Linggo, Enero 20, 2013

Software to Assist in Managing Contingent Workers

Questions and Answers:

1. What key advantages are associated with the use of R.A.T.S?

Answer: The key of advantages with the use of R.A.T.S it is all about talking about business or a company the advantages of this is that hiring some talented and deserving worker it well help to had a source of income. In this program also they can hired also some worker perform their job accurately through the proper training and validation of skills when the company need and the company also can benefit. 

2. Does R.A.T.S increase or decrease the chances that a company will deal more ethically with contingent workers? Why do you think so?

Answer: Increase, because many people will become interested to participate or to work this company because R.A.T.S quality training, validation of skills, and also this organization can help also for those people who is willing to rehired for other department.

3. Answer: The Application the needs the R.A.T.S is that for me they are going also hired those people who are lack of experiences so that they can help these people to improve their skills and because of that many worker will become interested the features is that. 

Telemedicine Moving Into the Mainstream

Questions and Answers:

1. Can you provide examples either refuse or confirm the idea that a gap exists between the healthcare services available to the wealthy and the poor in the United States?

Answer: The Example that I can provide is that in terms of bill in the hospitals there must be a gap between poor and wealthy. I list ow bill cost per those poor person in order that they can afford there illness.

2. Should healthcare organizations make major investments in telemedicine to provide improved  services to rural areas, even if the cost of these investments cannot be justified and results in increased health costs?

Answer: Yes, if it's needed even though if will increased the cost because life is important and it can save life when purpose.

3. What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What situation might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?

Answer: Some problems of technology specially have rare problems of software business because it can help to monitor the limitations of Medicine.

Overcoming the Digital Divide in Uzbekistan

Questions and Answers:

1. Imagine that you have been appointed to lead the GCE program in Uzbekistan for the next 3 years. Identify at least six specific goals you would set for the program.

Answer: The six goals that I want to make in:
- Sincerity
- Economic Relationship
- Political
- Civil Society Issues
- Livelihoods
- Empowering the Agriculture

2. Explain how meeting each of these specific goals would improve the standard of living in Uzbekistan.

Answer: This goals are very important in Uzbekistan because as what I had observed that country this goals which is I believed this is the lacking why Uzbekistan will not improve, if they have this goals they can achieved the high economic and peace country.

3. Using the Uzbekistan case as an example, describe the types of obstacles-other man economic-that schools face in overcoming the global digital divide.

Answer: The obstacles are involving is the war against terrorist and in Economic and schools they need some support in other countries in terms of facilities.

Economic Revival Raises H-1B Contreversy

Questions and Answers:

1. In your opinion, will raising the application fee deter employers from hiring H-1B workers for the sole purpose of reducing labor cost?

Answer: No, because they raised the application for the reason that they will make labor costs highly.

2. What effects do Bill Gates and Gerald Cohen believe H-1B visa restrictions will have on the development of a skilled IT labor force in the United States? What effect do you think these restrictions might have?

Answer: They effect of this for in cased the skilled IT member will vanished, another person who will replaced on my own insights another problem how to handle a new person.

3. In light of the growing trend offshore outsourcing, what purpose, if any do H-1B visa restrictions serve?

Answer: The purpose is that they are going and to avoid some trends in some transaction that made that's why they have some restrictions.

Does IT Investment Pay Off?

Questions and Answers:

1. Apart from the annual rate of output per worker, what are other any ways of measuring labor productivity?

Answer: In measuring labor productivity is that observation is needed, observing what are these lapses that the I.T does. Knowing his/her capability to work.

2. What factors determine whether a new information system will increase or decrease labor productivity?

Answer: The information is to determine is the output of per worker we all know if the productivity will increased and decreased.

3. Why is it so difficult to determine whether IT has increased labor productivity?

Answer: It is difficult  because every IT worker has their own capability or ability to work in that way can observed that every worker had different ways of working or shall we say they had their limitations to work.

Lotus vs. Borland

Questions and Answers:

1. Go to your school's computer lab or a PC software and experiment with current versions of any two of the Quattro, Excel, and Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet programs. Write a brief paragraph summarizing the similarities and differences in the "lock and feel" of these two programs.

