January 1991 - Vol. 34 No. 1
Features
International Perspectives: The Globalization of Computing: perspectives on a changing world
Are the computing and telecommunications technologies making the entire world a better place in which to live?
The impact of information systems on organizations and markets
The adoption of information technology (IT) in organizations has been growing at a rapid pace. The use of the technology has evolved from the automation of structured…
Supply/demand of IS doctorates in the 1990s
The field of information systems (IS) has experienced a severe shortage of faculty throughout its 20-year history. This shortage now appears to be lessening. A survey of…
Profiling computer science master’s programs
Master's level computer science programs have experienced significant and sustained growth during the past two decades. According to the U.S. Department of Education's…
The mutual exclusion problem has been solved
“A common assumption underlying mutual exclusion algorithms in shared memory systems is that: b. A memory reference to an individual word is mutually…