SmartSockets: Solving the Connectivity Problems in Grid Computing Jason Maassen and Henri E. Bal Dept. of Computer Science‚ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands jason@cs.vu.nl‚ bal@cs.vu.nl ABSTRACT Tightly coupled parallel applications are increasingly run in Grid environments. Unfortunately‚ on many Grid sites the ability of machines to create or accept network connections is severely limited by firewalls‚ network address translation (NAT) or non-routed networks. Multi homing
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McDonalds: A Case Study Case Study: Mcdonalds McDonalds is widely considered the “king” of fast food restaurants. Started as one restaurant in 1955 by Ray Kroc‚ McDonalds is now a worldwide chain offering everything from a traditional hamburger to Frappuccino’s and everything in between. The McDonalds website states” Ray Kroc wanted to build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation. He wanted
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INTRODUCTION McDonalds‚ being an American based fast food company was also very successful in other western countries. The cultural and consumer behavioral similarities among those nations might have caused a positive impact in this success. However it’s not only in western countries that McDonalds was successful but also in eastern countries as well. Among those Asian countries‚ McDonalds has become one of the most preferred fast food destinations. After xxx years of its operations‚ with vast experience
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Summary The case outlines the steps that McDonalds has taken to improve its recent poor performance. Since its founding in the 1950s McDonalds has grown into a global brand that has defined the fast food industry. Over the last decade‚ however‚ the company has not responded effectively to changes in the environment. This has resulted in declining sales and profits‚ failed menu options‚ and dissatisfied franchisees. James Cantalupo and Charles Bell have implemented a turn-around strategy‚ but it is
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201KM GROUP PROJECT CASE STUDY 4 McDonalds and Hong Kong McDonalds celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 15‚ 2005 and remained true to the statement "As far as I can tell‚ the only place you can’t get a Big Mac is in outer space." (1990) The company operates as a global business through franchising. In 2004‚ the company reported to have established 30‚000 local restaurants located in 115 countries across five continents. It is the biggest fast food retailer conquering markets
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Smartphone Security Survey of U.S. consumers Sponsored by AVG Technologies Independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC Publication Date: March 2011 Ponemon Institute© Research Report Smartphone Security Survey of U.S. Consumers Ponemon Institute‚ March 2011 Part 1. Introduction Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings of the Smartphone Security Survey: A Study of U.S. Consumers sponsored by AVG Technologies. The goal of the research is to determine consumers’ perceptions
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conduct a questionnaire survey‚ from which the concept of marketing research has been established in the mind. 1. Why information collection is important in marketing? The British Institute of Management defines the marketing research as ‘the objective gathering‚ recording and analyzing of all facts about problems relating to the transfer and sale of goods and services from producer to consumer or user.’ It seeks to provide the five basic questions—who‚ what‚ when‚ where and when. In practice‚
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Unit 1 Learning Objectives for Course Content Topic: Reading/Listening Strategies 1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning Reading and Listening strategies fall under and why. 2. Relate reading and listening strategies to the pillars of being a strategic learner. 3. Explain what is meant by reading/listening being a "constructive process." 4. Discuss how the three components of constructed meaning -- author‚ reader‚ and text -- influence
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new product or scheme for attract a customer. By latest news McDonald’s introduce a new product as fruit maple oatmeal in its menu in 2011. MC Donald is using a Operation Management system for be in a International market. McDonald process McDonald’s manufacturing process is completely transparent to the customer and in the market. Even A customer can see the process of the fast food and they can judge to hygienic standards at MC Donald’s by allowing them to enter where the
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Running head: THE IMPACT OF SMART CARDS The Impact of Smart Cards Money and Banking I – BU322 March 17‚ 2010 The Impact of Smart Cards The Digital Age has changed the way we do business and one of them is a technological innovation called the Smart Card. Though users tout its advantages the concept has been slow to take off in the United States possibly due to the disadvantages that continue to plague the concept. However with the continued direction of business and banking in this
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