...electronic commerce. The potential of full inter-operability is examined along with its likely impact. Some of the gaps in current standards are examined, with a focus on information retrieval, together...
...community. Taking microsystems technology as a concrete example, we discussed the role of standardization in the introduction of new technologies. A number of surprising and widely diverging lines of argumentation...
This paper goes into detail in the pattern of growth over the last thirty to forty years at the world level. A model is developed in which different aspects of...
...to access and distribute information, and the technologies that drive them, are at the focus of both commercial and regulatory concerns. In addition, new ICT applications, such as mobile communications,...
...policy makers are searching for ways to improve the protection of information systems that are of strategic importance for economic growth and competitiveness, as well as national security. And the...