Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-315) and index.

Information and communication technologies in education environments -- The integration of information and communication technologies in schools. online safety / Elisabete Pires and Fernando Moreira, Universidade Portucalense, DICT, Porto, Portugal -- The moodle platform: a study in a higher education portuguese institution / Carolina Costa, Helena Alvelos and Leonor Teixeira, Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro -- Web site quality evaluation in higher education institutions / Vera Silva Carlos and Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior (NECE Research Centre), Convento de Sto. António, 6201-001, Portugal -- Enterprise technology challenges: architectures and time forecasts -- Ubiquitous integration architectural issues / João Henriques and Paulo Tomé, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Departamento de Informática, Viseu, Portugal -- Centro de investigação algoritmi, universidade do minho, portugal -- Cloud computing implementation level in portuguese companies / Osvaldo Ferreira and Fernando Moreira, Universidade Portucalense, DICT, Porto, Portugal -- Tourism time series forecast ¿ a comparison of a different ann with time index and/or insolation inputs / João Paulo Teixeira and Paula Odete Fernandes, Politechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Apartado 1134, Portugal -- Project management and application in real-world scenarios -- Open innovation practices applied to efficient replenishment / Carmen De Pablos Heredero and Jose Luis Montes Botella, Rey Juan Carlos University, Business Administration, Social Sciences Faculty, Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain, Ignacio Soret Los Santos, ESIC Marketing and Business School, Paseo de Valdenigrales s/n, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid -- Project management : characterization of its practice in portuguese metalworking companies / Ricardo Pinto and Caroline Dominguez, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Department of Engineering, Apartado 1013, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal -- Local communities platform for restoration of "kizuna" : reconstruction of human bonds in communities damaged by nuclear disaster / Noriko Kurata and Masakazu Ohashi, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan -- Ex-ante and ex-post model : contributions and applications / Carlos Páscoa, Sérgio Silva and José Tribolet, Department of University Education, Air Force Academy, Sintra, Portugal -- Organizational cockpit : grouping kpi as a valuable business instrument / Carlos Páscoa, Marco Moreira and José Tribolet, Department of University Education, Air Force Academy, Sintra, Portugal -- Decision making and semantical approaches to enterprise information systems -- Concepts for the design of a manager-centric global decision support system for organizations / Paulo Garrido, Algoritmi Center and Industrial Electronics Department, University of Minho, Portugal -- Theory of intelligent collectives : an experimental physiological approach to group decision- making / M. McKoy, S. Spitler, K. Zuchegno, E. Taylor, K.C. Hewitt, J. Shallcross, P. Roman, N. Clontz, A. Goetz, K. Asman, S. Hobbs, R.A. Reeves, T. Patton, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, W.F. Lawless, Paine College, Augusta, Georgia, USA -- Semantic integration framework for resources identification / Miguel Pragosa, Vitor Basto-Fernandes, Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, Luísa Oliveira, Monitoring and Surveillance Unit, Food and Nutrition Department, National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP, Portugal -- GSSP : a generic semantic search platform: evolve from a traditional to a semantic search system / Sara Paiva, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Manuel Ramos-Cabrer, Alberto Gil-Solla, University of Vigo, Spain -- Business process management : correctness of models and skills development -- Enhancing the correctness of bpmn models / Anacle.

This book analyzes the challenges and solutions associated with integrating new technologies in organizations, including key topics in cloud computing, project management, and operational procedure development and implementation.

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