.... and those introduced by into the public marketplace. In the late 1950s distinguished itself with two innovations: the concept of a family of computers (its 360 family) in which the same software could be run across the entire family and a corporate policy dictating that no customer would be allowed to fail in implementing an system. This policy spawned enormous loyalty to “Big Blue,” as came to be called. From the 1960s until the 1980s dominated the global mainframe market, although in the 1980s lost market share to other manufacturers in specialty areas such as high-performance computing. When minicomputers were introduc .....

.... proportion of Web stores would go out of business as a result. I guess that most Web merchants are complacent, either assuming that they will never have to change hosts or that if they do it will be a straightforward matter. However, the truth is that changing your Web hosting service can be very difficult, particularly for e-commerce sites because the software the store runs on - whether CGI scripts or a fully-fledged Web commerce server - needs to be moved as well. So how do you go about changing to a new Web hosting service? Whilst it's impossible to give site-specific advice, there are three key things you will need: .....

.... IP (Internet Protocol), which enabled traffic to be routed from one net to another as needed. All the networks connected by IP in the Internet speak IP, so they can all exchange messages." (Levine 12) Even though there were only two networks at that time, IP was made to allow thousands of networks. The IP is designed so that every computer on an IP network is compatible. That means any machine can communicate with any other machine. The Internet, also called the Net, is the world's largest computer network. The Internet is the "network of all networks." (Levine 7) The networks are connected to big companies like AT&T, as .....

.... It is the function of the worker to carry out management's wishes without question. Many of today's method's of operation management have elements of the above stated principles. For example, part of Material Requirement Planning system (MRP) is learning how workers to hire, fire, or lay idle. This is because it we realize the a worker can only produce so many widgets a day, can work so many hours a day, and so many days a year. I will disagree with principle “c” in that the worker should blindly carry out the wishes of management. Successful operations are based upon a two- way flow of thought and suggestions from manag .....

.... to Internet technology, companies and other types of organizations are able to keep all of their information organized and easily accessible with a click of a button. The Internet, how has it changed the world around us? Government, education, business is all wrapping around it. Is this because of all of the information on it, simplicity or is it the quickness, with a simple point and click and the information appears on the screen. The first intention of the Web, as it is referred to, was not to create a sea of web servers and surfers. The Department of Defense created it for it's own use, to keep contact with all of the loca .....

.... $ 6.5 billion--a--year business to the Hollywood film industry (110). He continues to point out that two Japan based conglomerate have put about 64 million videogame machines in US households in total. In addition to that they also produced and licenced for all their softwares for their machines (110). Palmery estimates to produce and market a ful featured videogame it would costs up to $10 million (102). Because of the cost producers attempt to make a return on their investments and earn as much profits as they can. To achieve their goals, they feature more blood, gore and human dismemberment in their games to appeal to .....

.... already. While screen shots from PlayStation2 titles filter in from Japan, we are all, of course, duly impressed. No one will doubt the power of Sony's newest behemoth, or the sheer beauty of its games. Titles such as Ridge Racer V, Tekken Tag Tournament,Dead or Alive 2, Dark Cloud, Gran Turismo 2000 and Onimusha are graphical masterpieces -- but then, so are games on the DC. Thes PlayStation2 titles are, by no means, the Dreamcast killers they've been made out to be. The hype has been such that everyone somehow accepts the notion that the advent of the PlayStation2 signals the end of Sega's little white miracle. This is clear .....

.... consists of trying to have the parts on the floor when needed, not too early, and never late. Extra stock ends up in inventory, and although labeled as an asset in the books, it is actually a liability. This drives the agent to search for creative ways to control materials. One key way to accomplish this is to utilize distributors that are “committed to long term relationships in which they take on more of the responsibility of managing activities up and down the supply chain” (Avery 52). This has to be a mutual sharing of information and cross training in order to work effectively. Inefficiencies in lead times are probably .....

.... because of this phone companies will be the cause to their own downfall. · Methods of communication over the net -There are many ways of communicating over the net: Inter relay chat (text only) -Video/Audio: there are many net applications which allow the user to simply plug in a mini video camera( which can be purchased anywhere from $150+) and speakers and a microphone and establish a net connection and be able to view to and hear. -There are also applications such as the internet phone which enables the user to talk with other people, this works almost like a conventional telephone. · New technologies and what to expect in .....

.... is unlike any other problem in modern history for several reasons. William Adams points out some of the most important ones. "Time is running out- the Year 2000 is inevitable! The problem will occur simultaneously worldwide, time zones withstanding. It affects all languages and platforms, hardware & software. The demand for solutions will exceed the supply. Survivors will survive big, losers will lose big. There is no 'silver bullet' that is going to fix things" (Adams 2). "It is too big and too overwhelming even for [Bill Gates and] Microsoft" (Widder 3). Separate, any one of these points makes Y2K, a common abbrevi .....