Friday 28 June 2013

What is Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing refers to the act of using software on a personal computer to combine mixed media elements, such as text, photos, or charts, into printable documents and many more. Once created, these documents can either be printed on a home printer or outsourced to a professional printing service which is acceptable for printable documents.

Desktop publishing is the use of the computer and software to create visual displays of ideas and information to represent. Desktop publishing documents may be for desktop or commercial printing or electronic distribution including PDF, slide shows, email newsletters, epub and the Web etc.

Desktop publishing software permits users to modify multiple elements within a document through master pages or simple pages. Instead of needing to change each instance of an element on several pages of a document, users can modify a single linked element and thus change every occurrence of this element in the document; typographical elements, such as column width, spacing, or font size, can be easily altered and text can be modified to wrap around graphical images, or enlarged or reduced on command which are acceptable there.

Complete desktop publishing involves the combination of typesetting (choosing fonts and the text layout), graphic design, page layout (how it all fits on the page) and printing the documentation. However, as mentioned before, desktop publishing can also be as simple as typing and printing a school paper. In order to desktop publish, all you need is a computer, monitor, printer and software that can create a printable documentation. While that might cost more than a pen and paper, it certainly is cheaper than a printing press which is also great quality system.

Thursday 27 June 2013

What is Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT)

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) is a system of transferring money from one bank account directly to another once without any paper money changing hands etc. One of the most widely-used EFT programs is Direct Deposit, in which payroll is deposited straight into an employee's bank account, although EFT refers to any transfer of funds initiated through an electronic terminal, including credit card, ATM, Fedwire and point-of-sale (POS) transactions which we see for online transactions system for today world. It is used for both credit transfers, such as payroll payments and for debit transfers, such as mortgage payments etc.

Transactions are processed by the bank through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, the secure transfer system that connects all international financial institutions. For payments, funds are transferred electronically from one bank account to the billing company's bank, usually less than a day after the scheduled payment date which are able to avail that.

The growing popularity of Electronic Funds Transfer for online bill payment is paving the way for a paperless universe where checks, stamps, envelopes and paper bills are obsolete there. The benefits of EFT include reduced administrative costs, increased efficiency, simplified bookkeeping and greater security and many more. However, the number of companies who send and receive bills through the Internet is still relatively small.

Electronic Funds Transfer payments are recommended; however, caution should be used when it comes to automatic payments and EFT is Fast, Safe, and means that your money will be confirmed in your bank account quicker than if you have to wait for the mail etc, deposit your check and wait for the funds to become available where you want.

Wednesday 26 June 2013

What is IT Outsourcing

Information Technology (IT) outsourcing refers to the hiring of contract workers or companies to complete tasks for a business or company. This is done as a less costly alternative to hiring a full-time staff member etc. There are various sub-categories or field of IT outsourcing work that may be done.

IT outsourcing, it is the use of external service providers to effectively deliver IT-enabled business process, application service and infrastructure solutions for business outcomes to the marketplace.

Outsourcing, which also includes utility services, software as a service and cloud-enabled outsourcing, helps clients to develop the right sourcing strategies and vision, select the right IT service providers, structure the best possible contracts and govern deals for sustainable win-win relationships with external providers which helps the organization or company.

Outsourcing can enable enterprises to reduce costs, accelerate time to marketplace and take advantage of external expertise, assets or intellectual property etc.

Types of IT Outsourcing

There are several types of IT outsourcing, we defined by where the outsourced work happens. These include:

•    Blended-shoring
•    Homeshoring/onshoring
•    Offshoring
•    Nearshoring

Examples of Outsourced IT Services:

•    Infrastructure
•    Database development/management
•    Web development/hosting
•    Application/software development
•    Telecommunications
•    Application support or management
•    Technical support/help desk

There are many benefits for both employers and workers to forming an IT outsourcing relationship for long term or short term. Today world, The main benefit for employers is that outsourcing is often much more cost-effective than hiring a full-time employee.

Outsourcing is a common activity practiced by many companies or organization in their attempt to reduce production costs system. The idea is to transfer some of the task to external service providers rather than hiring regular employees.

Monday 24 June 2013

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) is a large computer network system that usually spans a city or a large campus of the organization. A MAN usually interconnects a number of local area networks (LANs) using a high-capacity backbone technology, such as fiber optical links and provides up-link services to wide area networks (WAN) and the Internet.

Metropolitan Area Network (MANs) are extremely efficient and provide fast communication through high-speed carriers, such as fiber optic cables etc.

A MAN is ideal for many kinds of network users because it is a medium-size network. MANs are used to build networks system with high data connection speeds for cities and towns.

