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More and more restaurants in America that use iPad as a substitute for his menu. Not just be a sweetener, but Apple’s gadgets are believed to increase the number of orders.

Cut steakhouse restaurant in Chicago, for example. iPad which functioned as a restaurant menu proved to be effective mengatrol wine sales (wine) that it provides at dinner.

David Flom, Chicago Cut restaurant manager, acknowledged that the iPad is supplied to the list of restaurant menus is a big investment. But it all started to pay off with the results obtained.

“We saw an increase of 20% for each wine that was ordered each of our customers. iPad can not be expected to bring increased 100%, but we believe the results are quite significant, “he said as quoted from the AP on Tuesday (01/04/2011).

Steakhouse restaurant is invested 40 iPad at a cost of U.S. $ 700 (approximately USD 7 million) for each unit. IPAD serves dinner menu and 750 wines are available through an exciting interactive applications.

Cut Chicago is not alone. Many other restaurants are also used as a device replacement iPad traditional menu laminating paper. For example, Au Bon Pain in Boston and 4Food in New York.

They acknowledge, with IPAD connected online to the Internet not only facilitate the ordering, but also make payment by credit card so much simpler.

Patrick Eldon, chief executive orderTALK Inc.. who built the online ordering system for restaurants, assess IPAD can also offer value to build customer relationships. Through the device, the restaurant can do a digital survey, gather email addresses of customers, and offers a dinner program

“We know more about our customers in a way that we can not find out through our servants. From there we can get the most valuable customer data, such as how often they eat, and order what they like, “said Eldon.

Not only in restaurants in general, IPAD also serve meals at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York by OTG Management. Noted there are over 200 iPad is installed, so hungry visitors can easily order a salad or sandwich while waiting for flights.

“After the meal was presented, the payment can be cash or through the iPad. Currently we provide hundreds of new iPad, and we hope the number can be thousands in the future, “said chief executive officer of OTG, Rick Blatstein.

iPad is also a mainstay restaurant menu on ships. For example, the Celebrity Cruises ship that provides 75 iPad on every voyage.

The value of company Apple is now more than USD300 billion in capital markets. This achievement can only be achieved by a few companies in the world.

Its value is now equal to six times that of Facebook. Both also enthused investors

On Monday (3 / 1), the value of Apple has increased more than seven points to 329.75, making the value of the company in the capital markets to USD302, 47 billion. Similarly, as reported by Mashable.

Apple has reported record earnings this year, thanks to the success of the iPhone and iPad 4. Apple has sold 3.89 million Macs, 14.1 million iPhone units, 9.05 million iPods and 4.19 million units iPad in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Eight months ago, Apple is still worth USD223 billion. The values ​​are made ​​as technology companies with the highest score in the top rival, Microsoft. In October, the value of the company again rose to USD274 billion.

Apple shares rise some 2% mengatrol value of the company Steve Jobs. While Facebook will reportedly injected huge funds from investors Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies (DST).

According to media reports the New York Times, citing relevant sources, Goldman Sachs will invest some EUR 450 million. While DST is USD 50 million bringing total investment to up to $ 500 million.

In comparison, Apple is now worth six times that of Facebook, then the value is increased again approximately USD50 billion in just over six months.

Apple now ranks as the second most highly valued company in the world after Exxon Mobil Corporation which is worth approximately USD376 billion

Among capital market players in the United States is optimistic the death of the founder of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, will not be too big impact on Apple’s stock price movements in the New York Stock Exchange. In fact, Apple’s stock will continue to move with the trend rising.

Nevertheless, analysts are very confident, investors should give top honors to Steve Jobs, who has been building a work culture in the information technology companies.

“We believe that born Jobs ethos, vision and work ethic, will sue Apple forever,” said Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster of one influential in the U.S. capital markets in a research diary as quoted VIVAnews.com from the pages of Forbes, Thursday, October 6, 2011.

Munster Jobs assess not only produce new products such as Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod, but Apple has built a business empire.

“Under his leadership for 35 years as CEO (chief executive officer) of Apple, Jobs not only inspire Apple products that come with new technology and changing people’s lifestyle, but also create a technology expert to do the same with him,” he said.

Munster said that Jobs has completed work best with Apple’s build. To that end, he made ​​sure all the innovations that will lead Apple to create the future.

