Benefits of Information in the Development of Small Projects in Egypt: A Comparative Field Study

The purpose of this research is to explore the actual reality for small projects in Egypt and patterns to take advantage of the information; a review of the most important problems facing small businesses and how to overcome them; as well as how to modify the behavior of the information usage among SMEs. The study relied on a survey method applied on Kerdasa  & Nauman region at Egypt.  and the results found that the small and medium enterprise sector is still suffering a lot of difficulties, notably the scarcity of information, the role of the state in the information support side is still modest and the results illustrated that the information culture is still absent in the mentality of the owners of small and medium enterprises. In addition to that, information needs of small and medium-sized enterprises have not met in many aspects; which represents a special informational gap in the stage of survival and development. beside that the small-scale industry owners relied on informal networks information to gain knowledge about the vital information in their field, as the small and medium enterprises owners at Nauman region   largely relied upon the personal knowledge (24%) and customers (15%), while relied upon government websites were (8%) and competitors (44%) in obtaining their information. Keywords: small- projects- benefits from the informatio

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2004.

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2004

DIT Teaching Fellowships Reports 2015-2016.

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Naval Reserve support to information Operations Warfighting

Since the mid-1990s, the Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC) has led the Navy's Information Operations (IO) support to the Fleet. Within the FIWC manning structure, there are in total 36 officer and 84 enlisted Naval Reserve billets that are manned to approximately 75 percent and located in Norfolk and San Diego Naval Reserve Centers. These Naval Reserve Force personnel could provide support to FIWC far and above what they are now contributing specifically in the areas of Computer Network Operations, Psychological Operations, Military Deception and Civil Affairs. Historically personnel conducting IO were primarily reservists and civilians in uniform with regular military officers being by far the minority. The Naval Reserve Force has the personnel to provide skilled IO operators but the lack of an effective manning document and training plans is hindering their opportunity to enhance FIWC's capabilities in lull spectrum IO. This research investigates the skill requirements of personnel in IO to verify that the Naval Reserve Force has the talent base for IO support and the feasibility of their expanded use in IO.http://archive.org/details/navalreservesupp109451098

Governing information security within the context of "bring your own device" in small, medium and micro enterprises

Throughout history, information has been core to the communication, processing and storage of most tasks in the organisation, in this case in Small-Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs). The implementation of these tasks relies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT is constantly evolving, and with each developed ICT, it becomes important that organisations adapt to the changing environment. Organisations need to adapt to the changing environment by incorporating innovative ICT that allows employees to perform their tasks with ease anywhere and anytime, whilst reducing the costs affiliated with the ICT. In this modern, performing tasks with ease anywhere and anytime requires that the employee is mobile whilst using the ICT. As a result, a relatively new phenomenon called “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) is currently infiltrating most organisations, where personally-owned mobile devices are used to access organisational information that will be used to conduct the various tasks of the organisation. The use of BYOD in organisations breeds the previously mentioned benefits such as performing organisational tasks anywhere and anytime. However, with the benefits highlighted for BYOD, organisations should be aware that there are risks to the implementation of BYOD. Therefore, the implementation of BYOD deems that organisations should implement BYOD with proper management thereof

Governing information security within the context of "bring your own device" in small, medium and micro enterprises

Throughout history, information has been core to the communication, processing and storage of most tasks in the organisation, in this case in Small-Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs). The implementation of these tasks relies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT is constantly evolving, and with each developed ICT, it becomes important that organisations adapt to the changing environment. Organisations need to adapt to the changing environment by incorporating innovative ICT that allows employees to perform their tasks with ease anywhere and anytime, whilst reducing the costs affiliated with the ICT. In this modern, performing tasks with ease anywhere and anytime requires that the employee is mobile whilst using the ICT. As a result, a relatively new phenomenon called “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) is currently infiltrating most organisations, where personally-owned mobile devices are used to access organisational information that will be used to conduct the various tasks of the organisation. The use of BYOD in organisations breeds the previously mentioned benefits such as performing organisational tasks anywhere and anytime. However, with the benefits highlighted for BYOD, organisations should be aware that there are risks to the implementation of BYOD. Therefore, the implementation of BYOD deems that organisations should implement BYOD with proper management thereof

Data Analytics in advancing Accounting Profession and Business Information for Decision Making

