The application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing and other areas of human endeavor characterized the Industrial Revolution in the 18 and 19 centuries. Measurement contributed in many ways to the increasing economic influence of these machines. Using formal or informal physical principles, metrics and measurement techniques were found that allowed the comparison of machine performance ...

The role played by storage systems is becoming increasingly important as computing systems accelerate their transformation from “number-crunching” devices to “information appliances.” If there is a single number that can best summarize the technology motivation for my research, it is the tremendous growth of disk areal density. At a phenomenal annual rate of 60%, this growth is fueling almost a...

The rise of the information revolution has led to information becoming a major producer of wealth. This revolution has increased the importance of being able to access and utilise information from a variety of sources, including information published electronically. The Skills.net program was designed to increase electronicinformation literacy skills by providing "free or low cost access to tra...

Editors’ abstract. Middle East Arab terrorists are on the cutting edge of organizational networking and stand to gain significantly from the information revolution. They can harness information technology to enable less hierarchical, more networked designs—enhancing their flexibility, responsiveness, and resilience. In turn, information technology can enhance their offensive operational capabil...

This paper focuses on one single aspect of the relationship between cyberspace and architecture: the domain of information visualisation. This field embraces many different approaches to represent data-derived information in a three-dimensional way. One of them, Benediktine Cyberspace, is discussed in more detail. First, the role and importance of visualisation techniques are situated within th...

Many factors shape and characterize a nation’s or region’s approach to the information revolution. Some of these factors are causative; they are the underlying factors shaping a nation’s or region’s IR posture. Other factors are resultant; they help characterize a nation’s or region’s IR posture, but are effects, not causes. Together these factors distinguish one nation or region from other nat...

Outcomes of the information revolution are sometimes viewed as a product of how market forces on the one hand and government regulatory constraints on the other shape the deployment of technology-driven advance. But social and cultural values should be woven into the equation as well because they influence the course of the information revolution directly, as well as through their effects on bo...

The rapid growth and uses of emerging technologies has changed the traditional library into automated, electronic, virtual and digital library. This revolution has completely changed the library scenario, especially in an academic setup. This revolution is the need of the hour to make research more productive, to disseminate information and to establish a strong network system among all univers...

The United States is in the midst of a technological revolution, driven in large part by rapid advances in microelectronics. There has been much speculation about the impacts of the “information superhighway” on society as a whole, but surprisingly little is known about the potential effects of this technology revolution on the spatial distribution of jobs and people either broadly or in urban ...