Bluetooth Technology

Technology just keeps getting better and better as time advances further. Companies keep coming up with new ways to make the lives that we live in easier and more essential. Even though it may be making it easier for you to live, it is costing you more to have these privleges. Some of the technology that is being built today is so far out of people's reach, that it is considered "technology of the future".If you thought it couldn't get anymore simple, one company that is stepping up in the world of technology is Bluetooth. Bluetooth is what most people know as the ear piece that people have connected to their phone wirelessly so they can talk hands free. It sends vital information wirelessly for all sorts of products. People usually use this device when they dont have their hands free to hold their phone in, so they may not be able to answer a phone call or message. Just when you thought that it couldn't get anymore conveinent than that, the people of Bluetooth have come up with ways to make your phone life even simpler. Bluetooth lets you share your voice, music, photos, and other information pretty much through any two devices.
Bluetooth is now making it so that you can have it built in to your car. All you have to do is speak out loud and the person on the other end's voice will come out through the speakers of your car. The ear piece will come with the set, but it will be built into the car. Some cars will also come with a panel that displays your contacts and other information you would like to see. May either be voice commanded or touch screen. The systems vary depending on what kind of car you buy.
Bluetooth is now even making its ways into doctors offices. Bluetooth is now built into numerous devices used in the medical field. Products include stethoscopes, which sends information the stethoscope reads wirelessly to a PC, or even a cell phone. Pulse oximeters, which will scan the tip of your finger instead of being tied up to cables and such. Also, glucose monitors that also sends information to your mobile phone or PC. Bluetooth is making its way into all sorts of new products. It will be a matter of time before something with Bluetooth ends up in your lifestyle.

Bluetooth Technologies

               Bluetooth technology is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices. This creates a personal area technology with high levels of security. Bluetooth is considered a short-range wireless network. Short-range wireless networks simplify the task of connecting one device to another, eliminating wires and enabling users to move around while they use the devices. On average, short-range networks have a range of 100 feet or less.

                Products that are enhanced through bluetooth technology. One product is a stethoscope. The name of the stethoscope is 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope. It allows a physician to listen to your heartbeat, while sending the other information directly to the computer or mobile phone. Another medical device enhanced by Bluetooth technology is glucose monitors. They track your daily glucose levels and sends them to a computer or mobile phone. This keeps all of your records up to date. Bluetooth technology is also used to provide a "Smart Home." Wireless devices in the home allow you to control the lights, temperature, household appliances, window and door locks, security systems and more.

               I found the Bluetooth website very easy to navigate and very informative. This website is friendly for individuals to use if they want to invest in technology for personal or business use. Bluetooth technology is going to be very beneficial to the corporate environment. This technology is going to allow businesses to be more productive and provide customers with a faster and more accurate service. The corporate world today is very technology driven and it is important for corporations to invest in innovative technologies to keep their competitive edge.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was not only the creator of Macintosh but also the developer of our technology now a day. After watching these two videos its clear that Steve did not have the ideal life. He was adopted and was confused as to what he wanted to do with his life. This could not be easy on him. But on the flip side this did not let it affect him. After dropping out of college he probably never thought that he would end up making as much money that he did. Steve was also the creator of Pixar. He has also changed the way that we do many things. He has changed the way that many people buy their music or even movies for that matter. On top of that he has developed the most complex and easy to use software. In many ways Steve Jobs has changed our way of living, and has created the computer software and technology that we have today.

