OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE What are reasons for business to use open source software? Robert Keidel Western Governors University What are reasons for business to use open source software? With the current economy difficulties‚ companies are trying to find areas in their businesses where they can save money. Many companies are having no choice but to let people go. Some businesses try to avoid lay-offs and instead are looking in other areas to save money. One of the areas is‚ of
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a number of factors: war‚ the involvement of the government in national affairs‚ the navy and trade. The most influential of these factors in my opinion‚ was the role of the Navy‚ as it served as the force used by Britain to fight her battles and protect British trade. At a time‚ the British Empire owned around 25% of the world’s land‚ and at its peak was the largest empire in world history. It is undoubtable that trade and the role played by trading companies were largely responsible for this. The
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Software Requirements Specification Template The following annotated template shall be used to complete the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) assignment of WSU-TC CptS 322. The instructor must approve any modifications to the overall structure of this document. Template Usage: Text contained within angle brackets (‘’) shall be replaced by your project-specific information and/or details. For example‚ will be replaced with either ‘Smart Home’ or ‘Sensor Network’. Italicized text is
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Technological Change refers to the emergence of new products and processes in the marketplace brought about by innovative initiatives and distributive strategies; this in turn motivates formation of new industries and competitive rivalries for the organization. At Bayer it has always been their mission to create new innovations to better the lives of people. The pharmaceutical company has focused over the years on health care‚ nutrition and high-tech materials. Through Bayer Schering Pharma AG in Germany
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A Project Management Overview of XP Software Development Methodology This paper will discuss at a high-level how software development projects are run when implementing the extreme programming (XP) methodology‚ and explain during which step‚ XP covers the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) process groups‚ and management knowledge areas (MKA) [9]. After the XP process is discussed‚ XP’s unique way of developing code‚ its documentation management‚ and user-centric approach are explained. Since
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internet connections are becoming more available and affordable‚ teaching online has acquired all its needs to provide effective‚ efficient and favorable learning methods. In my opinion‚ there are many factors to archive success in online learning such as time management‚ communication and organization in order to be successful on modern education through online learning. Working and learning efficiently with restricted hours requires time to be organized and managed wisely. For that reason‚ I have
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Life cycles in Software and Knowledge Engineering : a comparative review. Michael Wilson‚ David Duce Informatics Dept.‚ Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Dan Simpson Dept. of Computer Science‚ Brighton Polytechnic. ABSTRACT Developments in software engineering have led to models of the system life cycle incorporating the use of prototyping and formal methods of program verification. These are becoming supported by integrated project support environments and permit the planning and monitoring
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Custom software (also known as bespoke software) is software that is specially developed for some specific organization or other user. As such‚ it can be contrasted with the use of software packages developed for the mass market‚ such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software‚ or existing free software. Custom software can be developed by an in-house software development group‚ or be commissioned from a software house or independent software developer. Since custom software is developed for
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684 ICAL 2009 – POSTER PAPERS Abstract Management Information Systems are tools designed to improve management decisions. A changing user population‚ technology enhancement transformation of scholarly communication system‚ digital libraries‚ new approaches to management‚ renewed commitment to planning and assessment‚ financial constraints‚ declining budget‚ information gluts‚ constant change in IT ‚web services‚ reader’s expectations for 24 x 7 services‚ time shortage etc are compelling
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