minimum of code changes. At a time when different computer lines of the same vendor didn’t talk to each other -- yet alone machines of multiple vendors -- that meant a great savings in both hardware and software upgrades. It also meant that the operating system could be upgraded without having all the customer’s data inputted again. And new versions of UNIX were backward compatible with older versions‚ making it easier for companies to upgrade in an orderly manner.
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Chapter 2 Mini case 1 Deal-R-Us Brokers (Part 1) Case Description: Fred Jones‚ a distant relative of yours and president of Deals-R-Us Brokers (DRUB)‚ has come to you for advice. DRUB is a small brokerage house that enables its clients to buy and sell stocks over the Internet‚ as well as place traditional orders by phone or fax. DRUB has just decided to offer a set of stock analysis tools that will help its clients more easily pick winning stocks‚ or so Fred tells you. Fred’s information systems
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fThe American Journal of Surgery 185 (2003) 244 –250 Core competencies Efficiency of the operating room suite Avi A. Weinbroum‚ M.D.a‚b‚d‚*‚ Perla Ekstein‚ M.D.b‚d‚ Tiberiu Ezri‚ M.D.c‚d b Post-Anesthesia Care Unit‚ Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center‚ 6 Weizman St.‚ Tel-Aviv 64239‚ Israel Departments of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine‚ Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center‚ Til-Aviv‚ Israel c Department of Anesthesia‚ Wolfson Hospital‚ Holon‚ Israel d Sackler Faculty of Medicine‚ Tel-Aviv
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Pension Plans and Operating Segments Pension Plans and Operating Segments Memorandum To: CEO From: Controller Re: Pension plans and operating segments for newly acquired company The intent of this memo is to answer questions regarding the pension plans and operating segments of the company we recently acquired with 100% ownership. This company has two operating segments‚ each with its own pension plan. Reporting requirements for these issues are explained below. Pension Plan
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2009 pro- forma balance sheet and income statements for R& E Supplies‚ Inc. The pro- forma balance sheet shows that R& E Supplies will need external funding from the bank of $ 1.4 million. However‚ they show $ 1.27 million in cash and short- term securities. Why are they going to the bank when they have most of the required amount in their cash account? 2. Pro forma financial statements‚ by definition‚ are predictions of a company’s financial statements at a future point in time. So why is it important
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Most likely Bishop and Yates have shown Mahria the following calculations to convince her to stay with MedNet over the Marvel: Purchase Rate Number of sales Contr Monthly Contribution Cost per $contr MedNet 6.00% 30‚960 $150 $4‚644‚000 $0.37 Marvel 2.00% 15‚960 $45 $718‚200 $0.60 Newspaper 12.00% 4‚440 $165 $732‚600 $0.35 According to the table‚ MedNet is almost equal to the newspaper ad in terms of cost per one dollar of contribution. Marvel showed
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Vicki Hinton 03/21/2011 The Administration Process SEC/370 Michael Scott University of Phoenix Operating Budgets Paper Budgets are systematic plans that organizations use to manage objectives and goals. They are important documents that bring out important aspects of the organization and provide information to direct that organizations activities (Johnson‚ 2005). They are basic planning tools that help managers make decisions within the organization. Budgets vary in different organizations
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Strategies Group January 2006 Corporate Capital Structure Authors Henri Servaes Professor of Finance London Business School The Theory and Practice of Corporate Capital Structure Peter Tufano Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management Harvard Business School Editors James Ballingall Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory Deutsche Bank +44 20 7547 6738 james.ballingall@db.com Adrian Crockett Head of Capital Structure and Risk Management Advisory‚ Europe
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On February 26‚ 2015‚ the Federal Communications Commission passed the Title II Net Neutrality rules. These rules will be enforced by the FCC and will protect the American people when it comes to the use of the Internet. Some people say that this is a major part of history because of the way the Internet has changed and enriched lifestyles. Research suggests that Net Neutrality will benefit all Internet users because it protects consumers against blocking of content‚ prevents throttling of all
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Toward a Cloud Operating System Fabio Pianese Peter Bosch Alessandro Duminuco Nico Janssens † Thanos Stathopoulos Moritz Steiner Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Service Infrastructure Research Dept. †Computer Systems and Security Dept. {firstname.lastname}@alcatel-lucent.com Abstract—Cloud computing is characterized today by a hotchpotch of elements and solutions‚ namely operating systems running on a single virtualized computing environment‚ middleware layers that attempt to combine
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