Data Mining
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Social Media and the Red Shirt Revolution

The current era is generically recognized as the technological revolution, a time in which technological innovations and developments are made on nearly daily basis. This rapid pace of development impacts directly on…

In today's technologically savvy world, traditional and Web applications are created and modified at an extremely high level, and with this boost in applications comes the need for protection against vulnerability and…

This paper describes the relationships and distinctions between two information systems concepts, data warehousing and data mining. These concepts are often regarded in parallel with with online analytical processing (OLAP). Together, these functions provide critical decision support capability to modern businesses.

Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) has successfully transitioned their business model from being a real estate search engine to becoming a comprehensive real estate information marketplace. Zillow today has its website Zillow.com, in addition to Zillow Mobile, a suite of mobile real estate applications and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. The company was incorporated in December, 2004 in Washington, and has as its mission " to build the most trusted and vibrant home-related marketplace to empower consumers with information and tools to make smart decisions about homes" (Zillow Investor Relations, 2012). Zillow has quickly established itself as the market standard for real estate market search engines and is a growing force in the area of mortgage advice and management (Lantz, 2012). In the 3rd Quarter, 2012, Zillow reported recorded financial results, generating $31.9M in revenue, up 67% from the 3rd quarter of 2011. Quarterly Net Income was $2.3M and Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBITDA) was $7.6M, representing 24% of revenue (Zillow Investor Relations, 2012). Zillow continues to experience record usage across their mobile and Web applications as well, reaching 1 billion home views on Zillow Mobile year-to-date (Zillow Investor Relations, 2012). The intent of this analysis is to evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats given the increasing level of competition they are facing in key markets. With a solid base of customers and continually improving services, Zillow shows significant growth potential for the years ahead. They however also face significant threats from Amazon as well.

The paper presents an analysis on the chosen topic of direct selling. The paper starts off by giving an introduction on the topic and follows it up with the details of the search strategy. The paper will also present two hypotheses based on the literature and present analysis, recommendations and conclusion.

The Impact of e-Commerce on Mass Customization and Revenue Growth

Data Mining in Business Research Executive Summary The perfect storm is brewing over analytics and their use to define the future of data mining and its associated techniques and technologies, (Columbus 1).

Competitive intelligence is one of the most strategically important areas within companies today. It is in fact one of the most critical areas for continually monitoring in the context of strategic planning, execution…

Protect America Act of 2007 is the modernized version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA (Department of Justice 2007, GovTrack.us 2007). Sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell on August 1 this year, it…