Steve Jobs

Lenny Colometo

After watching the videos on Steve Jobs, you start to realize how much of an impact the man made on not just the world, but the way we look at and use technology now and for the future. Steve's life growing up must've been very tough on him, considering he was abandoned by his young parents and put up for adoption. The situations he went through growing up were learning experiences and only made him a stronger person. College isnt for everyone and Steve realized that from the moment he started settling in there. He went on to pursue a career and what he loved. Even there he went through a few bumpy roads, but bounced back and went on to make the greatest software ever invented.Steve managed to change and innovate every aspect of the technology world. Even though Apple wasnt the greatest technology out there when they first started, they developed overtime and used others as aids to make their products better. The Ipod software was the start of a revolution in the Apple Industry. Ipod's are still developing and are almost putting CD companies and other ways of listening to music out of business. The computers are even more advanced. The Apple Laptop's and computers have features installed into them that no other computer company could ever match till Steve Job's and his team made it possible. Jobs also helped create Pixar, which is the best animated entertainment company ever developed due its stunning graphics.Apple products are even used in classrooms and in the business environment. There are apps on the apple products that you can download for almost any situation. There are apps that help you keep your business up and running, but also organized. After watching these movies, you can say that Steve Jobs pretty much defined the saying "follow your dreams". Even when times are tough, if you keep your head up and keep doing what you love to do, you will achieve success. Life isnt always easy, but you need to always keep your eyes on the prize and follow your dreams.

Extra Credit- Steve Jobs

Zack Swan

Professor Fleury-Lawson

Extra credit/ Steve Jobs

My views along with many other citizens and business people that admired Steve Jobs was that he was a great American inventor and he was also drawn to business. Steve Jobs first started off his career by co-founding what is known today as Apple Inc. When Steve was still apart of Apple, before the fall out of his position there, he covered the roles of chairman and chief executive officer for Apple. Jobs is greatly acknowledge for his attributions and hard work that he put in to help create the Apple Company. After Jobs parted ways from Apple he quickly once again became co- founder of another company. This company became known as Pixar Animation Studios, where jobs covered the same roles in Pixar that he did Apple as chief executive officer. After the Pixar by Disney was released, in 2006 Jobs was a member on the board of directors for the Walt Disney Company. Once Jobs was now officially part of the Walt Disney he was viewed for his wonderful ability to create such a good animation studios. His Pixar Studio got great recognition from the great animation that it created for Walt Disney moves.

There were many things that Jobs touched upon in the management information system with his type of leadership. Jobs one great attribute that he will be known for is his that he a tremendous communicator. Steve Jobs was different from other on his level of most CEO’s which was to produce high profits. Job’s was inspired by a purpose that was beyond making money. One of his greatest impact on his workers and leadership team is that he tough them how to be visionary and creative. This was a different approach in MIS because of the feedback on their views and thought from workers and team members.

There are quite a few lessons that we can learn from Steve Jobs great performance in the business work. But there are two lesson which were the most important to take from his career. The fist was that he always stated that people/ customer didn’t know what they wanted. He stated that they didn’t know what they wanted until you showed them. This is due to the interaction with the customer to give them feedback, facts and reviews on a product or service such as the IPod. Jobs also preached about maintaining obsessive security. Jobs liked to maintain the secrecy of products until its prevailing. This was where Jobs took his time to make sure everything was secure and ready for prevailing. This insured him that nothing could be wrong from all the carful steps Jobs took to make sure the product was ready. Job’s was a great role and asset in the business process management of both Pixar and Apple. He “managed techniques that include methods and tools to support the design, analysis, implementation, management, and optimization of business process”. (Rainer, Cegielski. Introduction to Information Systems. Third edition. Page9.)

Google Docs

Google Docs is a free, Web-based office suite, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of Spreadsheets with a presentation program incorporating technology designed by Tonic Systems.

Google Docs is an example of cloud computing. In Google Docs, users can collaborate and upload documents to the "cloud." This helps save time because two people do not need to be together to work on the same project. All they need to do is have a google account to access it. The people working on the project create what they call “ collections” and they can invite whoever they want to be able to look and work on the project. Whoever has access in this collection can change and edit whatever they’d like. This is all done on the “cloud”, which means its saved on Google’s server. People don’t even have to leave their office to collaborate on a group project.

