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- 541: Developing An Effective Sales Training Program
- ... Finally, more than 61% of respondents agreed that it was important for managers to also be professionally certified. See Exhibit 3. 21st Century Training Since 1995, sales representatives have been trained over CD-ROMs, the Internet, and Intranets. However this was not the most popular training method, classrooms lecture was. During the past 18 months, big and small businesses alike have been trading classroom training for technology-based programs t5hat are available on CD-ROMs, over the internet, or over corporate intranets (Kahn 1997). This trend is sure to continue into the future primarily because it is cheaper. Estimating that it costs $8,000 to train one sales person at a three-day ... maker money when they’re in front of customers, not sitting in a classroom (Kahn 1997). So far, video-friendly CD-ROM is the more practical vehicle for technology- based training. However, the U.S Internet-based training market, estimated to be worth $19 million in 1995, will grow to $1.7 billion by the end of the century, according to Ellen Julian, research manager for International Data Corporation in ...
- 542: Drugs Should Not be Legalized
- ... legalization message is effective when communicated by representatives of the Federal Government, but takes on even more credibility when it comes from those in the community who can put the legalization debate in local perspective" (Internet). After learning about the issues regarding both sides of the argument, I would choose to support those who oppose legalization of any drugs. Drugs simply create problems which effect society in several ways. The government ... simply believe that individual rights to take drugs should be protected. The group also acknowledged that the legalization concept appeals to people who are looking for simple solutions to the devastating problem of drug abuse" (Internet). Society’s answer to the problem is to trick the drug user by giving him what he wants. People believe that making drugs legal will take away the temptation to use them. This idea is ... you may have cocaine in his system, and that the driver in back of you may be on speed. The debate needs to demonstrate graphically how the common man will be impacted by drug legalization" (Internet). There is an idea that the "drug user" is a low class, unemployed junkie. This is untrue. The drug user is often a white collared worker with a family and a future. They are ...
- 543: Importance of Electronics
- ... organize vast amounts of essential data. Electronics are improving at a blindingly fast rate. The newest technology from five years ago is literally obsolete today. Electronics are also being used for new purposes continuously. The Internet, or World Wide Web, is a relatively new concept of being “on-line”. This new project has opened a limitless number of doors for our society. Now anyone can use the Internet to communicate with anybody else in the world a lot faster and cheaper. Cellular phones have also appeared recently in the electronic world. These devices allow a person to be reached from practically anywhere. With ... communication with the world no matter where they go. For the next generation, electronics will certainly offer new yet simpler technology available to the general public. Home addresses and phone numbers will be replaced with Internet addresses. Business people will be able to have access to tools such as video conferencing and such in their homes. The workplace will ultimately become obsolete. Transportation vehicles will be dominated by electric cars ...
- 544: Walt Disney
- ... Twentieth Century. Hong Knog: Chartwell Books, INC., 1981, p.49-51 “The 50 personalities” The New York Times, Aug 13, 1933 as reproduction on Great Personalities, Fiche # 9 “Walt Disney.” 4 Mar. 1999. On-line Internet. http://www.angelfire.com/la/wdwcp95/index.html “Walt Disney.” 4 Mar. 1999. On-line Internet. http://www.intergraffix.com/walt/1921.htm “Walt Disney.” 4 Mar. 1999. On-line Internet. http://wwww.pages.prodigy.com/lampwick/storyp.htm
- 545: Software Licensing and Piracy
- ... computers, which acts as an incentive for the end user to buy the hardware from that particular dealer; and downloading of copyrighted software to users connected by modem to electronic bulletin boards and/or the Internet. When software is pirated the consumer pays for that cost by new software and/or upgrade version being very expensive. Federal appellate courts in the U.S. have determined that operating systems, object code and ... of shareware programs retain their copyright on the contents, and as other copyrighted software should not be pirated. Freeware is also distributed at a very low cost and like shareware is found mainly on the Internet. The authors of the freeware program do not expect payment for their software. Typically, freeware programs are small utilities or incomplete programs that are released by authors for the potential benefit to others, but the drawback to this is that there is no technical support. Public domain software is generally found on the Internet and is released without any condition upon its use. It may be copied, modified and distributed as the end user wishes to do. A license manager is a system utility-like application that controls ...
