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1392

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The proliferation of connected devices into every corner of the planet gives rise to a world of mesh computing. In this conceptual paper, we analyze the implications of this emerging computing environment for information systems (IS) research. We first discuss how mesh computing can be related to but differs from other views of computing that emerged along the history of IS research. We then advance a provocative perspective for studying the uniqueness of mesh computing—digital mesh. We conclude with a discussion of the opportunities and challenges for future IS research. The discussion deals with the need to expand IS use research from effective use to generative use and IS design research from substantial architecture to processual architecture. These shifts, however, come with new research challenges for which we propose process structure analytics as a valuable methodological solution.

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Dec 12th, 12:00 AM

Digital Mesh: On the Rise of Mesh Computing

The proliferation of connected devices into every corner of the planet gives rise to a world of mesh computing. In this conceptual paper, we analyze the implications of this emerging computing environment for information systems (IS) research. We first discuss how mesh computing can be related to but differs from other views of computing that emerged along the history of IS research. We then advance a provocative perspective for studying the uniqueness of mesh computing—digital mesh. We conclude with a discussion of the opportunities and challenges for future IS research. The discussion deals with the need to expand IS use research from effective use to generative use and IS design research from substantial architecture to processual architecture. These shifts, however, come with new research challenges for which we propose process structure analytics as a valuable methodological solution.

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