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MANILA, Philippines - Providing security for the country's medical workers is at the center of heated discussions after the gang rape of "Florence," a volunteer nurse in Maguindanao last week.
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DENGUE NOW A GLOBAL THREAT, AFFECTS 1.8 BILLION IN RP, ASIA PACIFIC
MANILA, OCTOBER 16, 2010 (STAR) By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that dengue has become a global health threat with 1.8 billion people in the Philippines and other countries in the Asia Pacific vulnerable to the disease.
WHO said that in the past 10 years, the frequency and size of dengue outbreaks in the Western Pacific Region, including the Philippines, have risen. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Philippines were the most affected. Of the estimated 2.5 billion people susceptible to dengue globally, about 1.8 billion live in Asia Pacific countries.
Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO’s regional director for the Western Pacific, said governments in the region need to invest in greater advocacy and better clinic management of the disease.
“National resources need to be mobilized to sustain dengue prevention and control, and the disease’s profile needs to be raised on the global health agenda to stimulate the interest of international agencies and donors,” Shin said.
The rise in dengue cases globally has been attributed to global warming, but there is still no clear evidence for this claim.
The WHO, however, said changes in the climate contribute to the increase of the dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Dr. Hans Troedsson, WHO’s director for Program Management in the Western Pacific Region, said governments must take a broad approach to suppress the spread of the disease, such as focusing on urban planning and sanitation (http://www.newsflash.org/hlframe.htm).
Opinion:
It is true that dengue is a threat because there are so many symptoms. For me, its hard to identify if its a sysmtoms of dengue. To avoid dengue we should clean our surrounding. There are so many people died because of dengue and some cases are children. It only means that we should be aware and we should be responsible to our health because dengue is "traidor na sakit".
Philippines: Catholic Church asks Aquino to drop contraceptives program
In their first collective statement since the Aquino administration assumed office, the leaders of the Catholic Church called on President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to drop government programs that promote artificial contraceptives as a means of family planning.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued the statement Monday after it concluded a two-day plenary assembly over the weekend at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila.
“We bishops from all over the country call on President Aquino to listen to the call of the Philippine Church that the former program of the government to promote a contraceptive mentality through education and medical practices is immoral and will not bring about a people that is God-fearing, holding on to the sacredness of sexuality, life and the family,” the bishops said through CBCP president, Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar who issued the one-page statement.
“With the new government, we bishops join the Filipino people in the hope that there will be changes that will truly bring good governance to the country,” they added.
During the last Congress, the CBCP succeeded in derailing the passage of the so-called reproductive health bill, which proponents say would strengthen programs to promote maternal and child health and responsible parenthood.
But the Catholic Church hierarchy opposed the bill for promoting artificial contraceptives along with “natural” methods, as well as for mandating sex education from Grade 5 up to high school.
In their statement, the bishops said “there are no changes in the stand of the Church” about the reproductive health bill and the sex education modules being pilot-tested in selected elementary and high schools.
“The Church is always concerned with the poor and the many Church institutions and groups that help the poor bear this out,” they said.
“Poverty cannot be solved by promoting contraceptive education and programs. Education does not merely deal with knowledge and skills; rather it must promote values that are inherent to us as Filipinos. Parents have the primary right to educate their children and sex education is properly to be done in the family,” they went on.
Opinion:
As a student I dont agree that contraceptives will be implemented because it is not the answer to lessen the population and to stop poverty. Dont they think that if ever it will be implemented more teenagers will engage to that kind of doing. And as a Roman Chatolic, Jesus said "go to the world and multiply".
“We bishops from all over the country call on President Aquino to listen to the call of the Philippine Church that the former program of the government to promote a contraceptive mentality through education and medical practices is immoral and will not bring about a people that is God-fearing, holding on to the sacredness of sexuality, life and the family,” the bishops said through CBCP president, Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar who issued the one-page statement.
“With the new government, we bishops join the Filipino people in the hope that there will be changes that will truly bring good governance to the country,” they added.
During the last Congress, the CBCP succeeded in derailing the passage of the so-called reproductive health bill, which proponents say would strengthen programs to promote maternal and child health and responsible parenthood.
But the Catholic Church hierarchy opposed the bill for promoting artificial contraceptives along with “natural” methods, as well as for mandating sex education from Grade 5 up to high school.
In their statement, the bishops said “there are no changes in the stand of the Church” about the reproductive health bill and the sex education modules being pilot-tested in selected elementary and high schools.
