Data Migration Between Web Content Management Systems

Web Content Management Systems (WCMS) have become necessary tools for today’s web oriented business world. The data migration between Web Content Management Systems, consequently, is an issue that more and more companies and organizations have to deal with while changing from an older WCMS to a newer one. This article examines the migration options and makes some useful suggestions to help with the choice of the appropriate migration method of the content from one Web Content Management System to another. The research is supported by a survey conducted with a number of large companies and organizations. The conclusions can be taken into consideration in order to evaluate the different data migration approaches

Μοντέλα και εφαρμογές κινητής διακυβέρνησης στα πλαίσια των πληροφοριακών συστημάτων υπηρεσιών τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης

The mobile local government services topic is an area that needs relentless attention and continuous steps towards its improvement taking advantage of the new technologies. Mobile technologies help in advancing municipal information systems, providing the citizens with the opportunity to perform easily routine transactions through their mobile devices anywhere-anytime.In order to have sustainable and useful mobile G2C information systems services, there is high need to successfully integrate the mobile government concept with the business model concept; such concepts could harmonically co-exist and yield fruitful results.This dissertation attempts to provide guidelines that could be used to highlight key tasks, which can steer successful development path through strategic steps and stages integrated into a theoretical framework, the GoMobi framework. To reach this point, there is a number of secondary objectives accomplished including: literature review of the concepts of mobile government and of business models, mapping of existing services, forming of a typology of mobile G2C services, and analysis of their value propositions. The theoretical model (GoMobi) is, finally, validated through case studies conduction.The findings of such dissertation contribute valuably to both theory and practice. The comprehensiveness of the mobile G2C services value propositions and barriers grounded theories, the inclusiveness of the mobile G2C services typology, the completeness of the mapping of the provided mobile G2C services in Greece, the integrity of the conceptual review of the business models dimensions, and the fruitfulness and flexibility of the GoMobi framework development, are innovative aspects in the academic environment. Finally, practitioners interested in entering the mobile government sector can be aware of the sector’s demands, additionally to having a holistic view of how to design, create, communicate, compare, analyze, evaluate, and modify their existing and future business dimensions of provided mobile information systems services

Μοντέλα και εφαρμογές κινητής διακυβέρνησης στα πλαίσια των πληροφοριακών συστημάτων υπηρεσιών τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης.

Η βιβλιοθήκη διαθέτει αντίτυπο της διατριβής σε έντυπη μορφή.Διατριβή (Διδακτορική)--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2013.Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές.019/2013Η κινητή διακυβέρνηση είναι ένας σύγχρονος τομέας, πολλά υποσχόμενος για την αποτελεσματικότερη και ταχύτερη οργάνωση των παρεχόμενων υπηρεσιών των πληροφοριακών συστημάτων της. Υπάρχουν πρωτοβουλίες εφαρμογής υπηρεσιών κινητής διακυβέρνησης παγκοσμίως, εξυπηρετώντας τους πολίτες και παρέχοντάς τους άμεση πρόσβαση, όλο το 24ωρο σε συναλλαγές μέσω κινητού, όπως έκδοση εισιτηρίων ΜΜΜ, κατάθεση δικαιολογητικών, πληρωμών φόρων, ενημέρωση για επείγοντα περιστατικά, κτλ. Στην εν λόγω διατριβή εκπονήθηκαν αρχικά βιβλιογραφικές μελέτες σχετικά με τα επιστημονικά αντικείμενα τόσο α) της κινητής διακυβέρνησης, όσο και β) των θεμελιωδών αρχών και δομικών μερών επιχειρηματικών μοντέλων και οντοτήτων. Επιπλέον, πραγματοποιήθηκε πλήρης χαρτογράφηση των υφιστάμενων κινητών υπηρεσιών που παρέχονται από τους δήμους στους πολίτες στην Ελληνική επικράτεια. Διαπιστώνοντας, τόσο το πρώιμο στάδιο παροχής δυνατοτήτων κινητών λύσεων για την αποτελεσματικότερη και γρηγορότερη εξυπηρέτηση των πολιτών, όσο και το βιβλιογραφικό κενό ως προς τη στρατηγική ανάπτυξη επιχειρηματικών καινοτόμων μοντέλων, για την παροχή υπηρεσιών κινητής διακυβέρνησης σε επίπεδο τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης μέσα από ένα οργανωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα, η παρούσα έρευνα καταλήγει στη σύνθεση και πρόταση ενός θεωρητικού μοντέλου στρατηγικής ανάπτυξης κινητών κυβερνητικών υπηρεσιών από τους Δήμους προς τους πολίτες (GoMobi Strategy Framework). Στη συνέχεια, το θεωρητικό μοντέλο (GoMobi Strategy Framework) δοκιμάζεται ως προς το περιεχόμενο και τη χρησιμότητά του μέσω της μεθοδολογίας μελετών περιπτώσεων για την Ελλάδα.The mobile local government services topic is an area that needs relentless attention and continuous steps towards its improvement taking advantage of the new technologies. Mobile technologies help in advancing municipal information systems providing the citizens with the opportunity to perform easily routine transactions through their mobile devices anywhere-anytime. In order to have sustainable and useful mobile G2C information systems services, there is high need to successfully integrate the mobile government concept with the business model concept; such concepts could harmonically co-exist and yield fruitful results. This dissertation would attempt to contribute with guidelines that could be used to highlight key tasks, which can steer successful development path through strategic steps and stages integrated into a theoretical framework, the GoMobi framework. To reach this point, there is a number of secondary objectives to get accomplished including: literature review of the concepts of mobile government and of business models, mapping of existing services, forming of a typology of mobile G2C services, and analysis of their value propositions. The theoretical model (GoMobi) is, finally, validated through case studies conduction. The findings of such dissertation contribute valuably to both theory and practice. The comprehensiveness of the mobile G2C services value propositions and barriers grounded theories, the inclusiveness of the mobile G2C services typology, the completeness of the mapping of the provided mobile G2C services in Greece, the integrity of the conceptual review of the business models dimensions, and the fruitfulness and flexibility of the GoMobi framework development, are innovative aspects in the academic environment. Finally, practitioners interested in entering the mobile government sector can be aware of the sector’s demands, additionally to having a holistic view of how to design, create, communicate, compare, analyze, evaluate, and modify their existing and future business dimensions of provided mobile information systems services

Mobile Shopping Consumers’ Behavior: An Exploratory Study and Review

Mobile Technology is creating a range of tremendous opportunities and new revenue streams for businesses across industry sectors through the delivery of chargeable mobile products and services via the deployment of innovative value-added solutions that exploit the commercial benefits of mobility. To keep up with the pace of change, companies increasingly want to understand the behavioral attitude of the modern mobile consumer. The aim of this paper is to find out users’ reaction towards different parameters that would influence their intention to utilize their mobile devices in order to purchase products and services online focusing on the current Greek reality. The extant literature focuses on understanding the factors that might affect consumers’ behavior intention to adopt m-shopping; these studies are mostly based on behavioral intention theories, such as Technology Acceptance Model, Diffusion of Innovation and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. In this study, new theoretical constructs are combined with existing evidence in order to extend the Technology Acceptance Model as it was initially established by Davis and later further enriched by other researchers. The proposed model includes behavioral intention, mobile skillfulness, enjoyment, anxiety, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, trust, relationship drivers, and innovativeness