Tehnični vidiki dolgoročnega ohranjanja elektronske pošte

V okviru nadaljnjega razvoja projekta e-ARH.si, katerega podlago predstavljata Strategija in izvedbeni načrt razvoja slovenskega elektronskega arhiva za obdobje 2016-2020, se pripravljajo rešitve za dolgoročno ohranjanje in arhiviranje e-pošte. V prispevku je obravnavana problematika formatov dolgoročne hrambe za e-pošto, možnosti pretvorb iz izvornih v arhivske formate ter njihova validacija. Predstavljene so smernice iskanja rešitev za hrambo e-pošte najpogosteje zastopanih namiznih poštnih odjemalcev naših ustvarjalcev, IBM Lotus Notes in Microsoft Outlook. Na podlagi ugotovitev so zasnovani možni scenariji izvoza in pretvorbe e-pošte, ki predstavljajo izhodišča za sprejemanje nadaljnjih odločitev pri izbiri ustreznih tehničnih rešitev, namenjenih dolgoročnemu ohranjanju e-pošte pri ustvarjalcih in v arhivskih inštitucijah.

Lotus Notes

Lotus was a tri-lingual quarterly brought out by the Afro-Asian Writers' Association. Initially titled Afro-Asian Writings, its inaugural edition was launched from Cairo in March 1968, in Arabic and English, followed by the French. By 1971, the trilingual quarterly acquired the name Lotus. Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the German Democratic Republic funded its production. The Arabic edition was printed in Cairo, and the English and French editions were printed in the German Democratic Republic. The Afro-Asian Writers' Association (AAWA) and its over-arching affiliate, the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization (AAPSO), both had headquarters in Cairo. In 1978, President Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David Accords and the Permanent Bureau in Cairo was deactivated. Lotus moved to Beirut despite the raging Civil War, where it was was granted home and hospitality by the Union of Palestinian Writers. Its offices remained there until the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 when it once again relocated along with the Palestinian Liberation Organization to Tunis. The journal was discontinued in the late 1980s or early 1990s with the dismantling of the Soviet Union. The Permanent Bureau in Cairo was reinstated, but the journal was not as such reactivated. The project outlines a partial biography of a forgotten magazine from a bipolar world and its interrupted historical networks. It considers graphic and textual elements from the margins of the magazine for evidence of its trajectory.

The Research of Software Defect Management

The management of defect tracking is one of important part of testing. The objective of test aims to find out the defect of software system. Therefore, the management of tracking defect, regarded as a vital part in the test, ensuring every observed defect immediately coped with. The paper discusses the objective of software defect management, the definition of defect ranking, the process of tracking defect management, and illustrates it with combining the Lotus Notes/Domino localized defect management.

Using Realist Social Theory to Explain Project Outcomes

In researching IS phenomena, many different theoretical lenses have been advanced. This paper proposes the use of Margaret Archer’s Morphogenetic Approach to Analytical Dualism (MAAD) as a social theoretic approach to explain why social phenomena may occur in a case study. This paper provides a brief overview to MAAD, providing a description of its tenets and methodology for use in an empirical study. As an example, the author applies MAAD to the implementation of Lotus Notes in the Alpha consulting organization as reported by Orlikowski (2000). This approach shows that the differential success of the implementation efforts in the different organizations was due to the diverse cultures and possible experiences with technology found in those organizations. This example shows that the use of this social theory can provide explanatory purchase where social phenomena are involved. For practitioners, it suggests that structural analysis at the beginning of a project may provide direction as to how to make the project more successful.

