Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Hi-Speeded Fiber Trends

Google Fiber

Google Co. will announces the Cities which will connect to the high-speed Internet in the beginning of 2011. Thus, winners of competition become known till the end of the year.

1 Gb/sec for US it's real!

Within the limits of project the Google Fiber the corporation plans to lay broadband high-speed Internet Networks in cities of the USA. It's supposed that carrying capacity of channels will make 1 Gb/sec, thus will allow to Google to test new types of the own Internet services.
I will note, — this speed repeatedly exceeds average speed of access to the Internet in the USA. Demands acceptance from the US cities and settlements is started in February, 2010. As informed by «Tvorba webu» in total for this time Google has received more than thousand demands.
The corporation intends to monopolise the market of the high-speed Internet, but, anyhow the start date of input of high speed Internet Networks in action is not specified.

Experimental Fiber Network by Google

Information and used content by Tvorba www stranok.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Apple wishes to make reduced iPad

iPad is here

Company Apple develops the reduced version of a i-tablet iPad. The new device will be equipped by the screen with a size on a diagonal from 5 to 7 inches, writes Digitimes referring to manufacturers of components.

Small iPad is NO here.

According to Mingchi Kuo (analyst of Digitimes Research), the new tablet can go on sale in the first quarter 2011. Thus «small iPad» it will be focused on reading of e-books. The device price will make less than $400. For comparison, cost of younger model iPad with the screen of 9,7 inches in the USA makes $499.

The competitive applicant

It is expected, that the similar device can make competition for Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. The Most widespread version Kindle is equipped by the 6-inch screen and is on sale for $259.

Thus «small iPad» also can occupy a niche between the original version of the device put on the market on April, 3rd, and devices iPhone and iPod touch which of 3,5 inches possess the screen.

Related Posts: Apple

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

YouTube will hold competition of composers

Composers

Video hosting YouTube has informed on March, 15th on the beginning of the on-line competition of composers first in the history. Jury of the competition, called to reveal talented Russian composers, conductor Teodor Currentzis heads.

The symphony for YouTube

Demands for competition in which all interested persons can take part, are accepted from April, 1st till May, 31st, 2010. It is only necessary for participants to load on a site the score of one of own products and the video presentation in about three minutes. Users not writing music can vote for the liked product.

Duration of product should make not less than 7 and no more 15 minutes. To use nonconventional, and also electronic musical instruments it is impossible. Products for the soloist with an orchestra or with chorus participation Also are not accepted.

Symphonic competition by YouTube

Competition will last till August, 20th, 2010. Rewarding ceremony will take place on September, 9th. In the beginning of March, 2009 YouTube has finished a set of musicians for own symphonic orchestra. It consists of 90 persons from 30 countries of the world. On symphonic competition it has been sent over three thousand demands.

Related Posts: YouTube

Monday, March 1, 2010

Facebook has patented the news line

Facebook social project

The world's largest social network Facebook has patented technology of creation and news line display in social networks. The patent has been registered in USPTO on February, 23rd, informed in blog AllFacebook.com.

News of friends

The method patented Facebook, concerns creations of messages in a news line of the user of a social network. It is a question of the news written concerning events, happened with friends to the user.

The technology consists of following stages: news creation, link addition on event of the user in news, access restriction to reading of news to preliminary chosen list of readers, ranging and news display. Facebook has made an application on the patent on August, 11th, 2006. By inventors of a method heads Facebook, including founder Mark Zuckerberg have been recognised.

Competitive struggle

After reception of patent Facebook can start to pursue in a judicial order other social networks using given technology. Representatives Facebook yet do not inform, the company can accept what measures concerning competitors.

Thus the interdiction for use of the patented technology will not extend on all news lines. In particular, service of microblogs Twitter which also is a news line, uses a method of updating of messages. The given method does not fall under patent action.

Related Posts: Facebook

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Logistics as the management tool as the management tool

B2B membershipLast decade in the USA the competition between the companies-manufacturers of the goods of mass production has passed from a competition of the goods and their utilitarian characteristics to a price and qualitative competition. The increasing value gets ability of the company to provide the percentage of quality of the goods optimal for the target consumer and the price. Decrease in the cost price of the goods is reached by manufacture optimisation, but the final price and a service degree of quality directly depend on efficiency of the administrative business processes which are carried out in the company.