“The Church is always concerned with the poor and the many Church institutions and groups that help the poor bear this out,” they said.
“Poverty cannot be solved by promoting contraceptive education and programs. Education does not merely deal with knowledge and skills; rather it must promote values that are inherent to us as Filipinos. Parents have the primary right to educate their children and sex education is properly to be done in the family,” they went on.
Opinion:
As a student I dont agree that contraceptives will be implemented because it is not the answer to lessen the population and to stop poverty. Dont they think that if ever it will be implemented more teenagers will engage to that kind of doing. And as a Roman Chatolic, Jesus said "go to the world and multiply".
Students, teachers oppose 2 more years of basic education MANILA, Philippines - Two legislators are urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to rethink its proposal to add 2 years to basic education as it may only lead to more children out of school. House Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle Climaco and Maguindanao Rep. Simeon Datumanong issued their call after consulting high school teachers and students in Zamboanga City last Friday (August 13).
In a statement, Climaco said majority of students and teachers they consulted opposed the additional 2 years "due to added expenses" for the family.
Teachers said the government should instead address the lack of teachers and poor infrastructure rather than add 2 years to basic elementary and high school education.
"Overcrowded classrooms lead to poor learning. As a teacher, I call on DepEd to seriously study the proposal. I further recommend intensified teacher training to equip our educators,” said Climaco.
Climaco graduated from Ateneo de Zamboanga University with a degree in secondary
education.
Climaco said the consultations were done in 2 schools--the Regional Science High School and Zamboanga City High School. Some teachers, however, favored the government's plan to add 2 years to basic education, she said.
Datumanong warned the proposal "may result to more youth out of school."
The DepEd believes adding 2 more years to basic education would allow more students to finish high school, making them more employable.
The Aquino government said adding 2 more years is also in line with the length of basic education in other countries".
Opinion:
First and foremost, our basic education first must be improved. Retain 6 years of primary/elementary education, retain 4 years of secondary education.Adding 1 year to primary/elemenatry education then adding another year to secondary education is a waste.The DEPED should reconsider this wasteful idea. Some school classrooms are overcrowded already. Some schools even lack enough classrooms.The DEPED should focus on improving these facilities and the quality of teachers.
education.
Climaco said the consultations were done in 2 schools--the Regional Science High School and Zamboanga City High School. Some teachers, however, favored the government's plan to add 2 years to basic education, she said.
The Philippine Hostage Bus Drama - A failed Rescue Attempt
On Aug 23, 2010 a former Filipino police officer had held Hong Kong tourists hostage by hijacking their bus in Manila. Rolando Mendoza fired his M16 rifle at the tourists. a number of hostages have been rescued but 8 have been confirmed dead. Six hostages, including the children and elderly, were freed early, as were the Filipino photographers. The photographers shortly took the place of an aged lady as she needed the lavatory. Mendoza was gunned down by the sniper after almost 12 hours standoff.Mendoza was removed from the Police Force after extortion and drugs claims. His brother explained that 'his problem was he was unjustly removed from service. There was no due process, no hearing, and no complaint.' Both local government officials and his brother had tried to negotiate with him to release the hostages but failed.
Gunshots were heard inside the bus and Mendoza was shot down. The police rescued the hostages on the bus. The number of survivors totaled seven. Eight were confirmed dead http://hubpages.com/hub/bushotagedrama.
Opinion:
In my own opinion of what happen last august 23, 2010, Hostage Drama is a serious case to any force and it should be given appropriate attention as much as possible. If the hostage crisis involves foreigners and Government officials then it is a case that the Government must come to its attention and do something. It is very obvious that Hijackers would always look for media attention to relay their grievances and demands. One of the reasons why the hijacker started shooting the hostages was the media coverage of the arrest of his brother and relatives who wanted to do the negotiation but was not given permission. They should not arrest his brother because the hostage taker think that his demand is useless. The incharge of hostage taking is wrong to his decision, they should give what the hostage taker wants because the hostage taker wants omly to be back to his work, if those where happen ("sana kung pinagbigyan nila 'yong hiling ni Mendoza hindi sana aabot sa ganon.Pwede nman nila pag.usapan yon kung pinag.bigyan lng siya.Kahiya-hoya tuloy yong mga polis sa palpak nilang trabaho".
