Communications of the ACM
DEPARTMENT: Editorial pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
DEPARTMENT: Forum
COLUMN: Electronic frontier
COLUMN: The business of software
COLUMN: On site
DEPARTMENT: ACM inducts new fellows
COLUMN: Viewpoint
COLUMN: Thinking objectively
COLUMN: Inside risks
Editorial Pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
News Track
DEPARTMENT: Forum
Forum
COLUMN: Electronic frontier
Conspicuous in Their Silence
Where are the voices defending the very fought-after privacy rights now threatened in the name of Homeland Security?COLUMN: The business of software
The Reorg Cycle
A natural hierarchical management response to a rapidly changing environment.COLUMN: On site
Creating a Knowledge-Sharing Community: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Technology may support a knowledge-sharing environment, but getting users to participate in effective ways is key.DEPARTMENT: ACM inducts new fellows
ACM Fellows
COLUMN: Viewpoint
Peer-to-Peer Prospects
The P2P design philosophy needs far more detail before we can appreciate a clear picture of its potential.Introduction
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing has both technical and social components. Both these components share the attraction of distributed control, where computers operating as peers collaborate to achieve an end result without a central …Extracting Guarantees from Chaos
The P2P revolution promises freedom from boundaries, censorship, and centralized control. P2P proponents claim the vast untapped resource of personal computers owned by ordinary people can be combined together to build something …P2p and the Promise of Internet Equality
Technologies often come wrapped in stories about politics. These stories may not explain the motives of the technologists, but they do often explain the social energy that propels the technology into the larger world. In the …Looking up Data in P2p Systems
The main challenge in P2P computing is to design and implement a robust and scalable distributed system composed of inexpensive, individually unreliable computers in unrelated administrative domains. The participants in a typical …An End-User Perspective on File-Sharing Systems
P2P file-sharing systems enable their users to share files directly among themselves without the need for a central file server. They form one of the most well-known categories of P2P systems, thanks largely to the Napster controversy …Enterprise Integration with Erp and Eai
Comparing internal and external approaches to enterprise business integration.A Framework For Using Oo Mapping Methods to Rapidly Configure Erp Systems
The Enterprise Object Model captures and transforms user requirements into detailed configuration settings for ERP software, reducing ERP system configuration effort and maintenance costs.Anticipating Internet Diffusion
Understanding the sociotechnical aspects of Internet growth helps anticipate Internet diffusion, even in countries with vastly different socioeconomic conditions and telecommunication infrastructures.Closing the User and Provider Service Quality Gap
A method for measuring service quality that includes both the user and IS service provider perspectives.Information Flow Parameters For Managing Organizational Processes
Developing a framework for enhancing the design of systems and improving management control of complex relationships.E-Commercializing Business Operations
Want to incorporate the Internet into your business strategy? Be sure you have a sound business plan, a product that people (with enough money) want to buy, and management, employees, and contractors able to implement and use …COLUMN: Thinking objectively
Toward -biquitous Acceptance of -biquitous Computing
Its potential sounds so appealing, but there are several challenges to overcome before true ubiquitous computing will garner global acceptance.COLUMN: Inside risks
