SAN is called Storage Area Network also called Server area Network. A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. Typically‚ a storage area network is part of the overall network of computing resources for an enterprise. A storage area network is usually clustered in close proximity to other computing resources but may also extend
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In the United States (U. S.) roughly 59.5 million people live in rural areas (HRSA‚ 2015). This accounts for nearly 19.3% of the total population of the U.S (HRSA‚ 2015). These rural areas are largely populated by older adults and children who are frequently identified as vulnerable populations in trauma care. Health services in rural areas often differ from urban areas in many proportions including: less medical providers‚ limited access to specialty resources or diagnostic tools‚ and lengthy travel
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Park‚ gazetted 1993 Gunung Ledang National Park‚ gazetted 2005 Islands of Mersing National Park‚ gazetted 2003 Penang National Park‚ declared 2003 Taman Negara National Park‚ established 1939 2. What is Protected Areas (PAs) and give examples? Protected areas is an area that are recognised as a regions set aside primarily for nature and biodiversity conservation and also a major tool in managing species and ecosystems which provide a range of goods and services essential to sustainable use
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TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS Investment decisions may be tactical or strategic. A tactical investment decision generally involves a relatively small amount of funds and does not constitute a major departure from what the firm has been doing in the past. The consideration of a new machine tool by a motor manufacturing company is a tactical decision‚ as is a buy-or-lease decision made by an oil company. Strategic investment decisions involve large sums of money and may also result in a major
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Approaches to Decision Making 08/10/2013 Approaches to Decision Making Decision making in the workplace is something that all managers are faced with at one time or another during their careers. Some decisions are minor and some are major‚ but what we have to keep in mind is the decisions we make can make or break a company. Being the one who is faced with making these types of decisions can make our job more stressful‚ but thankfully there are steps we can learn to take
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Banning Smoking in public areas Tobacco smoke contains more than 7‚000 chemical compounds. More than 250 of these chemicals are known to be harmful‚ and at least 69 are known to cause cancer. Yet studies have shown that second hand smoking is a proven killer to both adults and children and has worse effects of the second hand smoker than it does on the actual smoker. Smoking should be banned in public places all throughout the U.S. because of the risks associated with second hand smoking‚ banning
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expensive? These questions were often asked by visitors that came from that were cities far from the Bay Area like Fremont and Sacramento. Over the past seven years‚ the Bay Area’s housing prices have increased exponentially as more people come in for technology job opportunities. According to a scholarly article‚ called Zillow: Tech Workers’ Silicon Valley Home Values Are Outpacing Neighbors’ ‚“Bay Area home values are soaring‚ driven by a flood of well-paying jobs at technology companies”(qtd. Zillow:
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big cities. This migration from rural areas to big cities is called urbanization. There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages‚ better housing and utilities‚ better school and hospital‚ more jobs opportunity‚ and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor. We know that most of rural areas people are farmers. There’s not much else
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Introduction Page 19 What is Finance? Page 19 Financial Importance and its Assistance in Decision Making Page 19 Sources of Finance Introduction “Funding is the financial support provided to realise certain projects” Whether you are a new business‚ or already established and looking for additional finance for new projects‚ this information pack will assist you in the decision making process with useful information that will help you within your financial considerations. This
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Decision Support Systems Marek J. Druzdzel and Roger R. Flynn Decision Systems Laboratory School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh‚ PA 15260 {marek‚flynn}@sis.pitt.edu http://www.sis.pitt.edu/∼dsl To appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science‚ Second Edition‚ Allen Kent (ed.)‚ New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.‚ 2002 1 Contents Introduction Decisions and Decision Modeling Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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