Work-life Balance: The Overlooked Piece of Diversity Diversity in the workplace has become a rather hot topic over the last few years. Almost every major corporation has some kind of a policy on diversity, and focusing on how to make sure their workforce represents diversity is a priority. Part of the higher focus on a diverse workforce is due to the fact that race and gender are no longer the major issues that face the corporate world in regards to diversity. Today employers have to make…
Currently, cloud computing is used for onboard GPS tracking, artificial intelligence, and the ability to resolve immediate issues in real-time. In its purest form, cloud computing is used to help minimize costs while scaling proportionately and effectively. According to FOXBusiness.com CIO Juan Perez asserted that UPS continues to build upon…
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ECE 428 – Distributed Systems Home Work 4 3) Advantages of Heron over Storm: Heron has several major upgrades as compared to Storm, the most important of them all are better traffic congestion handling and easy debugging. Heron has a back pressure mechanism that dynamically adjusts the rate of data flow in a topology during execution, without compromising data accuracy. This is particularly useful under traffic spikes and pipeline congestions. As for debugging, since every task in Heron runs in…
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From the data center, to the cloud, fog, and mist, the nature of data storage and access has transformed quite a bit over recent history. Although most would agree that the capabilities distributed computing have brought to society are quite expansive, every piece of technology always brings with it concerns and questions. Much like the French Philosopher Paul Virilio who stated, “When you invent the ship, you invent the shipwreck,” [1] the introduction of distributed ways of sharing and…
1.2.1 Studying Server Consolidation Server consolidation is an approach to the capable usage of computer server sources in order to reduce the total number of servers or server location that an organization needs. The practice was developed in reply to the problem of “server sprawl,” a position in which several under-utilized servers take up more space and consume more sources than can be acceptable by their workload. SERVER PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE A few definitions provide a good starting point.…
CitiXsys is a tech company founded by an Indian entrepreneur, Kamal Karmakar, in 2006. The company develops software solutions for the distribution and retail supply chain markets. Its principal product is the iVend Retail, which is a retail management software solution. It also develops a range of business management applications integrated with the SAP suite. CitiXsys has a number of strategic alliances with SAP, including in the US and the UK. The company is based in New York with several…
Blockchain is a shared, distributed ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network [1]. It is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but can be applied to everything of value. Once the information is entered in Blockchain it cannot be erased, modified or tampered with. Everyone in the network will be able to write data/perform transactions but cannot modify…