Infrastructure of electronic information management

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Twitchell, Gregory D.

Affiliations: U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive/MS 302, Reston, VA 22092, USA. E-mail: gregory_twitchell@usgs.gov

Abstract: The information technology infrastructure of an organization, whether it is a private, non-profit, federal, or academic institution, is key to delivering timely and high-quality products and services to its customers and stakeholders. With the evolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web, resources that were once “centralized” in nature are now distributed across the organization in various locations and often remote regions of the country. This presents tremendous challenges to the information technology managers, users, and CEOs of large world-wide corporations who wish to exchange information or get access to resources in today's global marketplace. Several tools and technologies have been developed over recent years that play critical roles in ensuring that the proper information infrastructure exists within the organization to facilitate this global information marketplace Such tools and technologies as JAVA, Proxy Servers, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), multi-platform database management solutions, high-speed telecommunication technologies (ATM, ISDN, etc.), mass storage devices, and firewall technologies most often determine the organization's success through effective and efficient information infrastructure practices. This session will address several of these technologies and provide options related to those that may exist and can be readily applied within Eastern Europe.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2004-24405

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 195-208, 2004