CIST 2005: Conference on Information Systems and Technology

Technology evolution has also given rise to new challenges that frustrate both researchers and practitioners. For example, information overload has created data management problems for firms while the analysis of very large datasets is forcing researchers to look beyond the bounds of inferential statistics. Privacy, security and trust issues have grown in importance. Recent legislation (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley) is also beginning to impact IT infrastructure deployment. Other issues to ponder include: can we measure the impact of business process outsourcing? What new business models are created by the evolution of outsourcing of high-end business processes such as research and development? What are the governance and IT risk management issues for these new business models? The goal of this conference is to draw interesting research perspectives on these and other related topics as well as to engage practitioners in this dialogue.