High-Performance Backbone Network Technology

High-Performance Backbone Network Technology
Author: Naoaki Yamanaka
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1078
Release: 2020-04-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351830562

Compiling the most influential papers from the IEICE Transactions in Communications, High-Performance Backbone Network Technology examines critical breakthroughs in the design and provision of effective public service networks in areas including traffic control, telephone service, real-time video transfer, voice and image transmission for a content delivery network (CDN), and Internet access. The contributors explore system structures, experimental prototypes, and field trials that herald the development of new IP networks that offer quality-of-service (QoS), as well as enhanced security, reliability, and function. Offers many hints and guidelines for future research in IP and photonic backbone network technologies

Unified Modeling Language: Systems Analysis, Design and Development Issues

Unified Modeling Language: Systems Analysis, Design and Development Issues
Author: Siau, Keng
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1930708998

UML is a large and complex language, with many features in need of refinement or clarification, and there are different views about how to use UML to build systems. This book sheds light on such issues, by illustrating how UML can be used successfully in practice as well as identifying various problematic aspects of UML and suggesting possible solutions.

Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems

Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems
Author: Robert A. Stegwee
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781878289896

An overview of the different aspects of the strategies and challenges facing healthcare information systems. It offers many solutions and remedies in utilizing information technologies in support of a strategic posture of healthcare organizations in the 21st century.

Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration

Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration
Author: Rautenstrauch, Claus
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1930708831

Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration provides an overview of worldwide research and development of environmental information systems (ENVIS). This book is the only topical documentation of the highly innovative approach of information systems for environmental protection. Issues are covered from the global and multinational level to industrial solutions for enterprises. In particular, the book deals with protection of air, water and soil, urban and landscape developments, prevention of environmental hazards and waste management.

Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities

Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities
Author: Johnson, Nancy
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1930708971

Telecommuting by any name--telework, mobile work, home offices, virtual employees or telematics--is one of the most intriguing and least understood results of advances in portable computing. The authors in Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities present usable research and advice on many of these issues.

Data Mining and Business Intelligence

Data Mining and Business Intelligence
Author: Stephan Kudyba
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1930708807

Annotation Provides an overview of data mining technology and how it is applied in a business environment. Material is not written in a technical style, but rather addresses the applied methodology behind implementing data mining techniques in the corporate environment. Explains how the technology evolved, overviews the methodologies that comprise the data mining spectrum, and looks at everyday business applications for data mining, in areas such as marketing and advertising promotions and pricing policies using econometric-based modeling, and using the Internet to help improve an organization's performance. Kudyba is an economic consultant. Hoptroff is an independent consultant with experience in data mining software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends

Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends
Author: Trauth, Eileen M.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2000-07-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1930708947

This book addresses the need for materials that can help the IS researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions. It draws upon the collective expertise of distinguished scholars to explore concrete issues they have encountered in the use of a particular qualitative methods. The details of specific research projects provide the backdrop for the discussion of methodological issues. The audience for this book includes students, scholars and researchers. Anyone currently engaged in conducting IS research who would like to learn more about employing qualitative methods will be interested in Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends to learn more about the latest issues and challenges facing IS researchers throughout the world.

Challenges of Information Technology Management in the 21st Century

Challenges of Information Technology Management in the 21st Century
Author: Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1244
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781878289841

As the 21st century begins, we are faced with opportunities and challenges of available technology as well as pressured to create strategic and tactical plans for future technology. Worldwide, IT professionals are sharing and trading concepts and ideas for effective IT management, and this co-operation is what leads to solid IT management practices. This volume is a collection of papers that present IT management perspectives from professionals around the world. The papers seek to offer new ideas, refine old ones, and pose interesting scenarios to help the reader develop company-sensitive management strategies.

Internet Commerce and Software Agents

Internet Commerce and Software Agents
Author: Syed Mahbubur Rahman
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781930708013

The Internet is revolutionizing retail merchandising and shopping. Software agents are capable of automating the more routine, tedious and time-consuming tasks involved in the trading process. Internet Commerce and Software Agents: Cases, Technologies and Opportunities addresses some major Internet commerce issues and the challenges to be met in achieving automated and secure Internet trading.