ÐIn this paper, we consider a new, session-based workload for measuring web server performance. We define a session as a sequence of client's individual requests. Using a simulation model, we show that an overloaded web server can experience a severe loss of throughput measured as a number of completed sessions compared against the server throughput measured in requests per second. Moreover, st...

A company's success in today's highly competitive environment depends on its ability to adapt to rapid change. To obtain a competitive advantage, corporations must provide new value to customers through web-based customer service, while gaining supply side efficiencies through B2B e-commerce solutions. As in the past, companies must continuously streamline and improve business processes across ...

This document presents the Soability model, which assesses on a strategic level how well an IT environment is able to support an SOA based on Web Services. The model is designed to support the answering of typical questions that decision makers in companies face. By so doing the model addresses a lack of methodological support for stakeholders who need to plan an SOA holistically.

One of the most important Web-based services that established the foundations of the Web 2.0 is the weblog. Weblogs are evolving to be topic based systems that can lead to more revenue for companies. Therefore many companies provide free weblog hosting. Weblog popularity is an effective factor to gain more revenue. Weblogs have posts and topics that are arranged chronologically with the most re...

Successful companies of size (revenues exceeding $500 million) engaged in product development projects almost universally use some form of phase-gate development process. Introduced in the 1980s, this methodology has greatly enhanced the ability of companies to manage the rapidly growing complexities of the development cycle. However, the quest for continuous improvement has strained the manual...

With the new global economy, manufacturing companies are focusing their efforts on the product development process which is fast emerging as a new competitive weapon. Several product development solutions allow engineers, suppliers, business partners and even customers to collaborate throughout the entire product lifecycle via the Internet. To gain an additional edge over competitors, it is vit...

A lot of IT solutions exist for simplification and time saving of industrial experts’ activities. However, due to large diversity of tools and case-by-case software development strategy, big industrial companies are looking for an efficient and viable information integration solution. The companies have realized the need for an integrated environment, where information is ready for extraction a...

For now, vastly growing Web-technology has matured enough to become an attractive platform for business applications and organizational information systems. Indeed, large and small organizations are increasing their investment in Web-based Information Systems (IS) resources, such as Electronic Commerce, Intranets and Extranets. As DIWA (1999) explained that Web technology is often presented as ...