Journal of Systems Management articles from November 1994

Journal of Systems Management archives from November 1994

Keys to success with the Internet.
November 1, 1994... The value and importance of the Internet continues to increase in academic and professional organizations. Articles and texts have been published which describe the specific resources available on the Internet and how to access them. This...

Perceptions & attitudes of end-users on technology issues.
November 1, 1994... End-user computing (EUC) has become a major means of supplying computer power to decision makers. The proliferation of personal computers, increasing demand for information processing systems, enormous development backlogs, and user...

Interactive multimedia; different strokes for different folks.
November 1, 1994... Multimedia means different things to different people. Although interactivity is the essential ingredient, multimedia (living up to its name) often employs many other features, such as printing, telecommunications, teleconferencing, payment via...

Service & spirit. (systems analysts) (Flames from the Front)
November 1, 1994... We had a very interesting guest speaker at our last ASM meeting. We invited a General Manager, a full-fledged user, to speak to us about what he would expect from us and what we could expect from him if he hired us to do a project. Our guest...

Integrating legacy & Client/Server systems. (Part 2)
November 1, 1994... This is eleventh in a series of columns on Client/Server Architectures. I recently attended a conference sponsored by one of the leading Client/Server software vendors (who shall remain nameless). The vendor company is in the middle of a...

An assessment of current expert systems: are your expectations realistic? (part 2)
November 1, 1994... (This is the second of a two-part series on Expert Systems.) The benefits of expert systems are often oversold to the business community by supporters and vendors. Performance of implemented expert systems frequently does not measure up to...

GIS & decision support systems. (Geographic Information System)
November 1, 1994... This paper describes two applications of a PC-based Geographic Information System (GIS) as a decision support tool for a public school district. One application significantly reduced the time required to draw boundaries which fairly balanced...