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In today’s business environment, cloud computing and virtualization are the cost effective technologies that are striving in order to maximize speed and agility of IT operations. Cloud computing is a network-based platform for sharing computations and resources. Cloud computing is based on a group of virtualised computing resources. Virtualization is defined as the ability to run multiple operating systems on a single system and share underlying hardware resources. Based on virtualization, cloud…

Introduction Cloud computing is basically a service that allows the access of information, software applications or computer processing force from a cloud of online resources. It empowers access for individual clients of data, software applications from any device and additionally permitting the big organization to reduce their capital expense when purchasing software and hardware as a utility administration. Cloud computing gives you a chance to get to all your applications and archives from…

In June 2013, former National Security Agency(NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, despite knowing he would face legal prosecution, revealed to reporters confidential information on global surveillance programs run by the United States' government. He leaked how the United States' government covertly collects personal online information, such as email messages and phone conversations, as part of anti-terrorism measures. According to Newsweek, 55 percent of United States' citizens lauded Snowden for…

Innovation is generally recognized as an important element in a firm’s competitiveness (Galia and Legros, 2004; Tourigny and Le, 2004; Storey, 2000). It is especially so when it involves small-scale businesses, who rely on innovation to succeed. Studies have shown that small firms who adopt innovation into their business strategy have an increased productivity, survivability, and growth potential (Cefis and Marsili 2006; Heunks 1998; Geroski, Machin, and Van Reenen 1993). Innovation has also…

Technology is currently changing our privacy in the digital age and the implications that has for our private information. The digitization of our life plays a major role in how much privacy we should expect. The digital era has brought new technology to collect, store, and analyze data all with the click of a button. This means that our data is not as private as it used to be when technology was not storing our data. Having something public means something completely different than it did 20…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

been more productive. 4. Remember The Milk The app helps you organize your time, manage what you do, and while working across several devices. Remember The Milk is compatible with computers and mobile devices and available for Android, IOS, Twitter, Gmail and Google calendar. The free version of the tool helps you manage all your tasks easily and sends you reminders all the times. There is also a paid Pro version with more capabilities. Remember The Milk is ideal for adult students who have to…

The impacts and the disadvantages of social media. Abstract As we know, social media sites are growing more and more everyday. Social media sites are a web that allows social interaction with social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and others. The study of social media is showing us the effects of social media sites on children and adolescents. The negative effect is very high compared to the positive effect. Negative effect could be like discovering the identity of a person, health…

Brianna Cardenas emailed Meinhard B. Cardenas on the 19th of October, 2016, asking if he would be interested in participating in a profile essay where one must be interviewed by a student with mutual interest in the same line of work. Cardenas is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin: Jackson School of Geosciences, who specializes in Hydrology, a field Brianna is very much interested in. Brianna could not stress enough, the amount of dedication she was willing to put into their…

INTRODUCTION Internal control is “a process, effected by an entity 's board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance.” (COSO). A component of internal control is control activities. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the control activities involved in the sales and collection cycle of an Amazon Prime membership. A flowchart will be provided to help…