This paper examines the relationship marketing approach as it relates to desktop computers.
Analytical Essay # 125253 |
750 words (
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2 sources |
APA | 2008
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The paper examines how desktop computers are currently distributed and examines the long-term relationship between desktop manufacturers and customers, distributors and suppliers. The paper asks this basic question: how can any computer manufacturer establish long-term relationships with distributors, suppliers, and customers?
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"According to an essay written by Patricia Sorce and published online on the Rochester Institute of Technology website, relationship marketing can be described as all marketing activities directed towards establishing, developing and maintaining successful relational exchanges. Relationship marketing is based on creating a mutually beneficial exchange between business partners. A relationship marketing strategy is not a cure-all for problems between manufacturers, distributors and the end user. There are many examples of the failure of marketing programs designed to build loyalty. The objective of many relationship marketing..."
Tags:Desktop computers, marketing, strategies, channels, distribution, customers, distributors, suppliers, relationship marketing
This paper discusses the various forms of desktop counterfeiting and the efforts that are made to counteract counterfeiting.
Essay # 72037 |
2,034 words (
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APA | 2004
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The paper explores the various forms of desktop counterfeiting and the efforts that are made to counteract counterfeiting.
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"America's fastest-growing means of fraud is known as desktop counterfeiting. Using low-cost personal computer-based publishing systems, counterfeiters have become able to forge virtually any kind of paper document or certificate. Checks, bank notes, passports, Social Security cards, birth certificates, stock and bond certificates, automobile titles, bus and train passes, food stamps and even grocery story coupons from the Sunday newspaper are all vulnerable to desktop counterfeiting."
Tags:desktop counterfeiting, biometrics
The following paper examines the way in which the reliability and convenience of the new desktop computers contribute to the slower growth in the desktop industry.
Essay # 6931 |
2,200 words (
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10 sources |
MLA | 2002
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This essay discusses how corporate spending for desktops since the year 2000, seems to be fading away resulting in corporate buyers migrating only toward new appliances. The author concludes this paper by suggesting that the sluggish growth in the desktop industry will remain for several years from 2002 to 2006, as consumers opt for technology substitution and competition forces price cutting.
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"The desktop industry has experienced high growth rates in the past due to the increase in demand for computer and other related desktop devices. This growth rate continued to grow till the last few years. In 2000, the revenue figures for the desktop industry reached to the mark of 128 million dollars, a record sales figure. (Worldwide PC Forecast 3) However, the high sales figures were primarily due to the issue of the millennium bug during which companies made their revenues by replacing the outdated equipments with the new ones. In the later period, the sales growth rate declined to a considerable level because of a steep slump in demand as the problem of millennium bug was being solved. This slow growth rate is being anticipated for the coming several years."
Tags:IT, managers, technology, new, software, application, current, desktops, upgrading, systems, price, cutting
An examination and comparison of five different desktop management software packages.
Comparison Essay # 110177 |
1,178 words (
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MLA | 2008
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This paper compares five different desktop management software packages. It focuses on Desktop Authority Version 7.7.0, Enteo Management Suite for Citrix Presentation Server, LogMeIn IT Reach, ManageEngine Desktop Central and Numara Track-It! 8 Professional. The paper describes the functions of each software package and then compares them within a comparative matrix.
Table of Contents:
Desktop Authority Version 7.7.0
enteo Management Suite for Citrix Presentation Server
LogMeIn IT Reach
ManageEngine Desktop Central
Numara Track-It! 8 Professional
Comparative Matrix of Desktop Management Software
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"Among the five, ManageEngine provides the most number of features and its cost is the best value for the money. The costing is based on available data on the Internet and the others might have lower costs but feature-wise, ManageEngine still stands out especially with its overall functionality of managing the desktop environment. Desktop Authority came in second only because there is no price available thus computation of TCO cannot be done. The enteo Management Suite could not be considered at all because it specifically manages servers and for desktop management, there is a requirement to purchase its client software. If purchase of system will be done, proof of concept or POC should be done by vendors of Desktop Authority Version 7.7.0, LogMeIn IT Reach and ManageEngine Desktop Central to fully determine each software's capabilities and functionalities."
Tags:configuration, inventory, installation, tools
The following paper examines the way in which the declining number of desktop PC shipments in the U.S. and worldwide, in 2001, has given a new challenge to the PC industry.
