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How Do I Model State?: Let Me Count the Ways
A study of the technology and sociology of Web service specifications.
CTO Storage Roundtable, Part Two
Leaders in the storage industry ponder upcoming technologies and trends.
Software Engineering and Formal Methods
The answer to software reliability concerns may lie in formal methods.
CTO Storage Roundtable: Part I
Leaders in the storage world offer valuable advice for making more effective architecture and technology decisions.
Scaling in Games and Virtual Worlds
Online games and virtual worlds have familiar scaling requirements, but don't be fooled: Everything you know is wrong.
Can flash memory become the foundation for a new tier in the storage hierarchy?
Designing a Learning Management System to Support Instruction
The goal of an LMS, devised by a growing number of universities, is to offer faculty instructional support. The actual use of these programs, however, suggests thatsupport is elusive. An experience at National Taiwan University illustrates how a university can increase faculty usage through better LMS design.
Knowledge Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
A balanced combination of management support, technology, and organizational structural factors is necessary for successful knowledge management program implementation.
Costs and Benefits of XBRL Adoption: Early Evidence
Financial reporting via XBRL is a low-cost method for increasing transparency and compliance while potentially decreasing a firm's cost of capital.
Self-Organization in Manufacturing Operations
Giving workpieces an active role in searching for processing steps by available machines in a manufacturing system.
Fix IT-Business Relationships Through Better Decision Rights
"The perils of screwing up (with technology) are greater every year, making the stakes for effective communication even higher." --Stan Lepeak, VP of technology research services at MetaGroup.
Making Knowledge Work in Virtual Teams
"I've been working in computers for years, and only the simplest stuff works 90% of the time."---A virtual team leader reflecting on technology facilitation.
A Research Project with Important Practitioner-Oriented Findings
Exploring a standard that, in the end, "...fails to achieve its objectives and be useful to its users."
[Getting Ideas to Market] Current Issues Faced By Technology Entrepreneurs
A great idea does not always result in a successful product. Often the winners are the ones to make it over all the hurdles along the way.
[Software Patents] The Good, the Bad, and the Messy
The goal of improving patent quality remains elusive both from an economic and process perspective.
A Deja-Vu Look at Software Engineering Researchers Who Care About Practice
Reflections on institutes performing practice-relevant research.
Assessing the value of IT investments has stumped managers and academics for years. If viewed as a commodity input, however, IT should be measured in the context in which the investment takes place.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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