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Data Management
The enterprise data warehouse
a repository of the enterprise’s data that is extracted
from the operational databases. This repository is organized
in a manner that facilitates querying, reporting and analysis.
Since the data warehouse’s primary function is to support
end-user analysis and facilitate decision making, the method
in which the data warehouse is organized becomes critical
to its success ... download
Time has always been of great
interest to mankind. Much has been written about time from
enormously complex philosophical manuscripts to farmers'
almanacs. The most famous square in New York City is named
Time's Square and a worldwide news magazine is titled Time.
Not surprisingly, increasing interest in the dimension of
time is being expressed by researchers working in the field
of databases ... download

Cement was created by the Romans
over 2000 years ago. The information (i.e. formula) for
making it, however, was lost during the middle ages and
it wasn’t until 1756 when John Smeaton, a British
engineer, conducted experiments with mortars in both fresh
and salt water, that the formula for making cement was rediscovered
... download

Bioinformatics is a combination
of Computer Science, Information Technology and Genetics
to determine and analyze genetic information. Bioinformatics
deals with the issues created by the massive amounts of
new types of data obtained through novel biological experiments
... download
Authentication is the process
of identifying an individual. Traditional authentication
methods are based on passwords and tokens. The problems
with these techniques arise when the passwords or tokens
are lost, stolen, or misplaced, which eventually leads to
fraudulent incidents. For instance, someone can misuse your
stolen network password to gain access to confidential information
... download
Telecommunications and Data Communications
Civilizations are defined by
their ability to communicate. Every major invention in the
art of communication marked a revolutionary step in the
development of the human race. From the invention of the
telephone to VOIP, telecommunication has come a long way.
The year 2003 saw the rise of VOIP as a feasible and inexpensive
alternative to POTS and cellular technologies ... download
One of the biggest issues being
discussed among tech people these days is the issue of point
of presence. Increases in tracking technologies combined
with decreases in physical characteristics of the chips
necessary for tracking devices has made the personal tracking
device a technical reality ... download

Radio frequency identification
(RFID) is a generic term for technologies that use radio
waves to automatically identify individual items, especially
items that move. They are portable memory devices on a chip
that can be embedded in any object and stores information
about the item itself ... download
As people become more and more
dependent on data to do their jobs, and as they increase
the amount of work done outside the traditional office,
Enterprise Mobile Computing will become more and more critical.
Accessibility to email, schedules, enterprise data etc.
is made possible through EMC ... download
Just because a device is compelling
does not necessarily mean that consumers will buy it. With
regard to wireless devices, consumers look at the available
applications and services needed to access these applications,
a carrier’s ability to deliver such services, and
the cost associated with accessing such services ... download

We hear 3G, video phones, enterprise
mobility when it comes to wireless. The promise and the
hype associated with it are tremendous. But the question
is what we are seeing matching the hype? Is it all pure
fiction or is there some reality in there somewhere? To
answer the question, we need to look at two different, but
related parts of the wireless system ... download
Information security is an important
aspect of today’s IT environment and is constantly a subject
of discussion. Given the situation that the world in general
and the United States in particular, find themselves in,
it has become important for organizations to take adequate
and reasonable measures to secure their information resources
... download
How secure is secure? Is there
such a thing as too secure? Questions such as these have
been asked by computer security experts for the last couple
of years, but have become much more important since the
September 11 hijackings. According to Forbes Magazine, suspected
hijackers of the September 11 planes were believed to be
swapping emails, before such events, via popular services
such as AOL ... download

