Business Analysis : Big Blue

Founded in 1823, Union University is a collection of schools that include West Tennessee College, Union University of Murfreesboro, Southwestern Baptist University, and Hall-Moody Junior College of Martin, Tennessee. Union’s main campus is located in Jackson, Tennessee. Consistently ranked as a top tier institution in the Southern Region, the university offers more than 100 programs of study across an assortment of disciplines. Programs include art, business, education, health care professions, theology, and more. The various nursing programs are the most popular majors and make up 21% of enrolled students. Interdisciplinary studies make up 17% of students and are the second most popular. Union was accredited by the Southern Association of

Finish Line combined with its subsidiaries, is one of the biggest athletic apparel retailers in the United States. The Finish Line company operates two different retail stores around the country, one under the Finish Line brand name and the other called Running Specialty. Finish Line is a premium retailer of athletic shoes, apparel and accessories. As of April 4, 2014, the company operated 644 Finish Line stores (Sec.gov). Also, the company operates a website www.finishline.com. Brand names sold by Finish Line include Nike, Brand Jordan, Rebook, adidas, Under Armour, New Balance and more. Footwear accounts for approximately 89% of Finish Line’s net sales (Sec.gov). Finish Line’s goal is to continue to be a premium athletic footwear retailer by selling the most updated products from the biggest brand names in an engaging and exciting shopping environment with knowledgeable staff trained to deliver excellent customer service.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American integrated technology and consulting company founded by Thomas J. Watson and Charles R. Flint on June 16, 1911. (IBM Corporation , 2014)

Bob Hope once said: “A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.” This may sound amusing, but in reality, banks give to those that have a business plan. A business plan that has a vision and can prove to the bank that the money that they will loan you will be given back. This essay will address concepts in business that have been proven to be effective. Do not overexpand, have capital reserves, and connections matter.

The city council should vote on affordable housing, but not support Sun Cal, a real estate developer, to provide solely residential housing across the street from Disney land because the organization would not be able to further expand nor would the development complement the resort’s vision (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). Furthermore, the city council should consider working in favor of Disney considering the organization’s successful history with Anaheim. For instance, Disney contributed $545,000,000 of bond funds for neighborhood upgrades, but a majority went to infrastructure improvements, landscape, and transportation (Weinberg, 2007). Disney also occupies five percent of land in Anaheim, while providing fifty percent of the revenue from taxes, to the City; and even creating public services with the police and fire department; thus, creating incredible number of jobs (Weinberg, 2007); hence, Orange County and Anaheim need to recognize the affordable housing issue

The first desktop all-in-one personal computer was the HP 9830 (1972) the first known PC was IBM’s 5150 introduced in 1981. The PC was known for its CUI , it required the Disk Operating System (DOS) to operate it and it offered a broad list of business software solution such as word processors, spreadsheets, calendars etc.

3.) Strong presence in high margin health services business. In addition to UnitedHealth Group’s leadership position in the health benefits market segment, UnitedHealth Group has strong information and technology based health services platform through its business segments which is Ingenix, OptumHealth and PrescriptionSolutions. The “CNN MONEY” (2012) website states Ingenix is one of the largest health information, technology and consulting companies in the world. The UnitedHealth Group derived $2.3 billion of revenues from Ingenix which contributed $284 million (excluding $200 million in goodwill impairment and business line deposition charges) of operating profit, and an operating margin of 12.1% during FY2010.

IBM was founded in 1911. IBM (International Business Machines) is by far the world's largest information technology company in terms of revenue ($88 billion in 2000) and by most other measures, a position it has held for about the past 50 years. IBM products include hardware and software for a line of business servers, storage products, custom-designed microchips, and application software. ("What is IBM (International Business Machines)? - Definition from WhatIs.com," n.d.)

By the late 1970s the computing giant IBM had plans for marketing a personal computer for home use. They approached Microsoft to develop the standard operating system for their home computer models. Gates and Allen then went out and purchased for $50,000 an operating system called Q-Dos,

* In 1981, IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985.

What is machine before year 1935, it was an individual who do the number juggling estimations. Between year of 1935- 1945, definition alluded to machine, as opposed to an individual. The machine is focused around von Neumann's idea where gadget can accessto information, forms information, saves information, and produces output.it has experienced from vacuum tube to transistor, to the microchip.microchip starts conversing with modem. Nowdays we trade content, sound, photographs and films in a nature's turf.

The first ever computer was invented in the 1820s by Charlse Babbage. However the first electronic digital computer were developed between 1940 and 1945 in the United States and in the United Kingdom. They were gigantic, originally the size of a large room, and also need to be supply a large amount of power source which is equivalent as several hundred modern personal computers. The history of computer hardware covers the developments from simple devices to aid calculation, to mechanical calculators, punched card data processing and on to modern stored program computers. The tools or mechanical tool used to help in calculation are called calculators while the machine operator that help in calculations is called computer. At first the

Prior to their cultural change that took place in the early 1990’s, many would have said that IBM was on a fatal downhill slide. At this point they were beginning to become obsolete. IBM at one point was among the leaders within the world for hardware/software development and information technology services, but all divisions within the organization were run independently from one another. They were not a unified enterprise. To solidify this even further, “rather than working together as a team, divisions competed against each other both internally and in the field” (DiCarlo, L., 2002).

Founded in June 1911, IBM has always been a leading company in the technology industry and at the forefront of innovation. It is a manufacturer of computer hardware and software, and also provides infrastructure, hosting and consulting services. Before the 2000s, IBM was the largest PC vendor in the world. However, the hardware sales have continually declined since 2000, and IBM sold its PC group to Lenovo in 2004, as well as its x86 Server Business in 2014. In the new era of the technology industry, IBM has faced the challenge to transit from a hardware manufacturer to a service company.

It has constantly outperformed its competitors and has generated higher returns. IBM should continue to be a leader in differentiation by offering product and services through its constant strive of innovation. It should follow unique practices to maintain a strong culture and positively impact customer experiences. It should be open to change and blend itself to the environment adding its own stroke of colour (introducing new technologies according to the changing