase 2 Approach
Work Planning
Subject Areas
Planning
Regulation and VOIP
Introduction
Services
To Regulate or not to Regulate?
Market Situation of Packet-Switched Telephony Services
Markets and Regulation
Traffic Market
Access Market
Technology
Introduction
Investments and Operational Costs of Local Networks
Broadband Connections
Mobile UMTS
Benefit Segmentation
Electricity Companies and Cable TV Networks
Information Gathering
Introduction
Action Plan
Research
information Gathering
Definitions of Certain Terms Relevant to this Research.
Judgments About
Price
Comparison of Broadband Tariffs
BEP Calculation, Changeover from Dialup to Broadband
Quality
Broadband
Market Operation
Remedies
Conclusions and Recommendations
Market Development
Introduction
Supply Side
Network Providers
service Providers
Position of Incumbents
Position of Newcomers
Accessibility of Network Incumbent
Moratorium
Tariffs
Solutions
Demand Side
Private Market
Telecommunications Networks
Development
Present Networks
Economic Impact
Introduction
Cost of NGN
Prices
End-user Tariffs
Interconnection Tariffs
Revenues
Macroeconomic Impact
Scenarios
Present Situation
Conclusion
Infrastructure Competition
Service Competition
Decision Points
Lifting the Moratorium on Local Telecommunications Infrastructure
Licence
Expansion of the Portfolio of Access Services
Linking of Networks to One Another
Recommendations Relating to the Ordinance
Effect on Revenues of BT&P
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"The term, "broadband," comes from the words, "broad bandwidth," and is used to describe a high-capacity, two-way link between an end user and access network suppliers that are capable of supporting full-motion, interactive video applications. Broadband is also the term that is used to describe ICT-infrastructures with a very large capacity. In this context, bandwidth considerations mean that implementing VoIP is not as straightforward as deploying other types of network applications."
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IT and Business Strategies, 2007.
This paper explores the effects of IT change on corporate strategy.
2,741 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The paper evaluates the validity and value of five different theories of organizational change relating specifically to IT's role in re-shaping corporate strategies. In order to evaluate how IT change directly affects business strategy, the paper brings the example of GE Lighting's Division in Western Europe. The paper also defines the human implications of major organizational change, focusing in particular on changes that result from the implementation of new technology. The paper concludes that the vision and passion of a strong leader will revolutionize companies over and above any staid and measured strategy.
Outline:
Overview of the DICE Model
Business Process Reengineering
Exploring Lewin's Model
Exploring the Speed of Change Model
Theories E and O of Change
The Implications of GE Sightings' IT Strategies relating to Change Management
Success Factors in Managing Change Management
Conclusion
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"Change management refers to changing how people work with the systems in place as a result of re-architected processes. The fact that change management is often 70% of the cost of an enterprise application implementation shows how difficult this transition in behavior can be, Dyche (2002), who writes extensively on change management as it relates to Customer Relationship Management systems. In the article, The Hard Side of Change Management (2005) the authors present a framework for planning and initiating change management programs."
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The Future: Promising or Foreboding?, 2007.
This paper presents a picture of an optimistic future for humanity in spite of the many negative outlooks.
2,517 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper discusses how it is relatively easy to be pessimistic about the future in our modern world. The paper notes the daily reports about wars, terrorism, increasing poverty, the spread of HIV/AIDS and many factors that suggest that the future is a very bleak one. The paper suggests, however, that there has been an overemphasis on the negative view of life in modern society. The paper looks at phenomena such as global warming, the energy shortage, the advent of the Internet and the field of science and technology in a positive light and maintains that civilization has potential for a positive future.
Outline:
Global Warming and Climate Change
Energy Resources
Communications
Science and Technology
Education
Conclusion
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"It is relatively easy to be pessimistic about the future in our modern world. One only has to glance at the news to find aspects of our world that portend a gloomy and depressing future. There are daily reports about wars, terrorism, increasing poverty, the spread and HV/Aids and a host of other factors that suggest that the future is a very bleak for humanity on this planet. The recent announcement from the scientific community about the increase in global warming and climate change suggests that the entire human species might disappear in the future. One could easily fill an entire book with dire and pessimistic prophesies about event that bode ill for the future of humanity."
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Technology, Planning and Management Control, 2007.
This research paper explores planning systems and management control processes in the industrial sector, with a case study of Saudi Aramco.
31,201 words (approx. 124.8 pages), 69 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This study attempts to show the correlation between technology, planning and management control processes. The paper showcases one particular company - Saudi Aramco - in a case study format. The paper provides a comprehensive literature review that deals with general information dealing with technology, planning and management. The paper then looks at the specific company so that the issue can be studied in a more 'real world' example.
Outline:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Significance of the Study
Definition of Terms
Limitations of the Study
Summary
Interview Survey Questions
Review of Related Literature
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"Management control processes are exceedingly important, both in the industrial sector and in other areas of business as well. Today, however, management is changing so rapidly because of technology, and technology is allowing managers to do things that were previously not thought possible. There has always been a strong correlation between technology and management, and the technology of today is used for so many of the management control processes that are seen."
"Some of this likely comes from the fact that managers are usually on the cutting edge of what is going on and most of the information technology that is created today is geared toward helping managers achieve even further goals. This appears to be true of all types of businesses and all types of goods and services. If the information technology that a particular manager is utilizing for some type of business is not up-to-date and not capable of handling what is going on then that particular business will often have difficulties and the management will be blamed when truthfully the technology itself should have been blamed for the problem and needed to be upgraded."
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'Marketing Myopia' and Microsoft, 2007.
A look at the article 'Marketing Myopia' by Dr. Theodore Levitt, comparing the issues discussed in this article to that of the Microsoft Corporation.
1,343 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper takes the issues discussed in Dr. Theodore Levitt's article, 'Marketing Myopia' and applies his theory to the Microsoft Corporation. This paper defines how the Microsoft culture had become so myopically focused on their own technologies and the processes used to create them. The paper also looks at the reversal that happened after their dominance of the PC Desktop came under serious risk. The paper goes on to say that Microsoft's epiphany regarding their myopic view of themselves is perfectly defined in Dr. Levitt's classic article.
Outline:
Curing Myopia
Improving Microsoft
Microsoft Nearly Misses the Internet due to Myopia
Microsoft's Marketing Euphony
Battling For the Desktop
Markets and Competitors
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"Based on the strategies of gaining greater voice-of-the-customer data, committing to only build applications after customers had provided feedback and quantification of market demand, instituting customer satisfaction ratings for the first time, and requiring every product have integration to the Internet in its first release, Microsoft had to also completely re-align its organizational strategy not around technologies, but markets. In response to the threat of losing the Desktop, Microsoft created divisions specifically aligned to customer needs. Just as Marketing Myopia, 1975 points out, for companies to survive they must become owners of markets and not technologies, Microsoft took this path with the result being the creation of entirely new types of operating systems including Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Office 11, and widespread adoption of the XML protocol which is highly efficient integration approach customers have en masse adopted in their own companies as well. "
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