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  RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION OF VIRTUALIZATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS,TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

  The global financial crisis set the modern companies several challenges associated with effective management and use of available resources and to optimize and reduce financial costs. Systems virtualization is one of the solutions that help to reduce the necessary equipment for an organization by optimizing use of existing hardware, combined with ... The global financial crisis set the modern companies several challenges associated with effective management and use of available resources and to optimize and reduce financial costs. Systems virtualization is one of the solutions that help to reduce the necessary equipment for an organization by optimizing use of existing hardware, combined with increasing fault tolerance of systems as well as easier maintenance and management of existing IT resources, which in turn reducing the incidental expenses of the organization for the maintenance of IT equipment. Project implementation in the Academy reduce the total number of supported physical servers, removing part of the accompanying infrastructure, reducing the cost of redundancy, maintenance, spare parts and consumed electric power, coupled with easier management, increased performance and increased fault tolerance. The developed virtual environment helped to build a test environment in which teachers, students and IT professionals from Academic Computer Centre may, in real conditions to test the latest software solutions and services without creating a risk for the normal functioning of the existing IT infrastructure for administrative and teaching within the Academy.

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  TRADE INTERMEDIARIES RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF ECONCMIC CRISIS

  The building and management of the relationships with the consumers is a key success factor in modern business. The decisions of relationship management are becoming more and more important in Bulgaria too. In the current research the strategy for consumer relationship management is presented from the intermediaries point of view in the ... The building and management of the relationships with the consumers is a key success factor in modern business. The decisions of relationship management are becoming more and more important in Bulgaria too. In the current research the strategy for consumer relationship management is presented from the intermediaries point of view in the conditions of economic crisis. From this point of view the methods for evaluation of the relationship with the intermediaries stress on the management of the financial relationships, stimulation and motivation of the intermediaries to do their job more effectively. Based on this conclusions are made and recommendations for better management of the relationships between wine producers and intermediaries are formulated.

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  DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

  The project is an extension of the project “Corporate Knowledge as a Strategic Resource and Factor in the Competitive Struggle” implemented by our team. The examination of large- and medium-sized Bulgarian businesses has verified the key conclusion of the preceding study – businesses are aware of the strategic nature of knowledge, but they do not ... The project is an extension of the project “Corporate Knowledge as a Strategic Resource and Factor in the Competitive Struggle” implemented by our team. The examination of large- and medium-sized Bulgarian businesses has verified the key conclusion of the preceding study – businesses are aware of the strategic nature of knowledge, but they do not have at their disposal operational systems for their management. Furthermore, a portion of them do not take an interest in this managerial conception and others do not have a clear vision how to manage the accrued knowledge in the business. This project reviews various outlooks on the nature, objectives, approaches and tools for managing knowledge in the business. It was established that among theoreticians as well as among practitioners there is no unanimity with regard to how corporate knowledge should be managed. Every business, depending on its specifics, (size, corporate culture, manner of management, available information technologies, etc…) as well as on the magnitude and nature of knowledge at its disposal may apply one or another approach for managing this knowledge. Guided by its own understanding the team proposes a model for knowledge management, which can be used as a basis for developing particular corporate systems for knowledge management.