There is renewed interest in mobile technologies in aged care. While the technologies themselves emerged some decades ago, it is only now that some of the barriers to adoption are being overcome and implementation is seen as more practical and cost-effective. The interest in mobile technologies...

There is renewed interest in the application of information management and technology to health and aged care in many countries including those in the Middle East. Strategy development has anticipated a range of benefits to health from the application of IM&T. Information strategies in health...

Intro -- Cover Page -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Classical Models -- 2.1 Waterfall Model -- 2.2 V-Model -- 2.3 RUP -- 3 Agile Methods -- 3.1 The Agile Manifest -- 3.1.1 Agile principles...

With increasingly powerful information and communications technologies, alternatives to traditional payments processes are emerging which promise not only convenience but improved value at lower cost. New payment methods enable merchants and businesses to realise the potential economic gains...

[Abstract]: This study employs Rogers' framework of perceived innovation attributes augmented by environmental influences and marketing initiatives and a new factor developed for this study, namely, risk mitigation measures, to examine the case of merchant adoption of buyer authenticated credit...

[Abstract]: Recently introduced by the major credit card associations as replacements for the decommissioned SET and 3DSET protocols, the new payment models, 3DSecure and UCAF/SPA, have been designed to provide online merchants with a solution to an existing problem in online credit card...

[Abstract]: This chapter examines the potential for Agile methods to provide mechanisms to deal with the software development environment that has evolved in response to the inadequacies of traditional, heavyweight development approaches. A framework is proposed which identifies three major...

The e-Commerce environment has been dominated by methods of payment customary in offline businesses, and online consumers have, over the years, had to adapt to the use of credit cards and Internet bank accounts to pay for goods and services. However, market, technological and legal developments...