Infosys v1n016 (May 3, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v1n016 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IIIII N N FFFFF OOO SSSSS Y Y SSSSS * * I NN N F O O S Y Y S * * I N N N FFF O O SSSSS Y SSSSS * * I N NN F O O S Y S * * IIIII N N F OOO SSSSS Y SSSSS * * * * INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems * * Volume 1, Number 16 May 3, 1994 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowner: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * * * Current Subscribers = 2,910 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE (April 19, 21, 26, 28, 1994) * * ANNOUNCEMENT - HUM-L: Human Resources List and Discussion Forum * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Australian Journal of Information Systems * * CONFERENCE - Trend Analysis Meeting, Electronic Info Industry * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Ethics in the Computer Age Conference * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Southeast Asian Regional Computer Confederation * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Lecturers/Snr Lect, Information Systems * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0136* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE (April 19, 21, 26, 28, 1994) * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NETWORK UPGRADES CAN BE STEEP: Users of Novell's Netware software have been slow to upgrade to version 4.0, which offers a global directory to facilitate enterprise-wide sharing of files and services. One reason, suggests a network consultant, is that global directories "move you out of the strictly technical decision to the sociopolitical realm of how your company is organized." (New York Times 4/17/94 Sec.3, p.11) FAX FACTS: A Gallop poll has found that fax transmission account for 36 percent of telephone bills at Fortune 500 companies, and that e- mail has made little headway in being used routinely for corporate communications, in spite of its considerable cost advantage. ANS (Advanced Network Services) says that a one-page e-mail message sent by network costs less than 2 cents, compared to 29 cents for a letter sent by mail and an even higher cost for a fax message. (New York Times 4/19/94 C3) NOTING RETURN ON INVESTMENT: A study by International Data Corp. reports that money spent on Lotus's Notes software had a median payback time of two years. The study measured only cost savings, not incremental gain derived from using Notes. (Investor's Business Daily 4/21/94 A4) INFORMATION EVERYWHERE: U.S. News & World Report identifies the 25 top information technology breakthroughs that are changing American business: computer-aided design; paperless manufacturing; groupware; online services; document management; customer service technology; point-of-sale terminals; servers; networks; databases; printers; voice recognition; storage protection; fax machines; scanners; pen notebooks; flash technology; advanced fiber optics; wireless technology; videoconferencing; graphics technology; data compression; object orientation; virtual reality; and geographics systems. (U.S. News & World Report 5/2/94 p.46). MAKING THE MOST OF CIOs: The Spring 1994 Sloan Management Review has suggestions for making chief information officers successful, including: position information technology and the CIO as agents of change; focus on achieving effectiveness, not efficiency, from information technology; build an executive team that includes the CIO; and manage information technology as integral, rather than adjunct, to the business. (Investor's Business Daily 4/25/94 A4) INTERNET STATISTICS: Traffic on the NSF backbone growing by a stunning 20.7 percent - nearly 2 terabytes - during the month of March -- the largest single jump in the history of the Internet. Gopher traffic grew by 17.6 percent and http (WWW) grew by 32.9 percent to a new total of one-half terabyte per month. Http traffic grew by a total of 0.7 percent of total NSFNet traffic. (Internet Society) \EOA 0137* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - HUM-L: Human Resources List and Discussion Forum * * Catherine Beise, Kennesaw College (cbeise@vyonous.kennesaw.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HUM-L: Human Resources E-mail List and Discussion Forum Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR) HUM-L provides a forum for the ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR) members and other interested people to discuss topics of interest as well as administrative issues regarding SIGCPR, such as discussion of the annual conference and the journal/newsletter. SIGCPR in general focuses on seeking to understand and manage the human resources issues that arise in the development, acquisition, use, and maintenance of information technologies and systems in organizations. Topics include IS professional careers (skills, education, personality), end-user computing, organizational issues (structure, culture, management, adoption), and