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Managers and Administrators, I need your help.

What follows is part of a USENET newsgroup posting I sent out last
Saturday.  I have gotten responses from a number of researchers, and
these have been quite helpful.  But no responses from Administrators or
Managers.  I refuse to believe that you are not using the Internet in
creative and productive ways.  Can you help?  Please spend a few minutes
describing how access to a high speed network has transformed your work. 
Note that I do not distinguished between the use of Ethernet or the use
of the Internet.  I do believe that one can gain benefits from either
Ethernet (local exchange of information) or from the Internet (global
exchange of information).  

Your experiences would be appreciated.  Please include a contact name and
your University/College or business affiliation. Of course I will post a
summary of responses.

Bob Reinking
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The University of Arizona, College of Medicine Administration has asked
me to provide some documentation on the usefulness of implementing
Ethernet connectivity.  I believe that our College of Medicine could
benefit from client server applications, new teaching methods that use
Ethernet, from interchanges with colleagues and from access to
information from around the world. What I need is to document your
experiences. I want the administration to be able to read about your
successes.  Please tell us, in a one-page document, why we need it. What
are the advantages. Does it save time. Does it save money? 

What I would like to produce is a collection of one-page success stories,
or case reports.  I would be very happy to receive information on more
than one topic. The idea is to provide something that can read and
immediately grasp by non-technical people.  Ideally, each case study
would include an estimate of the dollars/year saved.  One approach would
be to select a topic from the list, tell how was the problem was solved
before networking was used, how it is solved using Ethernet/Internet,
and, how much money was saved.  Here are some starting points-

Calendar/Scheduling applications-
Specifically, tools that work across the Internet.  Can someone provide
documentation about how much time and money was saved comparing the
telephone method (for example) with an Ethernet solution?

Information gathering tools (databases, client/server stuff, etc.)-
I don't really care what tool (I don't even need the name) is used, but I
am interested to know how it saved money.  Business managers want to have
good, solid data to make decisions.  Can you provide an example of a
situation that resulted in a good decision being made, using Ethernet,
that could not have otherwise been made?  Or made rapidly enough to have
had an impact.  How much money did it save?

Library access-
Does this save money?  Can you document that fact?

Computer hardware/software purchase decisions-
Can anyone document a real savings in purchase cost that resulted
directly from Internet access?

Other-
Can anyone think of other issues where a cost or time savings have been
demonstrated because of Ethernet/Internet?