Infosys v1n037 (September 27, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v1n037 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 37 September 27, 1994 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowner: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * * * Current Subscribers = 3,443 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE * * ANNOUNCEMENT - MISQ Central * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Net-based Projects * * CONFERENCE - Law of Electronic Commerce: On-line Seminar * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Database Systems for Advanced Applications * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95) * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Electronic Conference on Strategic Info Systems * * CALL FOR PAPERS - IFIP Working Group 8.2 Working Conference * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Assoc Prof/Snr Lct/Lecturer, Info Systems * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0315* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CD COULD BE REDUCED TO A DOT: With a technique that uses an atomic force microscope, Matsushita has demonstrated the basic principles which could eventually increase computer memory storage capacity more than a thousand-fold and allowed the contents of a CD to be stored on a dot -- the equivalent of a trillion bits in one square centimeter. However, a practical storage system using the technology is not expected until early in the next century. (New York Times 9/19/94) LESS STAFF + MORE TECHNOLOGY = LONGER WORKDAYS: A survey conducted by the magazine Information Week found that 90% of respondents with mobile computing devices say that these devices have extended their workday. However, 60% attribute the longer workday to staff cuts, and say the mobile devices just make their lives more flexible in terms of where they perform this work. (Information Week 9/19/94 p.34) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RAISING GLOBAL OUTPUT: A team at the University of California at Irvine's Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations studied the role of information technology in the economies of 11 Asia-Pacific nations. In countries where the investment in information technology exceeded other investments, such as plants and equipment, productivity was the highest. "This means IT investment is more productive than other investments," says one researcher. (Information Week 9/19/94 p.74) THOUGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS: A neurologist at the New York State Department of Health is investigating how a brainwave signal, known as the mu rhythm, can control a computer cursor, moving it up if the signal is significantly higher voltage than the median and down if it is lower. In trying to manipulate his own mu, he found the cursor went up if he thought about smiling, chewing gum, swallowing or blinking his eyes. If he frowned or thought about squeezing a pen, the cursor went down. A test of 25 disabled volunteers resulted in 75% to 80% gaining up-and-down control of the cursor within a few hours. (Technology Review 10/94 p.19) PCs REQUIRED AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES? Three California state universities have requested permission to require that incoming students have their own PCs, potentially doubling the expense of first-year attendance. If approved, Humboldt State, Sonoma State and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo could set the trend for other public schools to follow. Some educators have pointed out the prerequisite could be a financial hardship for lower-income families. (San Jose Mercury News 9/8/94 E1) TECHNO-COMFORT ZONES: A survey of business executives by Sprint found 97% are comfortable with fax machines, but only 20% feel similarly fuzzy about videoconferencing. Ninety-four percent have desktop PCs, and 49% use e-mail. (Investor's Business Daily 9/22/94 A3) H-P GOES AFTER IBM: Hewlett-Packard has started an aggressive marketing campaign, targeting owners of IBM AS/400 computers, and offering them a 30% discount on an H-P server or workstation. H-P's trade-in program is named -- yes, you guessed it -- AS/sault. (Wall Street Journal 9/23/94 B2) MOSAIC AND MARKETING GO HAND-IN-HAND: In the past two years, Mosaic has become "the single most important factor in commercialization of the Internet," according to Internet architect Vinton Cerf. With the help of Mosaic and the World Wide Web, Internet commerce "could easily hit more than $100 million" by the end of 1995, says the editor of the Internet Business Report. Mosaic now claims about one million users, and more than 10 companies are licensed to develop commercial versions of the glitzy software. (Wall Street Journal 9/23/94 B2) SEIKO'S DICK TRACY WRISTWATCH: Seiko Corp. will develop a global paging service to deliver electronic messages and other data to subscribers' wristwatch receivers. The two-way wrist radios can receive messages of up to 16 characters, and Seiko plans to expand its service to 20 U.S. cities by the end of next year, and to 50 by the end of 1996. The watches cost about $80 and service runs about $6.95 a month. (Information Week 9/26/94 p.18) RECORD YOUR OWN CD-ROM: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has developed a CD-ROM player that can record up to 650 megabytes of data on erasable disks. Prototype players are selling for $1,000 apiece and recordable disks go for $100. Those prices are expected to come down considerably when volume sales go up. (Investor's Business Daily 9/22/94 A14) Editor's Note: This is an abbreviated list of news items of interest to the IS community from the September 20, 22, and 25, 1994 issues. Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is provided three times each week as a service by Educom -- a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology. To subscribe to Edupage: send a message to: listproc@educom.edu and in the BODY of the message type: subscribe edupage W.C.Fields (assuming that your name is W.C.Fields; if it isn't, substitute your own name). \EOA 0316* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - MISQ Central * * Blake Ives, Southern Methodist University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) announces the availability of its new World Wide Web site - MISQ Central. Among its features are tables of contents for past issues, full-text of award winning articles, author guidelines, an online subscription form, information for reviewers, editorial board biographies, and two new electronic publications. The MISQ Archivist, is an electronic archive for MIS Quarterly. Here we will archive the current issue's table of contents, forthcoming paper titles, full-text versions of selected papers from the Quarterly, and, eventually, MISQ articles intended for electronic distribution. The MISQ Archivist will also house data sets, measuring instruments, survey guides et cetera that support articles published in the MIS Quarterly. The MISQ Archivist will maintain the same review process and standards of publication as the MIS Quarterly. The second electronic publication, MISQ Discovery, seeks electronic submissions that extend the frontiers of knowledge creation and knowledge dissemination through the application of information technology. Further announcements about MISQ Discovery will be made over the next several months and further information can be obtained at MISQ Central. MIS Quarterly is applying its reputation and resources to the task of traversing the learning curve of electronic scholarship. MISQ Archivist and MISQ Discovery will help us learn about electronic publishing and electronic scholarship while safeguarding the MIS Quarterly's reputation for quality. The electronic journals, although intended to be of professional quality, will by necessity be experimental and, for a time, perhaps somewhat unreliable. It is difficult to estimate demand for our web servers, located at the Terry School at the University of Georgia and The Cox School at Southern Methodist University. MISQ Central is available at the following uniform resource locator (URL) on the World Wide Web (WWW): http://www.cox.smu.edu/mis/misq/central.html \EOA 0317* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Net-based Projects * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My queue of projects for making Internet resources available to the Information Systems community exceeds the time I have available to pursue them. In many cases I have the expertise and background resources at hand -- where to search for Web sites of interest to IS professionals, e-mail list directories and search strategies, back issues of INFOSYS -- but pressing research and teaching responsibilities, as well as electronic publishing ventures such as INFOSYS, mean I don't have the time to initiate and complete these projects. So.....this is a general request for assistance for: --INFOSYS readers with access to Web or Gopher servers who want to stretch their HTML skills. --Students with a class project in a course with an Internet component. --Faculty who want to contribute to the profession in a professional development activity. The outcome of this collaborative effort will be a contribution to the field, greater visibility for you and your organisation, and, in some cases, potential publication opportunities. Some are one-off efforts while others require a continuing commitment (eg, a Gopher or Web server). Your assistance is sought in the following projects: --Putting back issues of INFOSYS on listserv, gopher, and the World Wide Web. The principal archives for INFOSYS back issues is the listserver at American University. However, the files are organised into log files (one per month) and can be difficult to search and access. Of special interest here is making available INFOSYS archives on gopher and WWW with a keyword search facility. --Serving as guest editor of INFOSYS. During December and January I will be at ICIS and looking at oceans and mountains during the NZ Holidays. I need someone willing to edit INFOSYS for six or seven issues during this period. --Annotated list of electronic mailing lists in the areas of information retrieval and campus information systems. A list of IS e-mail lists is nearing completion and there are potential publication opportunities for compiling a "list of lists" in the information retrieval and campus information systems areas. --Internet resources of interest to the profession. As some of you know, I am engaged in compiling "Information Systems Resources on the Net". I have made significant progress on electronic mailing lists and electronic publications. I need help in compiling an annotated list of gophers, FTP sites, databases and other sources. A significant contribution means you will be listed as part of the ISRN team. --The new frontier for information access on the Internet is the World Wide Web. Soon a major Information Systems presence on the Web will be announced. I am part of a team identifying and establishing links between web-based resources of interest to IS. You can be part of that team by compiling a set of information (eg, research centres, journals, faculty directory, WWW courseware) and making that information available on the WWW. If you are interested in any of these projects please indicate which area is of most interest to you and why. From there we can start a dialogue which will result in a cooperative effort of benefit to you and the global IS community on the Internet. Dennis Viehland Massey University-Albany Auckland, New Zealand d.viehland@massey.ac.nz \EOA 0318* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Law of Electronic Commerce: On-line Seminar * * Jon Wheat, Natnal Cmptr Security Assoc <75300.2557@compuserv.com> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Law of Electronic Commerce: On-line Seminar The Law of Electronic Commerce - EDI and E-mail Contracts and Records, Security and Privacy September 26, 1994 The Law of Electronic Commerce: On-line Seminar is education delivered through the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) Forum on CompuServe (GO NCSA). The Seminar will last 30 days and will be conducted by Benjamin Wright, attorney and author of "The Law of Electronic Commerce: EDI, Fax and E-mail". An exclusive discussion group will be opened on the NCSA Forum (within CompuServe) for 30 days. On each weekday during that period, Wright will post new material for all participants to consider. Then (at any time that is convenient) each participant will retrieve the material using his or her computer. Participants may next post questions or comments in the discussion group. Wright will respond to questions and facilitate debate among the participants. Topics: --Electronic Contracts --Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Funds Transfer --Electronic Signatures --EDI Trading Partner Agreements. --Value-Added Network Agreements --Electronic & Optical Evidence --EDI & Optical Tax Records --UCC Article 4A --Electronic Healthcare Data --E-mail Privacy To participate, you must have an account on CompuServe. To subscribe to CompuServe, call (800) 848-8199 and ask for representative 433 and request a free introductory membership, courtesy of NCSA. Registration fee: US$395 (group discounts available) For more information or to register contact: National Computer Security Association 10 South Courthouse Ave. Carlisle, PA 17013 Tel: (717) 258-1816 Fax: (717) 243-8642 CompuServe: 75300,2557 GO NCSA \EOA 0319* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Database Systems for Advanced Applications * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA '95) April 11-14, 1995 National University of Singapore, Singapore This conference provides an international forum for technical discussion among researchers, developers, and users of database systems from academia, business and industry. DASFAA focuses on research in database theory, development on advanced DBMS technologies, and their advanced applications. In addition, the conference will be a showcase to gather and disseminate information on OODBMS systems, applications and standardization. Papers for implemented systems from academia's prototypes and advanced industry projects are strongly solicited. Editor's note: The deadline for submitting papers has passed (was September 17, 1994). Each panel or tutorial proposal should include a one-page description of the subject matter, the name of the organizer, and for panels, a list of proposed panelists. Submissions should be sent to the Panel or Tutorial Chair: Hongjun LU, Panel Chair Department of Information Systems and Computer Science National University of Singapore Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511 Fax: (65) 779 4580 E-mail: luhj@iscs.nus.sg Beng Chin OOI, Tutorial Chair Department of Information Systems and Computer Science National University of Singapore Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511 Fax: (65) 779 4580 E-mail: ooibc@iscs.nus.sg IMPORTANT DATES Panel and Tutorial proposals due: October 8, 1994 Notification of acceptance: December 10, 1994 Camera-ready copies due: January 14, 1995 For further information, please contact the conference secretary. Ms Sew Kiok Toh Department of Information Systems and Computer Science National University of Singapore Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511 Fax: (65) 779 4580 E-mail: tohsk@iscs.nus.sg \EOA 0320* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95) * * Mansour Zand, Univ of Nebraska-Omaha * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95) April 29-30, 1995 Seattle, Washington, USA The Symposium on Software Reusability was announced in INFOSYS article 233 in INFOSYS v1 n28 (July 19, 1994). Revised submission dates were published in INFOSYS v1 n36 but they have been revised again. The new dates are: Paper and Panel Session Submission November 14, 1994 Author Notification January 16, 1995 Final Version of Paper Due February 27, 1995 A complete CFP can be found in the INFOSYS article cited above or from: Mansur Samadzadeh Computer Science Department Oklahoma State University 219 MS Building Stillwater, OK 74078 Voice: 405-744-5668 Fax: 405-744-7074 E-mail: samad@a.cs.okstate.edu \EOA 0321* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Electronic Conference on Strategic Info Systems * * Luis Zeredo, University of Sheffield * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * First Electronic Conference on Strategic Information Systems (ECOSIS 94) Lines or Kbytes? 15-16 December 1994 sis@mailbase.ac.uk The Electronic Conference on Strategic Information Systems (ECOSIS) 94 offers a forum in which people interested in SIS could communicate as they would in a conference. Academia and corporate professionals are invited to submit high quality papers for presentation. By addressing your paper to our Electronic Conference you are also supporting electronic publishing, since any accepted work will only be available in electronic archives (ASCII format) at sis-ejournal@mailbase.ac.uk, or retrievable via FTP to mailbase.ac.uk, directory /pub/sis-ejournal. Despite the fact that the ECOSIS 94 has a specific date to be realised, each contribution will be published in the SIS-EJOURNAL immediately after being approved. Thereafter, you will be able to receive instantaneous reply from members of the SIS list. There will be no charge at all for subscription, but only the join SIS (and SIS-EJOURNAL) command sent to Mailbase System, as usual for new members. Strategic Information Systems (SIS) might be used today as an acronym to identify three different