Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive : Systems Integration

KEEPING THE U.S. COMPUTER INDUSTRY COMPETITIVE: SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- EVOLUTION OF A U.S. BUSINESS CONCEPT -- STATUS OF THE U.S. INDUSTRY -- Global Prospects -- Sources of U.S. Advantage -- CONVERGING TECHNOLOGY: A DRIVING FORCE -- A NETWORKED SOCIETY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- NOTES -- 2 Applications of Integrated Systems: Evolution in Concept and Practice -- MOTIVATIONS FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED COMPUTING: EVOLUTION IN UNDERSTANDING -- SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AS "PROCESS INNOVATION -- ASSIMILATING INFORMATION AND ENABLING PEOPLE -- ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Understanding the Organization and the Application Area -- Recognizing Essential Features of Information Systems -- System Architecture -- Data Communication Capabilities -- Security -- Network Management and Reliability -- Ease of Use and Effective Presentation of Information -- ISSUES AND RESEARCH NEEDS -- Adapting the Installed Base of Information Technology -- Software Design, Development, and Reuse -- Methodologies to Guide Organizational Change -- Standardization -- Data Communication Capabilities -- Personnel Needs -- NOTES -- 3 Enabling Technology: Communications and Software -- COMMUNICATIONS SURVEY -- Integrated Services Digital Network Service -- Toward Broadband Networks -- Whither OSI? -- Integrating Communications Media -- SOFTWARE -- Measures of Complexity and Performance -- Software Architecture -- Software Standards -- Converging Software Interests -- APPENDIX: STANDARDS MAKING AT A GLANCE -- NOTES -- 4 The Next Tier: Building Systems of Systems -- BROADENING PERSPECTIVE -- SYSTEMS AS COMPONENTS -- Integratable Components -- Simplicity, Transparency, and Functionality -- Selectable Speed, Reliability, and Security.