Cyber Crime Task Force Plan
The cyber criminals that attack government websites, personal and business websites, and install malware that is capable of stealing data (including personal credit cards and confidential information) are gaining ground every year. The problem is world wide and it seems the criminals are always a step or two ahead of law enforcement. This paper reviews and critiques the situation with relevant and scholarly sources, and advocates for a task force for St. Louis County.
Apple company overview and business operations
Apple Inc., has shown through the consecutive series of innovations in the smartphone, MP3 and tablet markets that their propensity to create profitable business models is now a core competency. While investment and analysts debate just what the critical catalyst of their successes are, nearly everyone agrees on the ability to create products that deliver exceptional customer experiences (Brown, 2011). In addition, Apple has long been one of the most integrated companies within the network of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and engineers (Saxenian, 1991). Combining a unique new product development and design process with the intensive levels of engineering, social and technology-based connections throughout the industry has given Apple a defensible, highly profitable position in the industry. All of these factors are exactly what Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Directors of IT and Chief Financial Officers most evaluate when choosing a vendor to partner with for technology. Apple's financial strength, unique new product development process, focus on enterprise-wide system integration, and continued focus on device-level and network security have all helped the company to gain a strong position in the enterprise marketplace, also called Business-to-Business (B2B) (Kaneshige, 2011). Apple continues to innovate and aggressively pursue the enterprises market, even after the untimely passing of the founder, Steve Jobs, who led the company on a rapid journey to consumer markets (Vaughan-Nichols, 2011).
Free copyright, fair use, appropriation, and piracy
Copyrights have restricted the ability to use someone else's work. However, with the advent of fair use policies individuals can now use part of others' work for non-commercial purpose. Internet is flooded with examples showing instances of fair use policy. Use of these policies is further augmented by advent of new technologies such as YouTube.