The State of Kansas
Office of the Chief Information Architect

Information Technology Advisory Board Committees

Enterprise Office Automation

Chair: Jeff Lewis, Corrections

Issues/Activities

• State OA/EM Mission Statement
  Make recommendations for an enterprise-wide, standards-based, electronic messaging, and global directory service that seamlessly integrates flexible e-mail systems to provide unified service.
• Road Blocks to Electronic Messaging
  • E-mail incompatibilities
  • Requirement for reliable message delivery
  • Incompatible directory information
  • Inconsistent decentralized administration
  • Complexity of technology deployment
  • Lack of distributed information access
  • Lack of security and privacy
• Recommended Approaches
  • Standards-based backbone
  • Long-term investment protection requries standards
  • Infrastructure for mail enabled applications
  • Flexible Design
• Overview of Desired Solution
  • Standards-based messaging and directory backbone
  • Interoperability
  • Enterprise directory
  • Infrastructure for electronic business applications
  • Flexible design and integrated solution
• Future Directions of Electronic Messaging
  • The Internet and Intranets
  • Message Stores
  • Groupware/Collaborative/Automation
    

Back To Top