Describes the need for universal interoperability among document management applications, services, and repositories, and the document management issues facing information systems managers; outlines how the Document Management Alliance (DMA) proposes to address these issues. Discusses the formation of the DMA by a merger of two groups of vendors…

Tom Corddry, Microsoft Corporation's Creative Director for the Consumer Division, is interviewed about the Microsoft Home line of products and the development of related CD-ROM and multimedia products. Reasons for Microsoft's entry into the content market and its challenges, the market's future, and the company's interest in developing online…

This paper summarizes the experiences acquired during the European research project, "On the Move," and draws on some conclusions on how mobility will impact information service providers. The paper begins with a definition of mobile information systems and explains the On the Move project; the goal of On the Move is to develop a…