"This book addresses the question of whether or not information has become a commodity and examines how infonomics and the "business of free" have changed the way companies must create and market their information to make it most accessible and valuable for their consumers"--Provided by publisher.

This book provides an introduction to topics related to the methodologies developed to support data management in asymmetric communication environments. This book is based on a number of self-contained chapters and provides an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to explore the...

"This book presents the issues and research directions for a broad range of cloud computing aspects of software, computing, and storage systems, covering topics in communication infrastructures for cloud computing"--Provided by publisher.

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Even though there are various methods of access to the Internet and telephony with speeds and banwidths increasing, many consumers are not adopting the latest technologies. This book develops a conceptual model for examining consumer adoption, usage, and impact of broadband utilizing various...

Large investments have been made by various governments for the deployment of broadband within their respective nations; however, the citizens of such countries have demonstrated a slow adoption of this technology. This handbook explores broadband adoption and the digital divide through a global...

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