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The specification and selection of information technology (IT) systems and services often includes a presumption that structured cabling will serve as the foundation of the IT infrastructure. Although an IT [...]

Information technology (IT) requires special consideration in the practical application of risk-based auditing, as defined under both the AICPA risk-based audit standards, Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 104-111, and the [...]

Many organizations are implementing Web services before standards are finalized. How they are doing so is described and discussed.

Everyone wants Web services standards, but many obstacles must be overcome before establishing such standards can be achieved.

This paper discusses managerial aspects of information technology (IT) infrastructure standardisation in networked manufacturing firms. It shows that in these firms, where local initiative is very important and strict central hierarchical control is lacking, standardisation of IT infrastructure is nevertheless highly important for effective co-ordination of activities. A strategic framework to guide managers in making sensible decisions regarding IT infrastructure standardisation, based on a number of pre-existing economic and management theories, such as transaction cost theory, organisational design, economics of information goods and IT maturity growth stages has been presented. It also points at different standardisation requirements for different kinds of business processes and explains that, in networked firms, managers should still strive for IT standardisation but also that the classical approach of coercive standardisation by hierarchical command is but one of the management policies possible, next to collaborative or competitive standardisation. Relevant examples of IT standardisation efforts in a networked multinational manufacturer in the electronics industry have been added. Keywords: Organisational networks; Information technology (IT); Standardisation; Organisational design; Business processes; IT strategy; Electronics industry

Background In 1979, the (AKPA's) Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC) developed SSARS No. 1 without considering many of today's practice issues, e.g., expanding technologies and clients more easily maintaining [...]

Let's be honest at the outset: there is no way that we've found to present an informational article about the ISO/IEC standards without risking a spontaneous yawn within the first [...]

Screw threads are stable. If a standard for a screw thread is developed or reconsidered by standards developers every five years, then the market is satisfied that the standard is […]

When purchasing information technology products conforming to standards, the purchaser should get a known set of functionality, implemented correctly, and tested for conformance to the standard. Increasingly, the marketplace emphasizes […]

Information technology (IT) users should be allowed to participate in the process of IT standardization to minimize losses relating to the social benefits of standardization. By allowing user participation, compatibility between products is assured, and the inefficiency resulting from the existence of multiple standards will be eliminated. To ensure user involvement, it may be necessary to adopt coordinate methods which can help in the creation of user coalitions and in solving problems relating to the accomodation of more objective functions brought about by user participation.

The use of trusted information technology (IT) standards not only makes the procurement process less costly and daunting but also paves the way for more efficient information sharing. Using standard technical specifications for data transport would enable agencies to share information locally, statewide, and nationally.

The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, known as Global, is working to help police executives and other criminal justice practitioners use Extensible markup language(XML) and other information technologies. XML, a standard issued in 1998, is identified by the justice community as a promising technology to securely and efficiently share information among disparate systems.