Essays and Research Papers on Hardware, Software & Industry

This 5 page paper is an overview of CRM, defining what it is, how it can be of use and the variety of components that can be found within a CRM system. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the experience of one student in a general class called Systems Acquisition, Systems Development and Project Management. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 10 page paper first discusses organizations and groups and how to manage them, and then moves to the specific management techniques that might be best in large IT/IS systems. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7-page paper compares object oriented database systems, relation oriented database systems and object-relation database systems, and determines security and other features of each. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 7 page paper examines the inventory DBMS for Wal-Mart. The system is defined and characteristics such as accessibility, transaction handling, utilities and other features. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing which operating system the owner of a new notebook computer should install on his system. The paper examines reviews of both Windows offerings as well as Linux, and concludes that the owner of the new computer should choose Windows 2000. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

10 pages. Reverse engineering is described as taking apart a functional piece of software in order to discover the components as to how it is made. This is used quite frequently in the software industry, but lately there have been many issues brought forth as to possible copyright violations in doing so. This ...

This paper explores the SANs from a managerial viewpoint. It provides background and related legal information, as well as peer, popular and academic reviews of storage area networks. It looks at the SANs at New Balance and CNBC/NBC. Bibliography lists 8 sources. JVnetsto.rtf

This 5 page paper gives an outline of the history of wireless networking, starting with the developments of Marconi, and the first wireless network at the University of Hawaii up to the development and use of 802.11g. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the history of Microsoft from its' beginnings in the 1970's tracing the development of the company and its ability to gain success and dominance despite not being one fop the most innovative software firms and the gaining of a reputation of launching products with bugs. The bibliography cites 5 ...

An 8 page paper on the UNIX operating system, its history and purpose, competitor threats and how UNIX designers are coping with that threat, along with the fact that it has support from its customer base. The paper postulates that UNIX has served many different government and scientific entities in the past and ...

An 8 page paper which argues that anti-trust legislation is being applied properly in the decision of Judge Jackson in the case of Microsoft. The paper also includes background and history on anti-trust legislation. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

This nine page paper presents an overview of the history and workings of the HTML program. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page report discusses artificial intelligence and the potential for additional applications that could have a staggering impact in research. This essay suggests developing an artificial intelligence-enhanced information gathering process that would result in the a new generation of search engine that does not rely on the “perseverance of its practitioners” to gather, organize, and analyze data. Bibliography lists 4 ...

A 7 page paper analyzing two journal articles for the presence and treatment of critical points. The first article discusses a linear programming article, "Stripping Coupons with Linear Programming" (Allen, Thomas and Zheng, 2000); the second is a report on a queueing application, "Optimization of discrete event systems via simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation" (Fu and Hill, 1997). ...

This 35 page paper considers the market for smart cards within the financial sector, examines their role and development for e technological perspective and then goes on to discuss in detail the technical side of the cards specifically in relation to the financial sector. This included information about the types or card and microprocessor, ...

(7 pp) When was the last time that you wondered how "smart" you are? We wonder about it all the time with computers. We may not use the "s" word, because that makes "them" seem too humanoid. But we will ask how much memory does it have - what other things ...

This 5 page paper is a longer version of PGmsscpt.rtf. The essay discusses why software developers release security patches and reports a few of the security patches released by Microsoft over the last few years and the vulnerabilities they protected the user from. This essay also includes comments about Microsoft's new Security Advisories program, ...

A 5 page paper that includes an abstract. This is an informative essay about the telecommunications industry. An official definition of this industry and what is included in it along with selected statistical data are included in the discussion. The essay comments on the continued global growth even in this economic downturn. The paper ...

This 26 page paper provides questions posed by a students and answers from a text and the internet. Various concepts in telecommunications are explored and defined such as networks, routing, numbering systems and so forth. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 3 page paper considers what Nortel Networks and Lantern Communications to the IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) have brought to the development and standardization of the technology. The paper outlines the solution development and the contribution made by each company. The bibliography sites 5 sources.

A 12 page paper discussing Ubicom's SX family of controllers, focusing on ports and bus interface. Memory chips have continued to evolve over the years since the earliest semiconductor. Increasingly, they are smaller in size but have consistently-increasing storage and retrieval capabilities. One type, the Ubicom SX series, is described here. ...

A 9 page paper answering 5 questions about telecommunications. The first question defines 20 terms including “virtual circuit” and “SONET;” other questions are responses to various scenarios. Questions address advantages of cable vs. DSL; the nature of fiber optics; and the advantages of frame relay, SMDS, ATM and VPN. Bibliography lists 10 ...

This 5 page paper considers a network and how it is set up and used to communicate. The writer starts with the topology, then looks at the operating system (Windows NT), before discussing the role of communication though e mail on the network. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 3-page paper delves into order processing and telecommunications, and the software necessarily. Bibliography lists 2 sources.