Mobile information systems

by IFIP TC8 Working Conference on Mobile Information Systems (2004 Oslo, Norway)

Mobile Information Systems Edited by Elaine Lawrence, Barbara Pernici, John Krogstie Mobility is perhaps the most important market and technological trend within information and communication technology. With the advent of new mobile infrastructures providing higher bandwidth and constant connection to the network from virtually everywhere, the way people use information resources is predicted to be radically transformed. The rapid developments in information technology (IT), particularly communication and collaboration technologies, are substantially changing the landscape of organizational computing. Workers in any business area are becoming increasingly mobile. Workers in an increasing number of areas will be required to act flexibly within the constraints of the business processes of the company (or companies) for which they are currently working. At the same time they will often want to use the same information technology to support their private tasks. Over the last years, a new