The reports about security weaknesses in ICT and the Internet and the subsequent discussions about trust mechanisms and trusted parties have motivated IFIP to issue a statement on the topic. IFIP with its diverse international structure of around 50 member societies is not the body that issues statements on current issues lightheartedly, but the seriousness ...

by Petros Chamakiotis There exists cross-disciplinary recognition (e.g., in the organizational and information systems literatures) that virtuality influences our societies significantly (Panteli, 2009). For instance, organizations increasingly deploy global virtual teams, spanning geo-temporal, organizational, and other boundaries. These configurations bring about such challenges as developing trust (Jarvenpaa and Leidner, 1999) and managing creativity in a ...

by David Kreps In the last few years a revolution in machining has been taking place, introducing a new approach to the fabrication of objects, newly termed ‘additive’ manufacturing, relegating traditional methods to a newly termed ‘subtractive’ method.  Filing, turning, milling and grinding raw materials down to the desired shape is to be replaced by ...