Data-Centric Business and Applications

This book explores various aspects of data engineering and information processing. In this second volume, the authors assess the challenges and opportunities involved in doing business with information. Their contributions on business information processing and management reflect diverse viewpoints – not only technological, but also business and social.

As the global marketplace grows more and more complex due to the increasing availability of data, the information business is steadily gaining popularity and has a huge impact on modern society. Thus, there is a growing need for consensus on how business information can be created, accessed, used and managed.