- 546: Building A Help Desk
- ... service to all the users. I think that the web has created a proliferation of sources, including help info that was formerly only available in print. I understand that our customers can often search the Internet, unwieldy as it is, to get the same answers they would receive by calling a rep. I want self-help to only be the beginning. Problem resolution software now lets me treat the Web, in ... system. This is one reason I will use enterprise wide solutions with my help desk Support Online will be a facet of my help desk. Everyone is trying to figure out how to use the Internet to provide support. I will use remote access within a call tracking system, letting customers dial in and take control over the phone line and use our knowledge base to solve their problem. We will ... support rep. Customers can later check the Web site to view the status of their problem or add notes. We will let our customers connect to the help desk through the network, modem or the Internet. There are several options my technicians will have available to them when it comes to solving a problem. One idea is to have a knowledge base composed of rules, case bases and documents. This ...
- 547: Computer Crime
- Computer Crime: Prevention and Innovation Since the introduction of computers to our society, and in the early 80 s the Internet, the world has never been the same. Suddenly our physical world got smaller and the electronic world set its foundations for an endless electronic reality. As we approach the year 2000, the turn of the ... and store more memory going down every year due to competition in the market, it is estimated that by the year 2011 most every American home will have a PC with instant access to the Internet. With an increase in users everyday and new businesses taking advantage of perks of an alternate electronic world, this information dimension will only get bigger, more elaborate, provide more services, and we will find society ... steer public perception in the right direction. The media s responsibility would be to bring the public interest message to the masses through the use of TV and radio commercials, newspaper writing, pamphlets, highway billboards, internet posting, mailing list, and series or public lectures or conferences. Primarily, the victimized companies and groups along with the government agencies involved in the pursuit and conviction of the offenders would compose the message ...
- 548: Isaac Asimov
- ... New York: Macmillan Publishing USA, 1999. Bloom, Harold, ed. Twentieth-Century American Literature. Vol. 1. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Brummond, Michael. “Religion in Asimov’s Writings.” 11 May 1999: pg. 3. On- line. Internet. 21 May 2000. Available WWW.Angelfire.com/wi/mikebru/alps.html. Magill, Frank N. ed. Critical Survey Of Short Fiction. Vol. 3. New Jersey: Salem Press, 1984. O’Neill, John. “A Brief History of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.” 1998: 2 pg. On-line. Internet. 21 May 2000. Available WWW.sfsite.com/columns/asimov.html. Seiler, Edward. “Frequently Asked Questions about Isaac Asimov.” 2 Apr. 1999. Pgs. 25. On-line. Internet. 21 May 2000. Available WWW.clark.net/pub/edseiler/WWW/asimov_FAQ.html.
- 549: Integrated Software Application
- ... the laws will cost more. With the ability to patent new and non-obvious software functions comes serious problems. The latest new technology, be it ray-tracing 3D engines, anti-aliasing software, or a new internet exploring fad can be patented. This would mean that only one company and its software could use it. Any other companies that wanted to use the software would have to pay them a large sum ... The complexity of software protection laws brings up a large degree of confusion. I myself thought that copyrights lasted 7 years until I read this. I asked 15 people in a chat room on the Internet what they knew about software protection laws, and only one of them knew that software could be patented. 12 of them thought that it cost lots of money for a copyright, which it doesn't ... be one of the greatest advancements in the short history of computers, but because of the shadier uses it could be used for, we'll never see it. I like to compare it to the Internet, its very useful, but it can be used for illegal purposes. You be the judge (Ross 134-140). Luckily, we may yet someday see DVDs, because several companies are developing copy protection schemes for ...
- 550: The Necessity Of Computer Security
- ... arise now, in the form where computers are an accessory to a crime. One of the problems that society has faced ever since the dawn of civilization is privacy. The issue of privacy on the Internet has risen many arguments for and against having it. The issue of privacy has gotten to the point where the government of the United States has placed a bill promoting a single chip to encrypt all private material on the Internet. Why is privacy so important? Hiding confidential material from intruders does not necessarily mean that what we keep secret it illegal. Since ancient times, people have trusted couriers to carry their messages. We seal out ... or prohibiting the export of munitions. Since the PGP is a powerful encryption program, it is considered and can be used as a powerful weapon and may be a threat to national security. On the Internet, it is clear that many people all over the world are against the US government's effort on limiting the PGP's encryption capabilities, and their reason is that the ban infringes on the ...
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