Posts Tagged ‘Company’
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Hewlett Packard is one of the world’s most flourishing manufacturers of desktop computers, printers, servers, and laptops. With a strong and reputable consumer brand, the company has managed to grow its services and expand to provide services to a large number of businesses. During the first quarter of the company’s development, HP managed to establish a sales growth of 8%. On the other hand, HP has surprised analysts with their declining market performance with their hand-held products including the iPaq Smart Phone. Their sales have dropped $25 million in the first quarter while Apple had a $5.6 billion market growth with their iPhone.
HP has realized that because of the iPhone, Apple has managed to build more intensive relationships with customers. They have accomplished more than three billion software applications through the store which is directed to the iPhone. Now, Apple is looking to repeat this with their latest invention which is the iPad, a tablet computer which was recently launched. Researchers at HP are using this as a motivation key for building the reputation of their hand-held products and have talked about developing software’s and services that will let people print easily from their phones as well as manage and communicate their photos and communications more efficiently with each other through mobile versions of social networks.
It is expected that HP is to offer a smart phone in the coming year that will utilize the latest mobile version of Windows. Already, there is a lot of competition in the cell phone industry and it is a good idea that HP has announced to dedicate more of their focus on other products on the side of the Smartphone category.
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Today, companies involve huge IT departments that are dedicated to storing and sharing extensive data. This means huge amounts of data and data servers being handled by companies who are at best minimally familiar with the ins and outs of computing. Presently there are more than 15 million computer servers operating globally. Every organization has to build its network for its peak demand leaving 80% of the running servers idle every day, which as you may imagine leads to huge waste of time and money for these companies.
There is an expansion of networks, computer storage and servers, and the growth has left companies wanting a new solution to their computing needs. “Data Utilities” will allow companies to discard their data storage infrastructure and hand off all their data storage and maintenance needs to third parties able to efficiently and responsibly manage them. These data utilities will allow sharing of servers to meet the peak needs of companies without requiring the company to pay for and maintain the server during its times of lower demand.
The concept of data utilities isn’t all that new, and we all use them everyday. For example, every time you share photos through services such as Facebook, snapfish, Shutterfly, Kodak, or Flicker, you are operating in the cloud and using a data utility. Similarly, the online software suite from Google Apps allows users to generate and access information and spreadsheets exclusively online. Users can create, edit, and share all sorts of files from any computer with Internet access.
Basically any kind of storage can be met by a data utility. It is estimated that the internet contains 5 million terabytes of data. That is just an initiating point since constant improvement will only increase storage demands. Data utilities will allow the collaboration of computing power, data storage, software applications, and other IT needs through a global network. It will permit businesses to concentrate on what to offer rather than technical know-how of how to offer the service.
At the time of great economic concern where cost efficiency is gold, the data utility trend has only hastened. IT decisions are being made based on economic reasoning as well as a technical viewpoint. Data utilities enable companies to utilize resources on demand and pay for them when needed.
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
“Green” back offices and data centers are becoming quite a trend these days — not only because of their energy efficiencies, but also because of the costs they save. With the economic downturn, making IT operations more efficient not only makes practical sense, but is becoming necessary. As your business grows your IT infrastructure will become more complex, therefore the time is NOW to implement strategies that will save time, energy, money, and increase your company’s overall productivity.
StoneHill Tech’s Green IT Strategies:
Go Virtual
- Virtualization dramatically improves the efficiency and availability of applications in your organization, reduces energy cost and improves operations by managing information traffic and workflow.
- By condensing all files and applications to one server, your business will best utilize your hardware and software resources.
Improve airflow: Improving airflow is easy and inexpensive. To immediately improve efficiency, ensure that:
- Cables, etc., are positioned so they do not restrict airflowMissing ceiling tiles are replaced so no cold air is misdirected.
- Hot air does not ecirculate, by flowing over the tops of racks or around the rows.
- Migrating racks to hot aisles/cold aisles is a continual process.
- CRAC units are positioned for maximum efficiency.