Computer Security
Ten Ways to Secure your Computer
1. Always make backups of important information and store in a safe place separate from your computer.
2.Do not run programs from unknown origins. Also, do not send these types of programs to friends and coworkers because they contain funny or amusing stories or jokes. They may contain a Trojans horse waiting to infect a computer.
3. Control CD Burners and External Media - CD/DVD Burners, Flash drives and cell phones make data incredibly portable. So portable that critical company data could walk right out the front door snuggly tucked away on the flash drive of a temp, or in the iPod of an unhappy employee. Just like the Internet, if they don't need it to do their jobs, don't give it to them.
4. Persistent security - Don’t fall into the trap of meticulously securing your running systems, then getting compromised or having sensitive data recovered because you didn’t put any thought into securing the systems slated for disposal. The need for good security practice doesn’t go away when you turn off the computer.
5. Windows File Permissions - The Windows operating system has got permission settings built into it to limit or grant access to people or groups. For example, if you have a folder with files you only want you and your accountant to access, but not Becky the Admin Assistant. Or, perhaps you have performance reviews to which only you should be privy, you can set that up as well.
6. Know your server - Your server is very essential as you basically keep all of your files there, and it will cause your website to run smoothly. Intruders, on the other hand, can add virus or malware into your system, thereby causing damage into your website. If you are running it on your own, you must know your server properly. This way, you can set the right security and permission level for your site.
7. Limit Employee Computer Use - If your employees have unfettered web access from their computers, you're probably inviting trouble if they don't need web access to perform their job duties. Appliances like Untangle can easily block, limit or monitor web activity by each user. For a cheap alternative, check my blog my post from back in January about a free and effective web blocking tool built right into Internet Explorer called Content Advisor.
8. Be Vigilant - Even if the email is from someone you know, if you are not expecting an attachment, don't open it. If the email includes a web link, are you sure you need to click it? If a sales guy shows up and wants to show you files he has on his flash drive, politely decline.
9. Do not open unknown email attachments. It is simply not enough that you may recognize the address from which it originates because many viruses can spread from a familiar address.
10. Disable hidden file name extensions - By default, the Windows operating system is set to “hide file extensions for known file types”. Disable this option so that file extensions display in Windows. Some file extensions will, by default, continue to remain hidden, but you are more likely to see any unusual file extensions that do not belong.
Consumer Act of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 7394
Consumer Act of the Philippines
When we say Consumer it is a broad label for any individuals or households that is goods and services generated within the economy. In the Consumer Act of the Philippines it shows there the policy that protect the interest the consumer. It is helpful to us as a consumer of the philippines to know our rights and duties.as what i read it has basic policies like protections against hazards to health and safety. It only means that every individuals have protections as a consumer of the philippines.
Case 5
How new technology is rewiring our brains?
Technology use can benefit the brain in some ways, researchers say. Imaging studies show the brains of Internet users become more efficient at finding information. And players of some video games develop better visual acuity.More broadly, cellphones and computers have transformed life. They let people escape their cubicles and work anywhere. They shrink distances and handle countless mundane tasks, freeing up time for more exciting pursuits.For better or worse, the consumption of media, as varied as e-mail and TV, has exploded. In 2008, people consumed three times as much information each day as they did in 1960. And they are constantly shifting their attention. Computer users at work change windows or check e-mail or other programs nearly 37 times an hour, new research shows.The nonstop interactivity is one of the most significant shifts ever in the human environment
Now if you are wondering if you spend an unhealthy amount of time on the Internet, you might want to take a self assessment. No doubt, access to the Internet widens the range of temtations , scientists are finding that people who have a gambling problem also have a problematic internet behavior.Technology is a utility and we depend on it, so of course, it is changing our habits and our brains.
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- The Influence of Technology in our Lives
It seems that almost everyday a new article or study comes out that clues us in to how pervasive the effects of technology and social media are on our lives. Whether the effects are personal or relational, technology and social media are transforming our lives. Some of the ways that it transforms our lives can be expected (feeling connected, up to date information, organization, etc.), but other times the effects are ones we don’t expect (anxiety, affairs, jealousy, anger, porn addiction, lack of intimacy, etc.).
- Changing the Way We Think
Greenfield argues that the visual stimulus we get from screen-based information and entertainment differs so markedly from that available to previous generations that certain areas of the brain, specifically those areas that are older in evolutionary terms and retain the capacity to alter as a result of experience, may be affected in ways that express themselves a changes to personality and behaviour.
