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Contains information regarding the research outcomes and technology from leading scientists and researchers working on various aspects of the human movement. This book offers an insight into this field, as well as access to pertinent information, which they use for continuing research in this area.

Provides an overview with basic definitions of cyber terrorism and information warfare, along with recommendations on how to handle these attacks. This work presents a discussion on primary target facilities, deliverables, external penetration, starting points for preparations against attacks, and planning security systems.

Streaming media is inherently a cross-disciplinary subject that involves information theory, signal processing, communication and networking. This covers a range of topics, including media coding, wireless/mobile video, P2P media streaming, and applications of streaming media.

Due diligence conducted around technology decisions is complex. Done correctly, it has the power to enable outstanding positive outcomes; done poorly, it can wreak havoc on organizations, corporate cultures, and markets. This book develops a due diligence framework for those resolving technology decisions.

Presents IT managers with what cyber-terrorism and information warfare is and how to handle the problems associated with them. This book explains the roots of terrorism and how terrorism has planted the seeds of cyber-terrorism. The most probable forms of cyber-terrorism and information warfare attacks are also presented.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the concepts, models, and IT infrastructures of electronic supply chains. This work provides an understanding of issues pertaining to the use of emerging information technologies and their impact on supply chain flexibility and management.

Internet use for business-to-business e-commerce is expected to grow at spectacular rates. This work provides an avenue for managers and researchers to explore, examine, and describe interorganizational trust relationships in e-commerce participation.

The IT explosion in our global society is creating challenges and opportunities for educators but in these times of budget cuts, the challenges become even greater. This work addresses the ongoing quest for teaching excellence in the midst of implementing teaching technologies.

Contemporary society's heavy reliance on virtual technologies for communication and information management has lead to a variety of challenges associated with managing resources and applications in world economy. This title presents current research and findings about these issues.

This volume contains contemporary research concerning IS evolution in organizations, including not only hardware, software, data, information and networks, but also people. Integration of these key components is paramount to the success of organizations today.

Software process reengineering has become highly visible since the late 1990s. This text examines contemporary theories, models, approaches and processes involved with the concept of software improvement and reengineering.

Thanks to IT, developing countries have the opportunity to experience growth in the Internet economy. The challenges they face are not very different from those that confronted the US in its journey toward an Internet economy. The responses, however, need not be the same.

Health and medical informatics encompass a broad field that is rapidly developing. The discipline has many dimensions, including social, legal, ethical and economic, and consequently, information technology application in healthcare has a long history. This book examines recent innovations such as telemedicine, Web-based medical information systems, and artificial intelligence.

Governments worldwide are placing increasing importance on the success of small business entrepreneurs and are providing increased resources to support this. This voume presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses.

Examines the latest technological solutions, practices and principles on network security while exposing possible security threats and vulnerabilities of contemporary software, hardware, and networked systems. This book is a collection of current research and practices in network security and administration to be used as a reference by practitioners as well as a text by academicians and trainers.

This guide offers information relevant to the design of corporate networks and the evaluation of networking equipment. It describes the architecture and standards of switching across the protocol layers and issues such as multicast quality of service, high-availability and network policies.

In this work, the term "society" refers to the world at large, nations, cultures within nations, and interaction among peoples. It examines who is affected, why, how, and where, and what impact those changes have on society.

In the mid-1990s, the widespread adoption of the web browser led to a rapid commercialization of the Internet. By the end of the 1990s, the next revolution began - called business-to-business electronic commerce. This work provides a source of knowledge related to this emerging area of business.

This reference promotes a better understanding of payment systems and encourages progress on enhancing the safety and efficiency of payment systems. It is a valuable tool for academics and researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, relevant parties of authority and central banks, and professionals in payment business who need a complete understanding of payment systems.

An insight into the effective use of database technology through models, case studies and reports. An emphasis is placed on organizational and management issues detailing lessons learned and best practices.

Using numerous real-world examples and anecdotes, this work investigates myriad issues regarding the application of business strategy and IT strategy. It offers managers and students an understanding of the development of business and IT strategies to yield competitive advantage.

Brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the revolution in information technology. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal, and international dimensions of information technology impacts. Each chapter focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and the new information technologies that have accelerated every area of human life.

This volume offers an understanding of distance learning and the technologies available for it. It traces the development of distance learning from its history to suggestions of a solid strategic implementation plan to ensure its successful and effective deployment.

A study of the elements that could impact a user's perception of business-to-business and business-to-consumer electronic commerce. It examines key components and concepts of e-commerce, evaluating the success factors, the economics, and the practical issues involved with global e-commerce.

Focuses on watermarking, in which data is marked with hidden ownership information, as a promising solution to copyright protection issues. Compared to embedding watermarks into still images, hiding data in audio is much more challenging. This book focuses on understanding human perception processes and including them in effective psychoacoustic models.

Designed to provide the understanding of the capabilities and features of modern ideas and concepts in the information systems development, database, and forthcoming technologies.

Addresses several fundamental technology-based initiatives in the planning and information system management of e-learning.

Information communication technologies, such as the Internet and World Wide Web, are inextricably woven into the fabric of numerous facets of social and economic development. This book provides an understanding of best practices in building sustainable collaboration in intelligent community development.

Connects knowledge management theory and practice, allowing the empirical research presented to resolve challenges.