Educational Session Descriptions
SuperSessions
Strategic Thinking: Essentials for Leadership in the Next Millennium
Leadership in modern organizations requires a clear vision of technology trajectories. Before court leaders can plan and act strategically, they must gauge the speed and direction of the moving target of technology. While no one can predict exactly what the future will bring, those who possess the skills of strategic thinking will be in a better position to manage change and exploit emerging technology tools. This session will blend a stunning analysis of the explosion of computer and telecommunications technology, practical lessons from the history of innovation, and a healthy dose of skepticism about technological utopianism, causing you to think about the future in an entirely new way.
Lawrence P. Webster is the executive director of the Court Technology Programs department at the National Center for State Courts. He is responsible for national-scope technology research and information exchange and provides technology education and consulting services. He has delivered more than 70 seminars, presentations, and courses related to technology in the justice system. He was the principle author of Automating Court Systems and has prepared or assisted with more than 30 other books, articles, and papers. He also served as director of data processing for the Utah courts, manager of operations and development for the Colorado District Attorney's Council, and systems manager for the United States Attorney in Denver, Colorado, and the District Attorney in Golden, Colorado.
Each national court technology conference has energized judicial leaders to attain new heights in the application of technology. Many of the ideas generated at prior conferences appear on display at the next! A significant factor in this progression, and a highlight of CTCs for most attendees, has been the presentation of the National Center for State Courts' vision of the future. Continuing this tradition, CTC5 will close with a visionary look into the year 2007. By understanding what is possible in the future, leaders can make better short-term decisions, leading to long-term improvements and savings in court resources. The revolution in court operations begins right here, right now.
James E. McMillan joined the National Center for State Courts in 1990. He currently directs the Court Technology Laboratory, codirects Courtroom 21, a joint project of the National Center for State Courts and the William & Mary School of Law, and provides leadership in the effort to create Judicial Electronic Document and Data Interchange standards. He has provided technical assistance to numerous trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, Arkansas and Mississippi supreme courts, and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Internationally, he has consulted with courts in the Bahamas, Trinidad, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation and for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal. Before joining the Center, he directed information services for the Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts, where he automated the state supreme court, administrative office of the courts, court of appeals, superior courts, limited jurisdiction courts, juvenile courts, and probation departments.
Educational Sessions
101 Decision Making in an Integrated Justice Environment
As truly integrated justice systems are formed and new technology is introduced, the judicial decision-making process will change. An integrated justice information system will provide judges with more information, better information, and easier, more rapid access to information. But as the amount of information increases, the time that it takes to digest and weigh it increases as well. As a former judge, Mr. Hargreaves is well qualified to address these issues and to make judges aware of how computers can be used to assist them in their decision making.
James R. Hargreaves is a senior consultant in the public safety and justice section of IBM. He travels around the world helping courts develop their technology systems. He previously served as a trial judge for almost 20 years. During that time, he was the presiding judge of the court for four years and worked exclusively in juvenile court for five years.
102 Electronic Appeal Transcripts
The lifeblood of the judicial appeal process is arguably the transcribed record of events at trial. Traditionally, the transcript has been prepared by skilled court stenographers and published in hard-copy format. The Court of Appeal of Alberta, Canada, recognized the potential of electronic publishing to create a new and improved version. The electronic appeal transcript helps save transcript preparation costs, minimizes handling and storage concerns, aids in dissemination, and provides information management tools–searching, cataloguing, extracting functions–that are simply unavailable when using paper. In this session, Judge Kerans will demonstrate the specific capabilities of electronic transcripts and will look ahead to future formats that may incorporate all opening and closing arguments, trial evidence, and exhibits.
Roger P. Kerans has just retired from the Court of Appeal of Alberta after 17 years of service. Previously, he was a trial judge with the District Court of Alberta and the Court of Queen's Bench, where he established a modern hearing-lists management system now used by Alberta and many other courts. His interest in modernization of courts led him to advocate court mergers and other structural changes. The merger of the courts in Alberta established a model since followed in every Canadian jurisdiction. With the cooperation of the Alberta government, he also established a program for reading appeal books on computers.
