Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Industries - Computers & Information Technology

Jeffrey James is one of the relatively few academics to have systematically taken on the topic of IT and development. In this timely book he undertakes a methodological critique of prominent topics in the debate.

Challenging the existing literature by international and governmental institutions, the book looks not only at the digital divide but also at issues such as digital preparedness, leapfrogging and low-cost computers. James also raises important issues which have been largely neglected in the literature such as the implications for poverty in developing countries or the...

Join a technology entrepreneur as he shares the challenges he faced while operating a high-tech think tank for twenty-five years. Author C. J. Rubis delivers a fascinating story-filled narrative of the Technology Think Tank business and its effects on many government and industry projects. The numerous adventures, challenges and learned wisdom demonstrate the opportunities for the technology-services entrepreneur in this exploding age of technology to develop services and product innovations.

Technology educators, students, budding and struggling entrepreneurs, and others will find...

Join a technology entrepreneur as he shares the challenges he faced while operating a high-tech think tank for twenty-five years. Author C. J. Rubis delivers a fascinating story-filled narrative of the Technology Think Tank business and its effects on many government and industry projects. The numerous adventures, challenges and learned wisdom demonstrate the opportunities for the technology-services entrepreneur in this exploding age of technology to develop services and product innovations.

Technology educators, students, budding and struggling entrepreneurs, and others will find...

Building Internet of Things provides front-line business decision makers with a practical handbook for capitalizing on this latest transformation. Focusing on the business implications of Internet of Things (IoT), this book describes the sheer impact, spread, and opportunities arising every day, and how business leaders can implement IoT today to realize tangible business advantages. The discussion delves into IoT from a business, strategy and organizational standpoint,...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has begun to falter despite support from motivated entrepreneurs, international investors, policy experts and others. Written by engaged scholars and professionals in the field,...

Global Usability provides an introduction to the important issues in...

Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 after 25 years at the helm, he remained as chairman, a position he still holds.

This book paints a vivid picture of Bill Gates that covers his early life and his years as an inquisitive and adventurous student to his experiences as a budding entrepreneur and billionaire philanthropist who has often been listed among the richest individuals in the world. Author...

Wahrend der Aufbau und Betrieb von Internetinfrastrukturen zur Zeit der Entstehung des Internets in erster Linie von offentlichen Institutionen vorangetrieben wurde, wird dieser Bereich heute langst von privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen beherrscht. Dieses Buch beschreibt Dienste, Wertschopfungsprozesse und Wettbewerbsstrategien zur Erbringung des Datentransports im Internet aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Sicht. Es werden gleichermaen Internetzugangsdienste zur Anbindung von Endkunden, Transitdienste zum Datenaustausch zwischen Netzbetreibern, Dienste zur Kapazitatsbereitstellung im Kernnetz...