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Semantics of data is about associating meaning to data, understanding what data represents, and improving the data value. This book presents an alternative view to ubiquitous and pervasive knowledge and methodological issues, and introduces some of the techniques and tools developed in the domain of ontology building, analysis, and semantic Web.

The CIO position and importance depend on information technology maturity in the organization, value configuration, strategic IT resources, e-business approach, and IT governance structure. This book provides analysis within theoretical frameworks and consulting recommendations, and starts with the demand side of CEO successions.

Poor quality of data and information can have a harmful impact on decision-making and therefore on the overall effectiveness of an enterprise. This book presents cases and applications of information quality in various industrial service sectors. It provides insight and support for academic professionals as well as for practitioners.

Strategic information systems have emerged as one of the most effective applications of information technology in support of the strategic management of organizations. Cases on Strategic Information Systems presents a wide range of the most current issues, challenges, problems, opportunities, and solutions related to the development and management of strategic information systems. Real-life cases included in this publication demonstrate successes and pitfalls related to the planning and utilization of strategic information systems of organizations throughout the world. Cases on Strategic Information Systems provides practitioners, educators, and students with important examples of the successes and failures in the implementation of strategic information systems, and stands as an outstanding collection of current, real-life situations associated with the effective utilization of strategic information systems.

Presents many examples and experiences of those involved in database research and database technology applications and management. This title includes a range of design and analysis of databases; and assists practitioners and students alike in learning about issues, problems, and challenges in developing database applications without pitfalls.

Covers a broad range of topics dealing with the state-of-the-art discussion of conceptual and applied ecollaboration issues. This work is organized in three main parts: conceptual and methodological issues, applied research and challenges, and research syntheses and debate.

Distance education technology combines communication with educational and intelligent methods to develop software and hardware systems that support learning activities with spatiotemporal flexibilities. This book presents theoretical studies and practical solutions in research areas of e-learning, distance education, and instructional design.

Semantic-based visual information retrieval is one of the most challenging research directions of content-based visual information retrieval. This work presents state-of-the-art advancements and developments in the field, and also brings a selection of techniques and algorithms about semantic-based visual information retrieval.

Presents the developments in the domain of interactive digital television covering both technical and business aspects. This work focuses on analyzing concepts, research issues, and methodological approaches, offering solutions such as systems and prototypes.

The success of distance learning programs and the availability of many Web-supported applications and multimedia resources has increased the effectiveness of computer-supported learning. This book clarifies the technologies, applications, and research in computer-supported learning, and helps understand the trends that are driving it forward.

User-Centered Design (UCD) is popular in both the educational and business sectors. This book explains how computers can be used to augment human intellect for productivity and innovation, both nationally and globally. It gives guidance to the stakeholders involved in online learning: organizations, developers, tutors, students, and evaluators.

Presents methods of reengineering business curricula in order to use ES solutions. This book helps ES vendors understand the higher education environment. It acts as a platform for both educators and vendors to present solutions and experiences gained from the challenges of integrating ES into the business classroom.

E-learning has assumed a significant role in the educational sector in both face-to-face learning and distance learning forms. This work looks into global practices of e-learning, examining the successes and failures of e-learning professionals. It also provides a mix of practical experiences and research in the form of case studies.

Instructors at universities face many of the same concerns. This book provides educational practices, and examines challenges involving technologies in increasingly diverse learning environments. It studies knowledge on how students learn, and the application of that knowledge to technology.

Emphasizes the need for balance between management and technology in the role of CIO. This work focuses on this role as not only an expert on information technology, but as a leader in the appropriate application of IT.

Presents the research ideas and topics on databases and software development. The chapters in this work provide a representation of research in various areas of the database and information systems development.

Provides a synopsis of the technologies in information policy, security, privacy, and access, as well as the best practices in e-government applications and measurement. This work presents the issues in e-government hardware and software technology, adoption and diffusion, planning and management, and philosophy.

Offers the findings on undertaking the operation of the information technology reforms, developments, and changes. This work presents the issues facing modern organizations and provides the strategies in overcoming the obstacles of the ever-evolving information management and utilization industry.

Facilitates communication and networking among Web services and e-business researchers and engineers, and provides mathematic foundations for service oriented computing, Web services architecture and security, frameworks for building Web service applications, and dynamic invocation mechanisms for Web services among other innovative approaches.

Addresses the key issues for businesses utilizing data communications and the importance of networking technologies in business. This work covers a series of technical advances in the field while highlighting their respective contributions to business or organizational goals.

Activities in data warehousing and mining are constantly emerging. This book focuses on the integration between the fields of data warehousing and data mining, with emphasis on the applicability to real-world problems. It provides an international perspective, highlighting solutions to some of researchers' toughest challenges.

Presents a collection of the research associated with intelligent agents and information technologies. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of issues related to agent design, implementation, integration, deployment, evaluation, and business value.

Examines topics critical to business, computer science, and information technology education, such as: school improvement and reform, standards-based technology education programs, data-driven decision making, and strategic technology education planning. This book also considers the effects of technology in society, equity issues, and censorship.

Presents research from academics and industry experts, covering various aspects of human computer interaction (HCI) Web design from theories to evaluation. This book highlights the use of methods from the HCI area in Web design, and how these methods can be used in a practical sense.

Deals with managing strategic information for senior managers. This work focuses on environment information scanning and organization-wide support for strategic intelligence.

The e-business environment has brought about a different kind of competition. We have supply chains competing against supply chains. This book examines this business landscape in background, touching on major issues of the supply chain. It collects the works that illuminate in SCM issues in the e-business environment.

There is a vacuum among disciplines in the information communication technologies (ICT) field. This book creates awareness of changes in cultures of lifestyle consumption. This yields insight into the relationships between emerging businesses utilizing cutting-edge technologies and cultural perspectives, from the viewpoint of consumers.

Presents an overview of important aspects related to Web data management practices, such as: Web mining, Web data clustering, and others. This book also covers an extensive range of topics, including related issues about Web mining, Web caching and replication, Web services, and the XML standard.