CALL FOR PAPERS

18th Americas Conference on Information Systems
Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012

TRACK: Enterprise Systems

MINI-TRACK: Enterprise Systems and Cloud Computing
 
Introduction

Traditionally enterprise systems were primarily in-house systems, but in-house development was costly and inefficient, and enterprise software packages were developed: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relations Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). With the advent of the Internet and Web many of these systems gained a Web interface and some were outsourced, while others were kept in in-house server silos.  Cloud Computing is also an enterprise system initiative and some of the traditional in-house installations of enterprise packages are migrating to the Cloud.  New ERP players that just offer services on the Cloud are growing. Traditional players like SAP and Oracle are working on new offerings in the Cloud.  Salesforce and many traditional CRM providers are also offering services on the Cloud.

Cloud computing is an emerging discipline which is changing the way corporate computing is and will be done in the future.  The National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) defines cloud computing as a “ model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.“  The architecture of Cloud Computing is comprised of four layers: Infrastructure as a Service (comprised of servers, hypervisor, storage and network), Platform as a Service (development environment including DB, integration and development tools), Software as a Service (readymade applications), and Business Process as a Service (applications plus services). In addition there are different types of clouds:  private, public, hybrid and community clouds, with different capabilities and require
ments.

Objectives of the mini-track

This mini-track invites relevant contributions of theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, and practical experiences of enterprise systems in the Cloud. It aims to receive submissions that add to the understanding of enterprise systems in the Cloud, and address many of the issues related to change management, security, management and processing approaches related to the move to the Cloud.  A key objective is to provide an open forum for all aspects of enterprise systems in the Cloud, including their possible changes to organizations and management. A final objective is to receive contributions on possible links between mobile computing (smartphones, tablets, 4G) and enterprise systems in the Cloud.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

•    Enterprise systems and Infrastructure as a Service
•    Enterprise systems and Platform as a Service
•    Enterprise systems and Software as a Service
•    Enterprise systems and Business Process Services
•    Security of Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    IT Management of Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Mobile Computing and Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Change management in Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Managing with Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Economy of Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Critical success factors for Enterprise systems in the Cloud
•    Enterprise systems Cloud migration -  success and failure case studies
•    Enterprise systems in the Cloud diffusion across borders

Submission Procedure

Submit your manuscript using the manuscript central system at – http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012

Important Dates

•    January 3, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions
•    March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions
•    April 2, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date
•    April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due

Mini-track Chairs:

Dr. Al Bento
Professor and Thompson Chair of MIS
Merrick School of Business
University of Baltimore
abento@ubalt.edu
http://home.ubalt.edu/abento
(410) 837-5272

Dr. Anil Aggarwal
Professor of MIS
Merrick School of Business
University of Baltimore
aaggarwal@ubalt.edu
(410) 837 -5275



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