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As IEEE802.11 Wireless Fidelity communications move out through the organization, a question arises as to which practices are safe and which are not. Most of the concern is for protection at the wireless access point to which the nomadic devices attach; some authors offer solutions outside of this device. The following is the result of a survey of 100+ people with wireless experience.

More than 100 IS executives discuss their organizations' plans to decentralize information systems and the larger role decentralization will play in their systems architecture. This changing architecture reflects a changing role for IT, which will be increasingly more responsible for setting enterprisewide standards and supporting business strategies.

In this article, senior executives comment on the strategic issues involved in EDI. Trading partner relationships and the balance of power are critical issues when firms participate in electronic commerce. the relationships between trading partners who exchange data electronically are very important to these executives. the participants in the study also are concerned about the relative power between their firm and other members of the supply chain.

In organizations in which the information center has matured, a stable set of services is offered. A survey was done of 126 information centers to determine the services they currently provide to users and to obtain a perspective on the future of the information center itself.

Image processing is a new technology that may prove to be strategically significant for information management in many organizations. This article uses survey data from 14 organizations to examine the costs, benefits, alternative and complementary technologies, and critical success factors associated with implementing image processing systems.