Lotus

I will be speaking about the Lotus Quickr application. Lotus Quickr is a collaboration that allows at least two parties to work on certain tasks for their company. The content is shared and has a variety of features including access to team calendars, blogs, forums, and other ways for the company to stay connected. When you first access the website, it shows you the numerous features it has and how you can work to use these to your full potential. Lotus is connected with a lot of IBM features and others like Microsoft Office and Outlook. Lotus also allows authorized people within the company to store team content for all authorized personel to view and make changes to. The blog states that this could be either a pro or a con. Pro because it is limited to only a certain amount of people to control, and a con because people who may have great ideas are not aloud to make changes because they are not authorized.
I believe this application is not as unique as people may think. There are a lot of companies out there that do this kind of sharing to keep the company as connected as possible. This one may have more features because it is more up to date, but there are a lot of companies now a days who do things like this to stay connected, even smaller ones.

- Lenny Colometo

IBM Lotus Quickr

I had chose IBM Lotus Quickr to discuss. This is a new tool that many companies use to complete projects or work with a team. this is very good for people in the operations department because more then one person can access the information. If you have the right info to your groups work you are able to pull it up from anywhere in order to complete more work or just use it as reference information.

This could be a bad thing too. If you were to have a keylogger on your computer and you had very important or confidential information that only a couple people were supposed to see and the keylogger has a chance of getting into that information. This tool if used correctly can be very effective.

Lotus Quickr – Julie Blais
I chose IBM Lotus Quickr as the communication tool I am going to talk about. This program helps people interact and access other people and information. Quickr provides its users with many templates, discussion forms, content libraries, team spaces and different connectors that easily share documents among team members.
The different parts of IBM Lotus Quickr are all used for specific parts of the program. The content libraries are used to help share and organize content. Team members can use the check-in and check-out tool to share and collaborate with each other. Content management leverages your investments because it is easily accessible to all employees. This part of the program has easy to use tools.
The templates available through Lotus Quickr are very helpful when trying to get a new project together. Instead of starting from scratch, the templates provide quick and easy guidelines to quicken the start up procedure. If you decide you wanted to make your own template that is also included with Lotus Quickr. The following is an example of a template that keeps track of different tasks and how they are progressing.
Team places are another important part of the Lotus Quickr software. This feature is said to be fun and easy to use. Team places helps keep team members and projects on the right track by including calendars, discussion forms and blogs. The connectors help allow users to access different parts of the program without having to switch applications. This is very helpful for busy worker who are looking to save time. Social software integrates other IBM applications from IBM WebSphere to everyday Microsoft Office. Social software helps users drag and drop attachments, add charts, viewing contacts, adding book marks and many other things.
I think this program is very helpful for everyone, not only business people but college students and everyday people. I like the connectors program a lot. It seems very efficient and easy to use. Even doing simple research becomes a hassle with having to switch applications. This program seems to solve that problem.

Homework 6

The collaborative communications website I chose to focus on is the Google Docs web application and suite. The idea behind Google Docs is that is allows users to create and edit documents simultaneously in real time. The Google Document online programs have revolutionized the way group work can be done. Allowing for more time efficiency and convenience than ever available before.

While visiting the Google Docs site, I noticed that it is relatively easy to sign up for. Essentially users are asked to sign up for a free Google account and can pick and chose which internet options they would like, one being Google Docs. The Google Docs web suite includes software to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. While other software suites such as Microsoft’s Office Groove mimic the online applications concept, only Google Docs gives full support for editing document’s in real time with other users. Program suites such as Google Docs are extraordinarily impressive. Now users can share critical information quickly and everyone who is associated with the project will have access to the work. This leads to more productivity and less time wasted retrieving lost files, and data.

As revolutionary as Google’s Document applications are, there may be cause for concern for businesses and consumers. In Google’s terms of service all information stored on their servers is subject to their eyes. Which means the Google Company can look up your information at anytime, and use it for there own benefit. Consumers should be aware of this because although Google Docs is a free program, they might not want to store private information on Google’s servers. Business should be even more cautious especially if they are in completion with Google.

