ISDE 2013 PC Co-Chairs Message

Information System in Distributed Environment (ISDE) is swiftly becoming a prominent standard in this globalization generation due to advancement in information and communication technologies. In distributed environments, business units collaborate across time zones, organizational boundaries, work cultures and geographical distances, to an increasing diversification and growing complexity of cooperation among units. The main expected benefits from Distributed Software Development (DSD) are improvements in development time efficiency, being close to the customers and having flexible access to greater and less costly resources. Despite the fact that DSD is widely being used, the project managers and professional face many challenges due to increased complexity, cultural as well as various technological issues. Therefore, it is crucial to understand current research and practices in these areas.