The issue of trust and risk in outsourced relationships was extended beyond traditional outsourcing models with the introduction of Application Service Providers (ASPs). As ASPs evolve, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) have emerged as external providers of security for firms facing increasing information assurance threats. This research-in-progress paper develops a conceptual model of...

All over the world we have been assisting to a significant increase of the telecommunication systems usage. People are faced day after day with strong marketing campaigns seeking their attention to new telecommunication products and services. Telecommunication companies struggle in a high competitive business arena. It seems that their efforts were well done, because customers are strongly adop...

The recent development of the telecommunication industries that form the " info structure " environment has enhanced economic activity through improved information technology (IT). IT could enlarge the volume of information flow, which accelerates productivity, but its impact on international trade has not been tested. The main objective of this thesis is to estimate the relationship between te...

In this work, diffusion processes in thermally connected cylindrical fibers with weakly guiding and circular cross-section, that is, telecommunication fibers, have been presented. There have been discussed diffusion distributions of the core dopant of fibers spliced at T ≈ 2000 °C. Gaussian approximations of the core dopant concentration distribution and refractive index in the connecting area ...

Every nation wants to achieve Universal Access of telecommunication services due to its importance to the economy and national life. Unfortunately in sub-Saharan Africa, telecommunication services are either scarce or non-existent in rural areas. However, previous telecommunication policies have enabled the provision of various network technologies in Africa. What type of policy is needed to pu...

In the past, telecommunication technologies did not present any particular problem for persons with visual disabilities. The telephones themselves were auditory in nature and could be operated by touch. As telecommunication begins to incorporate video and as telecommunication devices become more complex (including the incorporation of visual displays), new barriers are appearing. Fortunately, a...

Due to rapidly changing environment based on triple play, the conovation of competitiveness in telecommunication industry has also changed. The operators should adjust their strategic direction timely according to changes in competitive environment. So how to promote the competitiveness under triple play has become a hot issue in telecommunication industry. Based on ISM (Interpretative Structur...

gastric bezoars are gastric masses, which rarely cause intestinal obstruction by passing through the small bowel. in this article, we report a 56 year-old man with no history of gastric surgery who presented with intestinal obstruction. the obstruction seemed to be in terminal ileum. colonoscopy was done and a movable mass was noted, which was extracted from the cecum by colonoscope resulting i...

The technology revolution lead by Internet and ever improving computing power has played pivotal role in justifying the sense of a global village perception. Managing and enabling technological growth is among the top priorities of the organizations today. To meet this priority, organizations must create reliable, secure and cost-effective infrastructures that enable business innovation. Techno...