Journal of Systems Management articles from May 1994

Journal of Systems Management archives from May 1994

Legal liability of the knowledge engineer. (IS Management)
May 1, 1994... Everyone is familiar with the game where a message is whispered to one person who then passes the message on to the next, one at a time, until everyone in the room has heard and/or repeated the message to another. The last person then repeats...

Designing data warehouses using CASE technology. (computer-aided software engineering) (Cutting Edge) (Technical)
May 1, 1994... Properly defined and managed data is a vital corporate asset needed for making expedient business decisions. However, most organizations' data is locked up in legacy systems that were not designed to support the Decision Support System (DSS)...

ASM executive director for a day. (Association for Systems Management)
May 1, 1994... What would you do if you found yourself Executive Director of ASM International for a day? How do these ideas compare with yours? Some members of my chapter have voiced concern that 90% of their ASM dues is kept by headquarters but they feel...

The key to chapter survival. (Association for Systems Management chapter)
May 1, 1994... The key to chapter survival is new membership. If any energy is left it must be to recruit new blood into the committees, chairs and officer positions. You must actively market ASM membership. The most effective way is through your current...

Scalability. (client/server architecture) (Client/Server Strategies) (Technical)
May 1, 1994... This is the fifth in a series of columns on Client/Server Architectures. Scale is a big issue in business. For years, the conventional wisdom was "bigger is better". Today, many companies are downsizing, out of desperation or by choice....

Disaster recovery planning: suggestions to top management and information systems managers. (includes related article on disaster recovery options) (IS Management)
May 1, 1994... Several major disasters have occurred in the U.S. in recent years. Who can forget Hurricane Andrew, or the Midwest floods, or the California earthquakes? These disasters have refocused attention on the need for sound disaster recovery (DR)...

Avoiding "techno" obsolescence - the invisible threat. (Retooling: New Skills & Structures for Changing Workplace Technology)
May 1, 1994... Technology is changing so fast today that it is putting a severe strain on most IS organizations. We just can't keep up. Every time we turn around someone is telling us about the latest and greatest CASE tool, LAN, hardware innovation, or some...

How to migrate from the mainframe to the LAN and keep your job. (Conference Highlight)
May 1, 1994... "Downsizing" from the mainframe to LANs can save companies money. Government organizations realize that they have to go through the same process, but there are many more hurdles to overcome in making such a large technological change. Such...