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The Case for Developing and Deploying an Open Source Electronic Logistics Management Information System
Summarizes efforts to strengthen health information systems in low- and lower-middle-income countries, including development of common requirements. Outlines models for collaboration among stakeholders, national leaders, and health information users
Cloud based testing of business applications and web services
This paper deals with testing of applications based on the principles of cloud computing. It is aimed to describe options of testing business software in clouds (cloud testing). It identifies the needs for cloud testing tools including multi-layer testing; service level agreement (SLA) based testing, large scale simulation, and on-demand test environment. In a cloud-based model, ICT services are distributed and accessed over networks such as intranet or internet, which offer large data centers deliver on demand,
resources as a service, eliminating the need for investments in specific hardware, software, or on data center infrastructure. Businesses can apply those new technologies in the contest of intellectual capital management to lower the cost and increase competitiveness and also earnings. Based on comparison of the testing tools and techniques, the paper further investigates future trend of cloud based testing tools research and development. It is also important to say that this comparison and classification of testing tools describes a new area and it has not yet been done
HyBIS: Windows Guest Protection through Advanced Memory Introspection
Effectively protecting the Windows OS is a challenging task, since most
implementation details are not publicly known. Windows has always been the main
target of malwares that have exploited numerous bugs and vulnerabilities.
Recent trusted boot and additional integrity checks have rendered the Windows
OS less vulnerable to kernel-level rootkits. Nevertheless, guest Windows
Virtual Machines are becoming an increasingly interesting attack target. In
this work we introduce and analyze a novel Hypervisor-Based Introspection
System (HyBIS) we developed for protecting Windows OSes from malware and
rootkits. The HyBIS architecture is motivated and detailed, while targeted
experimental results show its effectiveness. Comparison with related work
highlights main HyBIS advantages such as: effective semantic introspection,
support for 64-bit architectures and for latest Windows (8.x and 10), advanced
malware disabling capabilities. We believe the research effort reported here
will pave the way to further advances in the security of Windows OSes
Leveraging Open-standard Interorganizational Information Systems for Process Adaptability and Alignment: An Empirical Analysis
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the value creation mechanisms of open-standard inter-organizational information system (OSIOS), which is a key technology to achieve Industry 4.0. Specifically, this study investigates how the internal assimilation and external diffusion of OSIOS help manufactures facilitate process adaptability and alignment in supply chain network.Design/methodology/approachA survey instrument was designed and administrated to collect data for this research. Using three-stage least squares estimation, the authors empirically tested a number of hypothesized relationships based on a sample of 308 manufacturing firms in China.FindingsThe results of the study show that OSIOS can perform as value creation mechanisms to enable process adaptability and alignment. In addition, the impact of OSIOS internal assimilation is inversely U-shaped where the positive effect on process adaptability will become negative after an extremum point is reached.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature by providing insights on how OSIOS can improve supply chain integration and thus promote the achievement of industry 4.0. By revealing a U-shaped relationship between OSIOS assimilation and process adaptability, this study fills previous research gap by advancing the understanding on the value creation mechanisms of information systems deployment
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