Create a Microsoft Word table that identifies the advantages, disadvantages, computer requirements, initial costs, and future savings for an organization considering an engagement in virtualization.

According to a TechRepublic survey performed in 2013, (located at http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/research-desktop-virtualization-growing-in-popularity/#) desktop virtualization is growing in popularity. Use the Internet and Strayer Library to research this technique. Research the top three (3) selling brands of virtualization software. Imagine that the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of your organization, or of an organization in which you are familiar, has tasked you with researching the potential for using virtualization in the organization. You must write a report that the CTO and many others within the organization will read. You must also summarize the paper and share your key ideas, via a PowerPoint presentation, with the CTO and steering committee of the organization. This paper and presentation should enlighten the organization as to whether or not virtualization is a worthwhile investment that could yield eventual savings to the organization. Section 1: Written Report Compare and contrast the top three (3) brands of virtualization software available. Focus your efforts on components such as standard configuration, hardware requirements price, and associated costs. Examine the major pros and major cons of each of the top three (3) software packages available. Recommend the virtualization software that you feel is most appropriate for the organization. Provide a rationale for your recommendation. Explore the major advantages and major disadvantages that your chosen organization may experience when using virtualization software. Give your opinion on whether or not you believe virtualization software is the right fit for your chosen company. Provide a rationale for your response. Create a Microsoft Word table that identifies the advantages, disadvantages, computer requirements, initial costs, and future savings for an organization considering an engagement in virtualization.

Compare your own cultural background to the dominant culture in America, and discuss how biases, stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, power, and privilege have impacted your development (e.g., socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, gender, etc.).

The purpose of this assignment is to stimulate your personal thinking, encourage you to express ideas, and examine your thoughts critically on the discussions of cultural competency. It is your personal reaction to information presented in class together with our own readings in multicultural issues. You can reflect on your own cultural background and how those experiences have influenced your attitudes, values, and biases during counseling process. This assignment will be evaluated according to the following domains: (a) Brief autobiographical sketch: National origin(s), ethnicity, racial identity(ies), number of generations the family has lived in the United States, and religious beliefs/affiliations (in the family as well as personal). Other aspects you might want to include: age, socioeconomic status, marital status, gender, and/or sexual orientation. (b) Self-Reflection: Compare your own cultural background to the dominant culture in America, and discuss how biases, stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, power, and privilege have impacted your development (e.g., socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, gender, etc.).

Explain the historical relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Explain the historical relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What are their geographical connections? What are their historical timelines? Analyze the historical relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in order to make an argument about the similarities and differences between the three religions. Select one main example from the following list on which to focus your comparison: the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, Holy Books, or Salvation. Your analysis should span multiple paragraphs and utilize specific examples. Conclude by examining the current relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam today. How has globalization influenced or affected the current relationship? Your paper should include an introduction and thesis that clearly states your central claim, thoughtful examples and analysis in your body paragraphs, and a conclusion to finalize your thoughts.

Research a particular women’s issue and comparatively discuss how it has been legislated or otherwise dealt with in three different countries outside of the United States.

Step 1: Review the Final Research Paper Rubric [PDF]. Step 2: Choose one of two prompts below: 1. Research feminist activism in a particular country outside the United States, focusing on three general topic areas that we have covered in the course, or 2. Research a particular women’s issue and comparatively discuss how it has been legislated or otherwise dealt with in three different countries outside of the United States. Step 3: Write a formal research paper according to the prompt you selected above, using the frame of transnational feminisms. Include all the following required components in your essay: Definition of transnational feminism Explanations of how laws and governmental policies maintain social inequality Correlations among the course materials discussed in Module 2 through Module 11 with the work of transnational feminists

Identify what specific characteristics are Southern Baroque and exactly how they moved into Northern Europe. Which artists? What works? Etc.?

Focus on the move of Southern ideas in painting and architecture to the North. Identify what specific characteristics are Southern Baroque (some may originate in earlier periods, of course) and exactly how they moved into Northern Europe. Which artists? What works? Etc.?

Discuss how would slavery and its expansion in America further change between 1824 and 1860?

The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought for American independence and revisited the United States fifty years later, wrote “I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.” What might Lafayette have seen in 1824 America that would impel him to make such a statement? How had slavery evolved? Was it expanding? How entrenched in American life was it at this time? How would slavery and its expansion in America further change between 1824 and 1860? What do you think Lafayette would have thought about the American experiment on the eve of the Civil War?

What is the responsibility of individual citizens and the larger society to try to stop the damage to the environment?

Watch the following video. In this first episode of this series, the idea of climate change is investigated. URL Below Consider your personal viewpoint as we begin the discussion. Before you watched the video, what was your personal viewpoint on climate change? Please be specific about your beliefs and thoughts on the topic. Did watching the video change your beliefs about the topic? If so, how did it change your beliefs? If not, what is your argument against the presented ideas. Now, using your sociological perspective, examine the idea of climate change as a social phenomenon. Why do you think that this has become a partisan issue (climate change is often acknowledged by Democrats and denied by Republicans)? Give examples. Because this has become a political issue for many instead of a social issue, progress is slow (and sometimes reversed). What is the potential for change when a global issue becomes political? Explain and give examples. Research has provided evidence that environmental damage is occurring. What is the responsibility of individual citizens and the larger society to try to stop the damage to the environment? How can one person make a change? Explain.