103 Evidence Technology in the High-Tech Courtroom
Courts–and courtrooms–are changing. Faced with the constant demand to cope with substantial numbers of cases without substantial increases in resources, courts are using technology to improve their efficiency. Technology is also becoming a frequent visitor to courtrooms as lawyers bring in equipment on a case-by-case basis. More and more courts are installing their own technology and even building their own high-tech courtrooms. Using the recently upgraded Courtroom 21 as a model, Professor Lederer and Mr. Solomon will review the components of high-technology courtrooms and will demonstrate the specific capabilities of visual evidence and argument presentation systems.
Frederic I. Lederer is a chancellor professor of law at the William & Mary School of Law at the College of William & Mary. He is also the director of Courtroom 21, the most technologically advanced courtroom in the United States. His areas of expertise are evidence, litigation, criminal procedure, military law, legal skills, and law-related education. He has written numerous books and articles and two law-related, educational television series.
Samuel H. Solomon is the president of DOAR Communications, a firm specializing in courtroom presentation technologies. He previously held senior technology positions at McGraw-Hill and Lehman Brothers. He has given numerous presentations on demonstrative evidence and technology and has written several articles for legal journals and magazines.
Citation reform, the adoption of a vendor-neutral, media-neutral citation system, has been studied, tested, and denounced and finally is beginning to be accepted by courts throughout the country. What will be the impact? Some experts say that the modern citation process will allow judicial opinions from both print and on-line sources to be immediately available and usable. Others contend that a loss of quality and standardization will result. This session will illuminate the debate over a universal citation system and will address underlying copyright and ownership of information issues. An architect of the widely endorsed Wisconsin proposal and chair of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Committee on Citation Formats, Ms. Koslov will show you how courts are implementing the new system and will preview the AALL's new users guide to electronic citations.
Guide to the AALL Universal Case Citation.
Marcia J. Koslov is the state law librarian for the Wisconsin State Law Library in Madison. She is responsible for the collections and services of the state law library, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and regularly serves as a consultant for county law libraries. She is a fellow of the Institute for Court Management of the National Center for State Courts, and she received the ICM Award of Merit and the 1994 AALL Call for Papers Award for her independent study "Wisconsin County Law Libraries."
Connecticut judges have shelved their old law manuals and desk books in favor of a new electronic tool that helps streamline their work. The Judges' Electronic Bench Book gives judges access to text-searchable, hyperlinked versions of procedural manuals and statute volumes on their laptop computers. Using the electronic bench book, judges are spending significantly less time in recesses locating and researching appropriate procedures and points of law and more time on the bench deciding their cases. A new electronic delivery system for updates and revisions helps ensure that information is more uniformly distributed and utilized. The presenters will demonstrate how this electronic compendium could be used effectively in your court.
Robert C. Leuba is the deputy chief court administrator of the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. He chairs the branch's technology committee and has led the branch's efforts to apply technology. He was appointed to the bench as a superior court trial judge in 1986 and previously practiced law in southeastern Connecticut for 26 years.
Richard G. McGeary founded McGeary & Associates, Inc., as a leading developer of enterprise information systems. Previously, he served as CFO of an information systems subsidiary of Connecticut Mutual, where he designed, developed, and deployed one of the insurance industry's leading enterprise information systems. At RJR Nabisco, he computerized various aspects of the audit area and managed major divestitures, acquisitions, and reorganizations.
106 Court Rules and Technology
John Greacen returns in this CTC4 sequel to discuss the latest changes in federal and state rule making on automation. A revised compilation of court rules affecting electronic filing, fax filing, video arraignments, hearings by teleconference or videoconference, simulated reenactments, and more will be presented. Are recent, innovative court rule changes an exception or the rule? Have court rules moved ahead of technology? Find out by attending this popular session.
John M. Greacen is the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts of New Mexico. He formerly served as clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of New Mexico, clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and deputy director for programs at the National Center for State Courts. He has taught at American University's Washington College of Law and has been assistant dean and assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Law.
107 Computer Animation–What Do You See?
If computers can make dinosaurs and toys come to life and seem believable, how can we make sure a forensic or demonstrative computer animation has not been created to make fantasy seem real to the jury? This session will lead you step by step through the creative process of producing computer animations and will tell you what to look for when an animation is presented and submitted as evidence. This session will also provide a review of recent cases in which computer animation was used and will discuss the issues involved.
