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Grid computing introduces a new paradigm for the realisation of efficient collaborative ICT infrastructures for VOs that has many advantages in comparison to other known approaches. However, due to some shortcomings with regard to industry VO requirements, practical uptake is still quite low, despite of the potential benefits. In this paper, we focus on three important issues regarding the achievement...
The convergence of digital technology and the emergence of Web 2.0 have radically changed the nature of the digital content sector. This paper, building on a theoretical base of Evolutionary Diffusion Theory and business model analysis, initially summarises and updates the findings from the EC 5th Framework SimWeb project. It then argues the position that 21st-century technology providers are increasingly...
The Autonomous Provence of Trento (PAT) in Italy is developing a set of initiatives to sustain the regional innovation. While the public broadband infrastructure is being deployed, some more actions are being performed by local innovation agencies. The TasLab is a project sustained by the local government and created by the local ICT agency for the public administration, the University of Trento and...
Large organisations tend to force suppliers to follow their rules in terms of IT and organisational solutions. Small and medium size enterprises (SME) have still no choice. Usually they have to follow the pressure and in a worst case to implement for each customer or supplier specific processes and IT solutions. Sometimes this results in additional cost and time consuming manual tasks. Therefore,...
Virtual Worlds are designed for sociability, environments where people have interaction with other people. Enterprises have already started exploring this new world as a way to provide a compelling new value proposition to their products and services. This paper makes a proposal for addressing the issue of interoperability between virtual and real-world business environments as a way to foster value...
Governments have the objective of using Internet as one of the channels for communicating with citizens and companies. They launch quite a number of initiatives to do so, both nationally and in international (EU) projects. Many of these initiatives lack a clear architecture in themselves and coherence with other initiatives. This paper presents a framework for government architecture based on an architectural...
The paper proposes the use of product data technology to better manage the complexity of information needed to design products with a low environmental impact throughout the whole life cycle, from the "cradle to the grave". The use of these standards has to be considered as an investment which brings not only to meet the requirements of the Integrated Product Policy promoted by the European...
The objective of E4 is the development of an innovative web-based integrated engineering environment specifically tailored to the needs of the SMEs operating in a design-network which involves companies from all over Europe. Cost reduction and collaboration between enterprises in a common business environment have propped the network enterprise model. The typical network includes many actors operating...
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