Peer-to-Peer Networks for Content Sharing Choon Hoong Ding‚ Sarana Nutanong‚ and Rajkumar Buyya Grid Computing and Distributed Systems Laboratory‚ Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Australia (chd‚ sarana‚ raj)@cs.mu.oz.au ABSTRACT Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are popularly used as “file-swapping” networks to support distributed content sharing. A number of P2P networks for file sharing have been developed and deployed. Napster‚ Gnutella
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Introduction Phoebe has successfully managed to run her small sandwich business for five years. The entrepreneur desires to expand her business by renting a restaurant space near a mall and the suburbs and probably make more returns. Indeed‚ if she manages to expand her business‚ she is likely to enjoy larger profits and a bigger customer base. In that case‚ she must be prepared to deal with the challenges that come with having a larger business and in particular manage her employees and finances well
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N. Dlodlo M. Dhurup BARRIERS TO E-MARKETING ADOPTION AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN THE VAAL TRIANGLE BARRIERS TO E-MARKETING ADOPTION AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN THE VAAL TRIANGLE Ms. N. Dlodlo: Faculty of Management Sciences‚ Vaal University of Technology Prof. M. Dhurup: Faculty of Management Sciences‚ Vaal University of Technology Synopsis Purpose: The purpose of the study is to complement existing literature by examining the relevant barriers contributing
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Growth of small businesses has been rapid in most of the economies and this had been possible in the past couple of decades. About 30 years ago observers said that by year 2000 large businesses will be the main driving force in the economy and there won’t be any room for small businesses. The fact is that small businesses are the backbone of the developed and developing economies. For example: - In USA small businesses represents 99.7% of all employers‚ it represents 26% of America’s exports and
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Small Business Management Mini Case 1. Suchin’s main problem is that the international products are a huge hit in this location‚ while the American products are not selling as well as he expected. Suchin can do a couple things to solve this issue. The first would be to put more of a focus on promoting the American foods that his company sells. By altering marketing of sales and promotions of their American stock‚ they can bring a focus to that area and provide an incentive for consumers to purchase
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smeQUESTION 1 SMEs AND LARGE ORGANIZATIONS Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and large enterprise might operate in the same market‚ but there are certain differences in the two. Certain parameters are used in differentiating a small company from a big company. Such parameters include: BUSINESS SIZE: Organization size can be determined by the number of employees and IT staffs that work in it. SMEs have lesser employees; say from 10 employees to 200. But large corporations have larger number of
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QUESTION1 Power Problems Alternating current (AC)‚ which is “food” to PCs and other network devices‚ is normally 110 volts and changes polarity 60 times a second (or 60 Hertz). These values are referred to as line voltage. Any deviation from these values can create problems for a PC or other network device. Power problems fall into three categories: * Overage * Underage * Quality Power Overage Problems During a power overage‚ too much power is coming into the computer. Power overage
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Network Design Rodney T Caldwell NTC/362 November 28‚ 2012 Marjorie Marque Network Design In this paper I will explain what Kudler Fine Foods need to do so the company can make a business decision on what course of action to take to upgrade the infrastructure of their current network. The network Kudler is using is called a bus topology that uses a common backbone to connect all devices. If one of the systems on the network wants communicates to another system‚ it broadcast a message
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Analytical Essay – The Large Ant In 2012‚ 16259 people in the United States were murdered and another 1.8 million people were sent to the hospital due to assault. Humans resorting to violence and harming others is a daily occurrence‚ but why? Is it in our nature‚ are we instinctively violent‚ and why is it that these acts are not only happening in the United States but worldwide. Although the average person does not leave their home planning on harming somebody that day‚ under the right circumstances
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In India there are many small entrepreneurs setting up an e-commerce model for their businesses. Ecommerce can be fruitful for an organization over the web only if there is a solution to an existing customer problem. This paper aims at introducing basic e-commerce concepts to entrepreneurs who wish to set up an online model (Internet). To setup an online business one needs to get a domain name (for ones website)‚ which is generally ones business name or generic word which also includes a dot com
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