CaseStudy2011

Case study - May 2011

Overview
Carmen Machado owns a business, // Foto Creativa //, specializing in providing memorabilia for families. She is based in Santander, northern Spain, and runs the business from a shop in the centre of the city. Carmen studied in England for several years and was awarded a university degree in Creative Digital Media. When she returned to Spain she set up a simple web site to help advertise her business. Over the three years that the business has operated it has increased its range of services to include the following: • digitizing photos, modifying and improving images/photos from customers • editing video, converting video and home movies to digital media • creating and selling digital photo albums • “stitching” photos together to form one image • c reating multimedia presentations combining text, images, videos, animation and other digital elements • selling posters, mugs, t-shirts and other products with customer images and photographs.

**Links to:**

IT Systems in a Social Context Background to WebDesign Setting Up and Managing a Web Content Management System Emarketing Security Current Challenges and Solutions Tips for the Exam Glossary of Terms

** Section 1 ** ** 2. ** Network Diagram for //Foto Creativita//

** 3b. ** TelBru offers Web hosting services that helps users translate a domain name into an I.P address. Telbru helps their customers host a website within the BruNet Web server. Telbru also offers a virtual e-mail which allows a user to customize their e-mail address to insert the name of their company into your address e.g user@[companyname].com.bn. TelBru offers domain names ending with "com.bn", "edu.bn", "org.bn" and "net.bn . Simpur (DST) is currently adjusting their prices for web hosting and will be releasing soon. Once released, y ou can promote your business and products on any page of the [|Simpur portal], and Simpur's popular social networking site, “ [|The Lounge] ”. You'll also  be able to promote your products through Simpur-organized competitions which will be regularly mentioned on KRISTALfm.

** c. ** Currently, Telbru is the only site in Brunei that offers web hosting services. They offer 4 different web hosting packages: Web Free, Web Home, Web Lite and Web More, each providing more “Web space” with the smallest package allowing 5MB and the largest allowing 65MB. Each package also offers Web-Email services. I honestly think that TelBru is the best option to host a website in Brunei even when Simpur rolls out due to the many options they offer.

** d. ** www.fotocreativa.com.es

** e. ** An I.P address is a computer 's numeric address which helps to identify the device within a network. It allows different devices to communicate with each other within that network. A fixed I.P address means your computer uses the same address every time you log on to the Internet. It is fixed because the ISP (Internet service provider) assigns a computer a **permanent** I.P address on the internet. With a fixed IP address, Internet users always know the identity of your computer and can easily connect with it.

** f. ** The domain name system translates the IP address into words as it is easier to remember a phrase rather than a series of numbers. A domain name server translates Internet domain names or the text of your URLs into associated IP addresses. This is done by checking your URL with the IP address lookup tables in the C:\windows directory in your computer's hard drive.

** Section 2 ** ** 1. ** The type of commercial software that //Foto Creativa// has to consider, is making sure it has the features of being able to manage, organize and edit HD digital photos and videos without lagging, e.g. Animoto Video Creator. ** 2. ** Back-up is an essential part for security for companies and individuals because it saves important documents to a storage device or media e.g. external hard drive. So if there was a system crashes, or a file gets corrupted, etc. these important files and documents can be retrieved. There are two ways to back-up via hardware or software. Software back-up for Windows: Cobian Backup or Cucku Backup, and Mac: Time Machine. A RAID (redundant array of inexpensive devices) back-up system that contains many SCSI (Small computer system interface) drives that are organized in a way that when one drive fails, the storage system continues to function without any data being lost in the process. Most RAID systems include features such as redundant power supplies, software to configure, and monitors the system. External hard drives are portable drives, used as a back-up hardware device because they contain high storage capacity for HD photos & videos, animations, or other multimedia. It also acts as an internal hard drive once connected through USB or Firewire, and it has the capability to share data among users and used at the same time.

** 3. ** The two most popular photo editors out right now are iPhoto ‘11 and Adobe Photoshop elements 9. Each program allows you to modify images and create albums/ share images with friends online but that’s where the comparison ends. Adobe Photshop is more focused on their photo-editing features while iPhoto is more of social site which helps friends share pictures with each other. Photoshop offers more features than iPhoto when it comes to altering images but iPhoto offers more features than just the core photo-editing software. Iphoto features a map with a GPS system to help you point out places you want to go or visit and allows you to place photos in albums for different countries. It also allows you to take photos with you on the go by syncing your iPod and helps you stay connected with facebook. Finally, iPhoto also makes slideshows of your pictures with a new feature which creates a book out of your pictures. More information on Adobe Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/features/?view=topnew More information on iPhoto: http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/what-is.html

** 4. Digital photographs and Photo products- ** One of the most popular ways of storing photos and creating albums is to use an online site called Flickr. Flickr allows users to upload images on in your own account and group images together in an album. ** Editing and Managing Videos- ** Pinnacle Studio is a very simple software program to use but offers a myriad of features to edit videos whether created or taken from the internet. It is one of the best video editing programs [for PC]. For Mac, iMovie is used to edit and manage videos. ** Creating multimedia presentations- ** Photoshop Elements [For PC] & iDVD [For Mac]

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