Local Area Network Applications
Leveraging the LAN
Published in August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-444-81610-8 (ISBN)
Description
A rapid expansion in the use and reliance upon Local Area Networks (LANS) has occurred since 1983. LANs represent a significant investment for an organization but can result in the achievement of direct productivity increases and other less tangible benefits for the enterprise. To date, the most common LAN application has been e-mail, though researchers are now exploring how installed systems can be better utilized to enable organizations to capitalize further on their investments. Unfortunately, vendor claims of connectivity are not always matched by the performance of systems on-site and progress towards industry-wide standards for hardware, software and communications remains problematic. This volume contains papers from researchers and practitioners interested in promoting the more effective utilization of LAN technology and also concerned with addressing current and potential difficulties.
Topics considered include: the use of CSCW in environmental scanning; group decision support for information strategic planning; the impact of task type and communication medium on the effectiveness and efficiency of group decision support system supported meetings; social forces influencing computer supported meetings outcomes; prototyping tools for the development of distributed applications; optimizing negotiable call accesses for broadband communication networks; linking organizational networks with future telecommunications carrier and equipment industry directions; video and audio communications over LANS; distributed notebooks for LANS; development tools in multi-database application environments; developing organizational information systems; implementation of company-wide office automation; use of a LAN in controlling the development of large information systems projects; an itinerant computational server for a personal computer network; and knowledge awareness on asynchronous information sharing.
A rapid expansion in the use and reliance upon Local Area Networks (LANS) has occurred since 1983. LANs represent a significant investment for an organization but can result in the achievement of direct productivity increases and other less tangible benefits for the enterprise. To date, the most common LAN application has been e-mail, though researchers are now exploring how installed systems can be better utilized to enable organizations to capitalize further on their investments. Unfortunately, vendor claims of connectivity are not always matched by the performance of systems on-site and progress towards industry-wide standards for hardware, software and communications remains problematic. This volume contains papers from researchers and practitioners interested in promoting the more effective utilization of LAN technology and also concerned with addressing current and potential difficulties.
Topics considered include: the use of CSCW in environmental scanning; group decision support for information strategic planning; the impact of task type and communication medium on the effectiveness and efficiency of group decision support system supported meetings; social forces influencing computer supported meetings outcomes; prototyping tools for the development of distributed applications; optimizing negotiable call accesses for broadband communication networks; linking organizational networks with future telecommunications carrier and equipment industry directions; video and audio communications over LANS; distributed notebooks for LANS; development tools in multi-database application environments; developing organizational information systems; implementation of company-wide office automation; use of a LAN in controlling the development of large information systems projects; an itinerant computational server for a personal computer network; and knowledge awareness on asynchronous information sharing.
Topics considered include: the use of CSCW in environmental scanning; group decision support for information strategic planning; the impact of task type and communication medium on the effectiveness and efficiency of group decision support system supported meetings; social forces influencing computer supported meetings outcomes; prototyping tools for the development of distributed applications; optimizing negotiable call accesses for broadband communication networks; linking organizational networks with future telecommunications carrier and equipment industry directions; video and audio communications over LANS; distributed notebooks for LANS; development tools in multi-database application environments; developing organizational information systems; implementation of company-wide office automation; use of a LAN in controlling the development of large information systems projects; an itinerant computational server for a personal computer network; and knowledge awareness on asynchronous information sharing.
A rapid expansion in the use and reliance upon Local Area Networks (LANS) has occurred since 1983. LANs represent a significant investment for an organization but can result in the achievement of direct productivity increases and other less tangible benefits for the enterprise. To date, the most common LAN application has been e-mail, though researchers are now exploring how installed systems can be better utilized to enable organizations to capitalize further on their investments. Unfortunately, vendor claims of connectivity are not always matched by the performance of systems on-site and progress towards industry-wide standards for hardware, software and communications remains problematic. This volume contains papers from researchers and practitioners interested in promoting the more effective utilization of LAN technology and also concerned with addressing current and potential difficulties.
Topics considered include: the use of CSCW in environmental scanning; group decision support for information strategic planning; the impact of task type and communication medium on the effectiveness and efficiency of group decision support system supported meetings; social forces influencing computer supported meetings outcomes; prototyping tools for the development of distributed applications; optimizing negotiable call accesses for broadband communication networks; linking organizational networks with future telecommunications carrier and equipment industry directions; video and audio communications over LANS; distributed notebooks for LANS; development tools in multi-database application environments; developing organizational information systems; implementation of company-wide office automation; use of a LAN in controlling the development of large information systems projects; an itinerant computational server for a personal computer network; and knowledge awareness on asynchronous information sharing.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-81610-8 (9780444816108)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Editorial Papers: Leveraging the LAN to build countries - opening address, D.R. Vogel; Diffusing network technologies - from idea to implementation - panel session introduction, B.C. Glasson; Local area networks and information systems - closing address, A.A. Verrijn-Stuart. Full Papers: The implementation of company-wide office automation within ICL Asia, O.C. Abdullah; A distributed notebook for local area networks, H.G. Chaplin; Developing an OIS - some experiences with Lotus notes, S. Desaranno, F. Put; Group decision support for information systems strategic planning, A.C. Dolling, C.S. Newton; Development tools in a multi-database application environment, J. Dospisil, T. Polgar; An itinerant computational server for a personal computer network, A. Goscinski, G.W. Gerrity; 2020 vision - linking organizational networks with future telecommunications carrier and equipment industry directions, R.A. Lindley; Application of the client/server model on LANs, G.C. Low, P. Russell; Connecting LANs to WANs - Utilizing flexible bandwidth allocation, U.M. Maydell, S. Deng; Critical success factors for groupware products of the 1990s, R. Norris, M. Pendergast; Leveraging the LAN - a case study in geographically distributed development environment, J. Paynter; Impact of task-medium fit on effectiveness and efficiency in GDSS supported meetings, B.C.Y. Tan, K.K. Wei, K.S. Raman; LAN-based client-server system - a New Zealand experience, F.B. Tan, P.C,. King; Video and audio communication over LAN, B. Tritsch, A.S. Vieina, Ch. Hornung; Yin and yang, smial forces and meeting design, R.T. Watson; Knowledge awareness in asynchronous information sharing, T. Yamakami, Y. Seki; Environmental scanning and computer-supported collaborative work, P. Yoong; A distributed frame generator and its applications, W. Zhao, B. Srinivasan, C. Avram. Extended Abstracts: Network protocols and drivers for DOS PC workstations, S.R. Giles; Determining valuable uses for LAN in the context of business change, L. von Hellen, H. Salmela; A process study of the effects of GDSS and task type on small groups, W. Huang, K.S. Raman, K.K. Wei; Local area networks in an educational environment, G. Ivers; Logical access security in open systems networks, H.L. James, A.N. Chantler; Computer-supported co-operative work in software project management, K. Kurbel; Improving systems development using the Local Area Network, D.C. McDermid; BATNET - batch reborn, D.W. Reid, D.N. Griffiths; A soft option for managing change involving open architecture systems, C. Standing, M. Campbell-Williams; LAN puts power into information systems, S. Tan.