We have presented a new remote management service offering called Express Remote Managed Infrastructure Services (ERMIS). Since this class of offerings provides an opening into the SMB market for IBM‚ it was imperative to build the differential artifacts to lower costs and enhance the global appeal and reach of RIM via automation. To that end‚ we described two areas of research: service catalog and PD. Automation of management tasks for such commonly requested services helps in lowering costs while
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These are the three IT infrastructure domains affected by the “Internal Use Only” data classification standard. The infrastructure at Richman Investments will include the basic domains as the User Domain‚ Workstation Domain‚ and the LAN Domain. The User Domain is comprised of individuals that are often not aware of the tricks of attackers. For example‚ networks usually have strong passwords that one must know in order to gain access to the Internet. Nevertheless‚ social engineers can persuade individuals
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Case Study 99 Cents Only Stores: IT Infrastructure on a Budget 99 Cents Only Stores is one of the leading retailers in the deep-discount sales industry. The first 99 Cents Only Store opened in 1982‚ and the company now operates 194 retail locations‚ including 150 in California‚ 19 in Texas‚ 15 in Arizona‚ and 10 in Nevada. The stores carry mostly name-brand general merchandise‚ including food and beverages‚ health and beauty aids‚ cleaning supplies‚ house wares‚ hardware‚ stationery‚ toys‚ gifts
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The Impact of Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility on Strategic Alignment and Applications Implementation Sock H. Chung Department of Computer Information Systems College of Business Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti‚ MI 48197 sock.chung@banyan.emich.edu R. Kelly Rainer‚ Jr. ** Department of Management College of Business Auburn University Auburn‚ Alabama 36849 (334) 844-6527 rainer@business.auburn.edu Bruce R. Lewis Calloway School of Business Wake Forest
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Project Finance and Private Public Partnership in financing logistics infrastructure. Arturo Capasso Università degli Studi del Sannio Introduction Finance scholars acknowledge a clear-cut distinction between corporate finance and project finance. The two techniques are considered as basically different approaches to the problem of raising debt to fund capital investments. In corporate finance lenders assess the creditworthy of a whole company‚ evaluating the going concern‚ the full range of
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PESTEL ANALYSIS Political * The public spending on infrastructure is expected to decrease in many developed countries. Major part of this spending will be directed to the civil infrastructure due to the increasing concerns about sustainability. Investments in power station replacements‚ wind farms‚ waste management assets and other green initiatives will increase (The Economist 2010; Balfour Beatty‚ 2012). * Since governments in the emerging countries‚ especially in India‚ China and Brazil
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Topic/Title Assessing challenges of urban roads infrastructure planning and provision in Secondary towns in Uganda‚ A case of Kitgum Town council. Introduction/background In most developing countries‚ Uganda inclusive‚ the demand for the transport sector is very high yet the resources available to government to provide adequate transport services are limited. The growth of transport is important for the development of the economy because it facilitates trade‚ tourism‚ mobility and cultural
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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH- IS IT THE BEST MODEL? Private public partnership for infrastructure growth- Is it the best model? ABSTRACT The paper reviews the concept of PPP‚ its importance and relevance in furthering infrastructural growth in a developing nation like India. Thereafter the application of this theoretical overview is seen in the study of various successful projects in which PPP was implemented- one of the best examples
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[pic] DELTARES INTERNSHIP MOTIVATION LETTER Tiaravanni Hermawan My concern about Indonesia’s infrastructure is started when I joined HMS‚ an association for Civil Engineering at Institute Technology Bandung. HMS conducts project‚ which related with education and community development. The projects are all about constructing long-term public facilities like water installation‚ school‚ and bridge. On the early 2012‚ I was chosen to be the head of Public
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of power in the country‚ the potential seems huge for the engineering majors in both generation and the transmission & distribution space. | | Infrastructure is another key area of operation for major Indian engineering companies. L&T’s order book at the end of FY11‚ for example‚ contained around 36% of orders from the infrastructure sector which includes activities like engineering‚ design and Engineering of industrial projects and social & physical projects like housing‚
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