- Servers are designed with front-to-rear airflow.
- The return (hot) air plenum accommodates required airflow
Dispose of eWaste
It is probably no surprise that in our current age of technology and computer dependency eWaste (electronics waste) is the fastest growing form of toxic waste in the world. However, since society has begun to realize this there have been companies sprouting up all over that will actually come to your business and collect all your eWaste for free. We use an awesome local company; Go Green eWaste Recyclers.
Tags: Business, Company, energy cost, energy efficiencies, Green, IT, maximum efficiency, Recycle, virtualization
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
“Above the fold” refers to the story printed at the top of the page. The term originates from the newspaper industry where the story on the front cover is the most important story. It is the most sought after spot because it is what readers see first.
The web design industry picked up the term and many professionals are still biased about how it works. In companies employees and teams look for prominent positions to place their contents, assuming that the content below the fold will be missed. I am not 100% influenced by the “above the fold” concept. There could be no clear fold line since monitors vary in sizes, tool bars use space and browsers may not necessarily be full screen.
However, there may be certain design squeezes that can make sure that viewers notice detailed areas. A perfect example is Google. They managed to increase Google Earth downloads because they altered the “Download” button upward by 100 pixels. It is a proven fact that Google likes to show the world their speed and accuracy, but now they have designed a way for other companies to follow their lead. Google has once again astonished us with their technical expertise coming up with an application called “Google Browser Tool” that will show website owners how the layout and design of their website influences user exposure.
The company created “Browser Size,” a new tool from Google Labs that indicates how many people see certain areas on your webpage. The illustration is calculated from browser height and width information gathered at Google.com. A given point in the browser, the tool will tell you what percentage of users can see it. For example, if an important button is in the 80% region it means that 20% of users have to scroll in order to see it. If you’re a web designer, Browser Size can be utilized to minimize scrolling and to highlight the essential parts of the page that are always important to your viewers. This is a good tool to make websites better and making the web improved for everyone.
Links:
Google Labs Browser Size tool
Google Blog announcement – Browser Size: a tool to see how others view your website.
The new tool aims to help website owners figure out how the layout and design of their website should be made in order to attract more followers. Isn’t that great? The tool may not be perfect, but it appears that it’s worth a try, and offers an easy to see way of figuring out if your content is seen by your users the way you intend it to be.
Tags: Company, downloads, google, google labs, Help, IT, technical expertise, tool bars, web design industry, web designer
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Every successful company has a budget. What’s in your budget? More importantly are you budgeting to win? Winning means maintaining existing, and forging new, sustainable business relationships. And if you don’t yet have a budget, get one for free, courtesy of Intuit. If you are not budgeting for IT you are not budgeting to win. In the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, most businesses today are drastically cutting costs, according to a recent New York Times article. But at what cost have these cuts come? How is your business performing? According to the NY Times article, a beneficial cost cut is moving away from in-house operations and toward contracted relationships.
Never before have companies depended so much on technology for their day-to-day operations. When this technology fails them what do they do? Who do they call? StoneHill Technical Solutions partners with small businesses to insure their IT environment is maintained at the most optimal performance level. And it is StoneHill’s winning combination of performance and customer service that makes them a coveted team member and outsourced computer services business partner.
By budgeting for IT you are investing in a critical component of your company’s operations. What does your workplace look and feel like in the event of a computer crash or a server crash? What happens when e-mail is down? StoneHill Technical Solutions is your winning relationship. You can’t afford a monthly expense for computer service? Can you afford to go without use of your computer or deal with a failed network for a day? What you probably cannot afford is long-term contracts and non-performing partners. StoneHill Technical Solutions is the partnership that will keep your business infrastructure running smoothly and efficiently, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Take advantage of StoneHill’s free network review today and let them share their findings with you and help you to win!
Author: David Meacham
Tags: Budget, Business, Company, computer crash, computer service, Great Depression, History, infrastructure, IT environment, IT network, Recession, server crash, The New York Times Company, Twentieth Century
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