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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I would say the overarching theme I will remember about this course is how important IT is and that it is becoming more important as we progress into the future. I think back to the readings about the cloud and the lesson we did using Google docs. As this is seemingly today’s disruptive innovation, I will have to remember where it started at in…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rich, I cracked up about your post, but it is so true. I think it easy to forget how important IT is to our business as a whole and easy to cut when it comes to budget. They are an important aspect of all we do, though.
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 15, 2015, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I am a member of ANFP- Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals, which is an association of Certified Dietary Managers (CDMs) from around the United States. We are a collection of Professionals who are focused on bringing nutritional care through dietary management. I became a member by becoming a CDM student and working towards CDM…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 15, 2015, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Thanks Rachel. You brought an interesting view to the table having a friend as an author. I personally don’t know anybody who has written a book. I didn’t think about the importance of an agent when it comes to matching up with publishers. I am sure that this is still important in many cases, such as your friend, but I am wondering if it is…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I agree with much of what has already been said. While self-publishing is a great way for writers to bring their books to the world, I don’t think they will ever completely take over the traditional use of agents and publishers. I think that agents, in particular, will be phased out more as the need for them is less. Publishers, on the hand, can…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Case Question: Assessing Open Innovation at Siemens, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
If I were in charge of Open Innovations at Siemens I would use ROI as my basic metric to determine success of this strategy, but sometimes this can be hard to put a number too. I would also look at the ratio of innovations adopted by Siemens versus those that failed to be incorporated. I don’t think this would cover the whole of what would make…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for the post John. I agree that part of what made “In Rainbows” a financial success was that they were already an established artist in the music industry, but I don’t think that is the only way you can determine success for a band. Many bands come out and are just hoping to get noticed and digital music is a way for them to do so. Now, I…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
This brings up many memories of Napster and the wide availability of free music in pretty good quality. This is a little off topic, but I wonder if there would be an Itunes now if it wasn’t for a Napster then. Napster really ushered in this era of mp3 downloads being a disruptive innovation that the music industry was slow to adapt to because it…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I am luck enough that most of my coworkers are pretty tech savvy so I don’t have to explain this to them. I could imagine trying to explain it to one of my employees, though. Where do I start as I prepare for a lost gaze at the end? The cloud is where you can store your information, whether it be songs, movies, powerpoints, papers, or anything you…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think the contract company and the hospital I work under do a good job at walking a line between allowing individual productivity and organizational efficiency. They each have provided some type of computer, a laptop for one and a desktop computer for the other, that I have to use to get access to their network. A VPN is used for the contract…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Hi Celia,
I just read your post after responding to Chris’ and it fit right in what I posted. I agree security is hard when it comes to IT, but I wonder if limiting the use of your own device is truly making your network more secure. Anybody can leave a laptop open or open an attachment on an email from a company computer, just as easy as they…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for the post Chris. I was wondering if you are able to simply get all of your email and network resources, or if you have to secure your phone in some way. The reason I ask this is I really work for two companies in one as the company that pays me is a contract company and I work inside of another company to fulfill our contract to them.…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The four web services are as follows:
Simple Storage Service (S3)- Allowed for Storage and Retrieval of Data from anywhere on the web
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)- Allowed computing capacity that could be expanded or downsized as needed
SimpleDB- real-time lookup and querying of structured data
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Wyeth used the IT division as a catalyst to change from a multinational company to a truly global one.They were seen as the enabler to Globalization. I would say that while there are parallels from this example of centralizing IT and other centralization/decentralization decisions, at its root it is different because of the fact that IT is seen as…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Interesting ideas brought up by both you and Paul, Alan. Working inside of a hospital myself, but not on the clinical side, I can see how hard it is to implement change in a hospital. You have to have about twenty committees to get anything done. I also see the struggle of the hospital to save money while also making advancements, not just in IT,…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I struggled with this question because I debated the fact if our IT department is actually underfunded or if the funds are just not being used in the right ways. As a technology geek myself, I lean towards underfunded completely, because who wouldn’t want the fastest and coolest computers and technology? But, realistically this isn’t going to…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Will, I agree with You and Dan that building a trustful relationship with your customers, in your case hospitals, is a big key in allowing any business to run effectively. I also work in hospitals, as the company I work for contracts us to run there kitchens. We have one particular hospital system that has recommended us to all of their hospitals…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I work for a contract company that provides food service for hospitals, schools, and businesses. Our model is unique in that our Cost structure is basically zero because the hospital pays for all of our labor and food costs, as well as provides a kitchen to cook in. Our revenue comes in the form of a fixed payment every month from the institution…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The new process that was put into place was neither great or horrible in my opinion. I think that any process that would be put in would have its dissenters as everybody has their projects that they want funded. Employees get very narrow focused when they see only there department or job, They don;t see the big picture of the company as a whole.…[Read more]
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Brandon Marshall commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
While I agree with many of the posts already done and there are some valid concerns about underfunded projects brought out by some, I think that Matulovic needs to either stick by the budgetary funding that was already put into place, or scrap the whole system and start anew. He must not have a middle ground. If he does, I think he risks being…[Read more]
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