This revised edition of Formalizing Internet, Web and eBusiness Applications for the Real World (2005) is extended and updated with more than 300 new pages, including sections on usability, system development, cloud computing, and the digital world, along with new chapters and subchapters. Organized into nine parts, the book addresses the fundamentals and constraints of the Internet, applications, cloud computing, and large data repositories. Because the book is intended as a textbook, each chapter includes cases for study and discussion. A heavy book, it is recommended as a textbook for college-level courses or for serious researchers in the field of information technology in the workplace, private life, and society.

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Few people are untouched by technology, a reality that serves as the book's foundation. Olsen (Molde Univ. College; and Bergen Univ. College, both Norway) begins with basic information on information technology (IT) to create an awareness of how IT impacts society and proceeds into more specific topics, such as constraints and usability, development and applications, the Internet, cloud computing, and the digital society. The goal is to help readers consider new technological possibilities in light of real-life situations and better predict a technology's success. The book expands and updates Olsen's The Internet, the Web, and eBusiness (CH, Oct'05, 43-0991). An accompanying website with exercises is slated for completion by mid-2013. The writing style makes the text easily understandable to laypersons; case studies and examples also aid reader comprehension. Summing Up: Recommended.

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This work should be recommended reading for students in computer science, information science, information technology, informatics, information and knowledge management, as well as students studying the social sciences, economics and business. . . .[T]he book is an interesting and in some respects fascinating text for individuals who want to learn more about the influence of these technologies on their everyday lives.

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