Advances in information communication technology tools are set against a backdrop of globalizing industries and markets, and international mergers, takeovers, and alliances, which invariably lead to more widely distributed collaboration, both formal and informal. The concept of creativity is...

User-centered design (UCD) is gaining popularity in both the educational and business sectors. This is due to the fact that UCD sheds light on the entire process of analyzing, planning, designing, developing, using, evaluating, and maintaining computer-based learning. This book explains how...

"This book addresses various aspects of building secure E-Government architectures and services; it presents views of experts from academia, policy and the industry to conclude that secure E-Government web services can be deployed in an application-centric, interoperable way. It addresses the...

The pervasive nature of the World Wide Web in the 'connected' world is undeniable. But how many of us regularly purchase clothing online? Do we spend our time inside virtual retail outlets and break for a discussion about the latest trends through a blog? Much has been made of the potential of...

"This book presents new concepts regarding reliability, availability, manageability, performance, scalability, and secured-ability of applications, particularly those that run over the Web. It examines causes of failure in Web-based information system development projects, and indicates that to...

Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in...

Bloggen statt Blocken -- Von Web 1.0 zu Web 2.0 — eine neue Ôra? -- Phänomen Web 2.0 — multimedialer Wandel -- Etappen beim Kauf — Was bringt Web 2.0 aus Konsumentensicht? -- Herausforderungen für Unternehmen durch den „neuen Konsumenten“ -- Tools des Web 2.0 und wie man sie nutzt...