This work presents a spatial distribution analysis of Brazilian Atlantic Forest Bromeliad species catalogued by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens Research Institute. Our analysis aims at identifying probable endangered species and conservation areas (environmental reservations) for specific Bromeliad species. For that, we propose a solution using Data Mining techniques and the data visualization through the TerraView tool. Thus, it was possible to define where are typical species, allowing more effective field tours.

Information Technology (IT) is strategic for organization management (Stair & Reynolds, 2005), although, many companies lack IT governance and planning, skilled people, defined and institutionalized methods and procedures, internal controls and indicators, and structures for agreement service levels and information security, legality, and economy. In this scenario, a minimum organization and control in the use of resources is needed to boost technical and administrative efficiency, with a focus on IT governance. An Information Technology Strategic Plan (ITSP) aims at discovering the resources and IT in an organization, to direct the technological and information architecture to its strategic objectives. The Brazilian Government issued a Normative Instruction (NI04) for public organizations to develop IT Strategic Plans so that they can purchase products and services. In order to help organizations develop, control and manage their ITSPs, a model was created that defines a set of auxiliary steps in the construction of the ITSP. Throughout this article we present an ITSP development and management model, its evaluation, and our conclusions.

Information technology (IT) is strategic for organization management, although many companies lack IT governance and planning, skilled people, defined and institutionalized methods and procedures, internal controls and indicators, and structures for agreement service levels and information security, legality, and economy. In this scenario, a minimum organization and control in the use of resources is needed to boost technical and administrative efficiency, with a focus on IT governance. An information technology strategic plan (ITSP) aims at discovering the resources and IT in an organization to direct the technological and information architecture to its strategic objectives. The Brazilian government issued a normative instruction (NI04) for public organizations to develop IT strategic plans so that they can purchase products and services. In order to help organizations develop, control, and manage their ITSPs, a model was created that defines a set of auxiliary steps in the construction of the ITSP.

Garantir a privacidade das informações no ambiente mhealth é considerado um desafio para sua adesão e uso, sendo tratada em muitas pesquisas da área sob o viés da segurança da informação, com a proposição de métodos e técnicas que impedem o acesso não autorizado às informações. Esta pesquisa traz uma abordagem diferente de privacidade: a que diz respeito aos desejos e preferências dos usuários da tecnologia no compartilhamento de suas informações de saúde. Mobile mhelath, além de permitir a coleta de dados por longos períodos de tempo e acesso a uma gama mais ampla de informações relacionadas, diretamente ou não, com a saúde do paciente, essas tecnologias permitem compartilhar informações de saúde com diversas partes envolvidas no cuidado, como profissionais de saúde, cuidadores, familiares etc. Esses fatores fazem com que os desejos e preferências de privacidade dos usuários sejam dinâmicos, alterando-se baseados em diversos contextos. Esses contextos dinâmicos (ponto focal nesta pesquisa) não são diretamente tratados em pesquisas sobre o assunto, tornando a questão da privacidade um dos fatores de impacto na aceitação e uso da tecnologia.