Technology: 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Crowdsourcing - Don't Get Caught Short on an Important Design

Mention the word "crowdsourcing" and designers (at least the good worth their salt) will throw their hands in despair. To put it simply, the term basically means that you take your project into the hands of a competent, responsible person or team and throw in a mass of people supposedly capable. A recipe for disaster.

The first time in a 2006 "Wired" write-ups, crowdsourcing has since proven to be detrimental to the business of both the client and the designer in several ways. For example, if you are looking for someone who can do a great image for the design of your trophies 3d instead of directly obtaining the services of a professional designer, you take the project to the proverbial "crowd "the output of which you are to choose the design you like best. On the surface, it does not seem so bad: With more than people who work for you to produce the "perfect" design, you, the customer, will have more choice. What could go wrong with that? But real world experience is not really "rosy'-here's why.

For Cadbury

Cadbury, the world-renowned chocolatier, recently used crowdsourcing in its campaign to find a new wrapper design for one of their chocolate products. Normally, companies like Cadbury would directly hire the best team to take on the design, after all, they can very well afford it, but for some reason, perhaps to appear "hip and modern" giant chocolate tried to get the wisdom and the so-called "expertise" of the crowd. As it turned out, the winning design following the laborious effort to find, not to mention advertising was plagiarized, leaving Cadbury in a legal quagmire, something she would not have known if she had hired a designer. The same can be applied to your efforts to find a unique design and quality for your 3D launch your trophies project in a ditch of unregulated "crowd of professional designers and amateurs, you take control of your own hands.

How Crowdsourcing Hurts Designer

At its heart, crowdsourcing is synonymous with so-called "spec-work 'it means participating designers will spend time and effort to design, without any assurance that they will be compensated at all. In crowdsourcing, the customer chooses or "price" of the project (such as the design of the 3D image for trophies) only a small number or a single winner, leaving the rest without compensation. This means that the designer or designers will be a waste of time and effort they have spent on a real paying customer.

How Crowdsourcing Customer Hurts

If you are looking for this design the perfect image for your trophies 3d by using the crowd could certainly return, as we have detailed in the case of Cadbury. In addition, hiring a professional designer also means that person (or team) will have your best interests at heart and will aim to respond to your requests; such attention and "going the extra mile" is almost always absent from crowdsourcing.

The bottom line: if you can afford to get a proven, competent designer with a respectable body of work to prove themselves, you will always receive a superior product.

Getting Acquainted With the Various Kinds of Surveillance Technology

Advances in surveillance technology have led to the introduction of innovative audio and video recording equipment for personal and professional use. You can buy all of an audio recorder that fits your hand, a VCR that can be easily hidden and is available online.

Surveillance technology is in many types of applications and devices. These tools for your protection and security can be used inside or outside. They can be portable instruments that are used in several places where they can be devices that remain stationary.

A type of surveillance technology that is commonly used by homeowners and business owners is a device that can record or transmit audio or video information. You can decide which type is most useful for you. When it comes to the safety of your home or business, you can never be too careful.

Recording devices or video cameras used for monitoring are generally used to make sure nothing illegal or inappropriate behavior takes place on the premises. These security features are often hidden from view. To do anything else would go against them. The prices of audio and video equipment may vary depending on the brand. In most cases, they can be expensive price tag. You can find the equipment that comes with many types of characteristics. Decide what is most important to you in terms of service before you start shopping.

It can be your external environment that requires monitoring technology, and not the interior of your home or workplace. For your outdoor environments, small hidden cameras can be strategically placed to control specific sections of the property. These cameras use digital video recording (DVR) to capture video images. This allows easier transmission system. It also facilitates storage and portability.

If you look around, you will find many places where a small recording device can be hidden. Some examples of these include trees, lighting, benches and positions. You might even be able to place one inside your dish. This type of security measure is often designed to be activated by movement. The way it works is that the instrument starts recording when it detects motion in the immediate vicinity.

If monitoring equipment is popular outside to ensure a home or business, interior systems have also gained popularity. Hidden cameras and video recording equipment, sometimes called "nanny cams" are very beneficial for people who have nannies who come into their home to care for their children.

Nanny cams can be hidden almost anywhere and they can go a long way in protecting your children. Those who suspect a problem with their employees may decide to use one to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Hype, The Cloud, and Why Small Business Should Move Now

Just a little over three years ago Cloud Computing (July 2009) is an early stage of the Hype Cycle by Gartner, Inc. called "Peak of inflated expectations." Gartner cloud technology segmented into several components, most of which they now (October 12) show the "slope of enlightenment."

I believe that several components of cloud computing are now "Plateau of Productivity", especially for small businesses.

At the beginning of the cycle of hype, many different but related technologies are combined in a large family and a catchy name. Although it may be necessary to generate excitement and "buzz" that motivates investment and product development (the trigger), it confuses a lot of potential customers, especially those who do not have easy access technical knowledge - small businesses.

Later in the hype cycle, each technology is beginning to be considered separately, and fragments of various components of the group again. But it may still seem less art as an all or nothing proposition. Small businesses need to understand which parts of cloud technology are important to them and which parts can be left to service providers and other fish to fry.

To cut through the hype

All small businesses use electricity, but most do not need to understand how it is produced. Virtually none of them generate for themselves. Cloud computing can be considered a service, such as electricity. Cloud computing encompasses many different outsourced data processing. There are three broad categories of services:

IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service

The infrastructure includes server hardware and software network operating systems, backup, data center cooling, fire suppression and operational services, such as monitoring and maintenance. Companies that use IaaS to provide software platform, application, etc. as well as the configuration and maintenance of software.

One of the promised benefits of IaaS is "on demand" scalable processing power. It is hoped that when this technology matures, more profitable "measured" approach to billing for IaaS services will develop. IaaS customers are likely to be larger companies. They will migrate slowly by operating unit and application. Some will deploy "private clouds" and many are those who adopt a hybrid cloud and private managed services.

PaaS - Platform as a Service

Platforms and databases are middleware system - application servers, web, e-mail and groupware. Companies that use IaaS PaaS will also need. Like most technologies, once widely adopted, PaaS and IaaS services market will fall as they become more affordable.

SaaS - Software as a Service

SaaS includes applications such as Salesforce.com, Google Apps for Business and Microsoft Office 365. Accounting, finance, customer relationship management, expenses, project management and many other management software is available in SaaS mode.

SaaS can be considered "off the shelf" software application. Most small businesses will be able to find all the SaaS applications they need to run their business. It is configurable and customizable, like all other "off the shelf" software, but with the advantages that come with many not having to provide and maintain platforms and infrastructure.

Companies using SaaS only need to worry about the capture, processing and retrieval of their data. They access their applications via the Internet. Their employees need is a computer, a web browser and an internet connection. Small and large companies benefit from significantly reduced costs for information technology. Existing IT staff will need to become more business-focused and use their skills to focus on the integration of solutions and training.

Many SaaS cloud offerings available today are already in the "Plateau of Productivity" hype cycle stage. SaaS is secure, reliable and affordable. Remote computer, conference real-time collaboration and video are some of the features included in the affordable SaaS products and many services.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Crowdsourcing - Don't Get Caught Short on an Important Design

Getting Acquainted With the Various Kinds of Surveillance Technology

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Hype, The Cloud, and Why Small Business Should Move Now

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