We  have n stations along a river, numbered 1 to n in the direction of the  current. You can rent a boat at any station i, go down the river to a  station k> i, return the boat and pay a fee c (i, k) for the tour. It  is possible that c (i, k) is greater than c (i, j) + c (j, k), with j  being an intermediate station between i and k. In this case, it is  cheaper to rent a boat from i to j and then another from j to k. Give an  efficient algorithm that calculates the minimum cost of a trip from 1  to n. Depending on n, how long does your algorithm consume?

Due is November 1st.

Need help with small assignment to write research document.

This application assignment involves investigating two recent cybersecurity topics/events covered on the website KrebsOnSecurity.com.  KrebsOnSecurity.com presents the latest news and investigative reports on cybersecurity. This site is managed by Mr. Brian Krebs, who worked as a reporter for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009 authoring over 1,000 blog posts for the Security Fix blog and well over 200 articles for The Washington Post newspaper and washingtonpost.com. 

Select two articles from the Website–one that details an information security concern and one that explains a new cybersecurity skill or knowledge.  The articles must have been published in the last six months.  For each of the two articles, you will then go find another article on the same topic from outside the KrebsOnSecurity.com site.  Referencing both articles (e.g., the one from Krebs and the one from somewhere else), your job is to provide a summary of the topic–largely in your own words–explaining how you as a cybersecurity professional would use/apply the information.  Limit your writeups to no more than one page for each of the two topics.  When complete, submit your two writeups as a single Word document via the submission functionality.

To summarize, this assignment involves identifying two articles from KrebsOnSecurity.com–one related to an information security concern and one related to a new security skill or knowledge base.  For each of the two articles, find one other article about the topic from somewhere else, providing you with two perspectives on the same topic.  Then, for each of the two topics you identified, write up a one page summary that incorporates information from both articles (the Krebs one and the non-Krebs one) you found.  Submit the separate writeups via a single, two-page document that clearly delineates between the two different writeups.  

1. Contingency Planning
   Contingency planning is a risk mitigation process for developing back-up plans in anticipation of events (scenarios) that might disrupt ‘business as usual’. Business continuity planning is an expanded version of contingency planning that typically encompasses a more comprehensive and extended response plan for getting back to ‘business as usual’. In a well-formatted, highly-detailed research paper, address the need to contingency planning, ensuring to address the following items:
   (1) Benefits of scenario events/planning.
   (2) Questions to consider when implementing scenario planning.
   (3) The common types of scenario planning.
   Your paper should meet these requirements:
   • Be approximately 4 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
   • Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
   • Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
   • Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Please read BitGold case study (see HBS Coursepack) and answer the following questions with substantive answers in a cohesive essay. Your paper should be at least 3 pages in length. Use proper grammar, spelling, citations, etc.

1. BitGold’s IPO took place in Canada; however, as a global platform, BitGold aimed to appeal to users in developing countries around the world. Where should BitGold focus on acquiring users?2. How could BitGold continue to stay on the right side of the law?3. How could BitGold market its services to users and merchants, both in Canada and abroad?4. Given the uneven state of the regulatory environment in the United States with respect to bitcoin startups, how should BitGold organize its US expansion?
 

Compose your essay in APA format, including the introduction and conclusion, and in-text citations for all sources used. In addition to your 3 page (minimum) essay, you must include an APA-style title page and reference page. Click the assignment link to compare your work to the rubric before submitting it. Click the same link to submit your assignment.

• Research Second Life (http://secondlife.com/)
• How can a company use Second Life for new product or serviced decision making?
• How could financial companies use neural networks in Second Life to help their business?

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In this project, you will develop a detailed comparative analysis of  cloud vendors and their services. A comparative analysis provides an  item-by-item comparison of two or more alternatives, processes,  products, or systems. In this case, you will compare the pros/cons of  the cloud service providers in terms of security, ease of use, service  models, services/tools they provide, pricing, technical support, cloud  service providers’ infrastructure, and architecture model.

You will present your findings to the owner of the company in a narrated PowerPoint presentation with 10 to 20 slides. Use the Cloud Presentation Template.

This resource can help you prepare and record your presentation: Presentation Resources.

Presentation Guidelines

Your presentation should be comprised of the following:

• One to two slides on the company profile.
• One to two slides on what the company is struggling with.
• One to two slides on current infrastructure.
• Three to six slides on the top three cloud services providers.  Include their service models (i.e., SaaS, PaaS, IaaS),  services/tools/solutions (i.e., compute, storage, database, developer  tools, analytics tools, networking and content delivery, customer  engagement), pricing, accessibility, technical support for companies,  global infrastructure.
• One to two slides on a recommended cloud service provider based on  the comparative analysis and the cloud vendor’s abilities to meet the  service needs of the company.
• One slide on the conclusion.
• All slides must be narrated by you, the student.

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

As a professional, you will likely make presentations to customers,  client audiences, and management. By summarizing your results and  recommendations in an effective presentation, you are demonstrating how  you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a  professional setting. Your ability to express recommendations to  decision makers with the right mix of technical detail in an accepted  format is an important workplace and career skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

• 1.1.1: Articulate the main idea and purpose of a communication.
• 1.1.2: Support the main idea and purpose of a communication.
• 2.1.1: Identify the issue or problem under consideration.
• 2.2.2: Evaluate sources of information on a topic for relevance and credibility.
• 2.3.1: State conclusions or solutions clearly and precisely.
• 10.1.1: Identify the problem to be solved.
• 10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.
• 10.1.3: Define the specifications of required technologies.
• 13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.
• 13.2.1: Evaluate vendor recommendations in the context of organization requirements.

Find a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article discussing government planning and/or entrepreneurial innovation. Complete a review of the article by writing a 2-3 page overview of the article. This will be a detailed summary of the journal article, including concepts discussed and findings. Additionally, find one other source (it does not have to be a peer-reviewed journal article) that substantiates the findings in the article you are reviewing. 

You should use the UC library (https://www.ucumberlands.edu/library) and/or Google Scholar to find these types of articles (https://scholar.google.com/ )

Once you find the article, you will read it and write a review of it.  This is considered a research article review.

Your paper should meet these requirements: 

• Be approximately 3-4 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.