The T-1 Auto Inc. Production Part Testing (PPT) Process

This case describes the development, design, and implementation of a workflow automation system at a tier one automotive supplier, T1-Auto. T1 is a developer and manufacturer of anti-lock brake systems. In 1991, T1-Auto had outsourced its IT department. They retained a management core consisting of the CIO and five managers, but transitioned approximately 80 other members of the department to the outsourcing firm. In 1994, Lotus Notesä was installed as the corporate standard e-mail and workflow platform. A team of four Notesädevelopers wrote workflow-based and knowledge management-based applications. Another team of three administrators managed the Notesä infrastructure. The first workflow application written at T1-Auto was developed for the Finance department. The finance team quickly realized the workflow benefit of streamlining and tracking the capital expense request process. The Notesä development team and the project sponsor, the Controller, worked closely to develop the application. Following this initial success, the power and value of workflow technology caught on quickly at T1-Auto. One of the most successful projects was the Electronic Lab Testing Process described in this paper. The Electronics Lab and Testing System (ELTS) was identified as a Transaction Workflow problem by the IT Lotus Notesä team. Because the ELTS involved policies and procedures that crossed many groups and divisions within T1-Auto, and since the process was consistent across the organization, the solution lent itself very well to Lotus Notes. However, while T1-Auto was experiencing rapid growth and the number of tests was increasing, the testing process was prone to communication and coordination errors. As part of their production and product development processes, their electronics laboratory was required to test electronic components that were part of the brake systems. Clearly the testing process was critical to T-1 since delays or errors could adversely affect both product development and production. The case goes on to describe the design and development of the Lotus Notes workflow management system. The design description includes process maps for the as-is and the new system. In addition, descriptions of the testing phase, the pilot, and the roll out are included. The case concludes with a discussion of project success factors and planned future enhancements.

Choosing MOODLE

Athabasca University—Canada’s Open University evaluated learning management systems (LMS) for use by the university. Evaluative criteria were developed in order to ensure that different platforms were tested against weighted criteria representing the needs of the university. Three LMSs (WebCt, LotusNotes, and Moodle) were selected for the evaluation. Moodle was chosen with 11 first place ratings and with only one third place rating. Lotus Notes was second with five first place ratings. Moodle garnered 40% of the total weighted score with Lotus Notes getting 32%, and WebCT 29%. The first place preferences within individual criteria show the following: WebCT 6; LotusNotes 7; and Moodle 58.

Interaction Model in Groupware Use for Knowledge Management

This article focuses on the use of Lotus Notes, a well-known groupware application studied in the literature for cooperation, because its features cover the broad definition of groupware as technologies providing “electronic networks that support communication, coordination and collaboration through facilities such as information exchange, shared repositories, discussion forums and messaging” (Orlikowski & Hofman, 1997, p. 12). It advances the debate on the potentials of groupware in knowledge management. It posits that although Lotus Notes has been the focus of existing research, a paucity of studies has examined its functionality in relation to knowledge management. Therefore, the authors aim to illustrate the use of Notes for cooperation, which leads to organizational knowledge management.

A Comparison of Audio-Conferencing and Computer Conferencing in a Dispersed Negotiation Setting

The growing globalization of business is making face-to-face communications, decision-making, and negotiations more the exception than the rule. Internet communication in text-only, audio, and video form are all becoming feasible methods of communication between distantly located parties. However, in order for these new technologies to be used most effectively, more investigation is needed into the impact of various media on decision-making, such as that in negotiation. In particular, negotiators need to have a means of choosing the most appropriate communication medium, based on the amount of richness inherent in the medium, for the particular task at hand. This paper presents the results of an empirical study to examine the effectiveness of a computerized negotiation support system (NSS) in supporting bargaining carried out in a dispersed, but synchronous setting. In the study, pairs of college students, using the NSS, participated in a simulated industrial bargaining scenario that tested the impact of communication media employed and level of conflict on contract outcomes and negotiator attitudes. The subjects, located in separate rooms, played the roles of buyer and seller engaged in negotiations either by telephone (audio-conferencing) or Lotus Notes (computer conferencing). In both low and high conflict, the efficiency aspects of audio-conferencing — a richer medium in which more communication can take place more quickly — overshadowed any negative social cues transmitted.