Google Docs

Zack Swan

Professor Fleury-Lawson

MIS

Home work 6

The collaborative communication website I chose to view from chapter five was GoogleDocs. Google docs are a free Web-Based word processor, spread sheet and presentation application. With the collaboration of others, GoogleDocs allows users to produce and edit documents online. This program is not to be mistaken with Microsoft Office Groove because the difference is that GoogleDoc’s allows multiple users to open, share and edit documents all at the same time.

At my first view of the GoogleDocs web site at docs.google.com I was somewhat used to what I was looking at. It reminded me of when I log into Google mail. The two have many similarities in web site. The web site before signing in or creating a free account does give a good overall description of what the program is about. The main log in page states that you can create and share work online. GoogleDocs shows the various types of documents it has such as the ability to create ordinary documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and forms.

GoogleDocs gives the user’s ability to pull up and download files right to your desktop without them ever being saved on your laptop. The web site gives you great availability anywhere there is access to a computer with internet or a smart phone/ tablet device. The great main thing about this program is that it gives you the ability to share your work with other such as class mates and employees. This great collaboration program allows for work to get done more quickly and collaborative.

In the web site I can see how there could be implications in the information given on the customer and business. This is because before you can receive this special detailed information you must sign up as a user to this program. Then when you have created an account it gives you full access to information and all the availabilities that can be done in this program. The web site does not explain or go into detail of its full capability in the programs on the main page until a user is logged in.

Lotus Quickr

Lotus Quickr is a network application, specifically a collaboration. Collaboration refers to efforts by two or more entities that work together to accomplish certain tasks. Lotus Quickr provides shared content with version control in the form of document directories with check-in and check-out features based on user privileges. It also provides online team spaces where members can share and collaborate by using team calendars, discussion forums, blogs, wikis, and other collaboration tools for managing products.

The Lotus Quickr Website (www.ibm.com/lotus/quickr) is very sleek and easy to navigate. The main page provides and overview of the software and the available features. The main page states how the software works with enterprise content management systems and with IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Connections, IBM Sametime, IBM Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook. The website provides convenient tabs that provide additional information on the features and benefits, system requirements, success stories, services, how to buy and additional support. The website also provides "related links" that include: IBM Connections and IBM Enterprise Content Management.

The Lotus Quickr software allows individuals to store personal and team content. It is possible that some individuals may make a mistake and mark their personal information as shared. This will allow other individuals of their team access to their personal information. Only authorized team members are able to access the information to collaborate. This could be a pro and a con. It is beneficial because the amount of people that have access to the information is controlled. A negative with the software is that there will be very innovative individuals that will not have access to the information. These individuals will not be able to contribute to a project if they have a great idea.

Below is a link of a youtube video that shows how the software works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g6b1yvNgxw

Below is a link to a blog written by an individual named Stuart McIntyre about Quickr:

http://www.quickrblog.com/

Google Docs

Google Docs is an online storage system for documents and spreadsheets. The use of cloud storage allows Google Docs to have many different documents on the same server allowing for groups to access the work of other members to get a project done or allowing for up to 1 GB of memory to be stored online rather than on the computer it was created on. This program has opened many doors. It allows for people working on a project together who may be in separate countries or on opposite eds of a country to work together efficiently to get the project done. This also makes spreading your documents easier rather than having to print a hard copy or send an email out for everyone who wants a copy of something this program allows for those people to go into Google Docs and find the document themselves. This is what the future is becoming. The trend suggests that the next step in technology is cloud storage and computing. This new program allows for more efficient file sharing and opens a new possibility of group work to allow for projects to be done through file sharing between people in other countries, states, or towns. There is no longer an issue if someone can’t be there they will always be involved with a click of the mouse they have all the work they missed at their fingertips.

Google Docs

Google Docs is not just another service in Google's extensive and impressive portfolio; rather it is one of the best and most effective collaborative services the Internet provides. As with all Google creations, Google docs is very clean and neat, straight to the point, and reliable.

