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Towards a Service-Oriented Enterprise: The Design of a Cloud Business Integration Platform in a Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprise
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Stamas, Paul J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study research followed the two-year transition of a medium-sized manufacturing firm towards a service-oriented enterprise. A service-oriented enterprise is an emerging architecture of the firm that leverages the paradigm of services computing to integrate the capabilities of the firm with the complementary competencies of business…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Organizational Change, Internet, Information Storage
The Learning Credit Card: A Tool for Managing Personal Development
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Rushby, Nick; Twining, John; Twining, Nick; Devitt, Thomas – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This is the report of a five month study, undertaken by Sundridge Park Training Technologies in association with Guildford Educational Services to assess the potential of smart card technology to support learning and the management of learning. The study had two strands--the state of the art of the technology and its potential for supporting,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Computer Storage Devices, Case Studies
The Emergence of Photo CD As a Preferred Method for Image Capture and Storage.
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Steele, Michael; And Others – Information Services & Use, 1996
Examines Photo CD as a possible standard storage medium. Functionality within the system is explored, including future-proofing implications and application hints for practitioners; two case studies illustrate typical applications, one at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and one at a commercial image archive laboratory. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Case Studies, Computer Storage Devices, Futures (of Society)
Prospective Conversion: Data Transfer between Fossil and New Microcomputer Technologies in Libraries.
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Vratny-Watts, Janet; Valauskas, Edward J. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Discusses the technological changes that will necessitate the prospective conversion of library data over the next decade and addresses the problems of converting data from obsolete personal computers to newer models that feature radically different operating systems. Three case studies are used to illustrate possible scenarios. (11 references)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness
Breaks, Flows, and Other In-Between Spaces: Rethinking Piracy and Copyright Governance
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Wang, Shujen – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article uses three case studies to examine the intersecting developments of technology, capitalism, and globalization through the contradictions and paradoxes of copyright governance and piracy. China is used as a case study to investigate the relations among the state, law, and global capitalism. (Contains 7 tables and 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Social Systems, Copyrights, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Technical Report on the Prospective Student Inquiry Data File and Information System at California State University, Chico.
Lukes, John A. – 1985
This report discusses the development and characteristics of the Prospective Student Inquiry Data File and Information System, which is used by the California State University at Chico (CSUC) as part of an effort to increase its student applicant population. Following a brief review of organizational background information, the report is divided…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Case Studies, College Applicants, Computer Storage Devices