Convergence Of Services Research Articles

Dynamic Role-based User Service Authority Control and Management on Cloud Computing

The demands for computing resource allocation, user management, and various contents management are increasing with the proliferation of cloud computing. A cloud service system has to provide the system services that are combined or shared based on the web environment, unlike a single application in the past. It has also evolved to appropriately allocate and combine service resources according to the needs and needs of various users to provide a user-dependent web environment. There is an increasing need for software convergence services in the form of software. In response to these needs, a variety of customized services are provided to a user who promises an optional service environment. Those services can be used in combination according to a user's purpose and needs, instead of providing an environment in which a user purchases and uses software locally. In particular, because cloud computing provides the process that a user gain accessing authority to the system which has been granted a service access right for a certain period of time, and including a process of expire the corresponding right is completed, a various authority access control method is designed. In this paper, we define the roles of users who access cloud computing service, and manage user rights according to each role, provide and expire appropriate service resources according to user's privilege and session information. Moreover we analyzed the procedures for constructing an algorithm for service ripple effects according to the procedure of granting service resources to each user and accessing web services and constructing a new role.

The impact of technological innovation upon servitization

PurposeFor most manufacturing firms, technological innovations are usually the key strategies to gain their competitive advantages. However, competing strategically through service provision is becoming an important strategy for most industries. A growing demand for packaged product and service delivery is blurring the traditional boundaries between manufacturing and service firms. This trend is called “servitization.” Prior research had different perspectives on the relationship between technological innovations and servitization. Some argued that as servitization exerts the innovative convergence of products and services, the possession of appropriate readiness and absorption capacity through technological innovations for a manufacturing firm is critical to the success of servitization. In contrast, some argued that the knowledge gained from developing technological innovations cannot be applied to the creation of services due to the fundamental difference between technology and service. These contradicting arguments motivated the authors to study the relationship between technological innovations and servitization a step further. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachTo address the research gap, the authors conducted an empirical study based on the large-scale samples from the second Taiwan Community Innovation Survey (Taiwan CIS). A multivariate logistic regression model was applied in the research.FindingsThe authors found that different types of technological innovations, namely product innovation and process innovation, have different impacts on servitization. The innovativeness level of the technological innovation moderates the relationship between technological innovation and servitization. Based on the above findings, this research specifically explains the causes of the contradictory results of the prior research.Originality/valueThe values of this research are twofold. Its academic contribution rests on bridging the literature of innovation and servitization, and on providing a model to clarify the relationships among technological innovation type, level of innovativeness and servitization. Its practical contribution lies in its establishment of a guideline that illuminates manufacturing firms reinforcing service delivery through their existing technological innovation trajectory.

The challenge of forward-looking regulation

Good regulation must be forward looking, otherwise it is quickly obsolete. The 2003 Communications Act asked what the communications industries would look like in ten years’ time and set out a regulatory framework to address future developments in the interests of citizens and consumers. It decided that the key theme of the next ten years would be the convergence of platforms, industries and services including audio-visual. It created Ofcom – a converged regulator that had the right powers to deal with a converged world. When Chi Onwurah was Head of Telecoms Technology at Ofcom, she worked closely with industry and legislators in the United Kingdom and across Europe to ensure that citizens and consumers benefitted from convergence. This was possible thanks to the forward-looking regulatory framework that had been put into place by the 2003 Act. There was a long period of debate and discussion with a green paper and a white paper before the 2003 Communications Act was passed. This was necessary to understand the likely impact of convergence. The next big transformation in communications is data – and we are not even in the discussion stage, let alone in a position to legislate. From the regulation of opaque machine learning algorithms to fake news to data rights, technological evolution is generating challenges legislators and regulators do not seem close to solving. In this article the author will discuss these issues and the need to bring about forward-looking changes to the law.

A Study on the Linkage and Convergence of Academic Information Services in Science and Technology

A Study on the Linkage and Convergence of Academic Information Services in Science and Technology

The Design of 5G Smart City Convergence Service Platform

The Design of 5G Smart City Convergence Service Platform

Discovering emerging business ideas based on crowdfunded software projects

User-centered innovation has attracted considerable interest for exploiting emerging business ideas. We suggest a novel framework for discovering emerging business ideas and their combination with user-centered innovation in the software industry based on design thinking processes. We apply topic modeling to projects on Kickstarter which is one of the largest crowdfunding platforms in the world. We adopt conjoint analysis to find which topics are most preferred upon the platform in terms of the amount of funding that they have received. From our findings, the convergence of smart assistant services with various domains, such as tutoring mathematics and seeking job opportunities, is recommended as an emerging idea for software businesses. We also find that the ideas preferred in the US are different from those preferred in other countries. Our findings can be exploited effectively for decision support in establishing a new business model. Finally, this study contributes to discovering emerging business ideas by connecting user-centered innovation with a design thinking perspective.

Decentralization in France: experience for Ukraine

The article analyzes the processes of decentralization of power in France. France is one of the few European countries that have accumulated considerable experience in the field of decentralization of public administration through the expansion of the powers and responsibilities of local governments.Assessing the vast experience of territorial reforms accumulated in France for almost three and a half decades, it should be noted that, despite the positive results (for example, in the field of local government development, intermunicipal cooperation, etc.), many important problems remained unresolved. Contrary to the expectations of the reformers, the administrative and territorial structure of the country did not become simpler and more understandable.The number of levels and types of territorial units has increased. To three historical levels (communes, departments and state) regions were added.It should be noted and one more direction of reforms in France. It is about increasing the role of cities in local development through the creation of inter-municipal associations, including cities and adjacent territories.Also, after analyzing the process of decentralization in France, it is useful to point out that in our opinion decentralization should be considered as a powerful instrument of public administration, the key task of which is not to redistribute power between the state and the administrative units, but to redistribute the powers between them for the provision of various public services to the population. and different legal entities in the most effective way (convergence of services with simultaneous saving of budget expenditures), in order to create conditions for dynamic the flow of communities and the state as a whole.The construction of a decentralization model in Ukraine may have its own national peculiarities, but the use of examples of foreign good practices is a significant factor in the search for a Ukrainian model of development, therefore, in today’s world, the use of international experience regarding quality and efficient decentralization becomes relevant.

Evaluation of Policy and Regulatory Challenges of DFS ICT Ecosystem in Zambia

DFS regulations including that of mobile money services have been discussed at length in Sub-Saharan region as the answer to financially include the poor and providing access to affordable financial services. Their set up costs are cheaper than traditional Brick and Mortar banking services and Africa is thriving at these initiatives as it benefits the underserved. This research, explored the challenges of the Policies and regulations of digital financial services on Zambia’s ICT infrastructure and brought out the inadequacies of the current Banking and ICT regulations. The research further compared Zambia’s regulatory challenges with similar World Bank findex ranked developing countries around the globe. The discussion focused on the merits of overlapping jurisdictions of the Banking and ICT regulations and how they allows for enabling ICT environment and how to improve the overall underlying financial landscape and the financial inclusion ecosystem for the unbanked. Based on the research results, the study concludes by comparing the financial risks thresholds and the tiered bands of regulation which are directly proportional and leads to increase in financial inclusion and brings about the convergence of traditional financial services and mobile financial services (MFS). The study further provides recommendations on the need for a consolidated, enabling, interoperable and harmonized set of policies and regulation to avoid restrictive regulations and allow for innovation in this space for the successful implementation of DFS in Zambia.

An Implementation of Convergence Security Solution for Overcoming of Security Vulnerabilities in Industrial Control Communication Network

As ICT has been introduced into the traditional industrial field and the convergence industry environment has been developed, the industrial devices operated as closed networks are exposed to external networks, resulting in increased security vulnerability. If ICT networks with open and bi-directional features control industrial devices using unprotected industrial protocols, the physical and economic damage will increase rapidly. General Internet security equipment can be applied, but it is impossible to completely block security threats. In this paper, we analyze security flaws in ICT convergence industry control network and propose security technology to overcome these vulnerabilities. In addition, the convergence industry security gateway system has been developed by applying DPI Filtering Technology, Self-Similarity Technology, OPC-UA Protocol Gateway Technology and Unidirectional Communication Technology proposed in this paper. This system can be applied to the ICT convergence industry to improve the overall security level, and it is expected that the stability of ICT convergence products and services, which cover a wide range of household devices including automobiles and TVs. Future research will develop an industrial standard protocol conversion technology such as MQTT in addition to OPC-UA, and improve the processing performance and bandwidth of the system.

The Use of Hacking as a Cybercrime Investigation Technique in Sri Lanka through the Perspectives of the Right to Privacy as Enumerated in Article 17 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights and Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution

The Use of Hacking as a Cybercrime Investigation Technique in Sri Lanka through the Perspectives of the Right to Privacy as Enumerated in Article 17 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights and Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution

ANALISIS SITUASIONAL PERUSAHAAN PENYEDIA LAYANAN BROADBAND DI ERA BISNIS DIGITAL

Abstract. The growing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industryleading to the convergence of services. The depletion of industry boundaries causesthe level of competition to be more stringent. The latest competition challenge ofbroadband service providers in the digital business era is from Over The Top (OTT)service providers that provide applications and content. The purpose of this researchis to conduct gap analysis and Structure Conduct Performance (SCP) analysis. Gapanalysis includes the firm's capability gap against environmental turbulenceexpectations as well as resource gaps and performance. The method used isquantitative analysis and descriptive statistics analysis using secondary data. Theresearch results have shown that the company's capability has not been suitable tothe expectations of environmental turbulence and there are gaps in resources andperformance. This research also results have shown that the market concentrationlevel in industry is high, but the behavior of the company competes and producesgood profit level. The implication of the research results are the company needs tomake efforts to transform the capability and strategy to keep the company growingand sustainable.

Design and Evaluation of Enterprise Network with Converged Services

The need to run various media through one infrastructure is the primary reason of the emergence of converged network. The reason is because company wants to reduce investment and maintenance cost by investing on single integrated network rather than traditional separated telecommunication, broadcasting and internet network. In this research, we use top down network design approach to create converged network design that tailored to fulfill the requirement from business and technical aspects. It is started by analyzing design requirement, perform logical and physical design, and perform design testing. Both data and voice traffic should be working well in converged network. In order to optimize the network design, the quality of service (QoS) will be considered. It will be used to accomodate various kind of traffic in this network. Simulation and experiment results show that the proposed network design can satisfy required QoS of converged service network. The proposed network design also performs better availability compared to the existing network design.

Designing Two-list Group Program Driven Algorithm for Channel Navigation in Internet Protocol Television

The internet protocol television took the advantage of the convergence of internet services to provide seamless interactivity, time shifting, video on demand and pay per view services. However, zapping delay is a critical problem that deters the switching intention of terrestrial subscribers and widespread of internet protocol television services. This article presents the design of an effective two-list group program driven algorithm that minimises the channel seek distance and channel seek time in order to reduce zapping delay in internet protocol television. The algorithm groups similar channel programs in related service categories such as news, movies, sports, music and documentary to make it easier for channels with similarly aired programs to be identified rapidly among several channels that an internet protocol television offers. The simulated results of the proposed algorithm show that the average seek distance is significantly reduced by 58% when benchmarked with the state of the art numerical ordering, frequency circular ordering and frequency interleaved ordering.

The Convergence of Agriculture and Services in Hainan Province Based on Input-output Model

With input-output table of 2002, 2007 and 2012 in Hainan province as data source, the direct consumption coefficients, complete consumption coefficients, influence coefficients and induction coefficients were calculated to build the input-output model, by which the industrial relevancy and spread degree and trend of agriculture and services in Hainan province were analyzed, so as to empirical research the convergence of agriculture and services in Hainan province. The results showed that the gross output of Hainan agriculture decreased continuously, and the gross output of services raised in waves but technology and knowledge intensity still low. The consumption demand for agriculture in services was greater relatively, and mainly indirect consumption. The demand intensity of agriculture on the national economy was larger, while services had relatively strong initiative to integrate into agriculture. At last, some suggestions were put forward to promote the convergence development of agriculture and services in Hainan province.

What is 5G? Emerging 5G Mobile Services and Network Requirements

In this paper, emerging 5G mobile services are investigated and categorized from the perspective of not service providers, but end-users. The development of 5G mobile services is based on an intensive analysis of the global trends in mobile services. Additionally, several indispensable service requirements, essential for realizing service scenarios presented, are described. To illustrate the changes in societies and in daily life in the 5G era, five megatrends, including the explosion of mobile data traffic, the rapid increase in connected devices, everything on the cloud, hyper-realistic media for convergence services and knowledge as a service enabled by big-data analysis, are examined. Based on such trends, we classify the new 5G services into five categories in terms of the end-users’ experience as follows: immersive 5G services, intelligent 5G services, omnipresent 5G services, autonomous 5G services and public 5G services. Moreover, several 5G service scenarios in each service category are presented, and essential technical requirements for realizing the aforementioned 5G services are suggested, along with a competitiveness analysis on 5G services/devices/network industries and the current condition of 5G technologies.

FrameSTEP: A framework for annotating semantic trajectories based on episodes

We are witnessing an increasing usage of location data by a variety of applications. Consequently, information systems are required to deal with large datasets containing raw data to build high level abstractions. Semantic Web technologies offer powerful representation tools for pervasive applications. The convergence of location-based services and Semantic Web standards allows an easier interlinking and annotation of trajectories. However, due to the wide range of requirements on modeling mobile object trajectories, it is important to define a high-level data model for representing trajectory episodes and contextual elements with multiple levels of granularity and different options to represent spatial and temporal extents, as well as to express quantitative and qualitative semantic descriptions. In this article, we focus on modeling mobile object trajectories in the context of Semantic Web. First, we introduce a new version of the Semantic Trajectory Episodes (STEP) ontology to represent generic spatiotemporal episodes. Then, we present FrameSTEP as a new framework for annotating semantic trajectories based on episodes. As a result, we combine our ontology, which can represent spatiotemporal phenomena at different levels of granularity, with annotation algorithms, which allow to create instances of our model. The proposed spatial annotation algorithm explores the Linked Open Data cloud and OpenStreetMap tags to find relevant types of spatial features in order to describe the environment where the trajectory took place. Our framework can guide the development of future expert systems in trajectory analysis. It enables reasoning about knowledge gathered from large trajectory data and linked datasets in order to create several intelligent services.