Stanley C. Sandstrom serves as the executive director of inData's litigation services and computer animation and graphics studio in southern California. Since 1980, he has provided high-quality design and computer service to local and international business and has worked on many major animation projects. His accomplishments include completing a computer animation project of the San Diego Convention Center for the Republican National Site Selection Committee and creating digital computer models and a computer animation for the San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, and for architectural design evaluation.
201 Imaging/Document Management
Using imaging technology to file, organize, and retrieve documents, courts can achieve improved levels of file management, resource allocation, and public service. In order to succeed in imaging projects, however, courts must develop and carefully execute acquisition, implementation, and management plans that encompass human and technical aspects. Using a successful U.S. Bankruptcy Court case study, faculty who have "been there, done that" will examine issues related to the integration of case management systems, the reengineering of court work flow, and the changing role of judges and other staff in the process. The session will conclude with an explanation of the benefits of imaging and electronic document management.
Mike L. Hadley has been an information systems manager with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas, since 1987. He oversees operations, maintenance, software development/acquisition, and all phases of implementation. His accomplishments include installing a Judicial District Wide Area Network (WAN), designing a case management database for court operations, and developing a document imaging system.
Fred W. Jamison is chief deputy clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas. His experience includes automating five courts in a multicounty judicial district using Novell networks and a DOS database for case management, procuring client/server hardware and a proprietary automated case management system for the second most populous court in Kansas, and, most recently, overseeing the in-house development of an imaging/case management system with off-the-shelf software.
202 Using CD-ROM for Long-Term Records Storage
Records storage has always been a problem for courts. In Sac County, Iowa, the situation was serious, even dangerous. Whenever clerks needed to retrieve archived files, they had to struggle through mounds of deteriorating papers and fight off bats, birds, and wasps in the courthouse attic! Here is the story of how one small court used a relatively untried, untested imaging technology to address its records management problems. In six months, 50 years of court records (65 file drawers) were compressed and indexed on 11 compact disks at a cost of just over $20,000. Find out what went right and what went wrong in the project, how CD-ROM compares to traditional storage methods, and whether this type of system meets your needs. You'll be inspired by this classic tale of ingenuity and innovation.
David Hayward has been the district court administrator for Iowa's Second Judicial Circuit for more than nine years. His primary responsibilities include case management, budgeting and finance, personnel management, and special projects. In 1995, he chaired a district committee that oversaw the implementation of CD-ROM technology in the Clerk of District Court office in Sac County, Iowa.
203 The Court Record of Today and Tomorrow
The court record is a critical feature of every significant trial. Today's technologies include stenographic reporting in the form of computer-assisted transcription (CAT) and real-time transcription, stenomask reporting, and electronic reporting in the form of audio–analog or digital–and video systems. Tomorrow's record will extend to multimedia and may include speech and voice recognition technology. Ms. Artegian will consider the attributes of current and future court reporting methodologies and discuss how these technologies will craft a new role for the court reporter as a court record manager.
April Artegian, RPR, is the administrator and court record manager of Courtroom 21, a joint project of the William & Mary School of Law and the National Center for State Courts. She serves as the chief operating officer of the project, supervises and coordinates professional and student staff, and maintains Courtroom 21's technology-based court record systems, including the world's first true multimedia court record system. She is the president-elect of the Virginia Court Reporters Association.
How can the Internet be used to better serve the courts, attorneys, and the public? The Internet is touching all of us, creating new ways to collect, store, and distribute information. The possibilities are mind-boggling; the Internet has the potential to significantly affect how courts manage their data and make it accessible to citizens. This session will help get you up to speed on the information superhighway by presenting an overview of the technologies available and examples of their applications in the courts and the legal community. You'll learn the ins and outs of Internet–and intranet–technology.
Ed Gibler is the technical services manager for the 59 state district courts in Harris County, Texas, and "webmaster" for Harris County. He has made numerous presentations describing the integration of technology with court and other government information to a variety of audiences, including the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Intragovernmental Technology Conferences held in Philadelphia and Columbus, members of the Texas Bar, members of the Houston Bar, and members of the judiciary across Texas.
205 Reaching Out: The Internet and Public Access
The Internet is the courts' newest vehicle for public access. Richly formatted text and graphics can be available to anyone with a computer and modem. If you wish for inexpensive but effective contact with the people you serve, you cannot ignore the possibilities provided by the Internet. This session demonstrates how the Florida Supreme Court is using the Internet to make information available to its constituents. Mr. Waters will also address the very important but often overlooked issue of how to ensure equal access for citizens without computers.
