Selected Readings on Global Information Technology: Contemporary Applications

Selected Readings on Global Information Technology: Contemporary Applications

Hakikur Rahman
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Release Date: August, 2008|Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 516
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-116-2
ISBN13: 9781605661162|ISBN10: 1605661163|EISBN13: 9781605661179
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Selected Readings on Global Information Technology supplements course instruction and student research with quality chapters focused on key issues concerning the development, design, and analysis of global IT.

Containing over 30 chapters from authors across the globe, these selected readings in areas such as knowledge sharing, ICTs, and globalization depict the most relevant and important areas of classroom discussion within the categories of fundamental concepts and theories; development and design methodologies; tools and technologies; application and utilization; critical issues; and emerging trends.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Cultural Effects of Technology
  • Digital Divide
  • Digital Literacy
  • E-adoption
  • E-Government
  • E-learning technologies and adaptation
  • E-service delivery
  • Information Communication Technologies
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Social impact of technology
  • Technology and globalization
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A book containing selected readings develops a valuable literature on how global information technology applications are being utilized and influencing global societies deserves attention from all corners of the readers. This book provides a multi-faceted window to study their implications, perhaps in the longer-term of development perspectives.

– Hakikur Rahman, SDNP, Bangladesh

Articles focus on how the Internet has permeated international boarders, providing both technical problems and advantages.

– Book News Inc. (December 2008)
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Engr. Md. Hakikur Rahman, PhD is the principal, Institute of Computer Management & Science (ICMS), and president of ICMS Foundation. He is currently serving Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University as an adjunct faculty, and the South Asia Foundation Bangladesh Chapter as the secretary. He served Sustainable Development Networking Foundation (SDNF) as its executive director (CEO) from January 2007 to December 2007, the transformed entity of the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) in Bangladesh where he was working as the national project coordinator since December 1999. SDNP is a global initiative of UNDP and it completed its activity in Bangladesh on December 31, 2006. Before joining SDNP he worked as the director, Computer Division, Bangladesh Open University. Graduating from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1981, he has done his Master of Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1986 and completed his PhD in computer engineering from the Ansted University, UK in 2001.

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