human resource implications of emerging technologies such as CASE, multimedia, expert systems, GSS, etc. HUM-L also serves as an information outlet for activities of interest to its subscribers, such as conference calls for papers and participation. To subscribe to the list, send the following e-mail message: To: mailserv@acm.org Subject: new subscription Message: subscribe HUM-L To post a message to the list send it to hum-l@acm.org. To get a list of other possible commands, send the following message to mailserv@acm.org: HELP For more information about the list or about SIGCPR, contact: Cathy Beise SIGCPR Secretary/Information Director cbeise@kennesaw.edu 404-423-6572 404-423-6005 \EOA 0138* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Australian Journal of Information Systems * * Vicky Ho, Univ of Wollongong (vickyh@pcmail-bld40.uow.edu.au) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Australian Journal of Information Systems is a new refereed journal that publishes articles (twice per year) contributing to Information Systems theory and practice. All those interested in Information Systems and related areas are invited to subscribe. To subscribe please post annual subscriptions to: Mr J Steele AJET Publications PO Box 772 Belconnen, ACT, Australia 2616. Costs: AU$40 Australia, AU$45 New Zealand/South East Asia, AU$55 elsewhere Editorial enquiries should be directed to: Mr. R. MacGregor (Editor) Department of Business Systems University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue Wollongong, NSW 2522 Fax: (042) 21-4474). \EOA 0139* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Trend Analysis Meeting, Electronic Info Industry * * Harry Collier, Infonortics, Ltd (100142.2211@compuserve.com) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Boston Forum II A Trend Analysis Meeting for the Electronic Information Industry Boston, MA, July 11-13, 1994 This meeting lasts two and a half days, divided into three sessions. Session 1: with Session Leaders Stephen Arnold of Arnold and Associates of Kentucky, and Martin Dillon of OCLC, Columbus Ohio Concentrates on updating participants concerning technology impact: hardware, software, storage, networks and systems. Session 2 -- with Session Leaders Harry Collier of Infonortics, England, and Patrick Gibbins of Maris Multimedia, England -- covers markets and market realities for electronic information. During the afternoon period, attendees at the Forum will take part in an extensive case study. Session 3 -- with Session Leaders Arthur Elias of Information Management, Columbus, Ohio, and Larry Block of Block Associates, Florida -- covers economics, pricing and conditions of supply. Attendance at the Forum is limited to a maximum of 75 participants. Registration fee is $790 (with an early-bird discount prior to 1 June). Maximum value will be obtained by senior managers and executives, decision makers, strategists and policy makers concerned with the delivery of information in electronic form to different market sectors. The companies involved will be mainly in the publishing, database production or electronic delivery areas, in-house or external. For a detailed brochure and order form, contact Harry Collier of Infonortics at 100142,2211@compuserve.com \EOA 0140* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Ethics in the Computer Age Conference * * Joseph Kizza, Univ of Tenn - Chattanooga (jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ethics in the Computer Age Conference November 11-13, 1994 Days Inn - Airport Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee The Ethics in the Computer Age Conference is devoted to the discussion of current ethical issues in the application of computer technology in all disciplines. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: --Computer Security --Software Safety --Copyrights --Business Ethics --Workplace monitoring --Viruses --Warranties --Ethics and Law Enforcement --Patents --Privacy --Ethics, Technology, and Value --Property Rights --Industry Standards --Ethics and the Cyberspace --Whistle-blowing --Computer Ethics Education Authors should submit four copies (double spaced) of the paper to the conference chair, not exceeding 15 pages. Papers will be judged on clarity, significance, relevance, correctness, and originality. Submissions must be received by May 27, 1994. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by July 15, 1994. Final versions of the papers must be formatted according to ACM conventions, and camera-ready copies must be received by August 22, 15, 1994. Since ACM will publish the proceedings, authors of accepted papers must sign ACM copyright release forms. Conference Chair: Dr. Joseph M. Kizza Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403 Tel: (615) 755-4043 E-mail: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu or jkizza@utcvm.bitnet The ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter's Fall Conference will precede this conference, starting November 10, 1994, at the same location. For more information contact: Donna Reese, dreese@cs.msstate.edu (601) 325-2656. \EOA 0141* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Southeast Asian Regional Computer Confederation * * Martin Purvis, University of Otago (mpurvis@commerce.otago.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Southeast Asian Regional Computer Confederation Special Regional Interest Group - Educ and Training (SRIG-ET'94) 5th Annual Working Conference 21-24 November 1994 University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand The Conference is intended as a forum for discussion of research into curriculum design and the teaching of software engineering. THEMES: --Formal and informal software engineering approaches and tools --CASE tool usage for the training environment --Reviews of existing delivery methods/approaches --Automated assessment tools and methodologies --Curriculum design tailored to local national practice DISCUSSION SESSIONS: Workshop sessions will be held to discuss these themes, as well as wider issues in software engineering. Applicants with appropriate expertise and interest may write to the Conference Secretariat to participate in these sessions without submitting a paper. DATES: Deadline for extended abstracts: 1 July 1994 Notification of acceptance: 1 September 1994 Early registration: 1 October 1994 CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: SRIG-ET'94 Information Science Dept University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Phone: +64-3-479-8180 Fax: +64-3-479-8311 E-mail: sriget@otago.ac.nz PAPER SUBMISSION: Three hard copies of extended abstracts are required by 1 July 1994. They should be written in English in Times or similar font of 12 points, and printed on one side of the page only. Final versions of accepted papers are due on 1 November 1994. They will need to be formatted according to the publisher's instructions and should be no more than 20 pages. One author of each paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. \EOA 0142* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Lecturers/Snr Lect, Information Systems * * John Lindsay, Kingston University (is_s377@king.ac.uk) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kingston University School of Information Systems Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Information Systems Salary: up to 26,802 p.a. inc. Up to three appointments are now available. This is a re-advertisement, previous applicants will be considered automatically. Applications will be particularly welcome from those with recent research degrees in relevant disciplines, or with good research records, who are able to contribute strongly to the research, teaching, and administration of the School. The main areas of expertise sought may be grouped under the following headings, all at undergraduate and postgraduate levels: --Networks and Distributed Systems --Software Engineering and Information Technology --IS Architectures and Strategies Application forms and details are available from: Personnel Officer Kingston University River House 53-57 High Street Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK, KT1 1LQ Telephone: 081 547 7153 Fax: 081 547 7162 E-mail: sandy@isys.kingston.ac.uk Closing date: Friday 13th May 1994 Please quote reference: JS394. \EOA 0143* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * Dennis W. Viehland, INFOSYS Editor (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * May 8-12, 1994 IFIP TC8 Open Conference (TC8AUS) "Business Process Re-Engineering: IS Opportunities and Challenges" Bond University, Queensland Gold Coast, Australia Contact: acstc8conf94@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au (see article 0101, INFOSYS v1 n12) May 15, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline IFIP/SQI International Conf on Software Quality and Productivity "Theory, Practice, Education and Training" 5-7 December 1994 City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Contact: ismatlee@cphkvx.cphk.hk (see article 0112, INFOSYS v1 n13) May 18, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Info and Technology Mgmt Group of the Assoc of Managemt (ITMGAM '94) 12th Annual Conference August 10-13, 1994 Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas Contact: lauralu@vax86.liunet.edu (see article 0130, INFOSYS v1 n15) May 19-20, 1994 Workshop on Digital Libraries: Current Issues Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Contact: adam@adam.rutgers.edu May 26-28, 1994 6th International Conference on Computing and Information Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Canada Contact: icci@flame1.trentu.ca May 27, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Ethics in the Computer Age Conference November 11-13, 1994 Days Inn - Airport Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Contact: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu (see article 0140, INFOSYS v1 n16) May 30-31, 1994 Second European Conference on Information Systems Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands Contact: brunenberg@nijenrode.nl (see article 0128, INFOSYS v1 n15) May 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline The International Journal of Applied Expert Systems Special Issue on Neural Network Applications Contact: a.sangster@aberdeen.ac.uk (see article 0096, INFOSYS v1 n11) May 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Tenth Annual Computer Security Applications Conference December 5-9, 1994 Orlando, Florida (see article 0121, INFOSYS v1 n14) May 31, 1994 Call for applications, submission deadline Academy of Mgmt, MIS Camp (Jnr Faculty Consortium) August 13, 1994 Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA Contact: cbeath@mail.cox.smu.edu (see article 0129, INFOSYS v1 n15) June 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Information Systems Track Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - HICSS 28 January 3-6, 1995 Maui, Hawaii Contact: edennis@uga.cc.uga (see article 0058, INFOSYS v1 n7; article 0094, INFOSYS v1 n11; and article 113, INFOSYS v1 n13) June 1-3, 1994 Computing for the Social Sciences 1994 Conference University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland USA Contact: wbainbri@nsf.gov June 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Forecasting Support Systems Minitrack Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - HICSS 28 January 3-6, 1995 Maui, Hawaii Contact: remus@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (see article 0070, INFOSYS v1 n8) June 2-3, 1994 2nd European Academic Conference on Business Process Redesign "Business Process Redesign: Academic Directions" Cranfield, Bedford, United Kingdom Contact: a.g.burke@cranfield.ac.uk June 6-10, 1994 CAiSE*94: The 6th Conference on Advanced Info Systems Engineering Utrecht, The Netherlands Contact: sjbr@cs.utwente.nl (see article 0039, INFOSYS v1 n5) June 12-15, 1994 EDSIG's First Annual Information Systems Educators Conference "Industry and IS Curriculum: Real World Opportunities" Denver, Colorado USA Contact: harriger@vm.cc.purdue.edu (see article 0048, INFOSYS v1 n6) June 20, 1994 Applications deadline Academy of Mgmt, Tech and Innovation Mgmt Doctoral Student Consortium August 12 - 13, 1994 Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA Contact: gattiker@hg.uleth.ca (see article 0119, INFOSYS v1 n14) July 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Journal of Organizational Computing Special Issue on Network Organizations Contact: atcyc@acvax.inre.asu.edu (see article 0106, INFOSYS v1 n12) July 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Expert Systems With Applications Special Issue on Expert Systems for Accounting, Auditing and Tax Contact: brownc@bus.orst.edu (see article 0079, INFOSYS v1 n9) July 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline The Network Services Conference 1994 (NSC'94) 28-30 November 1994 London, England Contact: nsc94@earncc.earn.net (see article 0131, INFOSYS v1 n15) July 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Southeast Asian Regional Computer Confederation Special Regional Interest Group - Educ and Training (SRIG-ET'94) 5th Annual Working Conference 21-24 November 1994 University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Contact: sriget@otago.ac.nz (see article 0141, INFOSYS v1 n16) July 2-5, 1994 5th IFIP Conference on Women, Work and Computerization "Breaking Old Boundaries: Building New Forms" Manchester, United Kingdom Contact: cmtsw@staffs.ac.uk (see article 0074, INFOSYS v1 n9) July 4, 1994 Pacific Rsrch Institute for Info Systems and Management (PRIISM '95) January 2, 1995 Kihei, Hawaii Contact: priism@uccs.edu (see article 0114, INFOSYS v1 n13) July 4-6, 1994 Third Women in Computing Conference "Broadening the Network" Brisbane, Australia Contact: gurrie@fit.qut.edu.au July 11-13, 1994 Boston Forum II A Trend Analysis Meeting for the Electronic Information Industry Boston, MA, Contact: 100142,2211@compuserve.com (see article 0139, INFOSYS v1 n16) July 17-20, 1994 Annual Conf of International Business Schools Computing Assoc Baltimore, Maryland USA Contact: bapna@moe.morgan.edu July 28-30, 1994 13th International Distributed Artificial Intelligence Workshop Seattle, Washington USA Contact: mklein@atc.boeing.com July 29, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline 4th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'94) December 17-18, 1994 Vancouver, B.C., Canada Contact: deprabud@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu (see article 0078, INFOSYS v1 n9) July 30 - August 6, 1994 Third International Conference for Systems Integration Sao Paulo City, Brazil Contact: ng_p@vienna.njit.edu or iiisis@ccvax.unicamp.br July 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Accounting Education (UK) Special issue on Expert Systems in Accounting Education Contact: a.sangster@aberdeen.ac.uk (see article 0107, INFOSYS v1 n12) August 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline DATA BASE (May 1995) Special issue on Adoption, Diffusion, and Implementation Contact: mary@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu (see article 0049, INFOSYS v1 n6) August 6-9, 1994 17th Information systems Research seminar In Scandinavia (IRIS 17) "Quality by Diversity in Information Systems Research" Sy|te Conference Centre, Finland Contact: iris17@rieska.oulu.fi (see article 0075, INFOSYS v1 n9) August 8-19, 1994 Sixth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg Denmark For program and other information: FTP 129.142.156.11; userid = ESSLLI94; get ESS94.DOS localfilename (localfilename means path and filename on your pc/workstation); bye Contact: charp/id@cbs.dk August 28 - September 2, 1994 13th IFIP World Computer Congress "Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces" Hamburg, Germany August 29, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Diffusion Interest Group in Information Technology (DIGIT) Workshop December 17, 1994 Vancouver, British Columbia Contact: mary@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu (see article 0105, INFOSYS v1 n12) August 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Decision Support Systems: An International Journal Special Issue on Model Formulation: Theory, Process, Support Systems Contact: sen@tamvm1.tamu.edu (see article 0123, INFOSYS v1 n14) August 31 - September 2, 1994 BCS Specialist Group on Information Systems Methodologies (ISM) Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Contact: nimal@uk.ac.hw.cee September 5-7, 1994 2nd All-Ireland Conference on the Teaching of Computing Dublin City University, Dublin Ireland Contact: cticomp@uk.ac.ulster.ujvax September 12-16, 1994 Decision Support - 2001 Toronto, Canada Contact: dss2001@pnfi.forestry.ca, dss2001@ccit.arizona.edu September 12-16, 1994 European Remote Sensing and Geographic Info Systems Conference Boat Cruise on the Vulgar River, Russia Contact: elgyj@aston.ac.uk (see article 0120, INFOSYS v1 n14) September 20-22, 1994 Fourth International Conference Information Systems Development "Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice" Bled (Slovenia) Contact: isd@fov.uni-mb.si September 26-28, 1994 Second SISnet Conference Barcelona, Spain Contact: valor@iese.es September 27-29, 1994 5th Australian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS'94) Melbourne, Australia Contact: acis94@ponderosa.is.monash.edu.au September 28-30, 1994 4th International Working Conference on Dynamic Modelling and IS Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands Contact: a.verbraeck@is.twi.tudelft.nl October 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Organizations and Information Systems Workshop (OASIS'94) 17 December 1994 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Contact: crowston@umich.edu (see article 0122, INFOSYS v1 n14) October 5-7, 1994 5th Annual Conf of the International Information Management Assoc Las Vegas, Nevada Contact: schuldt@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu October 16-19, 1994 Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS'94) Charlotte, North Carolina USA Contact: mzemanko@mitre.org October 22-26, 1994 ACM 1994 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work "Transcending Boundaries -- People, Places, and Time." Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Contact: cscw94@cs.unc.edu October 27-28, 1994 Third Biennial Conference on Participatory Design (PDC'94) Chapel Hill, North Carolina Contact: barbk@world.std.com October 28-30, 1994 Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON '94) Louisville, Kentucky Contact: cohene@email.enmu.edu November 29 - December 2, 1994 3rd International Conf on Info and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94) Gaithersburg, Maryland Contact: adam@adam.rutgers.edu December 14-17, 1994 International Conference on Information Systems "Improving Productivity and Adding Value through Information Systems" Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Contact: shuff@novell.business.uwo.ca December 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Journal of the American Society for Information Science Special Issue on Electronic Publishing Contact: rpeek@vmsvax.simmons.edu (see article 0108, INFOSYS v1 n12) January 5-6, 1995 MetaCASE 95 University of Sunderland, UK Contact: cs0psm@orac.sunderland.ac.uk January 5, 1995 Call for papers, submission deadline Third Decennial Conference Computers in Context: Joining Forces in Design August 14-18, 1995 Aarhus, Denmark Contact: bodker@daimi.aau.dk (see article 0095, INFOSYS v1 n11) January 9-11, 1995 International Conference on Information Technology and Socio-Economic Development: Challenges and Opportunities" Marriott Hotel, Cairo, Egypt Contact: m.odedra-straub@gaia.comlink.apc.org \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. 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