Internet Business Models
Should the Internet, and access
to it, be a public service (i.e. in the public domain) or
should the net remain “private” allowing companies
to charge for access? The question becomes more and more
critical as inexpensive methods (i.e. a Pringles® potato
chip can attached to a wireless modem) allow individuals
to piggyback on open wireless networks throughout the world...
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With the internet’s globalization
the presence of other languages has steadily risen. By the
mid- 90s a widely quoted figure was that about 80% of the
Net was in English - a figure supported by the first big
study of language distribution on the internet, carried
out in 1997 by Babel, a joint initiative of the Internet
Society and Alis Technologies ... download
The WWW is touted by many as
the catalyst for creating multi-organizational value chains.
B2B and Industry-based portals, and public and private exchanges
are being created across many different industries. Increases
in quality, efficiency, and organizational flexibility combined
with decreased production time and costs are just some of
the benefits of the use of the WWW in managing the supply
chain ... download
The movie industry is taking
notes from the Napster experience, and their doing it just
as the streaming video industry is coming of age. Some feel
that the primary reason for Napster’s quick rise to
fame is that its founders had the good fortune of being
a part of the 1998-2000 dot-com boom ... download
Finally, traditional methods
are enterprise oriented, whereas dot-coms operate on a per
customer basis. This results in an "apple to oranges"
comparison of revenues and expenses. To correctly value
a dot-com requires that both revenues and expenses be calculated
on a per customer basis ... download
Electronic commerce has had
a profound affect on the way business is conducted worldwide.
The impact of the Internet on the economy of the United
States has benefited U.S. citizens in all walks of life.
The growth of electronic commerce has helped create thousands
of jobs that are highly-skilled and high-paying and this
phenomenal growth has provided the consumer with access
to goods ... download
With the explosion in demand
for high speed data, Internet access, advanced telephony
and video and entertainment services, users need faster
and better network connections. We would be remiss in not
pointing out some of the exciting developments that are
in progress to transform the Internet as we know it at present
... download
E-Commerce
Vinton Cerf, commonly regarded
as the father of the Internet for his role as a problem
solver, aggregator, and a leader for two decades after co-inventing
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP),
sees e-commerce unfolding on the Internet in three wave
migration phases from current computer communications ...
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The balance between strategy
and technology is achieved when an organization not only
uses technology to differentiate its products and/or services
but also provides a high level of integrated service to
the customers. The alignment between technology and the
organizational processes requires a redefinition of the
processes affected by electronic commerce ... download
The new organizational model
for the NET (internet) era is best understood by a synthesis
of the strategic management literature. The central theme
of Mintzberg's (1990) critique of the premises of the strategic
design school model is the promotion of thought independent
of action and strategy formation as a process of conception,
rather than as one of learning. In the most general sense,
it is argued, the design school has denied itself of the
chance to adapt ... download
It has been predicted that e-commerce
will replace the traditional inventory-based model with
an information-based model and the basis of competition
will shift from companies with strong distribution systems
to those with strong information systems ... download
Centralized markets for B2B
commerce over the Internet will create unprecedented levels
of market transparency and lower the cost of procurement.
Companies will use these marketplaces as "e-hubs" to synchronize
operations with their demand and supply chains ... download
Communication is a vital element
of successful CRM and the Internet allows companies to easily
reach millions of customers around the world at a very low
cost [Rao, Salam, & DosSantos, 1998]. Companies can gain
significant advantage by utilizing the Web for communication
purposes ... download
Significant technological advances
in web-based tools are considered by many organizations
to be a primary facilitator for streamlining the supply
chains for products and services. Further, the projected
growth in B2B and B2C operations has fueled an increasing
industry and academic interest in issues which integrate
e-business technologies and supply chain activities ...
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The concept of "Global Boutiques"
- a term coined by the Center to describe an emerging business
model of the new economy. As the name implies, companies
employing the Global Boutiques model create small, boutique
type environments where each customer feels pampered and
catered to, but which operate on a global scale ... download
Applications in Information Technology
One of the most discussed topics
in computer literature today is agent technology, particularly
intelligent agent technology. Much research and many articles
have been devoted to this topic, and more and more new software
products billed as having intelligent agent functionality
are being introduced on the market every day ... download

Envision a time that you would
come home from a long day at work and you get the treatment
of a King or Queen. It is not your spouse or family that
is providing this treatment but it is your new automated
home ... download

Nanotechnology is the art of
manipulating matter at the atomic scale. Derived from the
Greek word for midget, "nano" means 10-9, a billionth
part. A nanometer (abbreviated nm), for example, is one
billionth of a meter. Nanotechnology lets you manipulate
atoms and molecules, making it possible to manufacture,
replicate, and distribute any substance known to humans
as easily and cheaply as you can replicate data on a computer
... download
Imagine a computer that would
look nothing like the machine on your desk, but a cup of
freshly ‘programmed’ coffee that is at least thousands of
times faster than any supercomputer today. In describing
this computer as a cup of coffee one may be doing so literally
– the new computer of tomorrow might be based on molecules
in a liquid instead of silicon. ... download
The realization that quantum
computers harness so much power has touched off a storm
of research and studies for possible applications, one of
which is its ability to search for data. A classical computer
can search a list of y data items in y/2 steps. A quantum
computer takes in general [square root (y)] steps ... download
The industry is embracing XML
in a big way. Every organization should be gaining experience
with XML now. XML is not a perfect solution, and is still
not mature (e.g. the standards are not yet fully defined)
but this should not prevent you from moving ahead with XML-based
projects ... download

