Information management education: towards a holistic perspective

Towards Holistic Cloud Management

Despite significant attention and substantial efforts both in industry and academia, cloud computing has yet to reach its full potential. Commonly stated obstacles for cloud adoption include confusion due to multiple delivery models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and deployment scenarios (public clouds, private clouds, cloud bursting etc.). Other frequent concerns relate to risks with outsourcing, data leg...

Holistic Information Management Solutions

Towards a systemic holistic security management

Information System Security and its management ”is a parasite on the profit”. Gerald Kovacich. This thesis presents research intended to modify the understanding of information system security and to introduce information system security not only as a cost factor but also as a business enabler for eCommerce systems. To achieve this, system theoretic concepts will be applied to information secur...

Towards a holistic approach in the study of multilingual education

Although multilingualism is not a recent phenomenon, it has become more common in recent years due to globalization, transnational mobility of the population and the spread of ICT. According to Aronin and Hufeisen ( 2009 ), contemporary multilingualism has spread geographically and socially and is characterized by the use of languages that are not originally from neighbouring areas. Furthermore...

Barriers towards integrated product development — Challenges from a holistic project management perspective

The basis for product development in many large industrial companies is a traditional project management method positing non-overlapping phases, independent activities, and a dedicated project team. Research findings indicate that the use of integrated product development methods increases performance compared to traditional methods in contexts of complex problem solving, which are disruptive a...