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Simple and Easy Printer Buying Guide

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Simple and Easy Printer Buying Guide

April 30, 2013   author
printer buying guide

Just like choosing a computer, sometimes we are confused to decide which printer (printing machine) would be suitable for our needs. As the solution, then, start with the basic questions about your printing customs (digital printing machine), such as:

  • How many pages to print in a month?
  • What kind of documents are often to print? What print color is most often used (black or colored)?
  • Do you often print photos?
  • Do the functions include copying, scanning and faxing?
  • How much money is spent to print those?

Here are some cases or issues related to printer that are often experienced by consumers, followed with the solutions.

Case 1:

Pages to print are not many, but often printing color illustrations and photographs, as well as using a scanner and fax machine.

Solution:

Choose an all-in-one inkjet printer that can be used to print, copy, scan and fax. With this printer, you can get a lot of functionality in just one product. Besides, the cost of supply (such as the purchase of ink) can also be suppressed.

Case 2:

Frequently printing texts documents and spreadsheets in black ink. You also want a reliable printer and can handle the volume of printing in large quantities.

Solution:

Choose a monochrome laser printer. It offers cheap cost per page, and is suitable for user who frequently prints in a lot of volume. In addition, this printer can generally be shared to the network so that other users can use it. This helps companies minimize cost. The more advanced a digital machine, of course, the more expensive the price.

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Case 3:

Frequently printing many pages with black ink, but also using color ink if the document is intended for clients. Yet, you want a cheap cost per page.

Solution:

Purchase a color laser printer. With this printer, you can print brochures or professional documents while saving time and money. The user can also use this printer without the need to purchase additional equipment, such as indoor or outdoor printing.

Now, which is the best printing solution? Well, it certainly depends on your individual needs.

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The Challenge of Japan Technology Companies

April 22, 2013   author
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Last month, Sony followed Panasonic and Sharp, announcing the losses suffered by billions of dollars. Their stock prices fell to pieces. Sanyo even has already almost collapsed. Sharp plans to close the division of AC and TVs. Sony and Panasonic will lay off thousands of their employees. Toshiba’s notebook division may be bankrupt, following the death of their television products. Why Japan’s top companies become like losers among American, European and Korean enterprises?

There are three fundamental causes we can learn from the lesson.

1. Culture Factor

In the digital era today, speed is the key, particularly in decision making, product development and product launch. At this vital point, Japanese companies attach to their cultural harmony and consensus.

Their work culture is very concerned with consensus. Top Japanese management may hold meeting for weeks just to find a consensus on what and when a product should be launched. Once they finish the meeting, Samsung or LG have launched their new products.

2. Seniority Factor

In this digital age, innovation is like oxygen, a continuous flow of breath. Innovation is not compatible with the work culture that emphasizes seniority, the characteristic of Japanese companies. Any Japanese company almost certainly has no Senior Managers below the age of 30 years. Such terms as Rising Stars and Young Creative Guy are weird there.

Promotion in almost all Japanese companies applies sequential methods. Seniors must come first, no matter what. Loyalty means permanent working until retired. Thus, innovation suffers premature death.

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3. Aging Factor

Japan is an aging country. More than half of Japan’s population age is over 50 years. As the implication, the majority of the Senior Manager in various Japanese companies falls into that category: aging employees. Here the laws of nature apply. Employees who are aging, and many years of working in the same environment, are usually less sensitive to rapid changes. There is a comfort zone that resides in a body of senior managers and the elderly.

Thus, the three fundamental factors are the main causes why the Japanese electronics giants are giddy. Without a radical change in the three elements above, the future of Japan Co. will probably always be in the shadow of death.

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The Most Wanted Information Technology Skills in 2013

April 13, 2013   author
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There is no doubt that work field in Information Technology (IT) will remain high in the year 2013 and further. With abundant programming languages, protocols, platforms, gadgets and other advanced technologies, however, it is pretty hard to know exactly which one should be learned. It is recommended therefore, that you identify in advance technology trends which are mostly needed by companies in 2013.

Based on researches and surveys, the following skills are the most abilities in high demand in 2013.

