Essays about: "implications of ict"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 52 essays containing the words implications of ict.

  1. 21. Factors limiting adoption of new technology : a study of drawbacks affecting transition from on-premise systems to cloud computing

    University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik

    Author : THERÉSE KILSTRÖM; [2016]
    Keywords : Cloud adoption; cloud computing; drawbacks; security;

    Abstract : Cloud computing has grown from being a business concept to one of the fastest growing segments of modern ICT industry. Cloud computing are addressing many issues emerged by the globalization in terms of the ever faster pace of growth, shorter product life cycles, increased complexity of systems and higher investment needs. READ MORE

  2. 22. Cross-Sector Collaboration - A Study on Collaborations in Financial Inclusion and Mobile Financial Services

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Didrik Falkenberg; Michael Ziegler; [2016]
    Keywords : cross-sector collaboration; financial inclusion; mobile financial services;

    Abstract : Background: Across the globe, approximately two billion people do not have access to essential financial systems such as a bank account; at the same time, cell phones are becoming widely available, even amongst the poor. This opens up for a chance to connect the underprivileged to financial instruments, as mobile financial services can be offered at significantly lower costs compared to traditional banking options. READ MORE

  3. 23. Electronic Health Record Systems : A study of privacy in the region Kronoberg of Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Mojeed Adetayo-odepidan; [2016]
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    Abstract : This study gives a brief description of paper-based record and the adoption of ICT, which brought the introduction of Electronic Health Record System (EHRS) in Sweden, the challenges facing EHR in the health care sector around the world and what immigrants and newcomers who just arrived in Sweden knows about the privacy,  rights and the policies that protect their privacy and data system, these could cause them not having enough confidence in electronic health record system, they could also be worried about their information been exposed or disclosed by their healthcare providers, this call for the confidentiality, security and privacy of EHR System. The aim of this study is to explore immigrants and newcomers as users of electronic health record system by setting interview questions and focus group to help the researcher to understand their knowledge of what they know about the privacy of EHRS and what they know about the policies health care providers follow to protect patient’s privacy and data. READ MORE

  4. 24. Net Neutrality Implications for Internet Actors in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Uma Nikam; [2016]
    Keywords : Net Neutrality; Business models; Machine to Machine M2M service; Video streaming service; Quality of Experience QoE ; Nätneutralitet; affärsmodeller; maskin till maskin M2M tjänster; videostreamingtjänster; Kvalitet på Erfarenhet QoE ;

    Abstract : A telecom industry is constantly looking for new ways to generate revenues by offering new and innovative services. Segmentation of customers by offering premium services to premium customers is a one way which has immense potential of revenue generation. READ MORE

  5. 25. FPGA Hardware Acceleration of Inception Style Parameter Reduced Convolution Neural Networks

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Kalle Ngo; [2016]
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    Abstract : Some researchers have noted that the growth rate in the number of network parameters of many recently proposed state-of-the-art CNN topologies is placing unrealistic demands on hardware resources and limits the practical applications of Neural Networks. This is particularly apparent when considering many of the projected applications (IoT, autonomous vehicles, etc) utilize embedded systems with even greater restrictions on computation and memory bandwidth than the typical research-class computer cluster that the CNN was designed on. READ MORE