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CISCO, IT AND POSITION IN STRATEGY
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This 13-page paper discusses how Cisco Systems has used information technology both to boost its own competitive advantage and that of its clients. Also discussed are Cisco's efforts against some of its competition. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MTciscos.rtf

Clay Shirky and Weblogs
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A 3 page paper which examines the existence of bloggers using Clay Shirky’s article “Weblogs and the Mass Amateurization of Publishing.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAblogs.rtf

Clust; Group Buying
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This 8 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. Clust is a French web site based on the idea of group purchasing, but this model of selling is taking time to develop and revenues are not as high as the company hoped for. The paper considers the positions and potential strategies the company can follow. The paper is based on a HBS case study supplied by the student. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEclust1.rtf

CMC and distance learning
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A paper which looks at the use of CMC in both distance learning and the classroom environment, with a critical analysis of current literature on the topic. Bibliography lists 8 sources
Filename: JLdistlearn.rtf

COBOL -- COmmon Business Oriented Language -- and Chase Manhattan
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This 13 page report discusses COmmon Business Oriented Language or COBOL and whether or not a “project leader” recommends that the institution should use COBOL as an ongoing process of business. COBOL was one of the first high-level programming languages, introduced in 1959 by the Conference on Data Systems Languages and played an important role in automating the business world with its proficiency at defining and manipulating complex data structures. Does it still serve that purpose in the 21st century? Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWcobol.wps

COBOL in 2001
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A 10 page paper discussing this programming language's likely future. COBOL has outlived all sorts of advances in hardware, software and uses, many of which were expected to place COBOL's final nail. However, it is clear that COBOL is will remain a significant force in business applications. Not only do existing legacy systems center on the language, but 15% of all new development currently is in COBOL. Those universities that have abandoned teaching the language completely do their students no favor. Though it likely should not be required of all computer students, it should remain available as an elective subject. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KScobol01.wps

COBOL; History, Development and Future
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This 6 page paper considers the computer language COBOL and how it has been used and developed, including examples of companies that currently use COBOL. The writer considers the way it has developed and will need to develop, such as object oreientation and standard query language (SQL). Finally the writer considers the future for COBOL programmers and their salaries. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEcobol1.wps

CoCo Jewelry Online
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A 7 page paper discussing site design and ease of use by customers in an e-commerce environment. The paper uses the site of http://www.cocostore.biz/ for evaluation of the site and recommendations for improvement. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSitCoCo.rtf

ColdFusion and Web Development
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This 6 page report discusses is described in the sales’ catalog literature as “a powerful platform for creating and deploying dynamic web applications. Developers like ColdFusion because its simple, tag-based language makes it easy to handle simple tasks, like processing form data and querying databases.” Created in 1995 by two brothers in Massachusetts, it is fundamentally a “database-oriented, server-side scripting and programming tool” that has come to be the leader in its unique market realm. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWcfuse.wps

Collaboratories
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This 20 page paper looks at what groupware and collaborative team work entail; why scientists need to collaborate; what collaboratories are; approaches to studying collaboratories in general and scientific collaboratories specifically; and how such collaboratories can be improved. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: HVCollab.rtf