allow people to share their stories. In modern times, people have seen the power platforms such as Twitter have, where citizens of authoritarian nations are able to reach out to the global community to inform them of local events despite all other sources of communication being blacked out. The disenfranchised are able to make themselves known, people are able to openly criticize specific aspects of a culture, and all are able to reach a wide audience. Springboarding from increased communications between people across the world, open source projects are able to use crowd-sourced labor to produce software, including entire operating systems. In the first video, they lampoon outsourced technical support for items people have become dependent upon. In the world of open source, end users are more often than not encouraged to both seek out answers from the community and tinker with the software themselves, as licenses frequently allow…
JRA Memo Belvedere Trading is a company that develops high end trading software to help their traders in the field. This sort of technology must be efficient to stay ahead of the game. This flows right into their mission statement, “To invest in the continuous improvement of our skills and technologies in order to identify and capitalize on trading opportunities in an ever-changing global marketplace.” The marketplace never stops changing, it takes a lot of people and their input to come up with…
What is Open Source? Much of the software created in today’s world is created by a company who then has total control over modifying, distributing, monetizing, and granting rights for it. This means that users who purchase the software cannot modify it, share it, and may not actually own it. On the other hand, Open Source software has its code available on the internet for anyone to inspect, copy, modify, and distribute. This makes it cheaper than closed source software, more secure, free to…
This research’s problem statement investigates the ability to connect a 3D printed model to the 3D printer used for its production. The main objective focused on identification of physical characteristics of the 3D printed model that are caused by a specific 3D printer parameter. Two 3D printers were utilized in this research. The first is a Printrbot 3D printer (model 1404) running Marlin Firmware (version: 1.0.0 bedlevel metal- simple). The software used to communicate with the Printrbot…
Software Now that we have explored the hardware components of the Symitar Episys system we will explore the software programs of Symitar and how it is used for Advia Credit Union. Information about the functions and software were gathered from several resources at Advia Credit Union. Eric Sheldon, Symitar core administrator for Advia Credit Union provided the following insight on the core application. Symitar uses both Java programming and a proprietary programming called PowerOn. There is…
organizations use computers and networks to stay connected with their clients, partner’s friends, and to place orders with suppliers. We usually store important information on our computers and rely on our critical info to be accessible at the click of a mouse. However, there is a dark side of our current information system. Computer security and Privacy is a serious issue that was ushered in with the inception of the digital economy, failure to address any of its problems will lead to serious…
manufacturing and media verticals, offering a range of services including Application Development and Maintenance, Infrastructure Management, and Business Process Management. Focused on Digital Services, the Company is helping businesses design agile, scalable and digital operating models. NIIT Technologies adheres to major global benchmarks and standards of quality and Information Security. NIIT’s learning outsourcing services are built on the sound principles of running training like a…
What is software piracy? According to Linfo, software piracy is a term that is used to describe the copying or use of computer software in violation of its license. Copying, downloading, and sharing software onto other computers are ways that software piracy occurs. Software piracy causes a big loss in revenue to the publisher or creator of the software. This causes the software to be pricier to the consumers. “Software piracy is all but impossible to stop” (Webopedia). Companies, publishers,…
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Client: Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA. Sep 2014 – Till Now Sr Java Developer Responsibilities: Participate in software design meetings to write technical design documents and to propose design solutions. Develop codes based on user requirements documentation and detailed design documentation. Recommend optimum coding…
of the students on the current Robotics team were doing an internship with a software company in Horsham roughly fifteen minutes away from my house. The next day I had an email from him with the details of how to get in touch with one of his good friends who happened to be the CFO of the company Aegis Software. Aegis is the leading provider of innovative software solutions to improve speed, control and visibility throughout manufacturing operations. They provide software to over 1700 factory…