Essay # 6130 |
1,875 words (
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4 sources |
MLA | 2002
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This paper explores the factors that caused the decrease in desktop industry growth. This essay focuses on new technology substitution, competition forced price-cutting, and decrease in consumer demand. The author contends that portable PC's will eventually outsell desktops
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"PC makers, especially branded vendors, then can turn to small business, which has been growing enormously in the last five years. There is a great demand in using the Internet to facilitate the work-at-home businesses, which means this could be a fast expanding and stable market to rely on for several years in the future.What people need nowadays is simply to make the most of the effective and efficient use and maximum performance of the hardware as advertised by each company. If they need to combat the time with the fast growing internet era, then the speedy and accurate software is what business people need. Industry needs to grow various options to customers where they can choose what they need and in some good options. An industry may need to develop direct selling through customers, getting more various new entries in market diversification. "
Tags:news, decline, indicating, recession, downturn, major, consumers, corporations, industries, aging, equipment, solve, millennium, bugs
An examination of the benefits of desktop or laptop computers for a fictional library.
Term Paper # 149475 |
953 words (
approx. 3.8 pages ) |
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APA | 2011
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The paper explains why a laptop may be favored by some library users, but points out several logistical problems with using a laptop, including the fact that it is more easily stolen and damaged and is more expensive than a budget desktop computer. The paper then describes how a budget desktop like the Acer can provide more or comparable memory to an expensive laptop, with greater storage capacity and durability. The paper reaches the conclusion that the Acer or a model like it is proof that an inexpensive and functional desktop is ideal for the library's needs.
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"These are trying times for local government organizations, and the budget of Organization C, a library with well over 15 locations, 400 employees, approximately 50,000 patrons and over 500,000 books, magazines, videos, and CDs is no exception. Furthermore, as many of the library's patrons have lost their jobs and are looking for work, they are coming to the library with more frequency, searching the available resources for aid in crafting resumes or to seek out employers or educational opportunities. Even families with employed parents are using the library as a source of entertainment for bored children: free books, free CDs, and free DVDs are a premium commodity. However, despite its vast informational resources, the hardware and software of the library is woefully out-of-date. The evidence suggests that, despite the initial attractions of docked or portable laptop computers, the library requires desktop computers that patrons can use to search the database of books and other media, and can also use for email, Internet, and homework use within a specified timeframe.
"The first instinct, naturally, is to assume that 'cheaper is better.' And today, there are desktops that can provide all the library needs at a low cost. According to PC Magazine, the "Acer's Veriton X270-ED7400C seems tailor-made for the struggling economy" (Domingo 2009). It has 2 GB RAM, 160 GB of storage, and a Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW for patrons who wish to watch DVDs. Patrons who use library computers will not need some of the capacities sought after by home users, like flashy graphics, as most of the usage is likely to be searching the library catalogue, requesting books, and perhaps using the Internet as a resource."
Tags:memory, storage, capacity, durability, expense
Looks at the market in terms of types, technology, competing firms, product lines, focusing on IBM-compatible 80486 & 80586 (Pentium), power, price, performance and the future.
Essay # 20801 |
1,800 words (
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6 sources |
1994
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"Introduction
There are three major classes of computers: mainframes, minicomputers and microcomputers. As computer technology has developed, the lines between these classes have blurred and each class has stretched its boundaries into the other. Today's desktop computers (microcomputers) are capable of performing calculations which 30 years ago would have been limited to the powerful mainframe computer class. This research examines the state of the microcomputer market and considers the current technology available, as well as where that technology is headed and the effect of that technology on decision makers.
Description of the Technology
Microcomputers are those systems which are commonly referred to as "desktop" computers. These systems were originally designed for individual.."
A history including programs, displays, graphics, color, platforms, software and hardware.
Essay # 19414 |
2,025 words (
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13 sources |
1992
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"Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing refers to creating printed documents using a personal computer or a computer workstation. The documents produced range from one-page flyers to complex magazine layouts, and the hardware and software needed to produce them may be basic or extremely complex. This report will define the range of what is known as desktop publishing and the areas where its capabilities are still limited. It will also cover the steps involved in the production of printed documents and some of the ways they can be output in finished form.
In the early 1970's, Xerox developed the Alto, a prototype computer workstation that could edit and format text and produce illustrations. This was the beginning of what came to be known as desktop publishing. The major breakthrough in desktop..."
A description of the desktop, laptop and palmtop.
Descriptive Essay # 121808 |
500 words (
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9 sources |
APA | 2008
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This paper describes three types of computer systems--the desktop, laptop, and palmtop (PDA)--and explains what business tasks each is most suited for and the ease or difficulty of each.
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"There are several different types of computer systems; three of the most commonly used are the desktop, the laptop and the palmtop. The desktop is a computer that is designed to sit on a desk; it is not portable. The desktop is much larger than either of the other two computer types and it also boasts more power storage and versatility. A desktop..."
Tags:computer, laptop, desktop, palmtop, PDA
A comparison of computer desktops.
Comparison Essay # 36126 |
900 words (
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5 sources |
2002
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This paper compares 5 computers in terms of their specifications.
Tags:desktops, comparison