Google Docs is the one of the premier examples of cloud computing, a topic we discussed in class. In Google Docs, users can collaborate at real time and upload documents to the "cloud." This method saves time because two people do not have to be in the same building or even the same country to work on a project. Users just have to have a Google or Gmail account. From there users can create "Collections" and invite whom they wish to give access. Once two users are entered into a "Collection" they can post documents, edit documents others have posted, and even create documents right in Google Docs. This is all done on the "cloud", meaning that all the data is saved and stored on Google's servers. The cloud is bringing people and companies closer together without anyone having to leave their office.

Another reason this service is so useful and unique is the fact that it is free. Most cloud computing services cost users money. This has helped small time businesses and start ups immensely because they can save on costs with Google Docs. Google Docs has also had huge impacts in the world of academia. Students working on group projects can upload all their papers and research right to Google Docs for everyone to see. I have used Google Docs a couple of times for projects and really enjoyed it. It makes it a lot easier, and, with all the social media and other methods of communication, groups never really have to meet. It is also a great place because, since it is on the cloud, it makes it virtually and extremely unlikely to be lost. So users no longer have to worry about forgetting their disk, or flash drive, as long as they have Internet Access they can log onto Google Docs and retrieve their items.

-DG

SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is another product out of Microsoft Office which helps out many people in different fields from work to the class room and sports. SharePoint is more for the business side of the fields, Share supports documents which allow people to manage and create their own surveys. In case a user wants to get information back from their past service experience, SharePoint also haves blog areas that allows users to write and respond about certain topics just as blogger.com. SharePoint have also saved several companies from being deeper in debt and improves your computer, the reason why is because SharePoint also gives scorecards and dashboards that provide success for many companies.

One of the companies that SharePoint have helped out goes by the name of MTV, which everybody knows about and happens to be one of the top level TV channels in history. MTV uses the SharePoint software for the “deploy a new portal” option that is available for users so they can produce their own content (P.171-172). This was very useful for MTV because they are a huge company that haves to produce several different TV shows such as reality TV and award shows. I believe the main feature of SharePoint is how the health Analyzer works as a anti-viruses, the reason why is because the program makes the user aware if there are certain bugs or cookies that can cause problems for your computer unit. The analyzer watches over the computer and attacks the source of the problem before it can affect your CPU, so instead of buying an anti-viruses  program that is expense a user can purchase SharePoint and use the health analyzer along with several other features that come with the program.  Microsoft SharePoint is awesome software that I believe every company should use for the many reasons a have provided in this blog.

Google Docs

Google docs is a relatively current system that google provides through there email system Gmail. If you are writing a proposal for a client and need help with a specific part of the document then you can let anyone with in your company change ether the entire document or just a piece of the document. The best part about this is you don't have to create document series. a document series is when you create a document with the same name, but different sub titles. document series allows you to go back to different versions of a document as it progress through the editing stage. The problem with document series is that it can become very disorganized. document series also use more memory. With Google Docs you eliminate the need for document series by storing each individual change that is made to the document in the gross document file. the gross document file is stored on one of google docs servers and does not take up any space on your hard drive. one of the risks to Google Docs is that you won't be able to retrive a heavily changed document because gross document folders are limited by size. I could see Google Docs helping work flow in an office because you can see document being edited almost instantly. google docs also allows collaboration on many different types of products. for example google sketch up which has been developed into a professional CAD program. GoogleDocs now allows Collaborations on Google sketch up which could greatly expedite a engineering project. Many CAD Files are printed out and delivered to different locations in a company because it is quicker and cheaper than saving and transferring drawing so complex. many of google docs are unused by many non professional user. There even seems to be a miss use by many of this highly resourceful website. one of it's biggest miss uses is data storage. many use Google Docs to store and Retrieve documents. although this works well and eliminates the use of Flash drives it still is a miss use of such an impressive technology.