Robert Craig Waters is the executive assistant to the Chief Justice Gerald Kogan in Florida. He designs and maintains the Supreme Court of Florida's Web site, a pioneering collection of more than 500 pages that has been noted for its innovative use of technology and used as a model by several other state supreme courts. He also coordinates the chief justice's Access Initiative, a series of related projects that rely on the Internet to distribute court-related information to every community in Florida.
206 New Generation Smart Courthouses
A major problem facing courts today is that traditional courthouses were not designed to move information electronically or to integrate modern building systems. The so-called green family of systems includes heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting, security, fire detection, and energy management. The solution is a new generation of courthouses–"intelligent" or smart courthouses. An intelligent courthouse is designed to accommodate expansion and change with integrated telecommunication pathways and integrated building systems. This session compares the characteristics of five intelligent courthouses completed in 1995 and 1996 by several different architects and design teams in different areas of the country.
Michael A. Griebel is vice president and senior court planner with Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., architectural firm. He has specialized in space planning, programming, and master planning for courts and justice facilities since 1976 and has lead federal, county, and city judicial planning projects involving more than 300 courtrooms. He is active nationally in leading research projects on court security, emerging technologies, and "intelligent" courthouses.
Should the procurement process keep you from making significant technology advances in your court? Of course not! Too often, however, court managers are not prepared for the complex maneuvers and negotiations that they encounter when purchasing today's technologies. This session will review successful models that decision makers can use to develop more effective RFPs and technology contracts. Typical procurement pitfalls will also be examined.
Christopher Crawford is a court management consultant with Gryphon Consulting Services, LLC, an alliance of justice agency experts providing training, consulting, and management services. He serves as faculty for the Institute for Court Management, California Center for Judicial Education and Research, California Judicial Council, and various professional associations. Gryphon's client base includes trial courts, justice agencies, and court technology companies throughout the United States.
208 TeleJustice–Videoconferencing for the 21st Century
Videoconferencing isn't just for arraignments anymore. This session investigates other applications of this exciting technology and addresses benefits and costs, technology alternatives, and implementation issues. The presenters will show you how you can use videoconferencing technology to make your court more productive while reducing travel expenses. Judge Twedt will also explain how the Iowa Board of Parole is using a two-way, full-motion, fiber-optic communications network for parole interviews, victim input, and parole revocation hearings.
John T. Matthias is a senior staff attorney and court management consultant at the National Center for State Courts. Before joining the Center, he was a law firm partner in Iowa and software contract attorney for software firms in Texas. He also worked as a computer programmer and systems analyst for five years. He has directed and participated in numerous court technology and process improvement projects, including statewide automation needs assessments, evaluations of document imaging systems, automation reviews in courts of appeals, and a feasibility and cost/benefit study of court videoconferencing.
James C. Twedt is senior administrative parole judge for the Iowa Board of Parole. He also coordinates the TeleJustice, TeleParole, and TeleVictim projects for the parole board. Before joining the parole board in 1985, he was in private law practice for nine years.
209 Managing Technological Change
Technology changes quickly, but people do not. For many years, courts have been exploring and implementing technological changes without a clear understanding of the associated challenges and risks. Attend this session and learn why some court employees reject change while others accept, adapt to, or even help promote change. You will learn how to develop effective strategies to include court employees in the decision-making process before implementing new technologies. Mr. Zaffarano will illustrate the complexities of change management using examples from several courts that have met with success–and failure.
Mark A. Zaffarano is currently a senior court management consultant with IBM. He serves on a worldwide IBM government team composed of both justice and public safety professionals. He has directed several major court technology projects and two national-scope court management projects. His areas of expertise include case management and case tracking, change management projects, long-range technology improvement projects, court organization, and change-focused projects. Before joining IBM, he worked in the trial courts for 20 years.
210 Real World Project Management
The success of any court technology initiative is greatly affected by the project management skills of court leaders. Utilizing an effective project management process allows courts to successfully take on different technology projects and deal with the challenges commonly faced during implementation. You will learn the techniques for starting the project, preparing upper management, gaining user support, finding funding, and executing the project. You will also learn why some technology projects fail and what approaches and strategies you can use to avoid failure. Targeted for judges, court managers, and technologists who are responsible for projects, this session provides the "keys to success" for your next project assignment.
