Enterprise business applications are critical to the smooth operation of modern businesses. They need to perform and scale up to the ever-increasing demands of modern businesses on IT, and are implemented using distributed architectures. These applications tend to have a long life during which they need to quickly respond to changing business rules, business processes and technology platforms. ...

Nowadays most companies in whichever field have a software system that helps managing all the aspects of the company, from the strategic management to daily activities. Companies are in continuous evolution to adapt to market changes, and consequently, the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure that supports it must also evolve. Thus, software companies are currently supporting this evoluti...

INTRODUCTION The global nature of pr duct and service markets, technology and competition has increased business requirements for flexibility, quality, cost-effectiveness and timeliness. As a key resource for meeting these requirements, information technology (IT) has been revolutionizing business practice. While there has been considerable research into the way in which large businesses use th...

The paper makes a case for information and communication technologies (ICT) in small businesses against the broader backdrop of the developing economy of India. ICTs come to India through two routes; the global employment route of IT information companies or the development route of donor-driven services to bridge internal digital divide. Local and context specific ICT based services in small b...

As the industry evolves into technology driven businesses, an increasing number of companies are reaching a critical pain threshold in needing to control and manage their vast amounts of digital media assets. Technically speaking, a digital asset is any form of media that has been turned into a binary source. Digital assets, which for textile mills include everything from artwork, logos and pho...

While the process by which Information Technology enables growth in medium and large enterprises has been wellresearched, the corresponding processes in micro-enterprises are poorly understood. In fact, such micro-enterprises lie at the heart of many economies. This insight is important as information technology enables businesses to connect with each other through knowledge networking to carry...

The field of microelectronics has had a profound impact on both the scientific world and on our personal lives. Through astonishing advances in performance, microprocessors have replaced traditional mainframes and supercomputers with microprocessor-based workstations and servers. The remarkable decrease in cost vs. performance for microprocessors has made computing ubiquitous, putting web-conne...

Due to the importance of technology entrepreneurs’ competencies in the creation and development of technological businesses, a distinct stream of research has been dedicated to this subject. However, given the nature of suchlike studies, it is difficult to reach a common understanding of the competencies. In fact, there is a need to provide some systematization to achieve advancements in the fi...