This paper presents a solution to achieve dynamic Inter-enterprise workflow management using the e-services provided by collaborative e-business enterprises. E-services are distributed services that can be accessed programmatically on the Internet, using SOAP messages and the HTTP protocol. We categorize e-services according to their business types and manage them in an UDDI-enabled Broker Serv...

platform for server management services J. Lenchner D. Rosu N. F. Velasquez S. Guo K. Christiance D. DeFelice P. M. Deshpande K. Kummamuru N. Kraus L. Z. Luan D. Majumdar M. McLaughlin S. Ofek-Koifman D. P C.-S. Perng H. Roitman C. Ward J. Young Computer server management is an important component of the global IT (information technology) services business. The providers of server management se...

In this paper, we show the development of resource management server to enable production Cloud services easily based on OpenStack. In recent days, Cloud computing technologies have progressed and many providers have started Cloud services. Some providers use proprietary systems but others use open source IaaS software such as OpenStack and CloudStack. Because the community of OpenStack develop...

Service e-Commerce (SeC) is emerging as a booming form of e-commerce where various services are contracted, managed, sold, and even delivered via the Internet. However, the uncertainty of service quality due to information asymmetry has been a major challenge to the development of SeC. Some SeC platforms tried to promote service business by lowering buyer’s perceived risk through the service gu...

There are a range of business motivations for communications service providers (CSPs) to monitor subscriber quality of experience (QoE) for streaming video services. Whether for network engineering purposes, business intelligence insight, customer experience management initiatives, or some other reason, the ability to determine the QoE from the subscriber’s perspective, for each video stream, i...

recognizing the advantages of primary care as a means of improving the entire health system, this text comments on reforms of publicly funded primary health centers, and the rapid development of private forprofit providers in sweden. many goals and expectations are connected to such reforms, which equally require critical analyses of scarce resources, professional trust/motivation and business ...

Nowadays, the services offered by the Service Providers are subjected to many risks in terms of privacy agreements and hence they are treated as untrustworthy. Security risk analysis is fundamental to the security of any business and it is considered to be very essential in ensuring that controls and expenditure are fully commensurate with the risks to which the business is

As broadband wireless access technologies mature and portable handheld devices including cell phones are equipped with more capabilities, mobile ad hoc networks are easily deployed. Various applications and services including location-based services and mobile advertising provide opportunities for new businesses. This creates additional source of revenue generation for not only service provider...

The ESTIA project aims to provide the means for mass adoption of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce in the tourism sector. Its main objective is to exploit emerging infrastructures and access devices, and develop advanced applications in order to provide innovative services to all parties involved in the Tourism sector with emphasis on tourists and SME providers. ESTIA introduces a new innov...

With the Internet penetrating every corner of the world, e-business has found an excellent carrier which is able to fulfill the information transfer among diverse areas. Virtual private networking, a booming value-added service over the Internet, offers a low-cost, high-security, and easy-tomanage solution for e-business applications and services. The article introduces the implementation of Vi...