A scientific evaluation of telecom industry standards: Using enterprise ontology and the identification of business components

Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland (ALU) manages the networks of major telecommunication service providers. The extent of these insourced telecom services is described in a Service Level Agreement. It it essential for ALU to comply with the agreed service level, since violation will result in severe penalties. As of this moment, ALU's service desk...

Enterprise Ontology, does it care?

The domains of healthcare and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are very different. In healthcare, human beings are in the center of attention. When considering the domain of ICT, computing and connectivity first come to mind. It is suggested that the first step in bridging the gap between the two domains is to focus on the essence...

Enterprise Ontology of the Flood Control Domain

Floods are among the most hazardous and destructive natural disasters with the potential to wreak havoc on humans, material assets, cultural wealth and ecological resources. Several countries have used different flood management and control measures both structural (e.g. constructing levees, dams, storm surge barriers) and non structural (e.g....

Applying DEMO to Design a Generic Portal for Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands

Becoming an entrepreneur is always attractive but challenging. Consequently, it would be convenient to have a place where entrepreneurs can find enough support to turn their idea into real business. The Generic Portal for Entrepreneurs (Business Portal in short) has been a project using ICT to build this place. To develop this portal, choosing...

Identity & Access Management: Get in control: IT Governance, people, permission and technical challenges.

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is about managing “Who has permission to do what on which data and why?” at technical and process level. This is a very complex problem for organizations, because of heterogeneous technology and complex processes. Together with the continuous change in organizations, managing “Who has permission to do what on...