It’s an interesting hypothesis, and one that has the virtue of being experimentally testable, unlike many other claims about the effect of modern living on human psychology.
- How The Internet Affects Your Brain
Like most things, the Internet has its good and its dark side. And, considering the pervasiveness of the Internet in society, it is certainly having an effect on our brains. After all, everything we do affects our brain. Though up until the 1980’s, it was universally believed that the steam engine was the foremost invention of the Industrial Revolution, technology and science historian, Lewis Mumford, had long before proposed that that clock was in fact the key machine of the modern Industrial age. And, just as people began operating and planning according to seconds and minutes, in the age of the internet, we are rewiring our “plastic” brain to function more and more like computers. Processing, decoding and storing floods of information at a rate faster than we ever have before, our brains are becoming highly adapted to taking on scores of tasks at once.
- Browsing Makes You Smarter
The study looked at the brain activity of 24 neurologically normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76. Half had experience web surfing, the other half did not. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans the scientists recorded the brain-circuitry changes (the blood flow through the brain) and compared them as the patients performed web searches and as they read book passages.A remarkable finding was that though all participants showed significant brain activity during book-reading tasks, which correspond to language, reading, memory and visual abilities, the web-savvy group also registered activity in the areas of the brain which control decision-making and complex reasoning. With the wealth of choices available on the net, knowing how to perform the most effective searches and making decisions on what to click on, engages important cognitive circuits in the brain. This finding also demonstrated that our brains are sensitive, or, “plastic”, and can continue to learn as we grow older.
Case 4
What is IT Outsourcing?
A phrase used to describe the practice of seeking resources or subcontracting outside of an organizational structure for all or part of an IT (Information Technology) function. An organization would use IT outsourcing for functions ranging from infrastructure to software development, maintenance and support.IT outsourcing occurs when an organization contracts a service provider to perform an IT function instead of performing the function itself. The service provider could be a third party or another division or subsidiary of a single corporate entity. Increasingly, organizations are looking offshore for the means to minimize IT service costs and related taxes. Many times, the outsourcing decision results in a transfer or sale of the information processing assets and the people who performed the in-house function to the service provider.
BENEFITS OF OUTSOURCING
- Operational benefits - Despite the pervasive presence of IT in modern business, the operation of increasingly sophisticated data processing environments is often not a core competency for many organizations.
- Technological benefits - Achieving IT efficiencies may be an organization’s major expectation from outsourcing. By outsourcing, an organization may have access to people, processes and technology that it might not otherwise economically obtain.
- Financial benefits - An important benefit often sought by management in IT outsourcing decisions is financial in nature. Outsourcing offers the possibility of bringing IT costs under control through the efficiencies that might be delivered by the service provider or the sharing of common costs among the service provider’s customer base.
ADVANTAGES OF OUTSOURCING
Cost savings- Many businesses embrace outsourcing as a way to realize cost savings or better cost control over the outsourced function. Companies usually outsource to a vendor that specializes in a given function and performs that function more efficiently than the company could, simply by virtue of transaction volume.
Staffing levels-Another common reason for outsourcing is to achieve headcount reductions or minimize the fluctuations in staffing that may occur due to changes in demand for a product or service.
Focus- Some companies outsource in order to eliminate distractions and force themselves to concentrate on their core competencies.
Morale- This is an often-overlooked but still notable benefit that can sometimes be gained by initiating an outsourcing relationship
Flexibility- Still others outsource to achieve greater financial flexibility, since the sale of assets that formerly supported an outsourced function can improve a company's cash flow
- Knowledge- Some experts tout outsourcing of computer programming and other information technology functions as a way to gain access to new technology and outside expertise.
- Accountability- Outsourcing is predicated on the understanding—shared by business and vendor alike—that such arrangements require quality service in exchange for payment.
CASE # 3
1. What is Facebook?
Facebook is a social networking site allows developers to contribute applications that interact with facebook features. It was lunched last Feb. 2004, owned by Facebook INC. User are able to search for friends by e-mails, school, universities, or just by typing in a name or location for search. Facebook tells you when your friends are updating their profiles, adding to their blogs or have an account in facebook, they have time to socialize with other friends, amidst the distance and lack of time using facebook.