John R. Arnstein is a senior manager with The Warner Group. His experience in the public sector includes developing strategic technology plans, performing business process reengineering, conducting technology feasibility studies, defining information systems requirements, performing selection studies for hardware and software, negotiating contracts, implementing information systems, and managing operational reviews. He has managed numerous projects for courts and justice agencies, including Shasta, Los Angeles, and Ventura Counties in California; Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court; Mississippi Supreme Court; Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission; and Monroe County, Florida, Clerk of the Circuit Court.
211 Computer-Based Training Can Be Effective (and Fun!)
Multimedia computer-based training (CBT) offers new options in training court and legal personnel. CBT can dramatically increase training effectiveness and lower costs at the same time. Employing examples from the Utah and Alaska court systems, the presenter will demonstrate the advantages of multimedia CBT and point out the disadvantages. Attendees will experience the power of cutting-edge CBT systems and learn when this type of technology is most appropriate. This session also covers deployment over the Internet and intranet and via CD-ROM.
Christopher C. Bell is the chief operating officer for Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corporation and technical lead of multimedia software for Titan client/server technologies. He produces computer-based training for Shepard's and other customers. A skilled generalist in the multimedia industry, he currently focuses on instructional design, graphics, scripting, audio, and video tasks developing applications in Toolbook and Director. His clients have included major telecommunications companies as well as the Utah and Alaska court systems.
212 JEDDI Standards for Civil Dispositions
Are you ready for a new generation of case management systems that will automatically assume many of the reporting and public access tasks that have burdened your office for years? This session will brief you on a national project currently underway to develop standards for exchanging electronic information about civil judgments. Funded by a consortium of credit reporting organizations and staffed by the National Center for State Courts, this project is an important stepping stone to courts' electronic future. Get on board!
Tina Sheets is program coordinator at Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc. Her responsibilities include facilitating the reengineering of the credit reporting industry standard Metro Format for tape reporting of credit data, administering and promoting the Credit Community Network Service (CCNS), and cofacilitating development of standards for Judicial Electronic Data and Document Interchange (JEDDI) with the National Center for State Courts. She has traveled around the country training credit bureau management and staff in the use of the CCNS.
213 Critical Factors in Technology Success
Selecting and implementing the right technologies for your court is an intimidating prospect at best. However, there are critical factors that can minimize your risks and help ensure your success. Having implemented a nationally recognized statewide information system for the trial courts in Idaho, Mr. Peay has the experience and insight to tell you why certain approaches work and others don't. This session will target acquisition alternatives, marketing strategies, relationship-building techniques inside and outside the court, and mechanisms for selecting technology solutions.
John R. Peay joined the Idaho Supreme Court in 1985. As director for information systems and trial court services, he oversees the activities of the information systems department and serves as a resource to the trial courts in the areas of court technology, records management, caseload statistics, courthouse security, and delay reduction strategies. He coordinated the development and implementation of the ISTARS trial court information system used by all trial courts in the state of Idaho. Before joining the supreme court, he managed an integrated criminal justice information system in Monterey County, California.
301 Judicial Electronic Document and Data Interchange (JEDDI)
There is no question that one day, in the near future, computer systems will replace paper as the primary medium for exchanging information with courts. When will this occur? When the new medium is easier, cheaper, and better. How do court leaders prepare for the transition? Mr. Christofferson, a pioneer in JEDDI development, is on-hand to enlighten us. Participants in this advanced session will learn about the genesis and evolution of electronic document and data interchange and will study several ground-breaking efforts to implement electronic document filing systems in courts.
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Clyde R. Christofferson practices law in Fairfax County, Virginia. His practice includes commercial and proprietary rights problems associated with developing and using computer software. He is chair of the Judicial EDI Committee of the ABA's Section of Science and Technology and a founding director of the JEDDI Foundation. He has consulted with law firms and corporate counsel regarding use of computers by litigators and has organized and given seminars about technology in the practice of law and in the courtroom.
Voice technologies promise a whole new way to communicate with computers. Some voice technologies have the potential to let you talk to a computer just as easily as you talk to other people. This session will explain the differences between the technologies available and explore their court-specific uses. A former executive officer of the District of Columbia courts and a veteran court observer, Mr. Polansky will predict how courts will use these technologies in the future.
