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EXAM EXAMPLE:

Compare in DEPTHS CLOUD COMPUTING TO OPEN SOURCE.

Cloud computing and open source are both relatively new terms which describe two technologies being used increasingly by private computer users as well as companies. Open source nonetheless is a term that most probably most people have come along already in the last years. Open source is software which has not to be purchased but is free on the market to be for example downloaded from the internet. Best and probably most known examples are Linux and Open Office. Linux is an operating system like windows or Leopard with the difference that as already said it is free and the user can customize it. This leads us already to the second important part of open source. Open source can be reprogrammed and developed further by everybody. Of course certain technical knowledge is usually necessary. Open source has changed the software market dramatically as more and more individuals as ell as companies use it for their purposes to safe money. Nowadays thousands of useful open source programmes are on the market and the numbers are increasing. Another example is the content management programme Joomla. It was developed by programmers from all over the world not being part of a company but just helping to create this software in their ‘free time’. Cloud Computing on the other hand side, as described in the text, has only come up in the last year. It describes the ‘outsourcing’ of hardware and software done by private users and companies in order to safe space, be mobile and having always the latest programmes to use. The biggest difference to open source is probably that cloud computing is not free of charge. The so called clouds either hardware ore software clouds have to be rented from companies like Google Apps. These companies maintain large severs with storage space and even provide software that can be run on these servers and on which the user has access from all over the world through internet. The advantage is that the user does not need to maintain, update or renew the software as the cloud providing company already does this. Both cloud computing and open source help the customer working more flexible.


 * __Class project 09.02.09__**

Todays task in class was to analyze the web-site: www.intercontinental.com and find out how certain criteria which have been discussed in previous ICT classes have been covered by the building team. The website was analyzed regarding usage of web2 elements, e- systems and general features.



As can be seen above the site has quite a high virtual vallue, which shows that there is a large amount of visits every day. Moreover there can be seen that the google pagerank of this site is 7 which is also quite high...

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As can be seen above there is also professionally made videos from Intercontinental on youtube, next to amateur videos from guests.

The **metatags** from the intercontinental.com site are not used like at the imi-luzern.com site for instance. The site is already so well known that there is no need for extra tags. The site is on top of google even without specific, describing metatags.

=**__E-Comerce (Online Shopping)__**=


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Spreadshirt is an Online Shop for shirts and accesoires. It is open source as memebers can design their own shop and sell their own created Shirts. For example IMI has it`s account and students from all over the world have the possibility to order IMI shirts online. []

The following Video shows you how SPREADSHIRT works:

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Payment methods are the following:

This includes common credit-cards like Master and Visa Card as well as paypal. Paypal is an online paying system that makes money transfer for example for online shopping easier and safer. This brings also in the possibility of paying by mobile phone, through paypal.

Moreover this shop is certified by BBB (Accredited Business):



A BIG advantage of spreadshirt is it`s availibility worldwide. Nonetheless shipping costs to severall countries can vary. Spreadshirt is so far available in 2 languages. English and French. Customers get help and can exchange idwas through the Spreadshirt Blog ([]), the Spreadshirt Forum ([]), an own Spreadshirt Twitter to exchange pictures ([]) and help hotlines as well as a FAQ section.

Customers can also order a regular Spreadshirt newsletter.

It is moreover very customer friendly as it offers a shopping cart, which remembers which products have been put in even after closing the browser and returning to the site. It is also possible to create ones own account for creating shirts and selling them to other people.**