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As the 21st century nears, networked computing is becoming the essence of computing itself. Alternative phrases abound--collaborative work, computer supported cooperative work, simultaneous/concurrent engineering, multimedia real-time interactive work--but the neatest, shortest, and simplest catch-all term was coined in 1978: groupware. The two visionaries who coined the term, Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz, are among the 42 expert contributors to Groupware in the 21st Century. Other contributors to the volume include Microsoft's Bill Gates, professors Jay Nunamaker and Tom Malone, and management author Robert Heller. As with most technological sea-changes, the groupware revolution is having its impact first on business, where enhanced interaction between an organization's members, strategic allies, suppliers, and customers can help ensure that it remains dynamic and competitive. Anyone who wants to know about the future of information technology and group processes will want to read this book which brings perspective and clarity to these new technologies.

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• Foreword
• Editors Preface
• Overview Groupware: Its Past and Future
• So, What Went Wrong?
• Fragmentation to Integration
• Telepresence as an Agent of Change
• A European View
• The Technology and the Tools Getting a Grip on Groupware
• Multimedia Conferencing: Current Trends and Future Prospects
• Computer Conferencing
• The Role of ISDN
• E-Mail: From Simplicity to Ubiquity
• A Personal Vision
• The Future of Groupware
• The Organization of the Future Computers, Networks, and the Corporation
• Metamorphosis of the Network
• Kaizen Groupware
• Impact of Groupware on Management Consultancy
• Trends for Teamwork Cuncurrent Engineering: People, Organizations and Technology
• Working Together through Groupware
• How Will it Affect You?
• The Suits versus the Cardigans
• The Evolution of Interpersonal Computing
• Teamwork, not Jobs
• Innovation and Education Computer Assisted Creativity
• The Creative Input
• Computer Supported Cooperative Learning
• Issues and Scenarios Aquarius Dawning: Human Communications in the Twenty-First Century
• The Dark Side
• What's in a Name
• Groupware and Idea Paradigms
• Singleware in the Twenty-First Century: Power Tools for the Team of One
• A Day in the Life
• Groupware for a Small Planet
• Bibliography
• Index

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PETER LLOYD is proprietor of Frontiers, consultants in groupware/CSCW, and has for many years been actively concerned with the interface between marketing, public relations, and human resources.