EDUCATION

FUTURE GOALS

After Graduation, I plan on finding a job in the IT Industry.  As of now I am looking forward to utilize the skills I have gained through previous internships and jobs . My main career goal upon graduation is a  position in the areas of business analysis, consulting,  or web development.

MIS MAJOR CLASSES

* Information Systems in Organizations

* Data Analytics

* Enterprise IT Architecture

* Digital Design and Innovation

* Lead Global Digital Projects

IT SKILLS

* MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio

* Webex

* Adobe Dreamweaver ( Website made with Dreamweaver)

* WordPress

* CorpSystem Workpaper Manager

* MySQL

 IT Projects

* Completed SOX 404 Controls testing on general computer controls focusing on system access testing

* Used Google Analytics to track website traffic

MIS 2501- FLASH RESEARCH PAPERS

In my IT architecture class, I learned how to write letters to the CIO pitching new ideas. The papers consist of a hook, tech summary and a business case

Flash Research Paper 1 – Data Centers and Networking

In addition to causing a halt in business activities, outages create significant financial loss.  Each minute wasted costs the company $14,800. Switching from a Tier I data center to a Tier III data center would improve the company’s efficiency by reducing downtime and improving hardware availability from 99.67% to 99.98%. Upgrading to Tier III data center will pay out and increase overall productivity.

The different tiers within a data center vary in capacities and capabilities. The currently running Tier I data center is easily disturbed as it is comprised of only one path is not capable of multiple data transfers. The Tier I data center has “non-redundant” capabilities and can cause outages by human error. A Tier III data center on the other hand, is much more versatile and can holds more data. A Tier III data center has “redundant” capabilities and has multiple distribution paths. The Tier III’s multiple pathways allows for site infrastructure maintenance to take place while other pathways remain uninterrupted allowing for usable time without disruption. The key importance of this technology is its’ ability to be “concurrently managed” allowing for different parts to be used while others are used for different purposes.

The estimated price of building a Tier III data center is $35,000,000 however the longtime benefits of investing in this technology is much higher than the initial expenditure. Within three years, the company would have saved $24,114,528 from outages. In the long run, the Tier III data center would be a profitable investment which will improve efficiency.

Mins/Year                   Availability                 Mins/Yr

    25,670,304- 1,555,776= $24,114,528 in savings

• 525,600(.33)= 1,734.48
• 525,600(.02) = 105.12

Works Cited

Data Center Site Infrastructure Tier Standard:Topology. Rep. New York: Uptime Institute, LLC, 2010. Uptime Institute, LLC. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis2501sec001f12/files/2012/08/Data-Center-Site-Infrastructure-Tier-Standar-Topology.pdf>.

“Data Center Tiers.” Webopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/data_center_tiers.html>.

“Understanding “Uptime” and Data Center Tier Levels.” Data Center Knowledge. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/03/21/understanding-uptime-and-data-center-tier-levels/>.

Flash Paper 2 – Servers and Storage Technologies

With our high performance systems it will be financially and operationally beneficial to invest and incorporate skinless servers to improve our data warehousing. More than 90% of senior business professionals believe that business cycles will continue to be unpredictable, of which 80% recognize a need for more flexible business and technology approaches. Investing in skinless servers will benefit

Skinless servers reduce costs and energy usage as well as encompass both power sharing and cooling components. Skinless servers work to improve data storage. As our data warehouses become full and more information needs to be stored, skinless servers would improve our data storing capabilities. Skinless servers feature a new design which leverages only the vital components of the server. The new design “strips” away any unnecessary features, allowing for a “light-weight high performance server”. The servers have power sharing capabilities which allows for better performance. Also, the lighter design and cooling components result in an energy efficient server. By investing in this upcoming technology, we can improve our overall data warehousing techniques and cut energy usage and costs.

Increasing data influx in upcoming years will make it necessary to update our server capabilities. The expected increase in data storage needs can be assessed by either building more data centers or by investing in skinless servers. Investing in new data centers is a more expensive approach which would take time and comparatively more money. By investing in skinless servers, the initial startup costs would be significantly less as well as lead to operational savings in terms of lower energy and maintenance costs.

Works Cited

Rinnen, Pushan, and Dave Russell. Hype Cycle for Storage Technologies, 2012. Rep. Gartner. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. <http://my.gartner.com/portal/server>.

“Top 10 Server Trends for 2010 — Enterprise Systems.” Top 10 Server Trends for 2010 — Enterprise Systems. Enterprise Systems, 12 Jan. 2010. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. <http://esj.com/Articles/2010/01/12/Server-Trends-2010.aspx?Page=2>.

Weiss, George J., and Mike Chuba. “Hype Cycle for Server Technologies.” Gartner. Gartner, 24 July 2012. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. <http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt>.

Amazon Kindle-

As Amazon’s Kindle becomes more updated and allows for video sharing and music capabilities, it becomes a tool used more frequently than laptops and computers. By introducing the Gift Xchange to our Kindle customers, it will allow for easy gift giving from kindle to kindle. The Amazon Gift Xchange will be an $5.99 a month subscription that will be a hidden cost with an Amazon membership.

Amazon Gift Xchange is a new feature that will allow anyone with a kindle to send books as gifts. This subscription only service will cost $5.99 a month and allow registered users to send books as gifts to anyone with a kindle. The price to purchase a book as a registered user will be at 15% off normal retail price.  In addition to sending gifted books, the recipient will be able to swap their unopened gifted book and trade them in  the marketplace called Xchange zone. When customers receive titles that are not of interest to them they can trade it in the market place for titles of the same price or higher cost titles with additional payments.

By investing in Amazon’s Kindle Xchange we can incur profits from both the monthly subscription and a fee charged to authors that choose to be advertised in our Xchange zone.  We can incur benefits as our target market is parents and older generation as this can serve as an easy gift giving tool especially around the holiday season. The capability which allow user to swap their titles will also bring in revenue as people buy titles worth more than their original gift.

Flash Research Assignment- Xbox Live

Imagine being able to visit places without spending money on travel expenses. The Visualearth is a new feature on xbox Live that will allow users to virtually visit famous places around the world. It will allow gamers to get an idea of where they want to go and help them plan a real trip.

The Visualearth would be downloaded from the Xbox store for free and provide users with an interactive way to plan their trip. The feature will allow the gamers avatar to virtually walk through some of the most streets in the world and peruse the famous landmarks. We will provide this feature by partnering with Google to use Street View. When the user clicks on a location on the world map, it will transport them there by placing their avatar in the city’s streets. The bottom of the screen will have reviews from other gamers who visited and their pictures. A sidebar will also have travel approximations that will be provided by our travel site sponsors. This will spark an interest and provide details on planning an actual trip.

The Visualearth will be funded by our partnership with travel sites such as Expedia and Travelocity. The sidebar will feature their deals on travelling to our featured landmarks both helping their sales and providing us with revenue.  This cost structure will be of benefit to both our company and our travel sponsors. Our target market will be young people because they are the ones that tend to travel. Since our game is an interactive tool and has side offers it will more likely grab the gamers’ interest and let them browse the trip deals allowing us to gain profits.