As modern organizations increasingly operate in a global economy, they need IT support around the globe; favorable economic conditions also encourage the use of offshore IT teams. However, when IT efforts "go global," issues and challenges typical of IT development and support are magnified. In this paper, we review and integrate three research areas that contribute to our understanding and man...

The Mediterranean area is one of the most significantly altered hotspots on Earth, since it has been intensively affected by human activity for millennia. As a result, only 4.7% of its primary vegetation remained unaltered and the landscape has been repeatedly transformed. In this paper, we aimed at detecting both the direction and the rate of landscape change focusing on the effects of human a...

Executive Summary The growth in the number of Wi-Fi devices accessing the network in concentrated areas, along with limitations in shared spectrum, requires a new approach to provide the best predictable and scalable user experience. The goal of this white paper is to provide the technical details behind Cisco's unique approach to high-density Wi-Fi design, Cisco ® High Density Experience (HDX)...