He also optismistis Apple under the leadership of Tim Cook will continue to evolve. Jobs substitute is considered as being the most ideal for menahkodai Apple.

“Cook has the ability to run Apple’s business. With the combination of humility and an insatiable motivation to make Cook a unique successor Jobs as CEO,” he said.

In trading yesterday, Wednesday, October 5, 2011, Apple’s stock still closed up 1.54 percent to a level of U.S. $ 378.25 per share.

An American blogger managed to uncover the existence of three fake Apple store in Kunming, China.

Image stores, their staff and the story of how he went around in shops was posted on the blog BirdAbroad.

In his writings he talked about  with employees that many are convinced that they actually work for the American electronics company.

Apple is not willing to comment on the findings of the fake stores.

In his blog, describing Bird broad stores it as `a beautiful and great blackmail, extortion shop the best he had ever seen ‘.

He recounted that at first glance the store was very convincing because the thoroughness mimic key elements of an Apple store.

For example there is a circular staircase, a place to sit on the floor above and the employee was wearing a blue shirt and a badge which hung a large rope around the neck.

The employees believe they actually work for Apple.

Building fragile

The employees believe they are really
work for Apple.

The stairs did not seem well-made, as well as paint on the wall, but the most striking are the words ‘Apple Store’ is written in front of the store.

Apple have never written “ `Apple Store – they just put a picture of an apple, ‘said BirdAbroad.

Based on research that bloggers, in China there’s only Apple store in Beijing and Shanghai.

In subsequent studies the three stores that are not included in the official list of stores that sell Apple products in Kunming.

It is unclear how the stores were getting Apple products it sells, whether the goods come from Apple or black market distributors.

Blog about a visit to the Apple store has become very popular fake with 500,000 readers in less than 48 hours.

Business today is different iPods with the iPod business during its launch in 2002. When that Apple could provide the margin s / d 50 dollars for each unit of the iPod (compare today’s only 3-5 dollars for merchants end / retailer). But profit margins are still obtained by the distributors. If unable to build a national distribution network, bulk buying an iPod with a discount still leaves a sizable business as an additional boost from the main business (complementary). iPods currently sold in Indonesia up to 1,500 units per month with an estimated peak of up to 5000-10000 units per month. Business advocates more iPod accessories provide expansion space for this retail business.

Expand Synergy iTunes Music Store with Local Content.
One key to the success of music downloads are, get local. Most music lovers are downloading most of the people who are more interested and more familiar than the Alley Cat music U2: P Imagine the Possibility. Cooperation and build local content that is local that has NOT been tilled Operators today and synergize with the iTunes Music Store. Example: Central Java, local content is filled with slapstick choice options, ketoprakan; lundrukan East Java, North Sumatra People seneng there are tales before bed. These stories need to be local and regional distinctiveness in the dig. And this is not yet done by the current operator.

Take Apple Product Distribution Partnership For the Other.
By building business networks and distribution of Apple products, no one supported by the business of distribution and value added services for other Apple products, including Apple’s computer products business. Apple computer products business is currently experiencing an increase in 2-digit industry average while experienced a decline, thanks to Apple’s transition to the Intel platform, and the ability of Apple computer products to be able to run Windows in addition to Mac OS X. From Apple’s total business, 65 percent contributed by the MacBook line.

ITunes Music Store Business Models
Apple’s iTunes Music Store is the online store to the 3rd largest in the world with a capitalization value of over 4 billion dollars U.S.. Service iTunes Music Store provides songs, music, podcasts, which can be enjoyed by iPod users, to this day (opened in 2003), in 4 years of operation has received 4 billion downloads. iTunes Music Store requires a credit card service available in the country concerned, as well as sales via vouchers.

Business Models iPod
The key to business success is the product of Apple iPod. iTunes Music Store may not contribute much to Apple, 4 billion dollars to be divided into Recording Label, Apple says get 25 cents a part of this business ~ 1 billion dollars. But on the other hand Apple should build and maintain the online system. While Recording Label enjoy free of charge, while Apple is willing to do that because the iTunes Music Store push iPod sales, which totaled 40 billion dollars capitalization.

