The International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) is a refereed, international journal on applied and theoretical research, aimed at providing coverage of the foundations, challenges, opportunities, problems, trends, and solutions encountered by both scholars and practitioners in the field of information systems when applying systems approach. IJITSA emphasizes the systemic worldview of managerial, organizational and engineering interaction facets provided by modern complex information systems and information technologies. The articles published in IJITSA will focus on information systems (IS) and their interactions with software engineering, systems engineering, complex systems, and philosophy of systems science issues for a better understanding and development of the information systems discipline.