Find suppliersIn order to avoid decrease in quality of production owing to considerable decrease in the cost price of the goods, the most effective is decrease and optimisation of expenses for marketing promo-actions. So, to 50 % of the price of the goods are expenses directly on management of logistics owing to what each head should be interested in optimisation of logistical processes in the company. And, to focus attention follows not on decrease in expenses for logistics, namely on optimisation of logistical processes. Otherwise inevitably there is a decrease in quality of service of consumers while the natural reason of optimisation of management of logistics — is also optimisation of expenses for logistics as a whole. Advertise your site Free — declare production!

AdvertiseConstruction of logistical business processes and efficient control them means working out of accurate logistical strategy taking into account the general and private purposes of the company.

It is enough important point in management of the company as a whole as not in the last instance result of effective logistical management is formation of the competitive advantages allowing the company to conduct competitive struggle against other participants of the target market, and also maintenance of the general corporate strategy with optimum expenses of resources and observance of strategic stability in the market.

Thus, on the first place leave:

* Processing of the order and service of consumers. This stage allows to avoid omission of potential profit because of impossibility qualitatively to process the order.
* Storekeeping, choice of places of placing industrial and warehouse (optimisation of expenses for production storage).
* Find suppliers with the most favourable procurement prices.
In light above the designated competitive purposes on decrease in expenses for marketing and servicing improvement of quality, the logistical strategy directed on minimisation of investments into logistics as a whole and a logistical infrastructure in particular (working out of transport, warehouse, purchasing logistics) was extended.

Choosing such strategy, the companies place target emphasis on following aspects:

* Decrease in expenses for logistics (that as it has already been told, can essentially reduce the final price of the goods).
* Increase in productivity of a logistical infrastructure (that also can lead to considerable economy of resources of the company).
* Service improvement of quality (for example, optimisation of process of delivery of production to the consumer — the important factor of improvement of quality of service).
* Balance maintenance «expenses/quality» and «expenses/service».
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Thus, for working out and introduction of effective logistical strategy it is necessary to be guided first of all by the general corporate purposes and general corporate strategy of the company as they should connect together all processes proceeding in the organisation. Only in this case the logistics can become the effective tool of management of the company as a whole.

F1 Logistics. Singapore -> Japan

Related Posts: Business

Friday, December 11, 2009

Microsoft forbids journalists iPhone

iPhone vs Microsoft

Employees of corporation Microsoft have once again shown the relation to a product of competitors — iPhone to company Apple. Manager MS has forbidden journalists to speak about iPhones during conference in Germany, informs The Register.

Unilateral dislike

On this action in Munich to the public have presented Windows Mobile 6.5. One of representatives of the press, asking a question, has mentioned, that never used more convenient phone, than iPhone.

Manager Microsoft has reacted to the remark of the journalist strange enough — he has asked not to mention company Apple products on the action devoted to discussion of products Microsoft. And, judging by reaction of a hall and conference continuation, the representative of the company did not joke.

Microsoft vs iPhone

Most likely, workers Microsoft had time to tyre rather with comparisons with Apple. On the other hand, it is difficult to present, that Steve Jobs or someone from chiefs Apple — have forbidden listeners to mention on the actions words "Microsoft", "Windows" and so on.

And here Steve Ballmer in similar situations does not hesitate and sincerely expresses the relation to contenders. In September head Microsoft has pulled out iPhone at one of employees of corporation and has pretended, that tramples down a toy. Similar, such behaviour became an official policy of the company.

Related Posts: Apple

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Deutsche Welle again chooses the best blog

The BOBs logoOn December, 7th, started the sixth competition under account The Best of Blogs, organised by the media company "Deutsche Welle". Selection of candidates on competition will last till February, 14th of next year, and voting — from March, 15th till April, 14th 2010.

Re:publica names winners

RepublicaNames of winners of competition will be announced on April, 15th in Berlin within the limits of conference "re:publica" (devoted to blogs and social networks) in the presence of jury. And delivery of prizes will take place in Bonn on June, 22nd.

Blogs can participate in competition Deutsche Welle on the best blog from all countries of the world in 11 languages: English, Arabian, Bengalese, Spanish, Chinese, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian or French. Offer the candidate on competition each interested person, including the author of a blog or the judge can.

Deutsche Welle — The BOBs 2008

ReportersThematic restrictions for participation in competition does not exist, but at other equal dear judges will prefer those who publishes socially significant, social and vital topics.

Best of the best choose in following nominations: the best blog, the best podcast, the best video blog, the most unusual blog, the best blogs in the language categories. Besides, winners will be defined both jury, and by simple Internet users.