The business model we can do with Apple in Indonesia:

1. Penetration iPhone.
Business iPhone should be taken first in Indonesia. We become an agent-of-change and mediators Apple and local operators. Choose one of the operators who are interested in doing this great partnership, or talking with the Apple whether we can do a partnership with several operators at once. Required capitalization of at least 5 million dollars.

2. Sales via the iTunes Music Store Voucher or Toll Deduction.
One of the reasons Apple has not opened the iTunes Music Store business in Indonesia is the level of credit card crime is too high and never can be addressed by the authorities here. Because it’s one of the interesting pattern of cooperation is to sell the iTunes Music Store as well as pulses with a pulse reload, and through a toll deduction. Purchasing patterns of music in Indonesia is very loved by deduction pulses, such as ringback tones, which is the largest business for operators and Asiri (Recording Industry Association of Indonesia), and triggering disputes with the YKCI (Yayasan Karya Cipta Indonesia) that originated from the capitalization of business very large (one of the local musicians even get 75 million downloads, ringback tone with a value of ~ 10 000 dollars and 750 billion dollars is a huge field of money for operators / Asiri / service providers download / Poll SMS).

Integrating technology with business case is tricky. Frankly, in Indonesia there is not a company that is able to bind to the tips of his own invention of technology commercialization is perfect.

Program Information Technology (IT) made in Indonesia are still children at satisfactory levels of individual users, not corporate. It helps us a little peek at the success of Apple, a company that could be considered a great success integrating technology and business.

Apple is the only company in the world to master the four key industries, namely music, movies, computers and telecommunications. Apple itself shows the most popular Apple is a company with industry averages are stable. The company is able to record a constant increase, from 16 dollars a share when Steve Jobs back to Apple in 1996, rising to 80 dollars. They have had three times the stock split to the present number of 135.74 dollars.

Apple’s key to success is consistency in the aspects of innovation and design. Including one company that emphasizes aspects of design and innovation in product launches, make the product different from Apple’s stand-alone product from a competitor company. Let’s peel one after the success of Apple’s business model.

iPhone as an Entry Level Doing business with Apple
Why the iPhone is the sweetspot to start doing business with Apple? iPhone is a smartphone most revolutionary in history. Both technologically and in marketing. iPhone sold more than 770,000 units in the first week of launch, 270,000 units in the first 10 hours of launch, and 550,000 units in 3 days of launch, making the iPhone is the hottest mobile phone in the market today. Compare this with the iPod generation one (in 2002) which sold only 100,000 units within two years of launch. Now that iPods dominate the MP3 business world with a value of 40 billion dollars.

IPhone business model
iPhone menpersyaratkan partnerships with mobile operators. AT & T (Cingular) is the sole partner for Apple’s current iPhone service in America. The reason why Apple is so because it requires Apple’s first venture into the handset, and he wanted the bulk buying of the operator and part of the additional service features provided on the iPhone / Operator.

Apple’s success becomes most valuable company in the world community, inspired software development company in Indonesia, Software. Indra Sosrodjojo, Founder and Director of Software Andal said Apple’s business systems that use multi-side or third party involved in the development business is very profitable and in line with current business development.

Apple always involves software developers in the world to put the operating system he created in the iStore. In iStore, Apple customers can buy software, games and data, if the music the customer can get it on iTunes.

“iTunes is the online music market in the world, there are 10 million songs downloaded on iTunes within a year,” he said when a speaker in a seminar themed “The Next Evolution of Marketing – Andal’s Strategy for Crossing the Chasm in Jakarta on Tuesday (20 / 9) .

Advantages of purchase will be split between Apple and software developers, the move proved successful and profitable income seen with Apple and the number of applications at Apple’s iStore application owned outnumber the Android Market Google’s Android and Nokia’s Ovy.

“Imagine, if there are 10 million songs are downloaded, how much profit Apple obtains from the song. Not to games and software,” he said.

Indra will adopt Apple’s business to his company. Currently Andal still using the old concept by offering the software there to the companies. Software has two excellent products that Andal Andal Charisma Pay Master and took 100 clients in Indonesia.

Later, will hold the developers in Indonesia to offer all products  in Indonesia and can make software based on standardl Software.

“Currently we are running a business move it but still gradual, expected next 3 years already realized,” he said.