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IT and MIS Strategic Uses

enabled, he noted, by advances in chips, connectivity and computing devices" (Trembly, 2002; p. 18). Yoran (2002) sees a la...

Planning Strategy and Information Technology's Value

are dependent on the efficient use of the higher levels of corporate information available now. Astute organizations are cognizan...

Society and Technology

of political life" (1969, 55). Mesthene sees technology as detrimental and provides examples. For instance, cities have mass trans...

Eighteenth Century Absolutism vs. Twentieth Century Totalitarianism

He emphasized public improvement and in only twelve years restored public order and set the country on a path toward economic stab...

Sports Fans and Advanced Sports Technology's Negative Effects

Americas favorite pastime seen better days. The lure of money is the single most important lure that has allowed advanced t...

Current Status of Internet Telephony and Its Future Potential

the telephone communication infrastructure. IP Telephone can be defined in the following way; "Internet telephony (IPT) is tra...

U.S. Bancorp, Goldman Sachs, and Uses of Technology

also building for the future. Current Issues and Trends Today, office automation and the use of Internet and Intranet appli...

Security and Wireless Technologies

issues of concern include: authentication, authorization, encryption, misuse and abuse in addition to hackers (Posluns, 2002). One...

Essays on Computer Management

in it (especially on the Internet). The problem is, however, that "privacy" is one of those concepts that is difficult to ...

2D Ultrasound Technology versus 3D Ultrasound Technology

obvious; two dimensional imaging is a more limited view, and the distinctions that can be made because of the use of a more graphi...

What is Bluetooth Technology

Interestingly enough, the Bluetooth technology was named after Harald Bluetooth, who was King of Denmark during the 10th century ...

Introducing Technology and Defining Positive Change

also a paradox in itself as for every $1 spent on IT we can see that there will be an associated increase in market value of the c...

Business Practices and the Effects of Technological Changes

getting smaller, the culture had not yet moved to one that is essentially online, and technology was no where near where it is tod...

Mathematics and Computer Technology

has clearly developed in the mathematics classroom. Young (2000) considered the implications of computer and technological advanc...

Mobile Phone Technologies and UMTS and GSM Comparison

places where such accessibility is not available. The separation between GMS technology and past applications is its distinctive ...

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

Twentieth Century as 'the American Century'

like anything was possible and the sky was the limit when brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted their homemade plane a short ...

The Technological Evolution of Computers

term was used broadly to reference any machine which handled data (even manual calculators and the like) (New York Public Library,...

Seventeenth Century Puritan Colonization and Nineteenth Century Reconstruction Explored

sue and be sued, as well as testify in court only in cases involving other black people (Anonymous, 1865). These provisions were ...

The Twenty-First Century and the First Century Compared

the Apostles in the Bible helps us realize that nearly a generation passed before the events of Jesus life were recorded into the ...

Twentieth Century's Most Significant Discovery

important to all forms of life. Wilson said: "Looking back on the sheer volume of innovation that took place during the century, ...

Paris During the Eighteenth Century and London During the Nineteenth Century

(Burns, 1969, p. 566). This worldview came to full flower in the eighteenth century with the philosophical movement known as the E...

Uses of Technology in the Classroom

in order for the children of today to be "effective leaders and productive citizens" of tomorrow, they will require confidence in...

Technology's Impact on the Workplace

systems and other such devices. Enter any office and the visitor is most likely to see a computer on every desk. Technology is use...

Position of Lucent Technologies

This has resulted in a negative return on assets figure of -42.09%. This is an anomalous year as the figures for 2000 were more fa...

Operations Management and Technology's Impact

manufacturing environment, the operations manager will have the greatest degree of influence and impact in this arena (Obringer, ...

Similarities and Differences Between the 17th Century Scientific Revolution and 18th Century Enlightenment

matter, "organic and inorganic alike," could be defined in terms of extension and motion (Burns, 1969, p. 567). Therefore, Descart...

4 Areas of Operations Management

without excessive costs involved. Therefore, the first issue may be raw materials, but this will depend on the business and the ea...

Hospitality Industry and New Technology's Impact

In five pages this paper discusses how new technology especially the Internet has affected the contemporary hospitality industry. ...

Comparative Analysis of the 7th Century Islamic Empire and the 13th Century Mongol Empire

In six pages these empires from different historical periods are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliogr...