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{"title":"Review of \"Strategic Planning for Information Systems, by Robert V. Head\", Q.E.D. Information Sciences, Inc., 1979","authors":"B. Ives","doi":"10.1145/1113469.1113480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1113469.1113480","url":null,"abstract":"In the summer 1977 issue of DATA BASE, Gene Altshuler reviewed a book entitled Strategic Planning for MIS (Ephraim R. McLean & John V. Soden, Wiley-Interscience, 1977). Since that time, MIS planning has received a considerable amount of attention. Now Robert Head presents another treatment of information system's strategic planning.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124180092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems, by Ben Shneiderman\", Winthrop Computer Systems Series, 1980","authors":"M. Olson","doi":"10.1145/1113469.1113473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1113469.1113473","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of Software Psychology, according to Professor Shneiderman, is \"to facilitate the human use of computers.\" This is a significant goal and one for which a good book is long overdue. However, Professor Shneiderman's book does not quite reach its objective. In fact he is primarily concerned with programmer behavior; the stated objectives of Software Psychology are to enhance programming practice, refine programming techniques, improve teaching, develop software metrics and assess programmer aptitude and abilities. He does a thorough job of assessing the current state of the art in accomplishment of these objectives and in the last few chapters he focuses on design of systems for the nonprogramming user. But his concern is with facilitating computer usage, not with the broad issues of the impact of computer usage on individuals as organization members, as managers and as productive members of the society. For me, the title was somewhat misleading.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130276377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"Data Communications Components: Characteristics, Operation, Application, by Gilbert Held\", Hayden Books, 1979","authors":"B. Ives","doi":"10.1145/1113469.1113475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1113469.1113475","url":null,"abstract":"Did you ever wonder whether a multiport modem was more appropriate than a standard modem interfaced to a timedivision multiplexor? For that matter, have you ever heard of a multiport modem? Well Gilbert Held has and he describes it and 24 other data communications components in this handy reference.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128181457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"Humanized Input, by T. Gilb and G. M. Weinberg\", Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1977","authors":"Stephen R. Barkin","doi":"10.1145/1040730.1040734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040730.1040734","url":null,"abstract":"Certainly a problem area of business data processing is the control of input. We have seen, however, few publications directed at this error-prone topic. Glib and Weinberg have given us the first volume I have seen solely concerned with input design and control. On its plus side, the book presents in handbook form chapters on default messages, positional messages, checkwords, checking and variance. I found these chapters to make good sense and provide many useful techniques to exercise over input.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114693755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"The Data Center Disaster Consultant, by K. W. Lord Jr.\", QED Information Sciences, Wellesley, MA, 1977","authors":"Stephen R. Barkin","doi":"10.1145/1040730.1040737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040730.1040737","url":null,"abstract":"A topic of increasing concern in recent years has been the protection of the physical components of computer systems and data from the unauthorized hands of man and nature. This presents little that is not common sense, little that we could not sit down ourselves and, given the time, conclude. Its contribution to the literature, however, is that it presents a rather complete and concise coverage of this important topic. The language is terse and topics are covered too quickly, but the checklists provided could be an important asset to the computer center manager. This book should be strongly considered by those interested in this topic.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128500247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"The Environment for System Programs, by F. G. Withington\", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1978","authors":"Stephen R. Barkin","doi":"10.1145/1040730.1040735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040730.1040735","url":null,"abstract":"One of the ongoing problems facing business data processing has been that many of our programming personnel have come to us with educational and professional backgrounds that are nonbusiness related. As such, their knowledge of the users, organizations and products for which programs are designed is initially limited. Until a thorough understanding of the environment in which they function is obtained, these programmers must have a limited effectiveness. Fred Withington has given us a product that will quickly provide a fundamental understanding of this business data processing environment.