Answer: There similarities that Quattro pro are the same spreadsheet program used in the computer which is considered as a techniques in using computers in order to use easily.
-There differences is that Lotus released it's flagship spreadsheet product, enable users to perform accounting functions on a computer was Lotus also allowed users to write macro, a series of commands activated by a single macro keystroke.
- While Quattro Pro gave users a choice for how they communicate with the spreadsheet program using menu commands design by Borland or by using commands.

2. The courts took several years to reverse their decision and rule in favor of Borland. What impact did this delay have on the software industry? How might things have been different if Borland had received an initial favorable ruling?

Answer: The impact of this is that there would be some problems of this software that it should be fixed. It can cause some delay in enhancing the proper processing of this software. If the Borland will receive the initial favoring it can help to produced Borland some products which is being related to the software they can name or have or can make any system or techniques in software. 

3. Assume that you are the manager of Borland's software development. With the benefit of hindsight what different decisions would you have made about Quattro?

Answer: If I were the manager Borland Software Development, maybe I will make or create any fastest technology composed to others so that it will be easy to promote and I will make Quattro became known everywhere. 

Patriot Missile Failure

Questions and Answers:

1. With the benefit of hindsight, what steps could have been taken during development of the Patriot software to avoid the problems that led to the loss of life? Do you think these steps would have improved the Patriot's effectiveness enough to make it obvious that the missile was a strong deterrent against the Scud? Why or Why Not?

Answer: They are going to make sure that they used the software when is function efficiently  in order to avoid the problems that can led to lost life. No, because all missiles are strong that can kill any people, there is no question or the patriot can proved there missiles are strong.

2. What ethical decisions do you think the U.S military made in deploying the Patriot missile to Israel and Saudi Arabia and in reporting the effectiveness of the Patriot system?

Answer: The Ethical decision of America is that they are going to prove that this missile that is discovered by Israel can provide a short learn defense against missile, that nobody would ever run the system for more twenty hours at a time.

3. What key lessons can be taken from this example of safety-critical software developemnt and applied to the development of business information system software?

Answer: The lessons is that when we are why our software us must sure that it function normally and effectively so then we can avoid some accident and it will not affect the development of business information center.

The SCO Group vs. IBM

Questions and Answers:

1. Research the Internet to learn the status of the SCO-IBM dispute. Write a one-page summary for your instructor.

Answer: It is about SCO who is filing legal action against IBM  in the reason of that IBM committing a misappropriation of trade secrets, tortuous, unfair competition and branch of contract. SCO charged that in the original AT&T/IBM Unix licensing agreements. This parties agreed to set a  provisions that required IBM to protect the Unix  Code against unrestricted, disclosure, unauthorized transfer or disposition and unauthorized  used by others. In that case SCO requested damages of at least 1 billion and demanded that IBM cased anticompetetive practices based on specific requirements sent in a notification letter to IBM. If these requirements were not met, SCO would have the authority to revoke IBM's AIX (The IBM of UNIX) license.

2. What does this case teach you about the sale and purchase of rights to software code?

Answer: It is about fair of all times every step that a company made is bieng first to avoid any encountered conflictual, specially in a software just like SCO vs. IBM.

3. Some critics feel that SCO's business tactics are despicable: acquire the rights to software you did not write, claim that lines of the code are embedded in a competing and more popular program and then demand a licensing fee from anyone who uses the rival software. Others think that are perfectly legal. What is your opinion and why?

Answer: SCO's is a software film that sells and service UNIX. For me I think is illegal  all of the transaction of SCO's are illegal because in the information that I claim there is no any proven that SCO's make any violation. Their main purposes is that SCO's want to be fair in other establishment.

4. Discuss the pros and cons of SCO's decision to sue corporate Linux Users.

Answer: *The Pros is that the SCO file a illegal action against IBM for misappropriation of trade secrets, fortious interference, unfair
* The Cons is SCO's charged that in Original AT&T UNIX licensing arguments that required IBM to protect the UNIX code against the unrestricted disclosure.

