Objects, components, and the virtual enterprise (workshop report)

We are currently witnessing a convergence of several threads of technology and business imperatives. The idea of a virtual enterprise (VE) – a business built from both organizationally and geographically distributed units – is becoming an area of increasing interest to both computer scientists and business people. The Objects, Components and the Virtual Enterprise workshop at OOPSLA 98 investigated the role of Object/Component analysis, design and programming in the realization of the VE. The workshop addressed topics including lifecycle models, case studies, HCI, object renaming, and software architectures VEs.