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Introduction To Management Information System, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

A Management Information System (MIS) is an information system that is intended to be used by the higher management of an organization. The MIS generally collects summarized data from different departments or subsystems of an organization and presents in a form that is helpful to the management for taking better decisions for the organization.

Management Information Systems Vs. Other Information Systems, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

A Management Information System (MIS) is a systematic organization and presentation of information that is generally required by the management of an organization. In one sense MIS is a part or subset of the Information Management System of an Organization. There are different types of information systems such as, Transaction Processing System (TPS), Decision Support System (DSS), Executive Support System (ESS) etc. having some differences and some overlapping.

MIS is different from DSS as the later uses unstructured data to take non-standard decisions. MIS is different from TPS and the later is used for day-to-day transactions of the organization. Thus …

Why Is It Difficult To Find A Good Free Web Host, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

This article illustrates how the advertisements on free hosts are deceptive, the evaluations are fake, and the user feedbacks are manipulated. As a search engine cannot differentiate between good and bad free hosts per se, it is likely to serve you a list of free hosts, which are discussed more or advertised more and not necessarily better. Searching a good free host is as difficult as searching a diamond in a coalmine.

Should You Use A Free Server For Hosting Your Site?, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

Contrary to the general belief that the paid servers provide better service, the services provided by paid servers are often horrible. The matter of the fact is that you may not need much of service from a well-configured server. But the service provider wants to provide you service in order to prove its service efficiency. But how will they provide service when there is no need of service? So they have to create many artificial problems for you (e.g., by changing server configurations etc.) and then solve those problems promptly on your request, in order to prove their service efficiency. …

The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

RSS is a format to update the frequently updated content in the Internet such as blog entries, news headlines etc. An RSS document contains full or summarized texts plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS stands for Really simple Syndication. RSS feeds benefits publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format is used to publish once and viewed by many different programs.

Dirty Tricks Played By The Domain Registrars, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

With the popularity of Internet the number of websites are increasing in exponential rate. Everybody needs a website and every website needs a domain name and a hosting server. Domain names often represent a business organization or a commercial brand. Hence, changing domain names may affect business strategy and result in serious business loss. The domain registrars often take advantage of customers’ ignorance and weakness and trouble them to unduly extract more and more money.

The Dirty Tricks Played By Web Hosting Agencies, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

The number of websites are increasing in exponential rate. There are almost 50,000 websites being launched in every week and a similar number of web hosting companies are thriving to grab that opportunity. This has led to a cutthroat competition between the web hosting companies. The competition has gone beyond the ethical boundaries and many of them follow various unfair practices to attract and retain customers.