How [do we] operate a network consisting of non-homogeneous software, incompatible hardware, and diverse communication links without excessive labor costs?
Predictor: Strassmann, Paul
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Information Today, Lois Lunin reports on the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) ’93 Conference, held Nov. 24-28 in Columbus, Ohio, quoting Paul Strassmann, a professor of information management at West Point. Lunin writes: ”Strassman posed some immediate challenges, most likely influenced by his former experience as director of Department of Defense Information, including: How to produce the vast amounts of software needed to replace existing incompatible systems while continuing to maintain ‘legacy’ software and hardware in place. How to avoid enormous budget increases during the transition while modernizing the installed base. How to improve access by non-IS personnel to intergrated systems that offer an attractive alternative to costly local solutions. How to operate a network consisting of non-homogeneous software, incompatible hardware, and diverse communication links without excessive labor costs.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: Information Today
Title, headline, chapter name: Puppets, Verbings, and Serious Reflections at ASIS ’93
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 11, Issue 1, Page 13 ISSN: 87556286
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Vellucci, Amanda