1. Cloud-computing
In the year 2013, cloud-computing is still a trend among IT enterprises. Many companies will look for software developers whose qualification in virtualization, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In 2013, based on the surveys, 25% of company respondents have been planning to recruit employees whose ability of cloud-computing. The virtualization, SaaS and PaaS will be highly mentioned in job-search sites.

2. HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery

What would be the world site without HTML? The programming language is what has been the basis for the site, with cascading style sheets (CSS) which managed to make the site look beautiful, and JavaScript to add interactive functionality. However, since people are largely and ongoing to move using smarthphone and tablet over PC, JQuery language will be highly useful, particularly in its user-friendly features to touch and glide.

3. Website and IT Projects
Along with the development of tablet devices, smartphones, and cloud-based services, in fact, website and mobile designing, programming, developing, and maintaining will also continue to increase. Users (consumers) still need websites to access the SaaS services existing in the cloud. Besides, it is known that many tablet users still like to access mobile sites.

In addition, IT managers who are responsible to keep track IT projects to complete are looked for by 40% of executives in the IT field.

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The Fundamentals Of Application Acceleration

May 15, 2013   author
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Application acceleration is a set of technologies, techniques, and services used to improve the delivery of dynamic content such as that generated by Web applications. Just as content delivery networks speed content delivery through the use of dedicated global networks optimized for the task, application acceleration does the same but for dynamic and streaming content.

Techniques used to accelerate the delivery of dynamic content include compression, caching, data deduplication, and protocol spoofing which combines chatty protocols into a single, protocol. Network monitoring and time of day routing are also commonly used.

Dedicated global networks with POP servers strategically located in countries around the world connect users to local servers which dramatically reduces the time it takes for client computers to communicate back and forth with servers. Such a system can speed webpage displays by up to 10 times as well as lower bandwidth consumption.

One of the goals of application performance is to reduce and shorten the amount of time it takes to send and receive requests between sender and receiver (Source: Application Performance by Aryaka). The further away clients and servers are located from each other, the longer it takes to deliver this information. Long distances mean long delays. In addition, the process involves many hops through various routers, switches and network appliances which affects latency. As a result of long distances, delays and sluggish performance are common. Other factors that can adversely affect WAN optimization include “chatty” protocols, excessive network traffic, and large file transfers.

By locating POP servers around the globe and caching frequently accessed data or copies of large requests locally, it becomes possible to deliver dynamic content more efficiently and with less bandwidth.

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Acceleration Application Performance Over MPLS

May 13, 2013   author
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Thinking of making a change in order to squeeze more performance out of your applications? MPLS may seem like an obvious choice, but it has its drawbacks, especially if you have a global network and network traffic must cross oceans. For one, it’s expensive. Plus, its bandwidth isn’t overly impressive. Choosing an application acceleration solution such as optimized WAN as a service over MPLS makes sense for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Better application performance – No doubt, MPLS is reliable and predictable within continents. However, it is less so when oceans must be crossed. Plus, MPLS struggles with delivering applications with CIFS performance and HTTP protocols. Using an application acceleration service routes your network traffic over an optimized WAN without the sluggishness of MPLS.

  • Lower cost – Choosing optimized WAN as a service can lead to a dramatic improvement in application performance over MPLS and at a much lower cost. Why invest limited capital funds in MPLS when you can pay a small monthly fee for the service out of your operating expenses?

  • Faster deployment – As you know, not only is implementing MPLS costly, it is also time-consuming. It could take several weeks, if not months, to implement MPLS. In contrast, you could sign up for an application performance accelerator service and be up and running within minutes (Source: Application Accelerator by Aryaka).

  • Flexibility – Application acceleration as a service is like other “as a service” services in that you can easily add or reduce capacity. It scales with you. Some providers even add “burstability” to the equation. For example, Aryaka offers the option to burst bandwidth by up to two times the bandwidth you pay for

These are but a few compelling advantages that application acceleration services have over MPLS. Better performance, lower costs, faster deployments, and flexibility combine to make application acceleration a high performance choice.

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