2. Disadvantage and Advantage of Facebook
Facebook have disadvantage like overcrowding, acquaintances be labeled as friends, contributes wide range procrastination, unsupported by physical adjacency, rampant addition, weakening long distance relationship.If their is disadvantage they have advantage like allows user search for new and old friends, allow members to check students who are talking the same class, living within the same area, or coming from the same academy and it makes less difficult when communicating with strangers or people you are not familiar with, it makes simple to join groups having corresponding likes and dislike.
3. What are the characteristic of Facebook? Why many people engage in this site?
Facebook doesn't begin the conversion, it enhances it, facebook can be a great way to do it. But it comes with extreme diminishing returns, and this goes double with brands that are already well establish. They are non interruptive, at its core, facebook is a communication medium. This isn't always as easy as it sounds but certainly suggest community interaction is essential to adoption. They integrated multiple social mediums.They don't strive for 1:1 communication, but they are active. People engage in facebook because you can search to your friends even they are far. You can communicate with them using facebook. Also it easy to log in and use it because its have a friendsly buttons and instruction on how use facebook.
4. Can you use facebook in E-Commerce?How?Why?
Facebook is aware that E-Commerce site owners may want to capitalize on facebook traffic, so they allow members to create free facebook business as your facebook fans spread the word about your business to their friends. to get started the following business options.
Facebook is aware that E-Commerce site owners may want to capitalize on facebook traffic, so they allow members to create free facebook business as your facebook fans spread the word about your business to their friends. to get started the following business options.
- Advertising- business use this tab to create adverts that will run on facebook pages.
- Pages- business use page to create a presence on facebook that will be others join your page as fan.
- Connect- facebook connect users seamlessly connect their facebook account and information to your site.
- Facebook Share- design a button for your site to make joining your facebook page easy for your customer.
Example: Applications on facebook it use E-Commerce when you buy something.
5. How facebook important in the society today?
Time flies quickly, a few years ago people tend to communicate using wired gadgets such as telephones or ham radios. Today, the internet has reshaped our world beyond our imagination. People now uses desktop or laptop computers not just for work but also for entertainment and communication as well.Part of the ever growing popularity of the facebook as a new means of communication is the advent of social networking sites. These are proprietary websites that can be used by common people to post personal profiles, pictures, videos, music and messages. Users of facebook can invite other "friends" to join their site to be able to view and share personal information on one another.
There are three common importance of using facebook:
- Keeping in touch
- Job hunting
- Emergency
CASE 2 (Global Warming)CIO
The CIO typically reports to the chief executive officer, chief operations officer or chief financial officer. In military organizations, they report to the commanding officer.Information technology and its systems have become so important that CIO has come to be viewed in many organizations as the key contributor in formulating strategic goals for an organization. Most likely, the CIO in a large enterprise manages and delegates decisions to employees more with details. Usually, a CIO proposes the information technology needed by an enterprise to achieve its goals and then works within a budget to implement the plan. The CIO role is also sometimes used interchangeably with the chief technology officer role, although they may be slightly different. When both positions are present in an organization, the CIO is generally responsible for processes and practices supporting the flow of information, whereas the CTO is generally responsible for technology infrastructure.
The CIO typically reports to the chief executive officer, chief operations officer or chief financial officer. In military organizations, they report to the commanding officer.Information technology and its systems have become so important that CIO has come to be viewed in many organizations as the key contributor in formulating strategic goals for an organization. Most likely, the CIO in a large enterprise manages and delegates decisions to employees more with details. Usually, a CIO proposes the information technology needed by an enterprise to achieve its goals and then works within a budget to implement the plan. The CIO role is also sometimes used interchangeably with the chief technology officer role, although they may be slightly different. When both positions are present in an organization, the CIO is generally responsible for processes and practices supporting the flow of information, whereas the CTO is generally responsible for technology infrastructure.
Global Warming
The steady rise in global average temperature in recent decades, which experts believe is largely caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions.Global warming and climate change are aspects of our environment that cannot be easily or quickly discounted. Many factions still strongly feel that the changes our Earth is seeing the result of a natural climatic adjustment. Regardless of one’s perspective the effects of global warming are a quantifiable set of environmental results that are in addition to any normal changes in climate. That is why the effects of global warming have catastrophic potential. Global warming may well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. It could turn out to be the difference between a category three hurricane and a category four. Global warming as caused by greenhouse gas emissions can lead us to a definite imbalance of nature.Obviously there is no one magic solution to the problem of global warming. There are hundreds of questions that need to be asked and addressed as to create an overall Earth plan that will develop our planet wisely. The changes we can make, both large and small when combined global warming for the better.
