What’s in IT for Me?

Chapter 3- Computer Hardware

Finance

LeaseUSA is a comprehensive nationwide finance & leasing company that provides competitive financing of computers, technology, office equipment, software, and most types of business equipment directly to companies of all sizes. LeaseUSA is competing with banks for the lender market.

This company provides business products and services, customer-lead application generation, productivity tools, breaking news, and advice. Their goal is to help businesses operate more efficiently.

This company helps the customer find the best product for their needs by delivering added services which include merchant ratings, product pictures and specifications, and pricing information that factors in applicable sales tax and shipping based on geographic location. Makes the financial difficulties of interstate trade a thing of the past.

Produces award-winning Internet software and innovative web-based courses. Bridgies the gap between computer hardware and financial management.

This company’s computers have been to the bottom of the ocean, out of the earth's atmosphere, into space, and to every continent on the planet, including most countries. They currently export all over the world and touch on all financial markets worldwide.

Accounting

This company provides the tools a business needs to succeed in this digitally and technologically driven world. Makes accounting easier and faster.

This company designs, develops and markets high performance integrated semiconductors, software and platform solutions to original equipment manufacturers. Makes accounting for the entire company easier.

This organization is for those interested in an educational and scientific computing society. The site provides a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and discoveries.

This company develops, markets and sells embedded system software components and solutions. Works within the company to make accounting easier.

Offers a complete line of low-cost control solutions, including single-board computers, operator interfaces, expansion boards and Ethernet connectivity products. Offers all the embedded computer products on one site.

Human Resource Management

Members can obtain real-time person-to-person help, training and advice from knowledgeable, friendly experts skilled in technology. Uses technology to problem solve.

This company provides data recovery services to government, corporate, and small businesses. Helps human resources keep track of all their current and past personnel.

Laboratory employees are working with industrial and academic partners to increase national economic competitiveness and improve science education. Training is offered in the corporate world through science.

This company understands the responsibility that accompanies a business relationship and has built a reputation for both product quality and customer responsiveness. Their technical support rates with the best in the industry by helping the customer every step of the way.

Online business requires a new type of security. E-commerce requires security systems that give authorized outsiders access to crucial company resources and applications, whether they are online payment systems, inventory data, or the ability to do transactions via the Internet.

P/OM

This company provides a total computing solution for your business, with Pentium powered computers, Internet access, business software, secure nightly backup, live support. Allows companies to run with fewer equipment breakdown and interruptions.

This company designs and manufactures computers, servers, workstations and networks for demanding, harsh, mission critical or enterprise environments, making office operations smoother.

A WWW publication aimed at providing information to OEMs, system integrators, engineers, and other professionals involved in the design and integration of computer business hardware. Helps companies to better manage their business.

This company provides advice to the customer on the selection of a processor that is cost effective and sufficient. Cutting time spent on searching for hardware.

The company manufacturers boards for embedded systems, provides design consulting and turn-key system's design services. These embedded computers increase efficiency.

Non-Business Major

This site contains over 2,000 individual encyclopedic definitions/topics and a number of quick-reference pages. The topics contain about 12,000 hyperlinked cross-references between definition-topics and to other sites for further information. Gives the people with computer application difficulties an easier time.

This site is a principal federal resource for solving the telecommunications concerns of other federal agencies, state and local governments, private corporations and associations, and international organizations. Uses computer hardware in the world of telecommunications.

This company is the first of many manufacturers of first-to-market memory upgrades, flash cards, hard drives for portables, and PC Cards. Provides a larger market using current hardware technology.

This site offers an abundant selection of merchants who have considerable experience in E-Commerce. Allows the shopper to maximize time.

Provides customers with different ways to research, compare, learn, and buy wireless/mobile products and services in one place, where they will be able to choose among as many products and services available in their area as possible. Takes the hassle out of shopping for cell phones.

Marketing

This site provides an on-line auction where users easily and automatically find great bargains from many on-line auctions, all from a single "portal-like" Web site. Puts all the auction houses into one site.

Provides technology-related products to consumers and resellers. Promotes their products on the Internet for optimum effectiveness.

This company works with a nationwide network of distribution centers to offer the customers the best possible product selection and availability. Uses the Internet to promote the items.

This site represents the largest computer book publisher in Canada. Uses the Internet to promote the company.

This site provides each seller with a response and contains information on how to contact the seller directly. The service takes out the trouble of going shopping and brings it into the comfort of home.