categories of studies and business concerns: --strategic planning for the uses of IT for linkage of corporate strategy and IT strategy and for the sustainability of competitive advantage offered by strategic systems --modelling information systems that provide strategic information, (i.e., information considered relevant for monitoring the organisational strategy and information for strategic planning) --construction of an organisational information network, not necessarily available in a database, but made from fairly dynamic message bases. ARTicles (research results or survey), REActions, ABStracts, and book REViews are invited. For submission information retrieve the Introduction file to SIS-EJOURNAL, available on mailbase.ac.uk, directory: /pub/sis-ejournal, via anonymous FTP. \EOA 0322* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - IFIP Working Group 8.2 Working Conference * * Matthew Jones, University of Cambridge * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IFIP Working Group 8.2 Working Conference Information Technology and Changes in Organizational Work December 7-9, 1995 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Conference Aims and Scope Many organizations are using an increased range of information technologies to support a variety of new organizational practices and organizational forms. The widespread integration of information technologies into workplaces has important effects on work and worklife. These include changes in: the nature, quantity and quality of work, power relations, privacy, and aspects of organizational culture. The conference will complement the theme of the 1994 8.2 conference on organizational forms by examining the implications of such forms for work and work-life, and by considering the social process of shifting from present organizational structures and practices to new ones. Specific issues of relevance to the conference theme include information technology and: --new work practices and workplace design --changing managerial and technology workers' roles --shifting power and knowledge relations --perceptions of working life --organizational cultures --privacy and visibility --coordination and communication --gender and personal identity --new theories of social change Submission Procedure Send five copies of your paper, panel or workshop proposal (no e-mail or fax please) to arrive no later than March 1, 1995 to one of the following: Wanda Orlikowski Sloan School of Management MIT (E53-329) Cambridge, MA 02142-1347, USA Geoff Walsham The Management School University of Lancaster Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK For further information on the conference and a copy of the full call for papers contact: Matthew Jones Judge Institute of Management Studies University of Cambridge Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX Voice: 0223 338188/338170 Fax: 0223 338076 E-mail: mrj1@eng.cam.ac.uk \EOA 0323* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Assoc Prof/Snr Lct/Lecturer, Info Systems * * Malcom Sainsbury, Rhodes University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Department of Information Systems Rhodes University Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of race, gender or creed, for the following posts from 1 January 1995 or as soon as possible thereafter: Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer We require someone with the capacity for leadership in postgraduate research and professional IS practice. In this senior post, practical and research experience in the development of Information Systems and Information Systems people in "low resource" environments (particularly in Africa) will be an added advantage. Applicants with a thorough knowledge of the audit and control of Information Systems will also be at an advantage. Applicants must be able to teach most of the following core IS syllabus at an undergraduate level: IS management, IS development, Information Technology (including programming), data and object manipulation, distributed computing, and IS audit and control. Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems Applicants must specialise in and be able to supervise postgraduate research and projects in at least two of the following core IS syllabus topics: IS management, IS development, Information Technology (including programming), data and object manipulation, distributed computing, and IS audit and control. Within these areas, sub-specialisation in Client/Server and Distributed computing, multimedia information systems and HCI would be an added advantage. This is an opportunity to join one of the best Information Systems departments in the country in one of the best equipped universities and to work in the village atmosphere of a small town, while retaining one's strong professional links with Industry and Commerce in South Africa. Further particulars, application forms and service conditions are available from: Mrs Annette Orsmond, Personnel division Rhodes University PO Box 94 Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa Voice: 0461-318115 (RSA), +27-461-318115 (international) Fax: 0461-27626 (RSA), +27-461-27626 (international) E-mail: adao@kudu.ru.ac.za The closing date for applications is 21st October, 1994. \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * The INFOSYS Calendar of Upcoming Events is updated fortnightly * * and can be obtained in the following ways: * * * * --E-mail: send the following one-line message to * * listserv@american.edu: get infosys calendar * * --FTP: anonymous FTP to ftp.american.edu; file is \infosys\ * * infosys.calendar * * --Gopher: gopher to auvm.american.edu; choose INFOSYS * * --WWW: http://gopher://auvm.american.edu/INFOSYS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ABOUT INFOSYS * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. 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