"Beam me up, Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story, Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living ...

Contents Page Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Background and context 4 Methodology 5 Focus issue and core situation 7 Analysis of main driving factors 8 Scenarios 12 Strategic Plan 19 Reflective learning on scenario planning practice 21 Summary, recommendations & conclusions 23 Appen...

1.0 Introduction: ¡§The Internet will become the primary direct response medium¡ Internet is such a cost effective means of communicating with customers. In the recent years, many advertisers have seen opportunities to advertise on the Internet. But there are still arguments from both s...

Internet Security Contents Introduction Page 1 1.0 The main e-commerce security issues. Page 2 1.1 Privacy/Confidentiality Page 2 1.2 Integrity Page 2 1.3 Authentication Page 2 1.4 Repudiation Page 2 1.5 Assurance Page 2 2.0 What are the curren...

The Children's Online Protections Act defined "material harmful to minors" as material "appealing to purient interests under current community standards; as depicting or describing sex acts, or a lewd exhibition of genitals or a woman's breasts; and as lacking 'seri...

Privacy Consumers and the Internet Introduction A trend of great concern is the partnership of major consumer directory services with companies that compile so called "public-records" databases. Such databases compile records from a wide variety of government agencies, includin...