The working mechanism of a MAN is similar to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) but a MAN is not owned by a single organization. Like a WAN, a MAN provides shared network connections to its users. A MAN mostly works on the data link layer which is Layer 2 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.

The great example of a MAN is a CATV system that provides Internet and television services (and possibly VoIP) which is reliable working system. The network could be size of an entire town, connecting homes and business through cable. Those homes and businesses would contain small to large (relative) local area networks (wired or wireless) that are connected by equipment to the WAN, which in turn provides an uplink to the Internet or online system.

In cities, MAN links between LANs can be achieved also using microwave or radio wireless communication or if possible by use of infra red laser which can carry data wirelessly over a distance in a straight line usually elevated from the ground where is necessary.

Thursday 20 June 2013

Mobile Application

Mobile applications (apps) are applications developed for small handheld devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and many more. Mobile applications (apps) can come preloaded on the handheld device as well as can be downloaded by users from app stores or the Internet.

Mobile applications (apps) are generally small, individual software units with limited function of that. This use of software has been popularized by Apple Inc. and its App Store, which sells thousands of applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch etc.

Mobile Application (app) also may be known as an app, Web app, online app, iPhone app or smartphone app etc.

Mobile applications (apps) are a move away from the integrated software systems generally found on Computers or PCs. Instead, each app provides limited and isolated functionality such as a game, calculator or mobile Web browsing other online activities. Although applications may have avoided multitasking because of the limited hardware resources of the early mobile devices and their specificity is now part of their desirability because they allow consumers to hand pick what their devices are able to do more then more.

The simplest Mobile applications or mobile apps take PC-based applications and port them to a mobile device which works smoothly. As mobile apps become more robust, this technique is somewhat lacking. A more sophisticated approach involves developing specifically for the mobile environment, taking advantage of both its limitations and advantages etc. For example, Mobile applications or mobile apps that use location-based features are inherently built from the ground up with an eye to mobile given that you don't have the same concept of location on a Computer or PC.

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Web Browser

Browser, it’s a short for web browser, it is a software application used to enable computers users to locate and access web pages. Browsers normally translates the basic HTML (Hypertext Mark Up Language) code that allows us to see images, text, videos and listen to audios on websites, along with hyperlinks that let us travel to different web pages etc. Mostly, The browser gets in contact with the web server and requests for information etc. The web server receives the information and displays it on the computer or PC.
There are different web browsers for various things you do on the internet regarding that. There's a text based web browser. With a text based browser you are only allowed to see text nothing else and Graphical material are not displayed there. Hyperlinks are accessed by typing it in through the keyboard etc. Example of a text based browser is LYNX. There's a graphical browser and that allows the user to see all types of multimedia.

Some of most popular web browsers:

  -  Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
  -  Safari (Apple)
  -  Firefox (Mozilla)
  -  Chrome (Google)

There are two basic ways that you can navigate through the web browser:

You can click on links on different web pages. Those links will lead you to other web pages.

If you know the URL or the address of the website you can type it in write in the browser's box all the way at the top and there's no need to type in the: http:// part when inserting the address because the browser automatically places it in easily then you have to click enter.

Web pages can look different in various types of web browser. It's always important to download the latest version of your web browser because it works properly and open all kinds of web sites. Today world, most web pages are designed to be viewed in updated browsers. By keeping up with the most up-to-date version of your web browser you will be able to get the best of the web for everything that you need and you want to get informative things.

Tuesday 18 June 2013

What is Google Glasses

Google Glasses, It’s Google's project program for developing a line of hands free, head mounted intelligent devices that can be worn by users as "wearable computing" eyewear which is latest technology system. First product release from Project Glass, Google Glass, is expected to become available at markets for purchase at year of 2013 and it’s should retail for less than $1500 etc.

Google Glasses will look like a pair of normal eyeglasses but the lens of the glasses will be an interactive, smartphone like display with natural language voice command support as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity and many more. Google Glass will be powered by the Android mobile operating system and it is expected to offer compatibility with both Android powered mobile devices system and Apple iOS powered devices system.

Google glasses are sometimes also called Google goggles, although is inaccurate because Google Goggles is actually a separate Google project that uses images, rather than text or voice commands, to conduct a search etc.

Google Glasses provide an experience known as augmented reality, where images are superimposed over what the user sees in real life which is amazing to be. With Google Glasses, these images are generally icons that provide directions, alert users to messages from contacts,  give weather updates and other things.

This technology's potential has been praised as a futuristic way to deliver hands free computing, critics have pointed out its ability to distract walkers or drivers and questioned its utility for those who already wear corrective eyeglasses or experience of that.