While implementing IS and IT in support of their business strategies, companies are looking for ways to bridge the gap between their competitive position and technological investment, including ways to use this investment to the advantage of the organization. This book faces this challenge by...

This book provides an overview of data mining technology and how it is applied in a business environment. It describes the corresponding data mining methodologies that are used to solve a variety of business problems which enhance firm-level efficiency in a less technical, more managerial style....

Data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP) are emerging key technologies for enterprise decision support systems. They provide sophisticated technologies from data integration, data collection and retrieval, query optimization, and data analysis to advanced user interfaces. New...

Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is the road map to well-planned evolution of enterprise complexity with business and system strategies integration through standardized and synchronized architectures of IT components. This book provides a method of how to analyze, design and...

"This book supplies the industry leaders, practicing managers, researchers, experts, and educators with the most current findings on undertaking the operation of the latest information technology reforms, developments, and changes. It presents the issues facing modern organizations and provides...

Chapter 11. Integrating the fragmented pieces of IS research paradigms and frameworks: a systems approach / Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano -- Chapter 12. System-of-systems cost estimation: analysis of lead system integrator engineering activities / Jo...

A comprehensive resource of concepts, methodologies, models, architectures, applications, enabling technologies, and best practices for integrating technology into the curriculum at all levels of education. Compiling 154 articles from over 125 of the world's leading experts on information...

"This book provides a detailed analysis of the important strategies for integrating IT systems into fields such as e-business and customer-relationship management. It supplies readers with a comprehensive survey of existing enterprise architecture and integration approaches, and presents case...

"This book brings together authoritative authors to address the most pressing challenge in the IT field - how to create secure environments for the application of technology to serve our future needs"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is a compilation of contributions on the main issues, challenges, opportunities and developments related to enterprise information systems from the social, managerial and organizational perspectives, offering current achievements and practical solutions and applications"--Provided by...