Many voices, one structure: The challenge of telematics

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The confluence of computers and telecommunications, in the telematics sector, is being enforced by common hardware and software developments. Despite this joint use of modern information technology, there is still a gulf separating the two professional cultures of data processing and public telecommunications. The former is more flexible and capability‐oriented; the latter is oriented at higher reliability, equal access, and standardized performance. The author examines the critical professional issues behind these differences and argues that broader education and systems engineering have roles to play in our preparation for the information society.

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