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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 4 _aUG478
_b.S58 1992
100 1 _aShukiar, Herbert J.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aUpgrading an office automation environment :
_bthe Army's DCSPER automation project final report /
_cHerbert J. Shukiar, Roy O. Gates, Richard J. Kaplan.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1992.
300 _axiii, 43 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aA RAND note ;
_v3517
500 _aPrepared within RAND's Arroyo Center.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 43).
520 _aIn November 1990, the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (ODCSPER), U.S. Army, asked RAND to evaluate its current computing environment and recommend a course of action to improve it. RAND developed a questionnaire for ODCSPER staff members that focused on five broad categories: user characteristics; user sophistication; desktop- and nearby-equipment usage; user communications; and problems, limitations, and desired capabilities. This Note summarizes the survey results and suggests several evolutionary enhancements to ODCSPER's computing environment. The enhancements are designed to address concerns identified in the survey and provide ODCSPER with a flexible computing architecture that permits ready adaptation to changing technologies. As part of the incremental approach to improving ODCSPER office automation, the authors recommend three conceptual steps that, taken together, would foster a well integrated cooperative processing environment: (1) integrate the ODCSPER computing environment via a local-area network, providing direct peer-to-peer connectivity among computer users; (2) add centralized file managers/servers to the network, within which to store important documents in preparation, other important products, and databases down-loaded from the mainframes; and (3) add centralized computer servers to the network, coupled with migration of the electronic mail function from the mainframe to the servers.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of the Army.
_bOffice of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
_xAutomation.
650 0 _aInformation networks.
650 0 _aInformation resources management.
650 0 _aMilitary art and science
_xAutomation.
650 0 _aOffice practice
_xAutomation.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aGates, Roy.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aKaplan, Richard J.
_eauthor.
710 _aRand eBooks.
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