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International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) http://www.ip.org/ (accessed
August 3, 2010). “Formally IFIP is a nongovernmental, nonprot umbrella organization
for national societies working in the eld of information processing. It was established in
1960 under the auspices of UNESCO as a result of the rst World Computer Congress held
in Paris in 1959.” IFIP represents IT Societies from 56 countries or regions, covering all
5 continents with a total membership of over half a million. Technical work, which is the
heart of IFIP’s activity, is managed by a series ...