Electric power supply companies increasingly rely on enterprise IT systems to provide them with a comprehensive view of the state of the distribution network. Within a utility-wide network, enterprise IT systems collect data from various metering devices. Such data can be effectively used for the prediction of power supply network vulnerability. The purpose of this paper is to present the Enter...

E-Commerce Web based applications designed to facilitate Data-exchange collaboration are enjoying growing popularity. In the next few years, business companies will want their web resources linked to ontological content –because of the many powerful tools that will be available for using it by potential customers. Thus, product information will be exchanged between applications, allowing comput...

With the dramtic expansion of global e-markets, companies collaborate more and more in order to streamline their supply chains. Companies often form coalitions to reach the critical mass required to bid on a large volume or wide ranges of products. Meanwhile, they also compete with one another for market shares. Because of the complex relationships among companies, controlling the access to sha...

background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between physical inactivity and academic record in korean adolescents. methods: adolescent students from the first grade of middle school to the third grade of high school (n=75,066) participated in the 5th korea youth risk behavior web-based survey project in 2009. the association between physical inactivity and academic ...

While many studies in the field of environmental communication have focused on exploring impact social media, this research paper takes a different turn. It investigates, through qualitative content analysis, 391 websites that support and provide green hosting services. This study is considered first aims to examine in-depth how these tend communicate their Therefore, its contribution enhance r...

Companies are increasingly replacing functions traditionally performed by human servers with network-based customer service systems (NCSSs). Based on an analysis of 30 Web sites of leading service providers and in-depth field studies of NCSSs currently used by five major companies representing a variety of customerservice contexts, we introduce “network completeness” as an important concept for...

A new kind of Web-based bioinformatics service is emerging to aid bench scientists. Integrated suites of programs are being hosted on remote servers and being offered as a package for a membership fee, or for free with the option to purchase added value services. The companies providing these Web tools are following a new Internet business strategy known as the Application Service Provider (ASP...

Attacks on Web applications threaten nearly every organization with an online presence. Based on our experience, these unwelcome assaults cost companies millions of dollars and can cause serious damage in terms of brand integrity and customer turnover. Our Enterprise Risk and Security Solutions (ERSS) assessment team recently evaluated the state of Web application vulnerability using automated ...