Blog 4.3 - Packet Switching Technology

 

Due to the fact that there are many users online all the time and data is being sent and received simultaneously there needed to be a way in which to send information in a way that computers can understand that can be translated into usable information. Through the TCP many different messages can be sent over the internet via packets in any order that are reassembled later. When computer A wants to share info to computer C in the picture above, the binary data of the message sent from A is broken into manageable packets and delivered to C. This message sent from the computer A,  uses TCP to send its message to computer C using package switching. The IP sets the format for the packet and the location it is to be sent, the IP information tells the router where this location is ad sends it on it s way. These packets travel independently of one another and arrive out of order. Each packet has a header and it contains the destination and sending IP address as well as the order in which things should be arranged.

Blog 4.2 - A Basic Network

  

In the picture above, this is a basic network. Many things happen in the course of a client connecting to the internet depending on which kind of networking system you have connected to your laptop. One way which would be a wireless connection where the laptop uses a transmission medium through an antenna to connect to the internet. The second way would be a physical cable from the computer to an internet router which transfers information from the router to computer.

Blog 3.3 - Cost Benefit Analysis

In a Cost Benefit Analysis,  there are various components, each of which denoting key pieces of data in relation to cost of starting a business and its returns from the first year and from several years. 

The first year you have non-recurring expenses, such as start-up supplies. The first year also is the time when a negative profit is recorded, since generally the cost of starting a business far out weighs the initial returns.

The table also shows monetary values for such expenses as maintaining the company and paying its employees. 

While the lower portion denotes the amounts gained, attributed to the profits and the error reduction based on each successive years' outcomes.

The total denotes the amount spent minus the amount gained.

Proxy Data is a valuable tool for indicating trends, it is non-profit based quantitative data that is helpful for determining trends.

Blog 3.2 - Building A Business Case

Faith : If you use this Information System, then you can gain a competitive advantage over the rival medical firms because of the fact that it has worked so well for everyone else and as your adviser you should trust in my judgment.

Fear: If you don't wish to go out of business or possibly go bankrupt, then you will need to implement my proposed Information System.

Fact: Due to the increase in sales last year, by several other private practice medical firms in the geographic area, the implementation of a the proposed IFS will be an enormous gain in profit, productivity, and efficiency. Allowing for better business practices and more productive outlook.

Blog 3.1 - Value Chain Analysis

With a Value Chain Analysis diagram, one can represent many important factors dealing with various aspects of a company or organization, specifically the types of IFS involved in each step, coupled with the various support sections involved at the bottom.

When medical supplies are purchased, via a Supply Chain Management System (SCM) a web of inter-connectivity between the supplier, the medical firm, and the patient is established. The firm orders, or rather has set amounts of supplies automatically shipped to them to after a certain amount of the supply has been depleted. The requisition order for said supplies are sent when after a pre-determined number of supplies has been reached in the supply inventory.

When patients call to place their appointments a Management Information System is used to coordinate the appointments with times and the specific doctor.

Then when a patient arrives a different system is used called an office automation system. This allows a log of waiting and attended patients to be made. which then is used to keep track of all incoming and outgoing traffic.

When a patient has to pay for any visits and or medications, they are then using a Transaction Processing System. Which will process the everyday monetary exchanges for each visit.

With tech support and research and development, new and more innovating systems can be devised, implemented, and maintained.

Through the use of Human resources, people may file complaints and or determine the most suitable ways to approach inter-office relations and how to solve problems.

In the the General Administration department, the decision making and planning for all areas of data and IS usage and implementation for the purpose of advancing future gains of the company is done here.

All systems are connected in an effort to correlate data and make the business more efficient and useful.

Blog 2.2 - Automobile Industry

Many automotive companies, regardless of their base of operations, tend to have manufacturing as well as other various other company subunits located outside of their native geographic location.

Dependant upon several factors such as cultural, geoeconomic, and governmental differences, these companies have to tailor their products to their many different customer needs.

With the introduction of the Internet in Globalization 3.0, markets became open and free, specifically in the auto industry, cars can be bought and sold on-line and factories need not be where the company originate, in fact in order to cater to a wider market base, tailoring the designs and features to a specific regional or cultural area can actually be a beneficial financial move.

From a Geoeconomic standpoint, the factors including gas consumption, size, and production materials can, dependant upon the location, drastically increase or decrease the demand for their product.

When it comes to Governmental regulations, factors such as emissions come into play when dealing with the auto industry. In certain areas these regulations maybe lax and in others it may be regulated more severely and adjustments must be made.

Even with the enormous advancements of the technology, a bad economy and bad financial practices, a perfect plan can fail as easily as a bad one.

Blog 2.1 - Globalization Enablers [Flickr.com]

Many online services have fueled globalization, through a network of many people contributing and gathering socially online, the global community has gotten smaller and more intimate. With social networking you can talk to and gather input from people across the world from your very own home.

With flicker.com you can upload pictures, with that you can freely express yourself from the lens of your camera.With the innovative ability to upload personal data, people are propelled into the ever flattening and interconnecting world. allowing people to communicate as never before such that those involved, regardless of their location feel as if they are just a block away.

Due to the advertising costs paid to flicker the service is free, however, there are bandwidth restrictions, but for a small fee those are waived, and you can upload as much as you like.

The feature set at Flicker.com is extensive: from tagging to counting the cash for your wonderful art, the possibilities are staggering!

You can simply "Tag" photos to give a brief description, or you can go even further and use a Clustering feature, which allows you to group similar items together in a common field.

Your personally uploaded photos can be made private or public dependent upon your personal preference; whether it be the whole world, or a small group of intimate contacts, the choice is yours.

With your photos public people can rate them, and daily a pick of the most popular will be displayed on a common page for easy viewing purposes.

You can also edit and change your photos at will.

With the use of "...creative commons..."(Flicker.com Services and Globalization) a means of copyrighting ones work can be achieved, you can then sell your work without worrying about someone else taking credit for your hard work.

Flicker.com also participates in Open ID, a free and easy way to log-in, making your log-in to multiple participating site log-on time hassle free and your fun time limitless.