Advances In Web And Network Technologies And Information Management

This book constitutes the refereed combined proceedings of four international workshops held in conjunction with the joint 9th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2007, and the 8th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2007, held in Huang Shan, China in June 2007: DBMAN 2007, WebETrends 2007, PAIS 2007, and ASWAN 2007.

This volume comprises papers from four APWeb/WAIM 2009 workshops, which are 1. International Workshop on Web-based Contents Management Technologies (WCMT 2009), 2. International Workshop on Real-Time Business Intelligence (RTBI 2009), 3. International Workshop on DataBase and Information Retrieval and Aspects in Evaluating Holistic Quality of Ontology-based Information Retrieval (DBIR-ENQOIR 2009), as well as 4. International Workshop on Process Aware Information Systems (PAIS 2009. These four workshops were selected from a public call-for-proposals process. The workshop organizers have put a tremendous amount of effort into soliciting and selecting research papers with a balance of high quality and new ideas and new applications.

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of four international workshops held in conjunction with the 8th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2006, in Harbin, China in January 2006. The 88 revised full papers and 58 revised short papers presented are very specific and contribute to enlarging the spectrum of the more general topics treated in the APWeb 2006 main conference.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-workshop proceedings of three international workshops held in conjunction with the 10th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2008, in Shenyang, China, in April 2008 (see LNCS 4976). The 15 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers and 4 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Topics addressed by the workshops are business intelligence and data mining (BIDM 2008), health data management (IWHDM 2008), and data engineering and Web technology research (DeWeb 2008). The papers focus on issues such as Web searching, Web services, database, data mining, bioinformatics, and business intelligence.

Following on from the continued success of the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, we are delighted at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University to be able to host the 2nd International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ICIME 2011).ICIME aims to bring together individuals researching and working in the broad field of information management, including information technology evaluation. We hope that this year's conference will provide you with plenty of opportunities to share your expertise with colleagues from around the world.This year's opening keynote address will be delivered by Dr Catherine Middleton, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

Efficiency and Efficacy are crucial to the success of national and international business operations today. With this in mind, businesses are continuously searching for the information and communication technologies that will improve job productivity and performance and enhance communications, collaboration, cooperation, and connection between employees, employers, and stakeholders. The Evolution of the Internet in the Business Sector: Web 1.0 to Web 3.0 takes a historical look at the policy, implementation, management, and governance of productivity enhancing technologies. This work shares best practices with public and private universities, IS developers and researchers, education managers, and business and web professionals interested in implementing the latest technologies to improve organizational productivity and communication.

Mobile commerce, or M-commerce, is booming as many utilize their mobile devices to complete transactions ranging from personal shopping to managing and organizing business operations. The emergence of new technologies such as money sharing and transactional applications have revolutionized the way we do business. Wholeheartedly adopted by both the business world and consumers, mobile commerce has taken its seat at the head of the mobile app economy. Securing Transactions and Payment Systems for M-Commerce seeks to present, analyze, and illustrate the challenges and rewards of developing and producing mobile commerce applications. It will also review the integral role M-commerce plays in global business. As consumers’ perceptions are taken into account, the authors approach this burgeoning topic from all perspectives. This reference publication is a valuable resource for programmers, technology and content developers, students and instructors in the field of ICT, business professionals, and mobile app developers.