Software programs have become the most crucial bu... more

Software programs have become the most crucial building blocks of todays ICT Book > Business & Economics > Infrastructure - 272. Starting from Operating System to Database Management, Data Communication and myriad software tools run an information system. Software can be developed as proprietary business by an organization or an individual and distributed at cost, or Free/Openly, by the Open Source community of voluntary contributors.... less

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a conceptual blue... more

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that integrates the framework that incorporates business architecture or the structure and functionality of an organization. Through models and methods, it describes business processes that support the companys mission, information that supports these processes, applications to provide the information and technologies. It helps the decision-making process by providing all relevant information in time and manages interrelationships across the enterprise.... less

Open Source Software (OSS) is a movement that fol... more

Open Source Software (OSS) is a movement that followed hackerdom, to give users software freedom. It has now transformed the entire software industry with users accessing, modifying and redistributing the source code of a software program. Through this, it develops a social system of sharing ideas and efforts for common good. Get a close insight into OSS and its related issues including the sustainability of this revolution in the making.... less

Today, IT complements global businesses to so tha... more

Today, IT complements global businesses to so that it redefines business approaches, economic models and functional frameworks. Consequently, businesses are embracing IT as a strategic tool for competitive advantage. This requires building IT Book > Business & Economics > Infrastructure - 272 by carefully addressing a companys business goal and complementing its entire organizational strategy. This book outlines the strategic importance of IT, highlights the changing role of CIOs and IT managers and discusses IT strategies that organizations must adopt to optimize their IT investments.... less

How to manage storage of information in business ... more

How to manage storage of information in business without it's affecting operational efficiency, how to extract value from information without increasing the storage cost, and how to strike a balance between storage cost and information value from the time the data is generated till it is retired are the three basic challenges that gave birth to data storage management or Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).... less

Workplace collaboration is a new term for an old ... more

Workplace collaboration is a new term for an old concept where people working together collaborate towards augmenting the output of their organization. This practice brings people, ideas and information together to achieve a specific business objective. Collaboration techniques have moved from face-to-face meetings to written correspondence, telegrams and telephone calls to email, virtual meetings and tele-immersion. This book discusses the concept of online collaboration and its various new forms, besides applications and issues of Internet-based collaboration.... less

Since the popularity of computers, cyber citizens... more

Since the popularity of computers, cyber citizens are at threat from cyber criminals, of which the most damaging is Phishing. Here, an attacker uses e-mails, phones and fraudulent web sites as technical elements, and social engineering elements like greed and ignorance, while attacking a victim. Attackers usually target financial institutions, credit card companies and online retailers. This book discusses the evolution of phishing, and related issues such as the future of phishing, its technological elements, user guidelines, preventive measures, while also presenting a gamut of insights into this new concept and its legal implications... less

A negative fallout of the Internet explosion is t... more

A negative fallout of the Internet explosion is the rise of criminal hacking. While governments, companies and private citizens around the world want to use the Internet more extensively, they remain deterred due to criminal hacking due to which their Web server can be broken into and privacy invaded into. To counter this, a new security paradigm called Ethical Hacking was born. According to this, a company employs an independent hacker or computer professional to get into its system and evaluate the companys security and see if it has any loopholes. Read this fascinating book for a holistic view of this new concept .... less

After blogs and RSS feeds, Wikis have opened new ... more

After blogs and RSS feeds, Wikis have opened new avenues of collaborative working both in the knowledge industry and in individual intellectual pursuits. A Wiki is a way of creating interlinked web or HTML pages by using simple mark-up language with a web browser. After the success of Wikipedia, an online public encyclopedia, Wikis have become very popular and are used in commercial organizations, research agencies and universities. This book brings to light the concept of the Wiki, its history, applications and issues.... less

Cyber Forensics is the process of extracting info... more

Cyber Forensics is the process of extracting information and data from computer storage media with full accuracy and reliability. With an increase in cyber crime, corporate managers, government agencies and law enforcement agencies should be conversant with the concept, approach and techniques used in cyber forensics. Learn all about cyber forensics from the perspective of a systems administrator, an investigator and a common computer user. Also learn the legal and technical aspects associated with this discipline and explore the various models and approaches used by forensic investigators... less