We present a protocol that enables mobile clients to be authenticated and authorized in data networks that are deployed in public places otherwise referred to as hotspots! The three key elements of a hotspot network are the mobile client, the hotspot server and the service provider. A mobile client is any device that can be used to access the internet. The hotspot server is a node in the data n...

Nowadays, agent-based service-oriented systems have been widely applied in many complex domains such as e-markets, grid systems, e-governments and service-oriented software systems, cross Internet and organizations. In this kind of service-oriented multi-agent systems, service providers (agents) and service consumers (agents) are autonomous entities and can enter and leave environments freely. ...

This paper offers an evaluation of e-government in Estonia, which is usually seen as the most outstanding exemplar in Central and Eastern Europe. The analysis incorporates both the public sector initiatives and developments in the private sector in contributing to the evolution of e-government. Private sector agents are seen as endogenous, not exogenous, in explaining the e-government performan...

Respect for persons is a cornerstone value for any conception of research ethics—though how to best realize respect in practice is an ongoing question. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, “informed consent” emerged as a particular way to operationalize respect in medical and behavioral research contexts. Today, informed consent has been challenged by increasingly advanced networked infor...

The Internet can be efficiently exploited to help people in severe emotional distress, including those contemplating suicide. Based on this premise and guided by various psychological principles that characterize Internet communication and behavior, on the one hand, and by factors related to the provision of emotional support, on the other, an Israeli project with the Hebrew acronym SAHAR was e...

The potential success of e-government depends on its citizens adopting online services and the security of those services. However, despite the development and diffusion of a variety of government services on the Internet, little research has been carried out regarding: (1) the impact of perceived confidentiality of a user’s information on his or her intention to use the service; (2) the relati...

The high cost of attracting new customers on the Internet and the relative difficulty in retaining them make customer loyalty an essential asset for many online vendors. In the non-Internet marketplace, customer loyalty is primarily the product of superior service quality and the trust that such service entails. This study examines whether the same applies with online vendors even though their ...

In the recent years, more and more people turned towards the Internet to find support, share their experience and feelings when they live difficult situation such as diseases. Considering this phenomenon, we are working with a community of caregivers of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. We aim at providing them an online platform where they can share social support. Such a tool offer...

There is an implicit blindly bubble situation behind the interest and enthusiasm towards the Internet entrepreneurship, so it is necessary for entrepreneurs to make scientific and reasonable assessment about the possible risks before the related decisions made. This research embarks from the perspective of entrepreneurs and focus on the risk factors of entrepreneurship in Internet industry base...