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The Barnes and Noble Bookstore use different hardware’s, software’s, data, and network tools. Barnes and Noble use currently Java software, which is a general purpose computer programming language. Java is “concurrent, class based, object oriented, and specifically designed to have few implementation dependencies.” (Salvendy & Karwowsiki, 2010, p. 504). In addition to Java, Barnes and Nobles uses JavaScript. This is a high level dynamic, un-typed, and interpreted programming language that is not web-based environments. Examples of JavaScript are PDF documents, site specific browsers, and desktop widgets. JavaScript is beneficial to Barnes and Noble because it supports their creation of desktop, mobile applications and game development. …show more content…

“It has licensed existing commercial technology and focused its internal development efforts on proprietary systems necessary to provide the highest level of service to its customers.” (Avention, 2014). The overall mix of applications and technology allows the Barnes and Noble to “support a distributed, scalable and secure ecommerce environment." (Avention, 2014) Hosted in two locations they use Intel-based server technology in a fully robust configuration to power its website. At both of these locations, Barnes and Noble “maintain computers that store its web pages in electronic form and transmit them to requesting users.” (Avention, 2014). Along with this both locations are “configured with excess Internet telecommunications capacity to ensure quick response time and use three separate Internet service providers.” (Avention, 2014) While at one is maintained by a third party vendor host, the other is hosted internally by Barnes and Noble. Chris Troia, the CIO for Barnes & Noble in 2004 “is responsible for the information technology, telecommunication networks and computer systems that support the company, as well as allocating and evaluating the overall technology resources and strategies.” (Avention,

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