The Advantage of Green
Advantage Green, Inc. offers a full suite of green building solutions for commercial property owners, corporations, and property management firms. In addition, Advantage Green provides state, local and federal agencies with sustainable solutions that address government mandated green initiatives. Given the rapid changes in new green technologies, products, legislation and environmental concerns, both the public and private sector require a partner that can deliver measurable results.The concept of green buildings comprehends the construction or renovation process and the maintenance and operation of the building in a way that takes into account the impact it has on the environment. When a green design and methodology are applied, natural resources are conserved, materials are re-used, the consumption of energy and water is reduced, materials that are not harmful to health are used, and a pleasant environment, conducive to productivity is provided.
Effect Of Computers
As computers have become less expensive they have been purchased by more and more families for their homes. Because of this, many children begin to use computers at an early age. Even if computers are not available in their home, children almost certainly will begin to come into contact with computers in school.
Some adults are amazed by how readily young children use computers. Many children find that using computers gives them a sense of power and accomplishment. And, unlike many adults whose first or primary contact with computers is work related, most children first use computers for entertainment purposes and games. This is by no means the only use that children have for computers. Children also use computers for accessing information, as well as for writing stories and research papers.Many individuals who work at a computer experience eye-related discomfort and visual problems. However, based on current evidence it is unlikely that the use ofcomputers causes permanent changes or damage to the eyes or visual system. This report will review the factors relating to eye and vision problems associated with computer work and provide recommendations for preventing or reducing their development.
Effect of Computers in an Organizations and in our Planet
Our lives have been permanently altered due to technology, especially computers. Everything we do revolves around computers.Although there is a lot less actual interaction between people because of computers, they are not all bad. They allow people to talk to friends and family that are far away without having to pay the long distance phone bill. Computers also make our lives easier. In the past, grocery store cashiers had to memorize all of the prices for the products in their store. Today, the register is computerized and programmed to know the price by reading the bar code. It would be impossible for anyone to know the price of every item in today's stores. Computers also allow people to do their banking and shopping without leaving their home. Almost anything can be bought off of the internet. In relation to the general energy usage of the average person, computers use very little energy, compared to home heating, driving cars. If you generated energy for you home using non-environmentally damaging source like hydro electric, or wind turbines, it would have no damaging effect except for what ever energy was used in its manufacture and transport to your house.Before computers more paper was used and wasted alot more often. Many trees were cut down that could have been save had there have been computers. Now instead of teachers handing out vast quantities of sheets they use a power point presentation.Instead of sending letters now people can send emails, saving paper and energy to transport these letters.Instead of companys printing and posting out invoices and bills they can just send them by email.
Data Center Server
Is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls example:air conditioning, fire suppression and security devices.Data centers have their roots in the huge computer rooms of the early ages of the computing industry. Early computer systems were complex to operate and maintain, and required a special environment in which to operate. Many cables were necessary to connect all the components, and methods to accommodate and organize these were devised, such as standard racks to mount equipment, elevated floors, and cable trays (installed overhead or under the elevated floor). Also, old computers required a great deal of power, and had to be cooled to avoid overheating. Security was important – computers were expensive, and were often used for military purposes. Basic design guidelines for controlling access to the computer room were therefore devised.
Google is a highly successful internet business. Recently they have broaden their scope with a multitude of new tool. Research google business mosdel and answer rhe ff. question below. You may add additional information not include in this question:
CASE 1
1. Who are there competitors?
Nowadays Google is one of the most common research/social networking in the world. But they have so many competitor, like yahoo and so on, some of us satisfied of what Google result but their are some of us don't like the result of Google that's why they use other search engine. Many search technologies base their results on the popularity of a page, or how often it is linked to other pages on the Net. Google has stood apart from competitors for its simple style and relatively noncommercial results. They sells advertising links that appear on the first page of search results, but these are separated from actual query results.Google makes an important, though shrinking, percentage of its money through its friends like America Online and InterActiveCorp. It has a special group known as the Partner Solutions Organization which helps make contracts, helps making accounts better, and gives engineering help.
