KEEPING THE U.S. COMPUTER INDUSTRY COMPETITIVE: SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- EVOLUTION OF A U.S. BUSINESS CONCEPT -- STATUS OF THE U.S. INDUSTRY -- Global Prospects -- Sources of U.S. Advantage -- CONVERGING TECHNOLOGY: A DRIVING FORCE -- A NETWORKED SOCIETY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- NOTES -- 2 Applications of Integrated Systems: Evolution in Concept and Practice -- MOTIVATIONS FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED COMPUTING: EVOLUTION IN UNDERSTANDING -- SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AS "PROCESS INNOVATION" -- ASSIMILATING INFORMATION AND ENABLING PEOPLE -- ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Understanding the Organization and the Application Area -- Recognizing Essential Features of Information Systems -- System Architecture -- Data Communication Capabilities -- Security -- Network Management and Reliability -- Ease of Use and Effective Presentation of Information -- ISSUES AND RESEARCH NEEDS -- Adapting the Installed Base of Information Technology -- Software Design, Development, and Reuse -- Methodologies to Guide Organizational Change -- Standardization -- Data Communication Capabilities -- Personnel Needs -- NOTES -- 3 Enabling Technology: Communications and Software -- COMMUNICATIONS SURVEY -- Integrated Services Digital Network Service -- Toward Broadband Networks -- Whither OSI? -- Integrating Communications Media -- SOFTWARE -- Measures of Complexity and Performance -- Software Architecture -- Software Standards -- Converging Software Interests -- APPENDIX: STANDARDS MAKING AT A GLANCE -- NOTES -- 4 The Next Tier: Building Systems of Systems -- BROADENING PERSPECTIVE -- SYSTEMS AS COMPONENTS -- Integratable Components -- Simplicity, Transparency, and Functionality -- Selectable Speed, Reliability, and Security.

Consistent Architecture and Efficient Methods for Distributed Development of Systems -- Network Intelligence -- Effective Presentation of Information -- AN INDUSTRY OF INDUSTRIES -- SHOULD THE MARKET DECIDE? -- COMMUNICATIONS: A "HALF-REGULATED" INDUSTRY -- THE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM: A STEP TOWARD AN ADVANCED NATIONWIDE INFORMATION NETWORK -- NOTES -- 5 Prerequisites for Progress -- MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS -- The Need for Government Leadership -- Applications, Demonstrations, and Incentives -- ATTENDING TO STANDARDS -- ENHANCING THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES -- PURSUING ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES -- Systems Integration as a Science and Engineering Discipline -- Computing Hardware and Software Capabilities -- Re-engineering and Building on the Installed Base of Technology -- ATTENDING TO HUMAN ELEMENTS -- PROVIDING FOR SECURITY AND PRIVACY -- DEVELOPING A SHARED VISION OF THE INFORMATION AGE -- NOTES -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Colloquium Program -- Appendix B Colloquium Participants.