Information in the Next Five Years by Ena Mwangama
Impact of Radio Frequency Identification Technology The Environment consist of the all elements that are outside the system under consideration, and which it must take as given .The environment also include all the external impositions and constraints other than those imposed by the ownership. ... Environment factors-such as changing legal, social and economic pressure Operational issues-in terms of capital resources, staff competencies and management skills Critical Success factors-identifying exactly what is required for the success of the organization Evaluation of the worst –case...

Enabling User Driven Modelling by Peter Hale
Research Summary The intention of this research is to enable non-programmers to create software from a user interface that allows them to model a particular problem or scenario. This involves people entering information visually in the form of a tree diagram. ... This technique is most suitable at present to modelling, visualisation, and searching for information. ... This research demonstrates how a taxonomy (software library) can be used as the information source, from which it is possible to automatically produce software.

How FOSS Might Benefit Your Small Business by Charles Trumpess
Starting a small business or working from home takes time and costs money. After you have done all the groundwork, such as a business plan, marketing strategy and finances, you will probably start thinking about the cost of PCs and software licenses. ... OFBiz offers an incredible array of features and functionality including content management, marketing, contact management, product and service catalogues, order processing, shipping, workflow, accounting, human resources and much more besides. ... Project Management and Support Issues Tracking Module Hierarchic projects tree.

End-User Programming Using the Semantic Web by Peter Hale
This article outlines future research that is required for the advancement of representation, search, and visualization of information, and at recent and future developments in the use and representation of taxonomies and ontologies, and visualization tools that can aid in their use. ... Cheung (2005) explains that "With the development of user-friendly ontology editing software and automatic data exchange functions, the application of ontological approaches to exchange information across the WWW is most likely to be an essential aspect of the next generation of global knowledge management...

RFID, Its Implications And How To Defeat by Jon Winthrop
Imagine a future in which your every belonging is marked with a unique number identifiable with the swipe of a scanner, where the location of your car is always pinpoint-able and where signal-emitting microchips storing personal information are implanted beneath your skin or embedded in your... This numeric identifier really carries no information other than a unique number, but keyed against a database that associates that number with other data, the RFID tag's identifier can evoke all information in the database keyed to that number.

Purpose Based Computing by John Dir
Accomplishing tasks efficiently requires a series of smaller steps that are built upon the understanding of tools and information required to complete each stage of the process. Once the entire process involved with reaching a goal is absorbed, each repetition of the job becomes less time... There are many different types of software on the market that are aimed at ease of use, with the ability to perform complex manipulations of information and procedures. ... One simple demonstration of this idea is file management.

Tips for Designing ZigBee Applications by John Sawyer
So you think you want to develop a ZigBee application, but you have some questions. What’s important in a ZigBee development? What tools do I need? What steps are involved? How much time will it take? What kind of investment is required? What are the unforeseen questions? ... Power optimization is generally the largest design issue for the sensors, while message management is the largest for the ZigBee routers. ... Visit their website at www.zigbee.org for more information. ... The timing of a two-phase approach also makes sense, because expertise is built with the technology before...

The Need for Physical and IT Security Convergence by Jeffrey Bennett
Business security professionals make it a point to study their craft and learn ways to counter evolving threat. Business intelligence methods need to continue to keep up with technology to analyze and prevent the internal and external influences that can ruin the enterprise. ... Information technology can track who used which system to access which information. ... http://www.csoonline.com/fundamentals/abc_convergence.html Cummings, Maeve; Haag, Stephen; Phillips, Amy, Management Information Systems for the Information Age.