Design and Implementation of a Connected Car Platform Architecture for New ICT Convergence Services

In this paper, we propose a connected car platform architecture called Mobile Second for developing of verity convergence services. A Mobile Second platform architecture is designed to provide more powerful and diverse convergence services for vehicles and drivers by applying technologies of Connected Car and ICT Convergence in various ways. The Mobile Second platform is implemented by applying Tizen IVI and Android to hardware platforms for IVI, Nexcom’s VTC1010 and Freescale’s i.MX6q/dl respectively. The Mobile Second platform provides the driver with the vehicle’s information via IVI devices, mobile devices and PCs, etc., and provides Vehicle Selective Gateway(VSG) and Vehicle Control Framework for the driver to control his/her vehicle, and also provides a web framework to enable the use of VSG’s APIs for the monitoring and controlling the vehicle information in various mobile environments as well as IVI devices. Since the Mobile Second platform aims to create new variety of services for Connected Car, it includes service frameworks for Smart Care / Self diagonostics, Mood & Entertainment services, and Runtime, libraries and APIs needed for the development of related applications. The libraries given by the Mobile Second Platform provides both a native library for native application support and a Java Script-based library for web application support, minimizing the dependency on the platform and contributing the convenience of developers at the same time.

Searching through the jungle of innovation conceptualisations

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the interdisciplinary debate promoted by service research community by establishing the conceptual frame within which different perspectives addressing systemic and multifaceted approaches to innovation are framed. Growing research interest in innovation has led to different definitions, which are referred to here as “innovation system(s)”, “innovation network(s)” and “innovation ecosystem(s)”. The paper examines the theoretical foundations, outcomes, and patterns of contributions to which each innovation perspectives is tied and proposed a subject and the framework allowing an exploration of an interdisciplinary dialogue between the different research positions.Design/methodology/approachA literature review was conducted to discern differences in concepts and their meanings. An overview obtained using Web of Knowledge leads to a focus on studies, followed by a content analysis using NVivo, which enables identification of key concepts and their definitions. By highlighting relationships among terms, the paper establishes a framework of the ontological assumptions of different innovation discourses and explores their contribution to the interdisciplinary dialogue promoted by service research perspective on innovation.FindingsA comparison among the three innovation perspectives leads us to focus on innovation itself, alongside context, actors, enablers, and governance, which are useful to mark the commonalities and differences among the three research approaches. The framework is helpful to break down the fragmented and sometimes overlapping points of view of innovation and provides a more integrative stance from which to address the emergence of the service ecosystems approach on innovation.Research limitations/implicationsThe investigation focuses on three innovation perspectives and on top-cited articles alone; hence, it can be complemented with a full analysis through a bibliometric approach to test whether the features highlighted are linked to other elements. Moreover, the different approaches grouped on “innovation ecosystems” perspective suggest the possibility to enhance service ecosystems discourse on innovation by looking at different knowledge and contributions that are rapidly growing in this area.Social implicationsThe central idea this work puts forward is that after some decades of separation, there is a need to move towards an increasing convergence of economics, business and service based on the milestones of innovation systems, innovation networks, and innovation ecosystems thoughts.Originality/valueThis research sheds light on the different ways innovation, in multi-actor and the interconnected setting, is theoretically framed and described. By capturing established thinking in different innovation perspectives, the paper provides an integrated framework to making sense of the full picture of economies and societies seen as complex networks and systems of service systems.

Erratum to: Study abroad programs as a service convergence: an international marketing approach

Erratum to: Study abroad programs as a service convergence: an international marketing approach

Study abroad programs as a service convergence: an international marketing approach

A study abroad program (SAP) converges education and tourism services and is typically characterized by high-involvement levels. However, existing studies offer limited insight into these characteristics in context of consumers’ decision making. Therefore, this study explores factors signifying the convergent nature of SAPs by drawing on the education and tourism literature and, accordingly, evaluates consumers’ benefit and risk perceptions of these determinants to reflect SAPs’ high-involvement nature. Our findings on the factors affecting consumer decisions offer both theoretical and practical implications for institutions and education marketers of SAPs.