A Diary of Fitsuriaci

COMPUTER HARDWARE Infrastructure Components IT infrastructure consists of the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm’s specific information system applications. Major IT infrastructure components include : computer hardware, software, data management technology, networking and telecommunications technology, and technology services. Types Of Computers Computers come in different sizes with varying capabilities for processing information. • FLOPS (Floating point operations per second) [long division] – range from 500 FLOPS for handheld to a trillion for supercomputers. • PDAs, handheld mobile devices • PCs • Workstation: More powerful mathematical and graphics-processing capabilities than a PC • Servers  :Type of midrange computer, support computer network, sharing files and resources, provide hardware platform for e-commerce. • Mainframes : Large-capacity, high-performance computer that can process large amounts o...

Porter (1985) proposed cost leadership, differentiation, and niche strategies for Competitive Advantage . Additional strategies have been proposed by other strategic management authors (e.g., Neumann, 1994; Wiseman 1988; Frenzel,1996). So, actually, the core strategic of Porter’s just three, and the others are the addition of another. One example of the other generic strategies is Strengthen Customer and Suppliers Intimacy. Already recognized by businesses if the customer has the bargaining power. To make customers remain faithful and loyal, customer bargaining power should be reduced. Customers must be locked to remain faithful and loyal. The most effective way to lock customers to remain loyal is to create switching costs / moving expenses. Examples are from the company McKesson Corp., a drug company. McKesson provides terminals to its customers, drug stores and pharmacies that are used to ordering medications online. McKesson Customers have 2 (two) alternatives, order drugs ...

--> Long time ago, there was so difficult way to find a ticket for a flight. Nowadays, there is a simple way to book the ticket, just by clicking your “mouse” and it yours! One example of this kind of online booking is like at the Air Asia website. I will explain the process of its online booking. 1. Open the website : www.airasia.com and Now, you are at the homepage of Air Asia 2. On the left, klik “booking” à search for flights 3. After that, just follow these easy steps to get the ticket : First, Search For Flights In this step, I selected my Departing & Arriving cities from the drop-down tab and my Departing & Return dates from the drop-down tab or calendar. I booked round-trip from Jakarta to Phuket, Thailand at November 7, 2010 and return again to Jakarta at November 14, 2010. Then, the system automatically selects one as the default number of guests because I just want one ticket. Click on "Search" to go to the next...