Increasing SMEs Productivity Through Digital Transformation Adoption of Software as a Service and Development of Entrepreneurial Attitudes

This study aims to test the influence digital transformation adoption of Software as a Service cloud accounting services and development of entrepreneurial attitude to productivity SMEs in Lubuklinggau  as measured by indicators make transactions easier, speeds up transactions, providing additional profits when completing transaction, increase efficiency in do transaction For variables digital transformation, adoption of Software as a Service cloud accounting services. Planning indicators, beliefs, orientation on task, taking risk, leadership, And honesty For variables development of entrepreneurial attitude . As well as indicator efficiency, effectiveness, and economical for variables SMEs productivity. This research uses the Purposive Sampling method. Deep sample study was 37 respondent SMEs in Lubuklinggau. Data used in this research was primary data obtained from distribution  questionnaire directly. This study used a quantitative approach. Analysis data was done using Smart PLS 3. The results of this study indicate that the effect of digital transformation adoption of Software as a Service cloud accounting services and the development of entrepreneurial attitudes on productivity of SMEs in Lubuklinggau influential positive. This study was expected can provide benefits for SMEs in Lubuklinggau with the digital transformation of adopting Software as a Service cloud accounting services so that realization enhancement productivity Which Good and develop attitude entrepreneurial with Good so that productivity increase with good too

Attribute Based Encryption for Secure Data Access in Cloud

Cloud computing is a progressive computing worldview, which empowers adaptable, on-request, and ease use of Information Technology assets. However, the information transmitted to some cloud servers, and various protection concerns are arising out of it. Different plans given the property-based encryption have been proposed to secure the Cloud Storage. In any case, most work spotlights on the information substance security and the get to control, while less consideration towards the benefit control and the character protection. In this paper, a semi-anonymous benefit control conspires AnonyControl to address the information protection, as well as the client character security in existing access control plans. AnonyControl decentralizes the central authority to restrain the character spillage and accordingly accomplishes semi-anonymity. Furthermore, it likewise sums up the document get to control to the benefit control, by which advantages of all operations on the cloud information managed in a fine-grained way. Along these lines, display the AnonyControl-F, which ultimately keeps the character spillage and accomplish the full secrecy. Our security assessment demonstrates that both AnonyControl and AnonyControl-F are secure under the decisional bilinear Diffie-Hellman presumption, and our execution assessment shows the attainability of our plans. Index Terms: Anonymity, multi-authority, attribute-based encryption

CRM: Software as a Service versus On-premise – benefits and drawbacks

Nowadays, most of organizations try to find the best solution to improve their business processes by using advantage of technologies, which are always developing to replace the mistake of traditional version, one of the most critical evolutions in technology system is Customer relationship management (CRM). CRM stakeholders who implementing CRM system or plan to implement CRM system had faced a lot of uncertainty in new technology, in this case, our focus is on CRM as a Service solution. CRM as a Service is CRM system that applied software as a service (SaaS) technology as a concept of cloud computing. It is a web-based application that hosted CRM application in provider’s side, where clients can access to one copy of application by web browser through internet. To investigate the improvement of CRM, we tried to evaluate SaaS’s benefits and drawbacks that assume to affect CRM as a Service solution. During this process, we had adopted interview as our research methodology and to observe the improvement of CRM system certain to conduct a survey questionnaire. Our research model will be oriented towards investigation of CRM as a Service system based on SaaS’s benefits and drawbacks. In this thesis, we are trying to acquire a better understand in benefits and drawbacks of CRM as a Service which applying the SaaS platform to improve CRM performance, it is helpful to evaluate the CRM as a Service in SaaS’s benefits and drawbacks aspects by considering the CRM experts perspective, it help the IT investors in organization, who plan or approach to on-demand service, to gain more knowledge in CRM on-demand service, and in long run to make right decision in CRM solution to their companies

Cloud Technology Selection: A structured framework for decision making

Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Information Systems and Technologies ManagementThis study aims to get organizations to improve their decision making during the selection of cloud technology process. As the technology evolves alongside an ever-increasing abundance in market offer, it may be challenging to choose the desirable service that encompasses several business approaches. For the purpose of this study to be attained, the reader must first comprehend the definition of Cloud Technology: it is the delivery of IT resources over the Internet, being applications, software, storage, among other services. Furthermore, understanding the current main technologies/architectures and their capabilities/limitations will play an important role in designing and developing the prospected solution. A thoroughly research will be produced to better define the criteria used in the process. Despite the fact that technology is able to be tailored up to a certain level for the organization needs, a higher level of participation will encourage vendors and architecture designers to develop a better knowledge on the companies’ desires, thus delivering more appropriate features to their unique needs

Leveraging analytics to produce compelling and profitable film content

Producing compelling film content profitably is a top priority to the long-term prosperity of the film industry. Advances in digital technologies, increasing availabilities of granular big data, rapid diffusion of analytic techniques, and intensified competition from user generated content and original content produced by Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) platforms have created unparalleled needs and opportunities for film producers to leverage analytics in content production. Built upon the theories of value creation and film production, this article proposes a conceptual framework of key analytic techniques that film producers may engage throughout the production process, such as script analytics, talent analytics, and audience analytics. The article further synthesizes the state-of-the-art research on and applications of these analytics, discuss the prospect of leveraging analytics in film production, and suggest fruitful avenues for future research with important managerial implications