The nature of the risks and opportunities facing business has changed over time. Much of the global value today is more of technology service and knowledge based than it was 40 years ago. The study examines data analytics in advancing accounting profession and business information for decision making. Two specific objectives guided the study, the study used a survey research design approach, and the population consists of 300 respondents made up of 50 each from academics, financial analysts, accountants, business owners, investors and big data analysts. Descriptive statistics was used to analyses the data while Z test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings from the study shows that the two hypotheses tested has a high acceptance degrees level of an average percentage of (92.4%) and (86.98%) respectively, this goes to shows that the issue of big data analytics in advancing accounting profession and business information for decision making is very much germen. This also was observed in the results of Z-Test of the Standard Deviation of (0.412) and (0.303) respectively, which leads to the acceptance of the two alternatives hypotheses and rejecting of the null hypotheses. The study concluded that big data analytics improves and help business organizations take informed decisions to enhance their operational efficiency, also, that the world accepted the slogan that data is the new oil. Those who are able to gain out of that will remain in the business ie, survival of the fittest. This is the implication to the new millennium environment where the professional accountant finds itself. Therefore, should be able to deal with the complex procedures, so that the accountant will be a big data analytics professional too. The study recommended among others that all the stakeholders (academics, financial analysts, professional association bodies, accountants, business owners, investors and government) should be involves in the necessity of teaching big data and business analyses in management sciences in our higher institutions to promote students' knowledge, the continues enlightenment, holding workshops, training and retraining  courses for researchers and academics of the importance of analyzing big data and how to process, store, manage and use the analyzed data in the financial and accounting field, since using big data can lead to better disclosure which in turn  enhance investor trust

Back to the past to charter the vinyl electronic market

For the past decades, the astounding rhythm of technological evolution and the massification of advanced digital devices, have forced several companies and entire market sectors to choose between reinventing themselves or perishing into obsoleteness. A great example is the Entertainment industry, where entire sectors were replaced by digital content platforms. This thesis focuses on, perhaps the most iconic media format of all time, the vinyl record. Vinyl was one of the first formats for audio reproduction, created around 1920, managing to become increasingly more popular until the 80’s, when the invention of the Compact Disc finally replaced the vinyl. This was mainly due to the lower costs of production of the CD, as well as requiring less space and maintenance, becoming easier to distribute. Interestingly, vinyl made a small comeback, mainly due to avid collectors who unknowingly created a community that kept the format alive. The goal of this study is to understand which factors, involved in the buying and selling of vinyl, influenced its price, with the initial hypothesis considering record labels and popular rankings to be some of the most contributing variables. To be able to evaluate this, four datasets were created in an endeavor to represent recent and past records of two different genres, Rock and Jazz, by extracting data from Discogs’ marketplace and Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. For this research, the chosen work methodology was CRISP-DM and the software programs for data analysis were SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Enterprise Miner. Such approach allowed unveiling that an artist’s presence in the charts and their labels belonging to one of the ‘Big three’, do not always dictate their records at highest prices. The results also showed that features which measure popularity become more relevant in the ‘era’ where the record’s genre is more popular and that big record labels have been losing market share to an increasing number of independent labels.Nas últimas décadas, o ritmo alucinante da evolução tecnológica e a massificação do uso de dispositivos digitais avançados, forçou múltiplas empresas e mercados inteiros a escolher entre reinventarem a sua estratégia ou perecerem perante a possibilidade de se tornarem obsoletos. Um ótimo exemplo de uma destas indústrias é o ramo do Entretenimento, onde setores inteiros foram substituídos por plataformas de conteúdo digitais. Esta tese foca-se, no formato de média provavelmente mais icónico de todos os tempos, o vinil. Sendo um dos primeiros formatos para reprodução de áudio, foi criado por volta de 1920 e dominou o mercado até aos anos 80, altura em que a invenção do Compact Disc substituiu finalmente o vinil. Esta mudança foi, principalmente devida ao baixo custo de produção do CD, bem como, um formato mais portátil, facilitando assim a distribuição. Contudo, mais recentemente, o vinil recuperou alguma da sua popularidade, em grande parte por causa de colecionadores dedicados que criaram uma comunidade de entusiastas que mantiveram o formato vivo. Com este estudo pretende-se perceber, quais dos fatores envolvidos na compra e venda, são os mais importantes para o valor de venda de um vinil. De modo a conseguir avaliar esta hipótese, foram criados quatro conjuntos de dados para representar registos antigos e recentes de dois géneros musicais diferentes, Rock e Jazz. Os dados de base foram obtidos através de webscraping do mercado online no site Discogs e no ranking Hot 100 da Billboard. Durante todo o presente estudo, a metodologia de trabalho escolhida foi a CRISP-DM e os programas de software usados para a análise dos dados foram o SAS Enterprise Guide e o SAS Enterprise Miner. Esta abordagem revelou que, tanto a presença de um artista nos charts, como a editora correspondente pertencer a uma das “Big Three”, não garante que o preço dos discos seja muito elevado. Os resultados mostraram também que as variáveis que medem a popularidade tornam-se mais relevantes na “era” em que o género do disco é mais popular e que as grandes editoras têm vindo a perder quota de mercado para um número maior de editoras independentes