Information Security Management: Global Challenges in the New Millennium

Information Security Management: Global Challenges in the New Millennium

Author: Dhillon, Gurpreet

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1930708866

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Information security is moving much higher up the agenda of corporate concerns. If information is our most important asset, then we must gird ourselves up for the task of protecting it properly. Information Security Management: Global Challenges in the New Millennium focuses on aspects of information security planning, evaluation, design and implementation.


Successful Software Reengineering

Successful Software Reengineering

Author: Valenti, Salvatore

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2001-07-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1931777330

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Software process reengineering has become highly visible over the past several years. Efforts are being undertaken by organizations of all types and sizes as they attempt to deal with the challenges of quality, complexity and competitiveness. As an emerging technology, the effectiveness and potential impact of process improvement efforts have been debated, but not fully tested or validated. At the very core of this technological evolution is the idea that the quality of a software product is highly dependent on the quality of the process used for its development. Successful Software Reengineering examines the most recent theories, models, approaches and processes involved with the concept of software improvement and reengineering.


Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management

Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management

Author: Wim Van Grembergen

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781878289902

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The evaluation of IT and its business value are the subject of many academic and business discussions. Investments in IT are growing extensively, and business managers worry about the fact that the benefits might not be as high as expected. This phenomenon is often called the IT investment paradox or the IT Black Hole: large sums are invested in IT that seem to be swallowed by a large black hole without rendering many returns. How to measure the benefits of IT is the concern of this book titled Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management. The different IT evaluation approaches and methods are discussed and illustrated with cases: traditional financial evaluations such as the return on investment, information economics and the recently introduced IT Balanced Scorecard. The latter approach is proposed as an ideal mechanism to support the IT/business alignment process and its related IT governance process. Among some of the topics included in this book are: software measurement; ERP project evaluation; strategic electronic commerce evaluation.


Unified Modeling Language: Systems Analysis, Design and Development Issues

Unified Modeling Language: Systems Analysis, Design and Development Issues

Author: Siau, Keng

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1930708998

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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.


Design and Management of Multimedia Information Systems: Opportunities and Challenges

Design and Management of Multimedia Information Systems: Opportunities and Challenges

Author: Syed, Mahbubur Rahman

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 1930708815

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Multimedia technology has the potential to transform end user computing from interactive text and graphics models into something more compatible with the digital and electronic world of the new century. This book aims to help technology professionals gain an understanding and perspective on areas related to multimedia computing and communication, while addressing the major issues and challenges in the design and management of multimedia information systems.


Strategies for Managing Computer Software Upgrades

Strategies for Managing Computer Software Upgrades

Author: Shaw, Neil G.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1930708963

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"The speed with which companies are bringing new software products to market is having a serious impact on information technology use in organizations. As vendors release new software products, customers are faced with the prospect of upgrading to the new software. If not managed properly, the upgrade might cost inordinate amounts of money and/or curtail employee productivity. To aid IT managers, this book provides strategies for managing issues associated with the implementation of software upgrades. In addition, the book presents selected research papers which provide indepth treatment of the most critical aspects of software upgrade management"--Provided by publisher.


Internet Commerce and Software Agents

Internet Commerce and Software Agents

Author: Syed Mahbubur Rahman

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1930708882

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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.


Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities

Telecommuting and Virtual Offices: Issues and Opportunities

Author: Johnson, Nancy

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1930708971

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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.