Google Docs by Willie

Willie Mewborn III

Google Docs is a group
of creations that allows you to create different types of word documents,
tables, drawings and documents such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. You
can create different types of documents and can also share them with people
while chatting with them such as feedback. Google Docs allows many users to
share, open and edit documents all at once. Any document can be stored in
Google Docs and it is free of charge. Some of the important features Google Docs
has are creating documents or opening a template. It also allows people to upload
all types of documents simply and make useful with other users. Another important
feature is the ability for users to put out their work as a web page and post
documents straight to a blog. For example, Microsoft Office applications do not
have that feature. The Google Docs website has a viewer that permits users to view
file types including Microsoft Office files and PDF’s. The viewer suggests a
link that allows other people to view your documents. For access to the Google
Doc Viewer you have to go the link http://docs.google.com/viewer.
The viewer supports over 10 different types of files that include Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Archive file types and Adobe Illustrator. Before this assignment I never used Google
Docs and barely heard of it. I believe it is something that many people should
use including myself due to the extra features. Many adults who are in
businesses should really use it because it can organize documents and receive
others feedback. It make business and assignments simple.

IBM Lotus Quickr

IBM's Lotus Quickr is a product that "provides shared content with version control in the form of document directories with check-in and check-out features based on user privileges" (Rainer & Cegielski, 172). Quickr emphasizes sharing and collaboration by providing online "team spaces" that utilize team calendars, discussion forums, blogs, wikis, and a number of other collaboration tools for managing projects. Each of these features contribute to Quickr's ease-of-use.

Due to its emphasis on collaboration, Quickr is significantly beneficial to companies both in and out of the United States. First, it helps teams and workgroups become more efficient and more productive, including teams that span a vast array of time zones. Take, for example, Compagnie d'Enterprises (CFE), one of Belgium's largest construction companies. CFE was initially using e-mail to share documents with suppliers and clients, which proved to be ineffective as it resulted in version control errors and security vulnerabilities. After implementing IBM's Lotus Quickr product, "the volume of large attachments sent through e-mail and the impact of those e-mails on the system was reduced" (Rainer & Cegielski, 172). Because of the implementation of Quickr, project teams were able to operate much more efficiently.

Another notable benefit of Quickr is that it allows teams and workgroups to manage their information and projects in a security-rich environment that requires no assistance from the IT department. Teams are able to operate more effectively and efficiently when they are using a reliable product. When programs and software are under-developed, they often lead to "glitches" and errors that cause frustration and delays when managing information, projects, and the like.

For these reasons, I believe IBM's Lotus Quickr product is an innovative and promising development to the technological world. Technology has become crucial to how we communicate, both in social and business situations. As we become a more globalized nation, it is important that we are able to communicate effectively and efficiently in order to complete business transactions. IBM's Lotus Quickr software enables us to do just this through collaboration, including discussion forums, blogs, and more. In conclusion, I highly recommend Quickr to organizations and companies alike.

quickr

Conor Golden
For this post I chose to write about IBM's Lotus Quickr program which uses a sort of chat room/ information sharing system to unite members of a team on a project from all around the world in one place. It does this by allowing its members to post team oriented calendars’ and documents on its website that can only be accessed by other team members. Making it a very secure way to share sensitive company information without worrying about getting emails hacked. I was impressed with the software because I have heard about video conferencing and things like that but didn’t know that you could work online in this way. I had no idea that a system for basically extending your office to any computer in the world existed, and I think it’s a great tool for businesses. The example from the book gives a great real world application for this program, what CFE did with Quickr to organize its overseas construction projects was amazing without this program that would have taken months of planning and a lot more risk of sending information through email. What the Quickr program allowed them to do is create a online library to post all of their customer data and project details on so every part of the company could look up the same information without having to have it sent from the corporate office. I think it could be a major asset to any company looking to do business internationally. www.ibm/lotus/quickr this is a great tool for people looking to cut down on resending information and a way to make their business many times more efficient in the process.