RealNetworks vs. Apple

Questions and Answers:

1. Research the Internet on the status of the RealNetworks vs. Apple dispute. Write one page summary  of your findings.

Answer:  Apple Computer Inc.'s dispute with RealNetworks Inc. over RealNetworks' new Harmony technology have to be settled in court? One lawyer said that Apple has available several legal avenues, each with potential risks for Apple and the burgeoning digital music market.RealNetworks last week introduced Harmony, a technology that allows users of the Real Music Store to download their files onto an Apple iPod, a space Apple has strongly defended for its own music store files. Apple responded, saying that Real's efforts were the "tactics and ethics of a hacker."Apple also cautioned Real that they were investigating the ramifications of the software under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), legislation enacted in 1998 that extended American copyright law to cover digital content. Real claims that they did not violate any laws under the DMCA and said, "consumers, and not Apple, should be the ones choosing what music goes on their iPod.

2.  Under what conditions might a court find that RealNetworks violated the DMCA and must stop selling it's Harmony software products?

Answer:  Based on what I've understand there is no law which is being violated because they only presented there music to the other network or in Apple and I in this way believe I believe that they only avoiding any contradiction or copier in music. There is no proofs they violate the DMCA.

3. Under what conditions might a court find that RealNetworks did not violate the DMCA and can continue to sell and distribute it's Harmony products. 

Answer: In the investigation of DMCA they found that RealNetworks did not violate by developing their product which is the Harmony it is proven based on the investigation of DMCA was not designed to disable or removed any digital rights management system in a simple exploration. RealNetworks follows in an well established tradition of fully legal independent.

4. Do you think the DMCA should be changed? If so, how should it be changed? If not why not?

Answer: The DMCA must changed the rules in a way of not using any establish just like RealNetwork and Apple they must produced/promote their music in their own establishment to avoid any compilation.


Miyerkules, Enero 16, 2013

New Wireless Technologies Reduce Medical Errors

Questions and Answers:

1. How should hospital staff and IT staff work together to ensure the success of safety-critical wireless systems designed to reduce medical error?

Answer: Hospital and Technologies or IT staffs should be alert to lesson medical errors, they should work together to prevent negligence. In addition, this Wireless technologies is not trustworthy for it has potential harmful effects of instituting this system.

2. Wireless systems can record who administered the medicine, the dosage administered, the time of day, and other details. In such clear accountability good or bad for the health in industry? Do you think nurses or other healthcare practitioners may be hesitant to use the systems because of potential legal consequences?

Answer: In this case, it is good for health industry because it records the details mostly important doings of doctors and nurses. However, some nurses and healthcare practitioners would hesitate to use this system for it could affect their work and responsibilities they could use this system for easy work.

3. Can you identify additional safety measures that should be built into these wireless systems?

Answer: For more safety measure in this wireless system, the staff of the hospital must use the system carefully. They should have IT professionals to guide the staffs and organized the system well, there should be Technicians in there everyday work to prevent errors in medicating patients. And there must be a double checking of a system if it still works very well.

Prius Plagued by Programming Errors

Questions and Answers:

1. Do you agree with NHTA's assessment that problems with the Prius were not a safety critical issue? In such cases, who should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue--the manufacturer, consumers, government agencies, or some other group?

Answer: No, because with in just small error of an engine can cause an accident and an accident may cause death. The automakers should double check the engine if their system works well. And in such cases manufacturers should decide whether a software bug creates a safety critical issue because they were the one who manufacture the software. So they were the one who knows if there is a defect in a system.

2. How would the issue be handled differently if it were a safety-critical matter? Would the issue be harmed differently if the costs involved were not so great?

Answer: If the lost involved were not so great, it may recall to warm automakers about human errors that go undetected during production.

3. As the amount of hardware and software embedded in the average car continues to grow, what steps can automakers take to minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety?

Answer: To minimize warranty claims and ensure customer safety the automakers should be responsible for the production of Toyota cars. The car must undergo to a test if it runs well for the safety of everybody and for the profit of the business.