According to Johnson & Grandison (2007), failure to safeguard privacy of users of services provided by private and governmental organisations, leaves individuals with the risk of exposure to a number of undesirable effects of information processing. Loss of control over information about a person may …

Vandaag de dag is er geen enkele leverancier van informatietechnologie die cloud computing niet heeft omarmd. Die term werd (voor zover ik kan nagaan) in 2006 voor de eerste keer publiekelijk gebruikt door Google’s Eric Schmidt, die daaraan toevoegde dat hij het idee had dat niemand begreep waar het …

Computers create environmental problems. Their production requires electricity, raw materials, chemical materials and large amounts of water, and supplies (often toxic) waste. They poison dumping sites and pollute groundwater. In addition, the energy consumption in IT is growing exponentially, with and …

Information and communications technologies (ICT) can be very important to provide access to urban cultural heritage collections. Urban archives contain a lot of (historical) information about people, places, events, objects, trade and artefacts. Its worthwhile to make this information accessible for …

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect the environment in various ways. Their energy consumption is growing exponentially, with and without the use of ‘green’ energy. Increasing environmental awareness within information science has led to discussions on sustainable development. ‘Green …

In the last decade, organizations have re-engineered their business processes and started using standard software solutions. Integration of structured data in relational databases has improved documentation of business transactions and increased data quality. But almost 90% of the information cannot …

Geert-Jan van Bussel, bijzonder lector Digital Archiving & Compliance, sprak op dinsdag 16 oktober 2012 zijn lectorale rede uit in het Kohnstammzaal. Van Bussel sprak over de betrouwbaarheid van informatie en de manieren waarop ‘Digital Archiving’ en ‘Compliance’ de informatiestromen in organisaties …

Many organizations have undergone substantial reorganization in the last decade. They re-engineered their business processes and exchanged proprietary, not integrated applications for more standard solutions. Integration of structured data in relational data bases has improved documentation of business …