Integration technology: the reinvention of the linkage between information systems and computer science

at the intersection of CS and IS, is uniquely positioned to address and solve important problems that are outside of the traditional domains of either CS or IS. An important development is the increasing criticality of Integration Technologies (IT)l and the need for Integration Specialists (IS) 1. Examples are given of applications-driven integration technology-intensive research needed by business to support globalization, increased productivity, and rapid adaptation. Inventing a New Future Computer Science (CS) has served as an important reference discipline for the emergence and growth of the field of Information Systems (IS). We all can take delight in the latest technical advances: the newest high-speed chip, the increasingly exotic multi-media workstations, the incredibly sophisticated software, etc. Although this relationship will continue to be important, it is undergoing important changes that must be recognized. The CS and IS fields have for years been major forces for reexamination and change in many fields and industries, such as financial services, manufacturing, transportation, etc. These "paradigm shifts " are almost always difficult and often resisted but do usually lead to new and more productive forms. It is now time to reexamine the CS/IS relationship and its transformation