Netflix vs. Cloud - Personal vs. Business

For the CIS 275 Assignment 25 class I have chosen professors Twitter post “Netflix video is 20% of US evening download traffic. Do you subscribe to cable TV? Satellite? Do you stream Netflix?” with a short URL at http://slate.me/dhWGxi.

This article interests me because of its personal and business aspect it deals with.

As a Netflix subscriber I found out that I keep DVD’s and Blu-ray discs more and more at home. Because of that I spend more time watching movies by streaming them to my Netflix Roku DVR box or thru my Sony Blu-ray disc player that offers Netflix online streaming as one its built-in applications. This article made me wonder as if I am or will be contributing to the potential broadband throughput saturation or I will not play such a big role in it? What can I do? Nothing personally but when the time comes lower streaming habits and get back to the physical media. On the other hand, network speeds are improving every day. Therefore, I can’t really envision time when Netflix could cause such a bandwidth collapse. Maybe if we would combine all the services that offer HD broadcast, streaming, etc. that could mean more, but from the perspective of the end user, I don’t see or feel it happening. As a customer all I care is getting the service when I want it. That’s what justifies the word on-demand.

From the business aspect, this article made me wonder what could potentially happen with all cloud services that all service providers and software manufacturers are aiming towards. Everyone is emphasizing importance of the cloud and having all of your data and applications stored and run online. But what would happen to that data if the bandwidth collapses? I am scare even to think about that. As an IT professional I root for services like these, but now I am a bit skeptical about them. I need to think forward and for the benefit of the company I work for. I must not let be surprised by a possibility like this. Therefore, I will keep my data local, run regular differential and full backups while slowly merge towards the cloud with a bit of cautiousness. I don’t want that cloud to become a storm that will wipe out every tinny bit and byte of the data I am trying to preserve and protect.

And to answer professor’s question, I do subscribe to cable TV but spend more time watching streaming on-demand video because of my time schedule.

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Using the Google Docs word processor, CIS 275 Assignment 15

Assignment:
Write a short description of the best class you have taken at CSUDH. (If this is your first semester, select the best class from a previous school). Let the reader know the name of the class, who taught it, what it covered, what you liked about it and why it was important to you.

 

Since this is my first semester at CSUDH, I will talk about the class I took previously at Los Angeles Harbor City College. During the Fall 2009 semester I took an Art 101 class also known as Ethics. I consider this class to be the best class I took so far. Now, people that know me would say that how come I did not choose a computer class? This is the reason why.

This class had awoken several things inside of me. First thing awakened was a sense of a global responsibility. There are people out there that need our help. While talking about different ethic issues in the world I realized that I also can contribute to the society by acting ethically and more morally responsible. This caused me to join Amnesty International organization and provide a monthly contribution for their greater cause. I also sign petitions that I have either personal or global citizen interests in. Second thing awakened was sense for patience. I re-thought myself on how to be patient when someone else is talking about the topics that we disagree on. I started to respect other believes more and not being afraid to discuss those issues face to face.

Class became an important piece of puzzle that allowed me to get out of the class with more ideas on the things that surrounds us. Dr. Sage Bennet was teaching this class. She was very good and really knew what she is talking about. Ethics is a hard topic. I like the idea that I got out of this class more ethical then I was before I started it.

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CSUDH to give iPads to students?

If the CSUDH wants to follow the trend of some other colleges like Monterey College described in blog post by professor Larry Press this can soon be a reality. If not for all, then at least for the evening students who are attending college after they are done with their busy work day.

Larry Press's post is talking about a pioneer effort of Monterey College who started to distribute Apple iPads to all students enrolled in a supplemental curriculum program. This was done with the intention of helping those students to prepare themselves for the state's bar exam.

This post is interesting to me for several reasons. When the iPad device came out I purchased one for testing purposes. I have interest to implement iPad in my everyday life, in both personal and business way. Learning more about potential applications will help me put it in its place with and around me.

This post fits in our class outline in many places. First, it talks about new technologies that are currently in use, and have potential to rise very high in their future applications and usage, particularly in the colleges. It also fits in topics about network applications, wireless networking, and connectivity. As more and more applications for iPad are developed, it is likely to also fit in topics about image processing, audio and video processing, and VoIP.

Complete post refered to in this blog can be found on its permalink at http://cis471.blogspot.com/2010/08/electronic-text-books.html.