people’s life easier. The application is called Dropbox‚ and it is vastly used to exchange every kind of files and folders between people. Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service operated by Dropbox‚ Inc. that uses networked storage to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization. Dropbox is the simplest‚ most elegant file-synchronization tool ever used. The premise behind Dropbox is it gives you access to your files no matter what
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Xiong Xiao HW #7 1. Using DropBox and GoogleDocs as examples‚ what are some advantages of cloud computing? Today‚ individuals and organizations can use the power of cloud computing. As we can see in the DropBox and GoogleDocs‚ cloud computing provides access to a shared-pool of computing resources and data‚ including computer‚ applications and service‚ over a network. 2. What are disadvantages of cloud computing (again‚ feel free to use DropBox and GoogleDocs as your examples)?
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Surname Centre No. Candidate No. Paper Reference(s) Initial(s) Paper Reference Signature 6 6 6 7 6667/01 0 1 Examiner’s use only Edexcel GCE Further Pure Mathematics FP1 Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary Tuesday 22 June 2010 – Afternoon Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Team Leader’s use only Question Leave Number Blank 1 2 3 4 Materials required for examination Mathematical Formulae (Pink) Items included with question papers Nil 5 6 7 8 9 Candidates may use any calculator
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Case Question 1 – DropBox 1. Dropbox is a late mover in a crowded space. What opportunity did Houston see? Specifically‚ what are the key elements of Dropbox ’s current business model? Houston saw the opportunity to build a product which would allow the users to upload their work and synchronize them immediately. Houston came up with this idea as he felt the need of this product by himself by forgetting his USB stick as he wanted to work in the bus. So Houston decided to start and develop a prototype
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1. Houston is still confident with Dropbox‚ which is a late mover compare to other competitors because of these following reasons. First‚ he thinks he can make money because customers will understand either storage is a physical one or online service‚ they both still cost money. Second‚ he sees opportunity of growing market of cloud service. Furthermore‚ he also thinks other competitors have difficulties in transferring data across firewalls and balked with big flies or a large number of files
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Centre No. Candidate No. Paper Reference(s) Surname Paper Reference Initial(s) 7 0 4 0 7040/01 0 1 Signature Examiner’s use only London Examinations GCE Biology Ordinary Level Paper 1 Monday 10 May 2010 – Morning Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Team Leader’s use only Question Leave Number Blank 1 2 3 4 5 Materials required for examination Nil Items included with question papers Nil 6 7 8 9 Instructions to Candidates In the boxes above‚ write your centre number
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ADVANCED VISUAL BASIC JUNE 2010 – LOCAL EXAMINATION SECTION A Answer all questions in this section. SECTION B Answer any two questions in this section. Time: 2 hours Clearly cross out surplus answers. Failure to do this in Section B will result in only the first two answers being marked. Any reference material brought into the examination room must be handed to the invigilator before the start of the examination. Advanced Visual Basic June 2010 Final © NCC Education Ltd 2010 SECTION A ANSWER
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To: Ms. Tang Case: Dropbox Date: 11/18/13 Dropbox was created in 2007 and launched to the public a year later. It was founded by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski; who were classmates together at MIT in the early 2000’s. The created a product that allows you to sync you computers together by using a cloud to share files between the different computers. At the time of creation there were existing products in the market but they believed that they created a product that would simplify the process
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storage for free to attract the consumers‚ pop up if you connect a usb stick or SD card to your computer “do you want to synchronize these files with Dropbox?”‚ turn loyal customer into salesperson: 250MB for free if referral (1/4 of Dropbox users come this way)‚ no files capacity transfert limitation. Weaknesses: need access to internet to download Dropbox‚ 2GB limited storage for free (competition eg amazon offers 5GB for free as already mentioned by Janine)‚ you cannot store more than the available
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TEST CODE 01240020 MAY/JUNE 2010 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS Paper 02 – General Proficiency 2 hours 27 MAY 2010 (a.m) Answer the THREE questions in Section I‚ ONE question in Section II and ONE question in Section III as indicated. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD DO TO SO Copyright ©2009 Caribbean Examination Council ® All rights reserved. 01240020/F 2010 SECTION I Answer the THREE questions in
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