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"This book presents a strong understanding of Portals, SOA, the published research in these fields, as well providing an enterprise-based experience of factors that challenge implementation of Portal and SOA projects in practice"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents current developments in the multidisciplinary creation of Internet accessible remote laboratories, offering perspectives on teaching with online laboratories, pedagogical design, system architectures for remote laboratories, future trends, and policy issues in the use of...

Engendered workplace segregation: work is still essentially a male domain -- Male dominated industries: jobs for the boys -- The computer games industry: new industry, same old issues -- Self, career, and gender issues: a complex interplay of internal/external factors -- Stereotype, attitudes,...

"This book discusses the variety of information systems and how it can improve project management and, likewise, how project management can affect the growth of information systems"--Provided by publisher.

1. Outsourcing opportunities -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3. Critical success factors -- 4. Value configurations -- 5. Maturity in outsourcing relationships -- 6. Costs, benefits, and risks -- 7. Knowledge transfer -- 8. Outsourcing performance -- 9. Outsourcing governance -- 10. Case study...

"This book targets business managers, IT managers, business students and researchers and will enable its readers to systematically, effectively and consistently measure the value of Information Technology"--Provided by publisher.

1. Today's IT environment -- 2. Critical success factors for IT projects -- 3. Project selection and initiation -- 4. The project management discipline -- 5. The software engineering discipline -- 6. Project overall planning -- 7. Developing the schedule and cost plan -- 8. Risk planning and...

"This book discusses the Semantic Web, as an extension of the current World Wide Web in which information is given well-defined, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation"--Provided by publisher.