It seems so because of the increasing number of online education institutions that announce their presence to the students’ world.
Students are also wise enough to recognize the several advantages of e-learning that reduces their expenses in travel, food, study materials and high tuition fees that are usually associated with conventional form of education.
The time flexibility is another major factor that weighs in favor of virtual learning.
Moreover, internet communication has many facilities like audio chatting, web cam and discussion boards that make interaction between students and tutors very easy.
Speaking of online universities, I thought I can mention here about Capella University that offers graduate and post graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology; in all 76 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 16 certificate specializations.
16,000 students from all 50 states and 63 countries are at present enrolled with Capella.
The cheerful news to international students is that, it is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
The lure of foreign university is waning?
Friday, September 22, 2006
What is this IT chargeback solution?
One more feather in their cap. After their fantastic profit improvement software, the latest addition is IT chargeback software which enables organizations manage their consumption of IT resources.
What exactly it does?
IT Chargeback makes IT cost allocation simple, fair, predictable, and controllable, organizations can understand the relationship between their IT consumption and their IT expenses.
Main features:
*Rate-based cost allocations or usage-based cost allocations, using a consumption driven *Activity Based Costing model.
*Data integration and data capture.
* Web-based reporting with robust drill-down for IT as well as business units.
*Invoice and cost analysis reports.
For large IT companies that are conscious of about achieving maximum accountability with optimum cost management, Acorn offers the final solution.
In short Acoronsys is a Profit Improvement Company.
Their main focus is on:
*Increasing YOUR bottom line via sustained solutions that provide accurate and validated insight into where you are making and losing money, and why.
*Providing just the right amount of consulting services (strategy, business, implementation, and technical) to achieve the objective. Not consulting for the sake of consulting.
*Driving down your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in the solution
In their words:
“Whether your organization is calculating unit costs in spreadsheets or implementing Activity Based Costing for detailed usage-based allocation, Acorn has an IT Cost Allocation and IT Chargeback solution that fits your needs”.
Trust them. When they say they will do it, they will.
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