Information Technology in Business and Government
Issues of Information and Communication for New Managerial Approaches: the Challenges of the French Health System
Christian Bourret
Abstract
Faced with the crisis of the Welfare State, France insists on a new territorialization of Health management and develops tools based on ICT. This crisis also concerns the methods of management and trust between actors.
Informational and communicational issues exist at different levels with the challenges of traceability and interoperability. New uses of information for new managerial approaches can be considered, using interface organizations to overcome the divisions and promote cooperation. We aim at promoting a "Digital Humanism" adapted to the Health sector.
Keywords
Information devices, communication processes, healthcare, networks, management, territories
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Quantifying the Business Benefits of Implementing m-commerce Software Solutions
Mirlinda Ebibi, Halil Snopce, Bekim Fetaji, Majlinda Fetaji
Abstract
The focus of this research is to quantify the business benefits of implemented SSBMobile m-commerce software. Use cases of several companies in Macedonia using this software have been analysed in terms of ROI, user productivity, business process cost reduction, IT cost reduction, increased revenues and IT staff productivity. The contribution of the research study are the results from the implementation of real case software the proposed approach when developingmcommerce software solution. Findings regarding the development perspective and usage performance while taking into account ROI, user productivity, business process cost reduction, IT cost reduction, increased revenues and IT staff productivity, have been stated and recomendations are provided.
Keywords
Business application, m-commerce, mobile devices, business benefits
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Mobile Broadband Access Networks Planning and Evaluation Using Techno-economic Criteria
Visnja Krizanovic, Drago Zagar, Goran Martinovic
Abstract
The paper evaluates mobile broadband access networks deployment from the techno-economic aspects. In this paper, the current situation in the European broadband market is analyzed. Furthermore, the model to assess the cost of mobile broadband access networks is introduced and the techno-economic analyses of mobile broadband networks deployments are conducted. In the chosen sample area scenarios the costs for mobile WiMAX and LTE networks implementation are calculated and presented using several profitability evaluation methods. The results of these analyses are compared, and the specificities of each scenario affecting the mobile broadband access costs are highlighted.
Keywords
Mobile broadband, broadband access deployment, techno-economic evaluation
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Comparison of Private Cloud Infrastructure Implementation Models
Ivor Milošević, Vladimir Šimović
Abstract
The cloud computing paradigm includes a spectrum of many models, developers and reference designs.
This paper proposes information model for further taxonomy or classification and comparison of the fundamental cloud technology implementations that cover most common practical installations of the service and deployment models within the “private” or “community” branches of cloud computing infrastructures, which are not so clearly distinguished within the industry.
Keywords
Private cloud, Virtual machine
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Toward a Framework for Implementing Open Source Software in Public Administrations: Legal, Economic and Societal Aspects
Irena Petrijevcanin Vuksanovic, Bojan Sudarevic
Abstract
This research is a first step toward a framework for implementing open source software in public administrations.
Based on the analysis of several previous projects of implementation of open source software in the public administrations of European countries - both successful and unsuccessful - it addresses areas crucial for creating well-defined policies and success of implementation: understanding of legal, economic and societal aspects of open source software.
Keywords
open source software, software licenses, procurement, open source business model, total cost of ownership, training, public administrations, society
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Corporate IT Risk Management Model: a Holistic view at Managing Information System Security Risks
Mario Spremić
Abstract
Most organizations in all sectors of industry, commerce and government are fundamentally dependent on their information systems (IS) and would quickly cease to function should the technology (preferably information technology – IT) that underpins their activities ever come to halt [15]. IS and IT may contribute towards efficiency, productivity and competitiveness improvements of both interorganizational and intra-organizational systems [1]. Successful organizations manage IT function in much the same way that they manage their other strategic functions and processes. This in particular means that they understand and manage risks associated with growing IT opportunities as well as critical dependence of many business processes on IT and vice-versa. IT risk management issues are not only any more marginal or ‘technical’ problems and become more and more a ‘business problem’. Therefore, in this paper a Corporate IT Risk Management model is proposed and contemporary frameworks of IT Governance and IS Audit is shown and explained.
Keywords
IT Governance, IS Audit, Corporate IT Risk Management Model
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Towards an E-Business Acceptance Model: Identification of External Factors
Boštjan Šumak, Maja Pušnik, Marjan Heričko
Abstract
E-business has become a popular way of conducting business in the last decade or two, when economic and social world evolved through progress in Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In order to succeed, e-business solutions must meet different requirements of different stakeholders, and e-business solution developers and providers must understand which factors have a crucial impact on end user’s usage behaviour. The primary objective of this paper is to systematically identify and classify most important factors with a significant direct or indirect impact on end user’s decision whether he or she would accept and use a certain ebusiness technology. A practical outcome of this paper is a proposal for an e-business acceptance model, which could be used to better understand reasons, why certain e-business solutions have higher acceptance rate than other.
Keywords
E-business acceptance, technology acceptance, TAM, SEM
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Strategies for Information Systems Integration
Katarina Tomicic-Pupek, Zeljko Dobrovic, Martina Tomicic Furjan
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of feasible strategies for integration of information systems in complex organizations. It represents strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats for the achievement of strategies.
Keywords
Information Systems, Integration, Strategy
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