2. How have they used information technology to their advantage?
As what I've search google have there philosophy on how they used information technology to their advantage, as what I've search they focused on providing the best user experience possible, they designing a new internet browser or a new tweak to the look of the homepage, they take great care to ensure that they will ultimately serve us, rather than our own internal goal or bottom line. Our homepage interface is clear and simple, and pages load instantly. With one of the world's largest research groups focused exclusively on solving search problems, they know how to do well, and how they could do it better.Google search works because it relies on the millions of individuals posting links on websites to help determine which other sites offer content of value.Even we don't know exactly what we are looking for, finding an answer on the web is our problem. We try to anticipate needs not yet articulated by our global audience, and meet them with products and services that set new standards.
3. How competitive are they in the market?
As we know Google is very competitive its because they are all over the world, anyone can use google for searching, posting, etc. Google’s content comprises between 6 and 10 percent of global Internet traffic, making its internal network one of the top three ISPs in the world, according to Arbor Networks. Technology has come a long way since then, and the face of the web has changed. Recognizing that search is a problem that will never be solved, we continue to push the limits of existing technology to provide a fast, accurate and easy-to-use service that anyone seeking information can access. Even a Microsoft won a victory recently against its new and increasingly agile young competitor google in the case of Kai-Fu-Lee, Google continous to nibble at the margins of Microsoft more existential question- the need for its software in the first place in an age when web development archetecture has taken the "Web 2.0" route offered by schemes like AJAX.
4. What new services do they offer?
There so may services that googles offer like:
- Alerts - Get email updates on the topics of your choice
- Blog Search- Find blogs on your favorite topics
- Google Chrome- A browser built for speed, stability and security
- Directory- Search the web, organized by topic or category
- Images- Search for images on the web
- News - Search thousands of news stories
- Scholar- Search scholarly papers
- Web Search- Search billions of web page
- AdWords Editor- Desktop application to manage a google account.
- Earth- Virtual 3D globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS from Google's repository.
- Photos Screensaver - Slideshow screensaver as part of Google Pack.
- Picasa- Photo organization and editing application.
- Sketch Up- Modelling application to sketch simple 3D structures for integration into Google Earth.
- Visigami- Image search application screen saver that searches files from goolge images, picasa and flickrt.
- Gear- A browser plug-in that enables development of off-line browser applications.
- Buzz- Buzz is a social networking service built into Gmail.
- Calendar- Displays a list of all google calendar events on a mobile device.
- Mobile search- Search web pages, images, local listings and mobile-specific web pages through the Google search engine.
- Dashboard- An online tool that allows Google Accoun.
- AdSense- Adverts generate revenue on either a per-click or per-thousand-ads-displayed basis.
5. What makes them so unique?
Google is obviously best known for search and for ads associated with search. This is in essence Google’s one true product. It is the one feature Google developed for the outside world. When Google developed search it was no different from a small company. It is what Google has done since then that makes Google different.Google doesn’t answer to any external power. They don’t have anyone they have to deliver a product to. There is no contract with a deadline. Due to not having any external dependencies, Google can continuously iterate over a product until it reaches a state of near perfection. It can stay in internal testing as long as Google wants and no one is going to care. See Gmail, Google Maps, etc. This then allows Google to use the perfect form of the agile process. Continuous iterations and testing and development, continues improvement. Then as Google sees fit, release the products. As they get better and better, more people use them and more money from ads come in. It’s beautiful.
6. How competitive are they in the international market?
For almost every business, finding out competitors' identities, pricing, plans, strengths, weaknesses, suppliers and customers plays a very important part in formulating a business strategy. In fact, having or not having adequate competitive intelligence could mean the difference between success and failure, especially in international markets where the costs of making mistakes and the rewards of doing the right thing are much higher than in the domestic situation. Competitive intelligence allows a business to learn and profit from a competitors mistakes and successes. A business with good intelligence on the competition will know better when to enter a market, what entry strategies to use, when to raise or drop prices, improve customer service, repackage their offer, protect from various risks, undertake more attractive product adaptation, break up its competitors' alliances and supply chain, and so on.The assertion that Google has a lot to learn in its international efforts couldn't be more over-stated. Google has had success in the international environment, including greater market share than in the domestic market, that every Internet company would covet. This analysis delves deeper into Google's international efforts. Having studied Google abroad somewhat significantly, I believe this article provides a very naïve view on Google’s success abroad. Absolutely, Google, as any American company, needs to be extremely aware of the impression they make when entering foreign grounds, as the risk as being seen as arrogant – the ugly American – is omnipresent. And, yes, Google should continue to grow their in-country teams significantly in order to best overcome cultural and sales hurdles and take advantage of unique opportunities and the gigantic world market that is growing at a quicker pace than the U.S.
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