Commercial Multimedia Technologies for Twenty-First Century Army Battlefields -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND AND APPROACH -- ARMY REQUIREMENTS -- RELEVANT COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES -- MEETING ARMY NEEDS WITH COMMERCIAL MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES -- REINVENTION IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY -- 1-Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- STATEMENT OF TASK -- STUDY APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- 2-Review of Army Requirements -- MILESTONE- DESERT STORM -- ARMY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM -- WINNING THE INFORMATION WAR -- Army Battle Command Priorities -- Improved Situational Awareness -- Common, Relevant Picture of the Battlefield -- Command On-the-Move -- Improved Target Handoff -- Battle Space Expansion -- Information Protection -- Exploit Modeling and Simulation -- Additional Insights -- Operations Other than War -- A Word of Caution -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3-Review of Relevant Commercial Technologies -- MULTIMEDIA ARCHITECTURE -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- Lightweight, Rugged, Portable Appliances and Terminals -- Processors -- Memory -- Permanent Storage: Disk Drives and Flashcards -- Display Technology -- Power and Batteries -- Personal Digital Assistants -- Epilogue: The Personal Computer Industry -- Storage Systems for Multimedia Information -- Communications Platforms that Support People on the Move -- Information Capture Technologies -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- Protocols and Related Functionality to Support Communications -- The Internet Protocol Suite -- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks -- Software Support for Mobility -- Distributed Computing Environments and Operating Systems -- Operating Systems Development -- Interoperability and Distributed Computing Environments -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- Information Filtering Systems.

Multimedia Database Management Systems -- User-Friendly Multimedia User Interfaces -- Origins of Speech Recognition Technology -- New Directions -- Current Speech Recognition Systems -- Graphical User Interfaces -- Multimedia Information Analysis and Processing Building Blocks and Middleware Services -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- Multimedia Information Access Capabilities -- Decision Support Tools, Groupware, Multimedia Teleconferencing -- Multimedia Messaging Capabilities -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- General Observations -- Simulation: Systems and Applications -- Constructive Simulation -- Virtual Simulation -- Trends in Commercial Development -- BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- Security Technologies -- Network Management Systems -- General Purpose Languages, Tools, Development Environments -- SYSTEMS -- Cellular and Wireless Telecommunications Systems -- Electronic Commerce -- Intelligent Transportation Systems -- Residential Information Services -- LESSONS LEARNED IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD -- Architecture -- Standards -- Vertical Versus Horizontal Industry Structures -- Leveraging Commercial Off-the-Shelf Technology -- How Business Meets Special Technology Requirements -- Leveraging Legacy Investments and Fostering Rapid Acceptance of Information Technology -- Alternative 1 -- Alternative 2 -- Alternative 3 -- Alternative 4 -- Adopting a Spiral Model -- Process Improvement -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4-Meeting Army Needs with Commercial Multimedia Technologies -- MAPPING ARMY NEEDS TO BUILDING BLOCK TECHNOLOGIES -- ARCHITECTURE -- APPLICABILITY OF COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY TO ARMY NEEDS -- RECOMMENDATIONS (LAYER I-PHYSICAL PLATFORMS) -- Lightweight, Rugged, Portable Appliances and Terminals -- Storage Systems for Multimedia Information -- Communications Platforms that Support People on the Move -- Information Capture Technologies.

RECOMMENDATIONS (LAYER II-SYSTEM SOFTWARE) -- Protocols and Related Functionality to Support Communications -- Distributed Computing Environments and Operating Systems -- RECOMMENDATIONS (LAYER III-MIDDLEWARE) -- Information Filtering Systems -- Multimedia Database Management Systems -- User-Friendly Multimedia User Interfaces -- Multimedia Information Analysis and Processing Building Blocks and Middleware Services -- RECOMMENDATIONS (LAYER IV-GENERIC APPLICATIONS/ENABLERS) -- Multimedia Information Access Capabilities -- Decision Support Tools, Groupware, Multimedia Teleconferencing -- Multimedia Messaging Capabilities -- RECOMMENDATION (LAYER V-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS) -- General Observations -- Simulation: Systems and Applications -- RECOMMENDATIONS (LAYER VI-MANAGEMENT/SECURITY) -- Security Technologies -- Network Management Systems -- General Purpose Languages, Tools, Development Environments -- AN OPERATIONAL EXAMPLE -- Battle Command in the Twenty-First Century -- Army Commanders, the Battlefield, and Multimedia Technology -- ANALYSIS OF THE SCENARIO -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5-Corporate Reinvention in the Information Age -- INTRODUCTION -- Reinvention -- Chapter Overview -- THE PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX -- SUCCESSFUL REINVENTIONS: CASE STUDIES -- Citicorp -- Federal Express -- Ford -- THE DARK SIDE OF REINVENTION -- Not Every Business Process is a Candidate for Reengineering -- Start Small and Build from Success -- Inexperienced Staff and Managers Need Not Apply -- Cultural Changes and Support for the Change -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ARMY -- Digitizing the Battlefield -- Effects of Reinvention on the Army -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 6-Technology Management Strategy -- INTRODUCTION -- BE A HUNTER-GATHERER OF TECHNOLOGIES -- TARGETING INNOVATION -- BALANCED PROCUREMENT PROCESS -- ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE AN ARCHITECTURE -- Interoperability.

Reuse of Building Blocks, Modules, and Objects -- Insertion of New Technologies -- Facilitation of Ad Hoc Modifications -- Management Issues -- RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS -- RESPOND TO THE NEED FOR REINVENTION -- ADOPT A SPIRAL MODEL -- EMPHASIZE SIMULATION, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTATION -- MEASURING PROGRESS -- OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS -- Putting Low-Cost Multimedia and Wireless Appliances Into the Hands of Squad-Level Soldiers -- Encouraging Innovation -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 7-Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Appendix -- FULL COMMITTEE MEETINGS -- OTHER MEETINGS.