On the Internet, the network breaks an e-mail message into parts of a certain size in bytes. These are the packets. Each packet carries the information that will help it get to its destination -- the sender's IP address, the intended receiver's IP address, something that tells the network how many packets this e-mail message has been broken into and the number of this particular packet. The packets carry the data in the protocols that the Internet uses: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Each packet contains part of the body of your message. A typical packet contains perhaps 1,000 or 1,500 bytes.

Each packet is then sent off to its destination by the best available route -- a route that might be taken by all the other packets in the message or by none of the other packets in the message. This makes the network more efficient. First, the network can balance the load across various pieces of equipment on a millisecond-by-millisecond basis. Second, if there is a problem with one piece of equipment in the network while a message is being transferred, packets can be routed around the problem, ensuring the delivery of the entire message.

IT Infrastructure EcoSystem:

1. Internet Platforms
2. Computer Hardware Platforms
3. Operating Systems
4. Enterprise Software Applications
5. Networking/ Telecommunications
6. Consulting and System Integrators
7. Data Management and Storage

These are all the different places that make up the IT infrastructure. Infrastructure is a large portion of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Customer Relationship Management

What this does is it keeps all customer related info.

All customer related info. in one place, like:

Sales
Service, satisfaction, quality
Any interaction with customer should be recorded/noted
List past problems
Account info.
Background/demographics
Future purchases???
Make offers to certain customers
Targeted offers
§ Recency, frequency, valueLifetime customer value

IT Projects

Ok, so we're doing all these projects on technologies for the business world, but aren't we trying to approach this from the marketing standpoint? If we are trying to prove its significance and relevance, wouldn't we want to make it as desireable as possible?

I don't know, just curious.

Ok, this is a little bit delayed (a week late), but I think that the Entrepreneurship Exposition was actually very interesting to see. I went it to it as I usually do to these sort of presentations, with myself being optimistic, but realizing that I was ultimately going to be dissapointed.

I come out now to make a couple observations:

1. Sanogene was the clear winner of the 90-second pitch. This girl really knew her stuff, and on top of it, the innovative product was the best in the show. Her presentation was the smoothest, and her visual aid was kickass.

2. USF's graduate entrepreneurship program is not as good as I thought. Their idea of turning french-fry oil in to potentially becoming bio-diesel fuel is a little absurd. On top of that, the kid said the exact same information in the actual pitch as he did in talking to everyone outside. And the visual aid was something out of third grade. Very unprofessional. If this is their best student, I might consider going somewhere else.

So whats the deal, do we get extra-credit for having the best visual aids? Anyways, I found this good website for creating flow charts. I know that if you are as excited as I am to create more, you'll want to go to smartdraw.com. It was very helpful in creating the flow chart for this class. I am sure that I will use it in the future.

Random Thought: Why are all of James Bonds' foreign contacts all British? If they are supposed to submerse themselves into the culture, wouldn't it be a great idea to lose the accent. I am sure that is a big tip-off to the people in that country. I can see this happening accidentally in one movie, but in 15+? Give me a break.