Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Technology

Networks

The Samsung ITD is a division of the SEA (Samsung Electronics America) in the United States. Samsung is known to use the WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) which connects two or more devices especially when using wireless distribution method. It also uses the Ethernet Media converter. Samsung has introduced DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) which actively promotes the wireless and wired networks which are used by most products produced by Samsung and these include personal computers, consumer electronics products and mobile devices.




Samsung has adopted the Serial ATA interface which has developed up to the third generation. It has a very high data transfer rate of almost 300MB/s. It also applies to much more sophisticated network storages and servers. It also has dual host topology which removes the shot-down time especially at the time when the system is able to detect errors. The serial ATA is scalable (Panos, 2003). Samsung is also known to use the HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) which is known to be a compact video/audio interface used for transmitting the uncompressed digital data.



Samsung Information Technology uses the Samsung Media Studio 5 application which is known to be a convenient especially when using video playback feature. It is also known to use Mobile Media API (MMAPI) for most of the Samsung specific devices. This MMAPI supports all multimedia applications to play and record audio, take pictures and to play video (Information Gatekeepers Inc., 2006).

ReferencesInformation Gatekeepers, Inc. (2006). Home networks. Washington: Information Gatekeepers, Inc.Panos Lekkas (2003). Network processors: architectures, protocols and platforms. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. Retrieved on July 24th 2010 from:www.samsung.com

Samsung Electronics has a lot of products that need to have connection. They work through a wireless communication media known as Satellite. Wireless Communication media transmits information through the air. Samsung especially works through communication satellites. Communication Satellites are microwave repeaters in space. Using Satellites gives Samsung the ability to connect to the networks across the world. Samsung Networks is the leading IP communication services provider with a high-speed global network. This network through satellite communication allows to service more than 10,000 corporate customers in Korea and around the world.


Samsung has several products that are connected to a wifi connection. Wifi is a standard for transmitting information in the form of radio waves over distances up to several miles. The newest product that Samsung is promoting is their LED wireless TV. The Television connects to the internet and is capable to do everything a regular laptop or notebook can do.Wifi is an alliance that provides testing and certification so that the device communicates properly. The Wifi runs at 11Mbps and 54 Mbps.

Samsung does use voice over IP; voice over IP is transmitting a voice telephone call over a computer data network. It allows you to send voice communication over the internet and avoid the toll charges that you would normally receive from your long distance carrier.

The four principles of network security are: confidentiality, authenticity, integrity, and availability. Samsung applies these principles by allowing their customers to be secure in knowing that their information is always confidential. They make sure the information that they give out is authentic. They operate under the core value that in operating in an ethical way is the foundation of their business and that everything they do is guided by a moral compass which ensures fairness and respect for all. Finally they make information available to all.

The domain name is www.Samsung.com/us




Databases and Data Warehouses

Samsung Electronics is creating a digital world of better communication and is also known for slogans such as “Samsung Digital: Everyone’s Invited”. Samsung is looking and is focusing on becoming the leader in the age of digital convergence. Therefore the company started to use customer files. Customer files keep a customer in their records so that the company knows who to target their sales to. The customer files are also used to send customer certain incentives (coupons).




To keep control of the company different databases are used. Product database is used to show change in price and how many product were individually sold over a certain period of time. Advertising database in the corporation is there to show when it is time to change your advertisements also how much money you have spent on advertising in different areas. Different areas such as radio, TV, magazines and billboards are included. Finally there is a customer database. This database shows where and what the customers are purchasing and how they are paying for it.


Database are now created so that files and reports are easier to read and organized. Samsung came up with their own Database Software that they use throughout their products as well. Samsung also works with Oracle with some of the files. It is showed that the Database Administrators are the people in the company that are responsible for the Database within. The Database Administration functions include defining and organizing database structures and contents, developing security procedures.


Samsung along with other companies have Annual reports that are created so the business and shareholders at the end of each fiscal year, reporting the financial results for the year. The Annual report is posted on the company’s website every year and visible for all to see. The manager gets this information from the previous database that were created through the files and reports created.


Online analytical processing (OLAP) is the manipulation of information to support decision making. Samsung uses OLAP to distinguish certain information about their products. It is used to track how the number of products sold, and how advertising those product help with the sale.







A data warehouse is a special form of a data base that contains information for the purpose of supporting decision-making tasks. Samsung uses them in conjuncture with OLAP to make better business decision. Like how to advertise to certain customers or how to market certain products.


Samsung only uses data mart in relation to its products, a data mart is a subset of a data warehouse which only focuses on a portion of the data warehouse. Samsung uses a multidimensional analysis tools type of data mining. Meaning it uses multiple columns and layers of product information. Such a location, time of the advertising, the year it was purchased.The database administration is responsible for databases, data warehouses and the data marts.Software such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access can be used to create data warehouse and databases of information for different products.


Hardware and Software

Samsung Electronics is the world’s second-largest semiconductor manufacturer, its extensive expertise in hardware technology extends to the broadest line of digital storage products offered by any supplier. Not only does Samsung Electronics develop a variety of electronic products, it also sells a host of hardware products and utilizes them within the company. For example, Samsung Electronics makes mobile computing, printers, monitors and data projectors. In addition, Samsung Electronics makes magnetic and optical storage devices as well as flash storage, including pioneering new product types like the all-flash “Solid State Disk”.


Samsung sells a variety of notebooks and net books computers. A notebook computer is a fully functional portable computer. It weighs about 3 pounds and can range in price from $600 to a couple of thousand. A net book is a mini notebook, has less software and comes with a 10 inch screen, usually cost between $300 & $450.






Samsung is responsible for the hardware and the software that is sold with their computers. Because they only sell notebook computers and net books the hardware is included. The keyboard and the mouse are attached to the screens which make up the notebook. Some software also comes with the notebook; they are pre-installed versions of Microsoft Office and Windows XP or Vista.


Samsung’s Flash File System the RFS ( Robust File System) is an ideal flash software solution for Linux-based embedded system using OneNAND flash memory. It manages the flash media much stably and delivers the most optimized flash management functionalities for OneNAND flash memory. Samsung’s RFS delivers superior read/write performance compared to other solutions.


Samsung’s Linux RFS (Linux Robust FAT File System)
is an embedded file system to use OneNAND/NAND flash memory as storage on any consumerelectronic devices. As its name implies, Linux RFS runs in the Linux kernel and is fully compatible with FAT file system standards.


The application softwares used by Samsung are the following: the VcAuthor is catalog to obtain CAD geometry, mechanical parts specifications, and manual prices; they also have an Enterprise System Management, to managed service, server hosting, on-site operation, remote operation; IT Infrastructure Consulting to manage the data center design/supervision/migration, system and network architecture design.
Samsung offers to customers the following software applications: The REQUBE End User Computing: Through an easy-to-learn graphical interface, users can create queries and reports without the need for complex SQL statements; the WiseVIEW is a powerful and multi-purpose image and file viewer that enables users to view and print more than 100 different file types. For example, users can view 2D and 3D CAD files (AutoCAD, CATIA, etc.), MS Office files, and standard image files without needing the corresponding software; The UniCheck is a portable terminal designed for instantaneous inquiry/settlement of credit cards and smart cards through a wireless data communication network.










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