Designing Portable Collaborative Networks: A middleware solution to keep pace with the ever-changing ways in which mobile workers collaborate

Peer-to-peer technology and wireless networking offer great potential for working together away from the desk - but they also introduce unique software and infrastructure challenges. The traditional idea of the work environment is anchored to a central location - the desk and office - where the reso...

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Published in:ACM queue 2003-05, Vol.1 (3), p.40-49
Main Authors: Bartram, Lyn, Blackstock, Michael
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:Peer-to-peer technology and wireless networking offer great potential for working together away from the desk - but they also introduce unique software and infrastructure challenges. The traditional idea of the work environment is anchored to a central location - the desk and office - where the resources needed for the job are located. Even in the many professions where the practitioners move among different field locations, such as professional consulting, health care, or resource exploration, the full set of information and technology resources has been available only in fixed locations where the workers "check in" periodically to integrate their field results back into the larger picture.
ISSN:1542-7730
1542-7749
DOI:10.1145/846057.864026