Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A. Foundations -- I. Introduction -- I.1 Motivation -- I.2 Research Gaps and Research Questions -- I.3 Dissertation Structure -- I.4 Research Positioning -- I.5 Anticipated...

Part 1. Setting the Scene: Analyzing Big Data 1. What is Big in Big Data? 2. Approaches to Analyzing Big Data 3. The Two Domains of Big Data Analytics Part 2. Platform: Software and Computing Resources 4. Software: Programming with (Big) Data 5. Hardware: Computing Resources 6. Distributed...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to determine which software systems business school administrators use to support accreditation efforts and how administrators select and use these systems. This study also provides best practice suggestions from institutions using faculty data management...

Information Systems (IS) Sourcing is a broad umbrella term that refers to the contracting or delegating of IS- or IT-related work (e.g., an ongoing service or one-off project) to an internal or external entity (a supplier). It encompasses various sourcing models that are typically based on the...

The federated ERP System (FERP system) as service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a new version of conventional ERP system. It aims to solve many problems by the using information systems of small and middle-sized enterprises (SME) which must use more than one information system because it...

Big data could be a willing dynamical issue. Successful organizations achieving business blessings by analyzing knowledge. It is conventional vital attention in recent years. However, some challenges measure one in all the key causes in decreasing the expansion of organizations. The most problem...