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transnational information systems. See virtual reality systems, 459, 461, 462, 475 WebFOCUS (software), 540
international information systems "virtual water cooler", 97 WebSphere (IBM), 562
transnational strategy, 15-10, 15-25 virtual worlds, 93 WEP. See Wired Equivalent Privacy
transnational systems units, 15-11 virtualization, 211, 213, 230 Wi-Fi, 309, 314, 327, 357
Transport layer, 284 viruses. See computer viruses and worms Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), 349
transportation management, 378, 379 VMware, 211 wide area networks. See WANs
Trojan horses, 329-330 VoIP (voice over IP), 295, 297-298, 326 WikiLocation-based services, 432
TRUSTe, 168 voyage-estimating decision-support system, 81 Wikipedia, 93
tuples, 247 VPNs (virtual private networks), 298, 299, 314, wikis, 90, 93, 305, 329, 475
twisted pair wire, 287 349, 15-20 Wikitude.me (service), 433
Twitter, 36, 89, 97, 210, 297, 304, 305, 329, 381, VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language), WiMax, 307, 310, 314
389, 402, 416, 425, 426, 427, 428, 433, 434, 462 Windows 38 operating system, 148, 208
548 Windows domain network model, 287
two-tiered client/server architecture, 199 W Windows Messenger, 294
W3C. See World Wide Web Consortium Windows operating system, 139, 148, 200, 207,
U walkthrough, 355 208, 286, 318
ubiquity, in e-commerce, 405, 407 WANs (wide area networks), 286, 287, 314 Windows Server (Microsoft), 207, 209, 286
unified communications, 298 war driving, 327 Wintel PCs, 197, 199, 205
unified threat management (UTM), 348-349 warehouse management, 376, 379, 397 Wire Fraud Act, 333
unit testing, 530 Warehouse Management System (WMS), 376 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), 349
United States Web, 298-307 wireless modems, 285
cell phone standards, 307 databases and, 262-263, 268 wireless networking standards, 308
cybersecurity, 336-337 "deep Web", 300 wireless networks, 309, 349, 357
electrical grid infiltrated, 336 future trends, 305-307 wireless sensor networks (WSNs), 313, 314
imports and exports, 38 mashups, 225, 230, 304 wireless technology, 307-313
privacy as constitutional right, 162 pharming, 333 Bluetooth, 308-309, 314, 327, 328, 336
spamming regulation, 181 portals, 82, 413-414, 475 cell phones, 35, 36, 170-171, 307
universal standards, in e-commerce, 407-408 Semantic Web, 306 hotspots, 309, 310
Unix, 205, 207, 209 software for, 219-220 Internet access, 309-310
unstructured decisions, 486, 508, 509 URL (uniform resource locator), 299 malware and, 328
URL (uniform resource locator), 299 Web 2.0, 304-305 RFID, 277, 310-312, 314
U.S. Cost of a Data Breach Study (Ponemon Web 3.0, 305-306 securing wireless networks, 349
Institute), 333 Web servers, 199, 209, 300 security vulnerabilities, 327-328
U.S. legislation See also Internet Wi-Fi, 309, 314, 327, 357
behavioral targeting, 164, 167, 439 Web 2.0, 304-305, 420 WiMax, 307, 310, 314
collection of personal information, 168 Web 3.0, 305-306 wireless sensor networks (WSNs), 313, 314
computer crime, 333-334 Web addresses, 288-289, 299 See also mobile handheld devices;
copyright, 172, 184 Web Apps (Microsoft), 95 smartphones
medical records, 338-339 Web-based online meeting tool, 94 wireless transmission media, 287
privacy, 162-164, 190 Web-based supply chain management tools, Wiretap Act, 333
record retention, 45, 357 376, 379 wisdom, 450
spamming regulation, 181 Web beacons, 167 "wisdom of crowds", 89, 389, 420-421, 439
trade secrets, 169 Web browsers, 152, 220, 263 WMS. See Warehouse Management System
user-designer communications gap, 573 Web bugs, 167, 168 Word (Microsoft), 95
user interface, 560 Web conferencing, 42, 93 work
Utilitarian Principle, 161 Web-enabled databases, 262-263, 268 changing nature of, 88
utility computing, 215 Web hosting service, 209 growth of professional work, 89
UTM. See unified threat management Web mashups, 225, 230, 304 job loss due to technology, 181-182, 184
Web mining, 260, 268 See also jobs
V Web monitoring, tools for, 184 workgroup network model, 286
value chain Web protocols, 221 World Wide Web
business information, 55-56, 131-133, 143 Web servers, 199, 209, 300 about, 51, 205
global value chains, 15-19-15-22 Web services, 215, 221, 230, 545, 549 copyrighted information and, 173, 184
knowledge management, 451-453 Web Services (Amazon), 215, 249 history of, 117
value chain model, 55-56, 131-133, 143 Web sites, 299 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 221, 306,
value web, 133, 135-136, 143 affiliate Web sites, 420 314
VAX machines (computers), 197 budgets, 438 Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Vertica Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) building, 435-438, 440 Access. See WiMax
architecture, 512 for e-commerce, 435-438 worms (malware), 329, 336
video files, piracy, 174 failure of, 560 WPA2. See Wi-Fi Protected Access 2
videoconferencing, 42, 93 hosting, 437-438 WSNs. See wireless sensor networks
viral coefficient, 512 personalization, 422, 423
virtual companies (virtual organizations), 138, search engine optimization (SEO), 302 X
143 social sign-on, 426 Xalkori (drug), 447
virtual meeting software, 93 visitor tracking, 164, 165, 166, 169, 421- Xbox (Microsoft), 318, 419
virtual meetings, 37 422, 423, 424 XenDesktop (Citrix Systems), 213
virtual private networks. See VPNs Web tracking. See online tracking Xerox Alto (computer), 197
Virtual Reality Modeling Language. See VRML WebEx (Cisco), 94 XML (Extensible Markup Language), 221, 545

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