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114193396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"High Level COBOL Programming, by G. Weinberg, S. Wright, R. Kauffman, M. Goetz\", Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1977","authors":"Stephen R. Barkin","doi":"10.1145/1040730.1040736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040730.1040736","url":null,"abstract":"This is a book for those organizations or programmers who are interested in establishing, improving or verifying their programming standards. Recognizing the heavy investments in programming, this is a handbook of COBOL style, documentation technique and testing standards that if referenced may well save bucks and increase quality and control.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114359681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of \"The Little Book of Basic Style: How to Write a Program You Can Read, by John M. Nevison\", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1978","authors":"Stephen R. Barkin","doi":"10.1145/1113461.1113467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1113461.1113467","url":null,"abstract":"My first reaction to this book was, \"Who needs it?\" But then several thoughts crossed my mind: BASIC is rapidly gaining acceptance as a major programming language. Many vendors, including IBM, are offering BASIC as the primary language for their smallest business orientated systems. The National Bureau of Standards is expected to adopt Federal Information Processing Standards for BASIC. And besides, BASIC is the only higher-level language that is generally available to the personal computer crowd. With those thoughts in mind, I looked a little more deeply into this book that promises to show \"how to write a program you can read.\"","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123376012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Japan and the largest very large Data Base conference yet","authors":"Thomas E. Murray","doi":"10.1145/1040720.1040724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040720.1040724","url":null,"abstract":"\"It is our great pleasure to welcome all of you to the Third International Conference on Very Large Data Bases. We hope that the conference will contr ibute to the learning process of data base communities by providing a forum for discussion and by the publication of papers addressing both theory and practice.\" So spoke Dr. Tosio Kitagawa, Fujitsu Ltd., president of the Information Processing Society of Japan and honorary chairman of the conference which got under way in Tokyo on October 6, sponsored by ACM and its SIGBDP, SIGIR and SIGMOD; IFIP; IEEE Computer Society and its Technical Committee on Data base Engineering; Society for Management Information Systems; Information Processing Society of Japan; Japan Special Research Project on Scientific Information Systems, and the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of Japan. Why Tokyo? After holding the first VLDB conference in Framingham, Massachuset ts, and the second one in Brussels, Belgium, why select Japan for this year's conference? The answer is suggested in the opening remarks of Dr. Hermann Schmutz, IBM Heidelberg Scientific Center and the conference's European coordinator, who stimulated considerable European interest and participation in the conference: \"The hosting country is well known in Europe for its advanced technological status,\" he said. \"However, the traditionally close relationships between Japan and Europe in cultural and economical affairs have so far not been adequately matched by communication between computer experts from the two geographical areas. The third VLDB conference is used as an excellent opportunity to reduce this communication gap.\" By way of background (data from Japan Information Processing Development Center's Computer White Paper, 1976 Edition, Tokyo, Japan): • Japan is the only country in the world, outside the United States, where domestic computer manufacturers have a majority share of the computer market: 63.6 percent on an installed computer basis and 56.9 percent in terms of value, as of the end of March 1976. • Total number of domestic and foreign general-purpose computers in operation in Japan as of September 1975 was 32,447 (up 20.9 percent over the year earlier). By the end of March 1976, the number had grown to 35,305. The breakdown by machine size as of March 1976 was:","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130924742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Automated court case management in the prosecutor's office","authors":"Garrett H. Byrne","doi":"10.1145/1040720.1040726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1040720.1040726","url":null,"abstract":"College students in the 1980s will look back over the literature of the 1960s and 1970s and note with amusement the amount of space devoted to the issue of executives' lack of use of computers. Those reticent executives will by then be basking in the breeze at their retirement homes. I have to admit my excitement in being involved over the years in this change in the educational process. I'm retiring too--from work on this issue. I've begun work on a very different subject. Our industry has reached a position of maturity, after 25 years. The aura and excitement of the field itself is no longer attracting people nor retaining them. We are acquiring some of the characteristics of older disciplines, such as engineering and accounting. Problems of turnover and absenteeism are becoming significant. Problems of meeting cost and schedule targets for large system development projects continue to plague us. We've spent a great deal of time on techniques to improve productivity. I believe we need to devote equal time to the problem of employee motivation. I'm on my sabbatical leave this year and am starting a nationwide study on identifying key factors for motivating DP professionals.","PeriodicalId":152518,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigmis Database","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115817920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}