Service-Oriented Architecture is becoming the leading architecture for IT, and it is changing the way organisations work. IT is slowly but steadily gaining maturity, and becoming the flexible yet stable and reliable support for business it should be. At the same time, IT is regaining its potential to create real business innovation. SOA will...
From its beginnings, the Internet has fostered communication, collaboration and
networking between users. However, the first boom at the turn of the millennium
was mainly driven by a rather one-sided interaction: e-commerce, portal sites and
the broadcast models of mainstream media were introduced to theWeb. Over the
last six or seven...
One of the most important things an architect can do is reflection. That is, examine
systems, organizations, people and ask “What alternatives were considered and why
was that particular decision made?” Thinking about the response gives an architect
insight into the motivations and decision processes that others have used...
Flash’s evolution is unique, even for the fast-changing computer software world.
First released in 1996 under the name FutureSplash, it was a tool for creating
web-based animations. It’s still the go-to application for that job; however,
along the way it’s acquired new capabilities. Today, Flash powers...
The application framework of the presented research work is stablished in the area
of the low-power portable stand-alone devices. Considering as a paradigm application
the implementation of future portable terminals for telecommunications, two
opposed trends coexist that determine the need for an optimized energy management.
An...
The recognition that chemicals in food, whatever their origin, might
present a risk to the consumer has long been recognised. However, early
food regulations at the beginning of the century were primarily aimed at
prevention of adulteration and fraud rather than directed at consumer
safety. It is only in the second half of the century...
The 24th Computer Graphics International Conference (CGI 2006) was held during
June 26–28, 2006, in Hangzhou, China. This volume contains 39 full papers and 39
short papers accepted by CGI 2006. CGI conference was initially founded by the
Computer Graphics Society in 1983 and has now become a widely recognized,
high-quality...
In the last 15 years, some of us have witnessed mail becoming e-mail, grocery stores
becoming www.store, and step-by-step technology becoming part of our daily life.
Technology development has radically changed the enterprise's way of doing
business. First, daily tasks such as sales, client, and vendor management became...
This book and its companion volume, LNCS vols. 6145 and 6146, constitute the
proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI 2010)
held in Beijing, the capital of China, during June 12-15, 2010. ICSI 2010 was
the first gathering in the world for researchers working on all aspects of swarm
intelligence, and...
This research volume is a continuation of our previous volume on intelligent
machines. We have laid the foundation of intelligent machines in SCI Series
Volume 70 by including the possible and successful applications of computational
intelligence paradigms in machines for mimicking the human behaviour.
The New Perspectives Series’ critical-thinking, problem-solving approach is the ideal way
to prepare students to transcend point-and-click skills and take advantage of all that HTML
and CSS have to offer.
In developing the New Perspectives Series, our goal was to create books that give students
the software concepts and...
Arduino boards have impressed both hackers and professional engineers. Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional, it isn't just a breadboard and a hazy idea that keeps you going. It's essential to institute a proper design, device instrumentation and, indeed, test your project thoroughly before committing to a...