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENTS’ LONG TERM APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY SKILLS

Schools today are commissioned to provide students with a solid foundation in global citizenship. Future leaders must be knowledgeable problem solvers who can apply those skills to better the world. An awareness of global issues along with a sense of urgency and strength to act are needed for the welfare of all. The achievement of these goals must promote active involvement both at the personal and community levels. This research study investigated the factors related to the long-term environmental literacy skills of students who attended a school with an international and global studies curriculum. Within that curriculum, focus was placed on the pressing environmental issues that challenge our world. Students were not taught using a curriculum-based program but rather were active participants and problem solvers within a school culture that stressed environmental responsibility. One goal of this work was to investigate whether this type of schooling environment contributed to the long-term environmental literacy skills related to a student’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The role of educators is continually changing. As accountability for performance on standardized tests increases there is less time for instruction in the sciences, particularly environmental sciences in the elementary years. A model that combines knowledge building, active participation, and problem solving in developing a school culture of respect and responsibility for the environment may be the most promising and realistic. This research examined the environmental literacy levels of middle school students who participated in a school with an embedded environmental education focus at the elementary school level (Group One) and middle school students who had not participated in a school with an embedded environmental focus at the elementary school level (Group Two). A MANOVA was conducted with a final data set of 218 students. The composite dependent variate was not significantly affected by group (Wilks’ λ = .955, F (4, 213) = 2.529, p = .042, partial eta squared = .045, small). Despite the non-significant MANOVA F, the researcher proceeded with analysis of the F ratios for the ANOVAs. In this case, the possibility of committing a Type 2 error lead to the researcher’s decision to cautiously continue analysis. Univariate ANOVAs were conducted on each dependent measure to determine whether significant differences existed between the groups. The more stringent p value of .025 was utilized in the analysis. Ecological knowledge was significantly affected by group (Group One and Group Two), F (1, 216 = 9.538, p = .002, partial eta squared = .042). Lengths of time in the program and away from the program were also investigated as variables related to environmental literacy scores. Regression results were not significant F (2,101) = 1.0, p = .372, R2 \u3c .001 indicating that neither of the two independent variables of time were significant predictors of total environmental literacy scores. A deeper understanding of social variables of family, culture, and community was achieved through semistructured interviews. Students described family relationships and practices as well as activities that promoted environmental affect as being prominent in their lives. Being part of organizations that fostered character building and social responsibility were also significant. They reported that their own personal connections and pro-environmental feelings as well as associating with like-minded peers was important to them. These findings can add to a body of research used for curriculum planning and school programming in the field of environmental education

Simulation Software as a Service and Service-Oriented Simulation Experiment

Simulation software is being increasingly used in various domains for system analysis and/or behavior prediction. Traditionally, researchers and field experts need to have access to the computers that host the simulation software to do simulation experiments. With recent advances in cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS), a new paradigm is emerging where simulation software is used as services that are composed with others and dynamically influence each other for service-oriented simulation experiment on the Internet. The new service-oriented paradigm brings new research challenges in composing multiple simulation services in a meaningful and correct way for simulation experiments. To systematically support simulation software as a service (SimSaaS) and service-oriented simulation experiment, we propose a layered framework that includes five layers: an infrastructure layer, a simulation execution engine layer, a simulation service layer, a simulation experiment layer and finally a graphical user interface layer. Within this layered framework, we provide a specification for both simulation experiment and the involved individual simulation services. Such a formal specification is useful in order to support systematic compositions of simulation services as well as automatic deployment of composed services for carrying out simulation experiments. Built on this specification, we identify the issue of mismatch of time granularity and event granularity in composing simulation services at the pragmatic level, and develop four types of granularity handling agents to be associated with the couplings between services. The ultimate goal is to achieve standard and automated approaches for simulation service composition in the emerging service-oriented computing environment. Finally, to achieve more efficient service-oriented simulation, we develop a profile-based partitioning method that exploits a system’s dynamic behavior and uses it as a profile to guide the spatial partitioning for more efficient parallel simulation. We develop the work in this dissertation within the application context of wildfire spread simulation, and demonstrate the effectiveness of our work based on this application

Impact of OTT Giants Onn Video Entertainment Preferences of Indian Young Adults: A Before and After Study

Despite having multiple platforms on both TV and OTT the motives behind the choice of video entertainment of young adults of India were unknown. There are many studies that talk about cord cutting internationally but very few focus on Indian audiences. Building upon the popularity of OTT and viewing it with diffusion of Innovation and Uses & Gratifications the present study aimed to understand the motives and preferences of young adults for video entertainment. It also aimed to know the differences in the choices and reason behind those choices of participants before and after the release of Indian content on Netflix and Amazon Prime. In depth interviews of 18 participants were taken in 2018 (before Netflix released Indian content) and in 2020 (after the release of Indian content on Netflix). It was found that major number of young adults were slowly shifting towards OTT in 2018 and after the release of Sacred Games and Mirzapur OTT became the only source of entertainment for young adults. The major reasons that came up for choosing OTT over TV were content of the show, length of the show, censorship and advancement in technology. Keywords: Diffusion of innovation, Uses and gratification, web channels, web series of India, Sacred Games, Mirzapur, Netflix, Amazon Prime, TV and web