• on 13 May 2023
• By JillianMitchell
• Computer

Bubble Technology Creates A New ERP Software Definition

It was the title of an article on the internet that brought me back to a particular article this morning, the part of it that read “Moving Beyond ERP”. How exciting this is to me. The mere fact that someone, perhaps there are many, who believe that there could possibly be something better than an ERP is truly music to my ears.

When the concept of something better became a vision in my mind, like almost everyone else, I didn’t even know what an ERP was. I doubt that the concept of ERP was even invented yet, out alone something beyond.

Over the years the vision never went away. As each new IBM mid-range operating system was introduced to the market, I tried to accomplish my dream. But it wasn’t until the mid 1990s it became possible to develop what I had in mind. The 64 bit chip and instant access disk memory were essential to developing the software architecture I was really looking for but when I saw it, I knew we were finally on our way.

The next ten years saw the evolution of a band new style of information and data storage being developed. There were no more modules. Business systems can now retain every last detail of everything they do for virtually forever, never slow down and grow in value almost indefinitely. Everything a business owner needs to know about his business, everything the business ever did is instantly accessible with instant access user tools. It is sort of like being inside a bubble with everything floating around you. It is, in essence, RAM centric computing with the user floating out there in it’s midst.

This removed virtually every problem ever associated with the concept of ERP systems. Data became integrated instead of modules. Selective functionality drives the system, not modularity. A fresh new wave of simplicity and ease of use instantly emerged. It suddenly made ERP a reality for even very small companies because it suddenly became highly affordable. It also became far faster to implement and migrate into. It was so much smoother and knew few boundaries with respect to letting companies become diverse in terms of what they want to do or where they wanted to expand there operations geographically. It was so much like the ERP we always wanted, so far beyond the traditional ERP, we branded it the unERP, a brand new ERP system definition.

So, have we moved beyond ERP?

By leaps and bounds!

The unERP as we have it to-day is built for the mid-range servers of to-day because IBM engineering allowed us to do it. More importantly the software is really built for the mid-range server of tomorrow. Someday hardware technology will catch up. But it might be a very long time.

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• on 4 May 2023
• By JillianMitchell
• Computer

Do Vision Improvement Eye Exercises Strengthen Your Eye Muscles?

Technology is an integral part of our daily lives. While it provides us with many conveniences involving easy communication and making it easier for us to access multiple sources of information, we need to pay attention to the way that we use our eyes as we access this important information tool. When it comes to maintaining healthier eyesight, and caring for our eyes, there are certain eye habits we should avoid that have a negative effect on the eye muscles, thereby causing vision problems. Eye problems associated with weakened eye muscles are common today. This is due to the fact that our lifestyle habits involve the common use of computers and technological devices encourage unhealthy eye habits. Some of these unhealthy eye habits include excessive close up work on computers without breaks, and the fact that as a result of these activities, we hardly ever look up from our close up work or focus into the distance anymore. Therefore, here are some of the causes of weakened eye muscles, its negative effects on the visual system and how eye exercises can correct this problem:

Dr. William H. Bates, the pioneer of natural vision improvement techniques, has proven that the main cause of weakened eye muscles is associated with stress and tension in the eyes and strain on the eye muscles. Take for instance, many years of excessive close up work on digital devices, computers and technological devices causes strain on the eye muscles. Bad visual habits lead to this continual buildup of strain in the eye muscles. The eye muscles that are connected to the eyeballs become tensed and the resulting buildup of tension in the visual system eventually leads to a distortion in the shape of the eyeballs. In the case of nearsightedness the eyeball becomes too long and light images do not fall directly on the retina but instead are focused in front of it. In the case of farsightedness the opposite is the case as tension and strain in the eyes causes the eyeball to become too short and light images do not fall directly on the retina but behind of it.

One of the benefits of pursuing an eye exercise program is the fact that once we practice these easy and simple eye exercise techniques on a regular basis, we can remove the stress, tension and strain from the visual system. These are some of the keys to improving vision naturally and upgrading the function of the visual system. Additionally, we can rebuild the damage done to the eyes resulting from the buildup of strain from excessive close up work by exercising the eye muscles. This builds the strength as well as the focusing power of the eyes. Therefore, in the process of performing these eye exercise techniques we can rebuild the strength, the flexibility and the focusing power of the eyes for better natural vision without glasses.… Read More

• on 10 Feb 2023
• By JillianMitchell
• Computer

Identity Protection – Your Identity is an Asset That You May Want to Insure

When I embarked on my scholastic journey in Information Technology and Information Systems, I knew very little regarding data processing. Instantly, I imagined myself as one of those high tech heroes from the movies that have all of this elevated knowledge regarding hacking and other brilliant computer scientific know how. After a couple of years of college, I began to realize that this new wave of workforce was emerging into the field of information technology (emphasis on the term: information). Although the study and practice of information technology is not computer science in terms of what NASA and Cal Tech engage, it is the science of data processing in a business context or environment. What this means is that information is an asset and in today’s times it is the most valuable asset an organization can have.

Many CEOs would probably agree that Information is a volume asset, which means for every business that intends to remain in business needs a data processing system to manage these assets known as information. Because of this business need, the birth of other technologies occurred in parallel to gain more value out of the data processing system: ecommerce (which of course is a child of the Internet). This gave consumers the convenience to engage in transactions from the comfort of their home or office through electronic transactions in commerce. On the other side of the web (the business), this new style of commerce expedited the process of data mining and procuring instant customer lists and marketing and research data. These digital relationships between consumers and on-line retailers caused the growth of a company’s informational assets to grow exponentially.

In using this electronic commerce, tangible items of identification (address, social security number, credit card and account numbers) have become increasing more powerful and sought after by the digital criminal. This information has become the consumer’s Internet “fingerprint” or identity. Like any other valuable possession, these items of identity are no exception when it comes to theft worthy assets. This trend of crime grew along with the popularity of the Internet and ecommerce. In the late 90’s and early turn of the century, the Federal Trade Commission reported the number of identity theft complaints rose from 230.628 in the year 2000, to 1,330,426 in 2009 (as reported in the Sentinel annual report of 2009).

There are several steps one can take to protect themselves from identity theft:

• Your social security card or number being the “holy grail” of all identity components, should be hidden into deep chambers under lock and key. If you do no have the monetary resources to go this far then the alternative is simply to keep this document at home in a fireproof safe with other important documents. One of the few times one needs to bear their social security card, is to prove the validity of their citizenship to become employed in the United States. This is accomplished by the employee showing their social security card along with a valid