Speed as a factor for success Our modern industrial society lives life in the fast lane. The catchwords "faster", "shorter", "more powerful" reflect what we experience in almost all aspects of our lives. Whether at home or at work, we are constantly on the move and in a rush. In our private lives we find rapid exchange of inf- mation most entertaining and we are fascinated by the wide range of inf- mation that pours in on us from all around the world, mainly via the new media. It gives us the feeling of being a part of the action everywhere and all the time. Seldom are we aware that the only reason this flood of inf- mation, often referred to as "overstimulation", does not lead to overkill is that we manage to organize our time effectively. There are many parallels to this in the business world. Here too, a great deal of time pressure is exerted from outside; goals are set ever higher and deadlines become tighter. In other words, demands on our time demand faster reaction. Crucial information travels around the globe - across all time zones - in a matter of seconds. In fact, instead of CET or CEST, it would make sense to have a single time zone for the worldwide network called GST for Global Simultaneous Time. In business more so than in p- vate life, we are almost constantly online.

Business processes in modern companies

Inter-company business processes and e-collaboration
Business process management in real-time companies
Real value in real time
Competitive response: a new lens for evaluating company performance
The Real-Time Enterprise Facts, practices and prospects
Typical examples from industries
Building the Real-Time Enterprise at DaimlerChrysler
Real-time-oriented service architectures in the airline sector
The Extended Enterprise - Economic integration in real-time
Strategic perspectives for the hotel industry
Technological networking
Technical networking
Designing more productive business processes with convergent networks
QoS Architectures and Resource Management in the Intranet
Technical process support
Business process evolution in real-time
I&C Technologies for a Real-Time Enterprise (RTE)
Enterprise security
Secure mobile business solutions for real-time enterprises
Identity & Access Management Faster ROI and improved security through efficient assignment of rights and access control
Real-time business requires security, trust and availability
Outsourcing
Intelligent IT sourcing in the financial industry: background, preconditions and requirements of future IT organization design
Outsourcing as a strategic management decision
Less costs, more functionality
Challenges facing qualification and management
Visual management
From CIO to Chief Process Officer
How to be switched on - without being switched off
The steps in evolving into an "E-Enterprise"
The RTE: it starts with early warnings
Towards the E-Enterprise: standards, networks and co-operation strategies
The evolution to real-time architecture
Distributed mini-factory networks as a form of real-timeenterprise: concept, flexibility potential and case studies
Organic IT: cut IT costs, speed up business
Living and working in a global network
Delivering the promise. Making it pervasive
The visions
Knowledge-based companies - objectives and requirements
Living and working in a networked world: ten trends
Swarm organization - a new paradigm for the E-enterprise of the future
Young professionals look to the communication of tomorrow
Information and communication in 20XX.