Enterprise Systems and Business Intelligence
The concept of knowledge management
concerns the creation of structures which combine the most
advanced elements of technological resources and the indispensable
input of human response and decision-making. Dataquest predicts
that by the year 2000 companies will be spending more than
$5 billion globally ... download

This study explores the issue
of effectiveness within virtual teams – groups of people
who work together although they are often dispersed across
space, time, and/or organizational boundaries. Due to the
recent trend towards corporate restructuring, which can,
in part, be attributed to an increase in corporate layoffs,
mergers and acquisitions ... download
Recycling is a concept that
has become popular during the past decade. Today, many of
us are tying to recycle our plastic and paper wastes, taking
them to the recycling centers at our local high school parking
lots or to designated places by the cities ... download
National Labs. During the cold
war era, the United States developed national laboratories
designed to perform basic research that could lead to military
and commercial products. These labs have been tremendously
successful in generating new ideas and technologies, but
not overly successful in commercializing ... download

As companies have implemented
more and more information systems throughout their organizations,
the need for integration of these systems has become paramount.
Expanding from areas such as accounting, human resource,
and shop floor control, enterprise-wide systems have become
a format for producing this “holy grail” of
full organization integration ... download

As the global economy climbs
out of the recession of 2001, the argument of “old
economy” versus “new economy” has given
way to a more somber view of what constitutes good business
practice. Intellectual property, good will, and intellectual
capital are being discussed in the same breath as return
on investment, net income, and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,
Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) ... download

Today, the amount of available
information is growing much more rapidly and the need for
relevant information becomes of paramount importance in
the decision-making processes at all levels of enterprise
management. The growth of the Internet and other on-line
information repositories has greatly simplified the access
... download

KVA addresses a need long recognized
by executives, and managers -- how to leverage and measure
the knowledge resident in employees, information technology,
and core processes. KVA analysis produces a return on knowledge
(ROK) ratio to estimate the value-added by given knowledge
assets regardless of where they are located. In a sense,
managers are desperately seeking ROK ... download

There has been plenty of discussion
about the concept of a virtual organization - one in which
products or services are produced instantaneously and customized
in response to customer demand (Davidow and Malone, The
Virtual Corporation). To achieve this state, organizations
must seamlessly integrate computers or automated machines
with needed human resources ... download

Contrary to popular belief,
the “information society” of the 21st century
will not make manufacturing obsolete. The proper use of
IT, however, will lead to lean manufacturing facilities
where the jobs will be divided into two classes, skilled
and unskilled. Gone will be the role of the semi-skilled
“technician” whose job it is to punch a series
of buttons on a machine ... download
Contrary to popular belief,
the “information society” of the 21st century
will not make manufacturing obsolete. The proper use of
IT, however, will lead to lean manufacturing facilities
where the jobs will be divided into two classes, skilled
and unskilled. Gone will be the role of the semi-skilled
“technician” whose job it is to punch a series
of buttons on a machine ... download
For the unskilled positions,
no skills other than an ability to show up for work and
do the job will be needed. Competition will be fierce for
these positions as the traditional unskilled worker – the
uneducated in society - is joined in the job hunt by those
semi-skilled workers who failed to upgrade their skills
... download
The logical answer to the question
is “in school.” Tragically, however, this answer is, in
most cases, wrong. There are three basic skills that separate
the knowledge worker from the unskilled: reading skills,
logical analysis skills, and presentation skills. In the
K through 12 schools in the United States, you are lucky
if you get one of these (I’ll leave it to you to figure
out which one) ... download
An excerpt from an interview
between Dr. Michael Savoie and Dr. Blake Frank. Dr. Frank
-teaches an Organizational Analysis class at the University
of Dallas and the hour-long interview was part of a series
done for classes offered via satellite downlink to locations
around the country. This portion of the interview deals
with trends in information flow and why these trends are
so critical to the future structure of organizations ...
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A few years ago, Quality Functional
Deployment, QFD, was used to describe a method of ensuring
that new or improved products had the greatest chance of
successfully making it to market. The basic premise was
that by using a cross-functional team with representatives
of each department or division involved in the design, production,
marketing and sales of a product and including a customer
... download

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