An attorney and a pioneer in court uses of technology, Larry P. Polansky retired in 1990 after 11 years as the executive officer (court administrator) of the District of Columbia Courts. Since then, he has been providing consulting services to courts and court-related agencies in the areas of technology, information systems, and court and case management. His previously served as chief deputy court administrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and as deputy state court administrator in Pennsylvania. His technology work experience includes more than ten years as a programmer, systems analyst, data processing manager, and IBM systems engineer. He writes and lectures extensively on court technology and court administration.
303 Courtroom Audio, Video, and Videoconferencing Essentials
Audio and video have come to the courtroom. Until recently, the typical courtroom would include a simple sound system, possibly augmented by an electronic audio recorder and, in rare cases, a television and a video player to show taped evidence. Today's courtrooms require much more. Courtrooms need technology to assist individuals who are hearing-impaired and who need foreign language translation. They may need analog or digital audio recording systems, video recording equipment, media feeds and hook-ups, evidence presentation stations, and teleconferencing and videoconferencing capabilities. Planning for these technologies is critical. In this advanced session, Mr. Gruen and Mr. Wetter, high-tech consultants to Courtroom 21, will show you what's required technically, whether you are initiating courthouse/courtroom construction or renovating existing facilities.
Martin E. Gruen is the president of Sight & Sound Solutions, Inc., and the president and the founder of Applied Legal Technologies, Inc. Initially concentrating on sound reinforcement and audio recording at the county, state, and federal level, he now has emerged as a national expert in courtroom audio and video and related legal technology. He has worked extensively on courthouse electronic systems for federal, state, county, and municipal courts and has lectured on court technology for the National Center for State Courts, the American Institute of Architects, the National Court Reporters Association, and the American Bar Association.
Tom Wetter has over twenty-five years of telecommunications and technology experience. His seventeen year career with Pacific Bell included numerous technical and managerial assignments. He has also managed software engineering teams that developed tools for the management and maintenance of the Pacific Bell public network, and worked directly with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Northern Telecom Inc., Digital Switch Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett Packard, and Bellcore on the beta and field trials for state of the art telecommunications technologies. His collaboration with Courtroom 21 has pioneered the use of video teleconferencing technology for court proceedings.
How vulnerable are our courthouses to acts of terrorism and crime? It is a question that is transforming how we view our workplace and how much emphasis we place on security and architectural design. Following the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, the federal government has created 52 minimum security standards and a minimum standard of care for public buildings. What are they? How can they be implemented? As a registered architect, a certified protection professional, and a doctor of criminology, Mr. Atlas is uniquely qualified to update us on the latest safety initiatives and to explain how environmental and technological design can lead to greater courthouse security.
Randall I. Atlas is vice president of Atlas Safety & Security Design Inc. in Miami, Florida. He is a nationally recognized trainer and author on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for the National Crime Prevention Institute, the American Society of Industrial Security, and the American Institute of Justice Advisory Board on CPTED and is a technical assistance consultant for HUD. He has conducted CPTED studies for the University of Miami and Barry University in South Florida and CPTED surveys for housing projects around the country. He is a regular contributor to the Protection of Assets Manual, Access Control Magazine, Security Technology Magazine, and Security Management Magazine.
305 Migration to Client/Server Technology
Are mainframe- and minicomputer-based COBOL case management systems obsolete? Have fourth generation languages gone the way of assembler and FORTRAN? Is client/server technology just another stop on the road to object-oriented systems? In this session, you will learn answers to all of your questions about this popular but largely misunderstood technology. Mr. Yoshimi will explain the costs and benefits, as well as the migration issues, of moving from a legacy mainframe environment to an open client/server architecture. The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center OBTS/CCH (Offender-Based Transaction Statistics/Computerized Criminal History) redesign project will serve as a case study to demonstrate these principles.
Garret T. Yoshimi is a senior vice president in the services division of ISDI. He has worked extensively in IT planning and management as well as in software systems design, development, and maintenance. He is an active participant in shaping public policy in the area of telecommunications and technology with all branches of government. He has given presentations on the results of various IT strategy sessions at several conferences, including CTC4 and the Hawaii Information Congress '95.
Last Updated: Monday, July 21, 1997